By Professor Michael Archer

Book Chapters

Archer M, 2023, 'The Australian mammal fauna', in Strahan S Mammals of Australia, pp. 25 - 29

Cook A; Jell J; Archer M; Black KH; Godthelp HJ; Hand SJ; Withnall IW; Vasconcelos PM, 2013, 'Paleogene and Neogene', in Jell P (ed.), Geology of Queensland, Geological Survey of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD., pp. 577 - 652

Mooney SD, 2013, 'The Prehistory of Fire in Australasia', in Bradstock RA; Gill AM; Williams RJ (ed.), Flammable Australia: Fire Regimes, Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, pp. 3 - 25, http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6836.htm

Black KH; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 2012, 'The rise of Australian marsupials: a synopsis of biostratigraphic, phylogenetic, palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographic understanding', in Talent JA (ed.), Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations through Time, Springer Verlag, Dordrecht

Hand SJ; Archer M; Bickel D; Creaser P; Dettmann M; Godthelp HJ; Jones A; Norris B; Wicks D, 2010, 'Australian Cape York amber', in Penney D (ed.), Biodiversity of fossils in amber from the major world deposits, Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 69 - 79

Archer M; Beale B, 2007, 'From rarity to abundance: a consequence of value', in Lunney D; Eby P; Hutchings P; Burgin S (ed.), Pest or Guest: The Zoology of Overabundance, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Australia, pp. 226 - 227

Archer M; Kirsch J, 2006, 'The evolution and classification of marsupials', in Armati PJ; Dickman CR; Hume ID (ed.), MARSUPIALS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. 1 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511541889.002

Wroe S; Archer M, 2006, 'Origins and early radiations of marsupials', in Merrick JR; Archer M; Hickey GM; Less MSY (ed.), Evolution and biogeography of Australasian vertebrates, Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 551 - 574

Archer M; Hand SJ, 2006, 'The Australian Marsupial radiation', in Merrick JR; Archer M; Hickey GM; Less MSY (ed.), Evolution and biogeography of Australasian vertebrates, Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 575 - 646

Crosby KM; Bassarova MP; Archer M; Carbery K, 2004, 'Fossil possums in Australasia: discovery, diversity and evolution', in Goldingay RL; Jackson SM (ed.), The Biology of Australian Possums and Gliders, Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney, pp. 161 - 176

, 2003, 'Evolution and systematics', in Predators with Pouches, CSIRO Publishing, pp. 1 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643069862.part01

, 2003, 'Evolutionary ecology and behaviour', in Predators with Pouches, CSIRO Publishing, pp. 269 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9780643069862.part04

Archer M, 2002, 'Confronting crises in conservation: a talk on the wild side', in Lunney D; Dickman C (ed.), A Zoological Revolution, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, pp. 12 - 52

Musser AM; Archer M, 2001, 'Monotremata', in , Wiley, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0001553

Archer M, 1997, 'How animals evolved', in Encyclopaedia of Australian wildlife, ReaderÕs Digest, Sydney, pp. 20 - 31

Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 1994, 'Patterns in the history of Australia's mammals and inferences about palaeohabitats', in Hill R (ed.), History of the Australian Vegetation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 80 - 103

Archer M; Jenkins F; Hand SJ; Murray P; Godthelp H, 1992, 'Description of the skull and non-vestigial dentition of a Miocene platypus (Obdurodon dicksoni n.sp) from Riversleigh, Australia, and the problem of monotreme origins', in Platypus and Echidnas, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney, pp. 15 - 27

Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp H, 1991, 'Back to the future: the contribution of palaeontology to the conservation of Australian forest faunas', in Lunney D (ed.), Conservation of Australia's Forest Fauna, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney, pp. 67 - 80

Archer M; Flannery TF; Grigg GC, 1985, 'The Kangaroo', in Merick JR; Archer M; Hickey GM; Less MSY (ed.),

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