By Dr Lachlan James Hart

Journal articles

Hart LJ; Ślipiński A; Frese M; Djokic T; McCurry MR, 2025, 'The first fossil longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Australia', Science of Nature, 112, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-024-01954-0

Hart LJ; Engel MS; Frese M; McCurry MR, 2024, 'The first fossil mantis lacewing (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from Australia', Palaeoentomology, 7, pp. 345 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.3.3

McCurry MR; Gill AC; Baranov V; Hart LJ; Slatyer C; Frese M, 2024, 'The paleobiology of a new osmeriform fish species from Australia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 44, pp. e2445684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2445684

Smith PM; Schoon I; Hart LJ; Bicknell RDC; Hopkins MJ; Zhen YY, 2024, 'Significance of a Late Ordovician Triarthrus (Trilobita, Olenidae) from New South Wales, Australia', PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 146, pp. 57 - 70

Mccurry MR; Park T; Coombs EJ; Hart LJ; Laffan S, 2023, 'Latitudinal gradients in the skull shape and assemblage structure of delphinoid cetaceans', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, pp. 470 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac128

Poropat SF; Bell PR; Hart LJ; Salisbury SW; Kear BP, 2023, 'An annotated checklist of Australian Mesozoic tetrapods', Alcheringa, 47, pp. 129 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2228367

Ristevski J; Willis PMA; Yates AM; White MA; Hart LJ; Stein MD; Price GJ; Salisbury SW, 2023, 'Migrations, diversifications and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia', Alcheringa, 47, pp. 370 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2201319

Bicknell RDC; Smith PM; Hart LJ; Long JA; Trinajstic KM, 2023, 'Evidence for Placoderms from the Mid-Palaeozoic Sandon Beds of North-western New South Wales, Australia', PROCEEDINGS OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 145, pp. 7 - 24

Hart LJ; Campione NE; McCurry MR, 2022, 'On the estimation of body mass in temnospondyls: a case study using the large-bodied Eryops and Paracyclotosaurus', Palaeontology, 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12629

Hart LJ; Gee BM; Smith PM; McCurry MR, 2022, 'A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42, pp. e2232829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2232829

Hart LJ; Bell PR; Smith ET; Mitchell DR; Brougham T; Salisbury SW, 2021, 'A probable skeleton of Isisfordia (Crocodyliformes) and additional crocodyliform remains from the Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian, New South Wales, Australia)', Journal of Paleontology, 95, pp. 351 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.98

Hart LJ; McCurry MR; Frese M; Peachey TJ; Brocks J, 2021, 'The first tetrapod remains from the Upper Jurassic Talbragar Fossil Fish Bed', Alcheringa, 45, pp. 423 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2021.1983651

Hart LJ, 2020, 'Taxonomic clarifications concerning the crocodyliform genus Isisfordia', Peerj, 2020, pp. e8630, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8630

Bell PR; Fanti F; Hart LJ; Milan LA; Craven SJ; Birch SA; Smith E, 2019, 'Revised geology, age, and vertebrate diversity of the dinosaur-bearing Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia', Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 514, pp. 655 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.020

Hart LJ; Bell PR; Smith ET; Salisbury SW, 2019, 'Isisfordia molnari sp. Nov., a new basal eusuchian from the mid-Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, Australia', Peerj, 2019, pp. e7166, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7166

Conference Abstracts

Hart L; Tuohilampi L, 2025, 'Exploring the benefits of palaeontology for education in Australia', in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2025, Taylor and Francis Group, Birmingham, UK, presented at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 85th Annual Meeting, Birmingham, UK

Hart L, 2025, 'Mandibular evidence for suction feeding in the Cretaceous temnospondyl Koolasuchus cleelandi', in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2025, Taylor and Francis Group, presented at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 85th Annual Meeting

Hart L; Ziegler T, 2023, 'New discoveries in Australian temnospondyl palaeontology', in Alcheringa, Palaeontology from Australasia and beyond: Abstracts from Palaeo Down Under 3 Perth, Western Australia, July 2023, Taylor and Francis Group, presented at Palaeo Down Under 3, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03115518.2024.2347595

Hart L, 2023, 'Temnospondyl palaeontology in Australia: a window to the past and a view to the future.', in 18th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) Program and Abstracts, presented at 18th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS)

Hart L; Campione N; McCurry M, 2022, 'Methods of body mass estimation in temnospondyl amphibians.', in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2022, Taylor and Francis Group, presented at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 82nd Annual Meeting, https://vertpaleo.org/2022_svp_program-final/

Hart L; Bell P; Smith E; Salisbury S, 2019, 'A new basal eusuchian from the Griman Creek Formation at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia', in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abtracts, 2019, Taylor and Francis Group, presented at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 79th Annual Meeting

Bell P; Fanti F; Hart L; Milan L; Craven S; Birch S; Smith E, 2018, 'Revised age and palaeoecology of the dinosaur-bearing Griman Creek Formation at Lightining Ridge, NSW, Australia', in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2018, Taylor and Francis Group, Albuquerque, presented at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 78th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, 17 October 2018 - 20 October 2018, https://vertpaleo.org/svp-2018-program-book-v4-final-with-covers-9-24-18/

Hart L; Bell P; Salisbury S, 2018, 'Cretaceous Crocodyliforms of Australia – new evidence of the origin of crocodiles from the Griman Creek Formation, Lightning Ridge, NSW.', in University of New England Postgraduate Conference 2018 Program and Abstacts, presented at University of New England Postgraduate Conference

Bell P; Fanti F; Hart L; Birch S; Smith E, 2018, 'Exposing the remarkable opalised dinosaur-dominated fauna of the Griman Creek Formation at Lightning Ridge, NSW.', in 9th National Opal Symposium Program and Abstracts, presented at 9th National Opal Symposium

Hart L; Bell P; Salisbury S, 2018, 'Lower Cretaceous Crocodyliforms from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia: new evidence of the basal eusuchian Isisfordia.', in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2018, Taylor and Francis Group, presented at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 78th Annual Meeting

Hart L; Bell P; Salisbury S, 2017, 'Cretaceous Crocodyliforms of Australia – new evidence of the origin of crocodiles from the Griman Creek Formation, Lightning Ridge, NSW.', presented at Geological Society of Australia Earth Science Student Symposium

Theses / Dissertations

Hart L, 2024, Palaeobiology and taxonomy of Australian temnospondyl amphibians

Hart L, 2019, Cretaceous Crocodyliforms from Lightning Ridge, NSW

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