By Professor Michael Archer

Journal articles

Archer M, 2011, 'Slaughter of the singing sentients: Measuring the morality of eating red meat', Wildlife and Climate Change: toward robust conservation strategies for Australian fauna, 35, pp. 979 - 982

Travouillon K; Escarguel ; Legendre S; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2011, 'The use of MSR (Minimum Sample Richness) for sample assemblage comparisons.', Paleobiology, 37, pp. 696 - 709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/09050.1

Hand SJ; Weisbecker V; Beck RM; Archer M; Godthelp HJ; Tennyson AJD; Worthy TH, 2010, 'Bats that walk: a new evolutionary hypothesis about the terrestrial behaviour of New Zealand's mystacinids', , pp. 162 - 163

Worthy T; Hand SJ; Nguyen J; Tennyson AJD; Worthy JP; Scofield RP; Boles WE; Archer M, 2010, 'Biogeographical and Phylogenetic Implications of an Early Miocene Wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, pp. 479 - 498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724631003618033

Black K; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 2010, 'First comprehensive analysis of cranial ontogeny in a fossil marsupial—from a 15-million-year-old cave deposit in northern Australia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, pp. 993 - 1011

Worthy TH; Tennyson AJD; Archer M; Scofield RP, 2010, 'First record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand', Records of the Australian Museum, 62, pp. 77 - 88

Soriano C; Archer M; Azar D; Creaser PH; Delclos X; Godthelp HJ; Hand SJ; Jones A; Nel A; Neraudeau D; Ortega-blanco J; Perez-de la Fuente R; Perrichot V; Saupe EE; Kraemer MS; Tafforeau P, 2010, 'Synchrotron X-ray imaging of inclusions in amber', Comptes Rendus Palevol, 9, pp. 361 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2010.07.014

Louys J; Aplin K; Beck RMD; Archer M, 2009, 'Cranial anatomy of oligo-miocene koalas (Diprotodontia: Phascolarctidae): Stages in the evolution of an extreme leaf-eating specialization', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29, pp. 981 - 992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1671/039.029.0412

Sige B; Archer M; Crochet J-Y; Godthelp HJ; Hand SJ; Beck RMD, 2009, 'Chulpasia and Thylacotinga, late Paleocene-earliest Eocene trans-Antarctic Gondwanan bunodont marsupials', Geobios, 42, pp. 813 - 823

Worthy TH; Hand SJ; Nguyen J; Worthy J; Tennyson AJD; Scofield R; Boles WE; Archer M, 2009, 'Early Miocene acanthisittid wren from St Bathans Fauna, Otago, NZ', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, pp. 479 - 498

Lee MS; Hutchinson MN; Worthy T; Archer M; Tennyson AJD; Worthy J; Scofield RP, 2009, 'Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand's lizard fauna.', Biology Letters, 5, pp. 833 - 837

Roberts KK; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 2009, 'NEW AUSTRALIAN OLIGOCENE TO MIOCENE RINGTAIL POSSUMS (PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE) AND REVISION OF THE GENUS MARLU', Palaeontology, 52, pp. 441 - 456

Travouillon K; Legendre S; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2009, 'Palaeoecological analyses of Riversleigh`s Oligo-Miocene sites: Implications for Oligo-Miocene climate change in Australia', Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 276, pp. 24 - 37

Bassarova MP; Janis C; Archer M, 2009, 'The calcaneum-on the heels of marsupial locomotion', Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 16, pp. 1 - 23

Beck RM; Archer M; Godthelp HJ; Mackness BS; Hand SJ; Muirhead J, 2008, 'A bizarre new family of marsupialia (incertae sedis) from the early Pliocene of northeastern Australia: Implications for the phylogeny of bunodont marsupials', Journal of Paleontology, 82, pp. 749 - 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/06-124.1

Brewer P; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2008, 'Additional specimens of the oldest wombat Rhizophascolonus crowcrofti (vombatidae; Marsupialia) from the Wipajiri Formation, South Australia: An intermediate morphology?', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28, pp. 1144 - 1148

Beck RM; Godthelp HJ; Weisbecker V; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2008, 'Australia`s oldest marsupial fossils and their biogeographical implications', PLoS One, 3

Roberts KK; Bassarova MP; Archer M, 2008, 'Oligo-Miocene ringtail possums of the genus Paljara (Pseudocheiridae: Marsupialia) from Queensland, Australia', Geobios, 41, pp. 833 - 844

Weisbecker V; Archer M, 2008, 'Parallel evolution of hand anatomy in kangaroos and vombatiform marsupials: Functional and evolutionary implications', Palaeontology, 51, pp. 321 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00750.x

Roberts KK; Archer M, 2007, 'A morphological approach to unravelling the relationships of ringtail possums (Pseudocheiridae, Marsupialia)', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, pp. 136A - 136A

Brewer P; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 2007, 'A new species of the wombat Warendja from late Miocene deposits at Riversleigh, North-West Queensland, Australia', Palaeontology, 50, pp. 811 - 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00678.x

Hand SJ; Beck RMD; Worthy T; Archer M; Sige B, 2007, 'Australian and New Zealand fossil bats: the origin, evolution, and extinction of bat lineages in Australasia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27 Supplement, pp. 86A - 86A

Louys JC; Black K; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 2007, 'Descriptions of koala fossils from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland and implications for Litokoala (Marsupialia, Phascolarctidae)', Alcheringa, 31, pp. 99 - 110

Travouillon K; Legendre S; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2007, 'Explaining the gaps in body mass distributions (cenograms): Statistical visualization of the ecological impact of introduced species', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, pp. 159A - 159A

Travouillon K; Archer M; Legendre S; Hand SJ, 2007, 'Finding the Minimum Sample richness (MSR) for multivariate analyses : implications for palaeoecology', Historical Biology, 19, pp. 315 - 320

Kear B; Cooke BE; Archer M; Flannery TF, 2007, 'Implications of a new species of the Oligo-Miocene Kangaroo (Marsupialia : Macropodoidea) Nambaroo, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia', Journal of Paleontology, 81, pp. 1147 - 1167

Roberts KK; Archer M; Hand SJ; Godthelp HJ, 2007, 'New genus and species of extinct Miocene Ringtail Possums (Marsupialia:Pseudocheiridae)', American Museum Novitates, 3560, pp. 1 - 15

Beck RM; Godthelp HJ; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2007, 'Petrosals and tarsals of the early Eocene Australian metatherian Djarthia murgonensis: The oldest crown-group marsupial from Australasia and its implications for the evolution and biogeography of Australidelphia', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, pp. 45A - 45A

Archer M; Arena DA; Bassarova MP; Beck RM; Black K; boles W; Brewer P; Cooke BE; Crosby KM; Gillespie A; Godthelp HJ; Hand SJ; Kear B; Louys JC; Morrell A; Muirhead J; Roberts KK; Scanlon J; Travouillon K; Wroe S, 2006, 'Current status of species-level representation in faunas from selected fossil localities in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland', 10th Conference of Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics

Archer M; Arena D; Bassarova M; Beck R; Black K; Boles W; Brewer P; Cooke B; Crosby K; Gillespie A; Godthelp H; Hand S; Kear B; Louys J; Morrell A; Muirhead J; Roberts K; Scanlon J; Travouillon K; Wroe S, 2006, 'Current status of species-level representation in faunas from selected fossil localities in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland', Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 31, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115510608619570

Macrini T; Rowe T; Archer M, 2006, 'Description of a cranial endocast from a fossil platypus, Obdurodon dicksoni (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), and the relevance of endocranial characters to monotreme monophyly', Journal of Morphology, 267, pp. 1000 - 1015

Archer M, 2006, 'In defence of Australian chemistry', Chemistry World, 3, pp. 32 - 32

Worthy T; Tennyson AJD; Archer M; Musser AM; Hand SJ; Jones C; Douglas BJ; McNamara JA; Beck RMD, 2006, 'Miocene mammal reveals a Mesozoic ghost lineage on insular New Zealand, southwest Pacific', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103, pp. 19419 - 19423

Travouillon K; Archer M; Hand S; Godthelp H, 2006, 'Multivariate analyses of Cenozoic mammalian faunas from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 31, pp. 323 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115510608619590

Hand SJ; Archer M, 2005, 'A new hipposiderid genus (Microchiroptera) from an early Miocene bat community in Australia', Palaeontology, 48, pp. 371 - 383

Hand SJ; Archer M; Godthelp HJ, 2005, 'Australian Oligo-Miocene Mystacinids (Microchiroptera): upper dentition, new taxa and divergence of New Zealand species', Geobios, 38, pp. 339 - 352, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6X0V-4FVH4J0-1/2/6dc12b26a0d2786c304d35def0af8a39

McKenzie KG; Engelretsen M; Archer M; Price ER, 2004, 'Ostracoda from the Miocene, Riversleigh World Heritage deposits, Queensland, including Progomphocythere n. gen., with discussion of palaeoenvironments and age', Bollettino della Societa Paleontoligca Italiano, 43, pp. 321 - 330

Scanlon JD; Lee MSY; Archer M, 2003, 'Mid-Tertiary elapid snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) from Riversleigh, northern Australia: Early steps in a continent-wide adaptive radiation', Geobios, 36, pp. 573 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00056-1

Turnbull WD; Lundelius EL; Archer M, 2003, 'Dasyurids, perameloids, phalangeroids, and vombatoids from the early Pliocene Hamilton fauna, Victoria, Australia', BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, pp. 513 - 540

Scanlon JD; Lee MS; Archer M, 2003, 'Mid-Tertiary elapid snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) from Riversleigh, northern Australia: early steps in a continent-wide adaptive radiation', Geobios, 36, pp. 573 - 601

Patton JL; Costa LP; Jones M; Dickman CR; Archer M, 2003, 'Molecular phylogeography and species limits in rainforest didelphid marsupials of South America', Predators with pouches: the biology of carnivorous marsupials, pp. 63 - 81

Archer M, 2002, 'New Ways of valuing wildlife are essential', Ecopolitics, 1, pp. 16 - 18

Kear B; Archer M; Flannery TF, 2001, 'Bulungamayine(Marsupialia:Macropodidae) postcranial elements from the late Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25, pp. 103 - 122

Hand SJ; Archer M; Godthelp HJ, 2001, 'New Miocene Icarops material (Microchiroptera:Mystacinidae) from Australia, with a revised diagnosis of the genus', Memoirs of Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25, pp. 139 - 146

Bassarova MP; Archer M; Hand SJ, 2001, 'New Oligo-Miocene pseudocheirids (Marsupialia) of the genus Paljara from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25, pp. 61 - 75

Kear B; Archer M; Flannery TF, 2001, 'Postcranial morphology of Gangaroo bilamina Cooke, 1997 (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from the middle Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25, pp. 123 - 138

Myers TJ; Crosby KM; Archer M; Tyler MI, 2001, 'The Encore Local Fauna, a late Miocene assemblage from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25, pp. 147 - 154

Crosby KM; Nagy M; Archer M, 2001, 'Wyulda asherjoeli, a new phalangerid (Diprotodontia:Marsupialia) from the early Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland', Memoirs of Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25, pp. 77 - 82

McGowran B; Archer M; Bock P; Darragh TA; Godthelp HJ; Hageman S; Hand SJ; Hill R; Li Q; Maxwell PA; McNamara KJ; Macphail M; Mildenhall D; Partridge AD; Richardson J; Shafik S; Truswell EM; Warne M, 2000, 'Australasian palaeobiogeography: the Palaeogene and Neogene record', Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 23, pp. 405 - 470

Archer M, 2000, 'Brain of the demon duck of doom', Nature Australia, pp. 70 - 71

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