Research Output per year
Research Output
2020
Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: A 2D reconstruction
Cooper, J. A., Pimiento, C., Ferrón, H. G. & Benton, M. J., 8 Jun 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Osteological redescription of the Late Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaur Thecodontosaurus antiquus based on new material from Tytherington, southwestern England
Ballell, A., Rayfield, E. J. & Benton, M., 30 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
The oldest lambeosaurine dinosaur from Europe: Insights into the arrival of Tsintaosaurini
Conti, S., Vila, B., Sellés, A. G., Galobart, À., Benton, M. J. & Prieto-Márquez, A., 1 Mar 2020, In : Cretaceous Research. 107, 104286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Variable preservation potential and richness in the fossil record of vertebrates
Walker, F. M., Dunhill, A. & Benton, M., 28 Feb 2020, In : Palaeontology. 63, 2, p. 313-329Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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2019
Altered fluvial patterns in North China indicate rapid climate change linked to the Permian-Triassic mass extinction
Zhu, Z., Liu, Y., Kuang, H., Benton, M. J., Newell, A. J., Xu, H., An, W., Ji, S., Xu, S., Peng, N. & Zhai, Q., 14 Nov 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 11 p., 16818.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Apparatus architecture of the conodont Nicoraella kockeli (Gondolelloidea, Prioniodinina) constrains functional interpretations
Huang, J., Martinez-Perez, C., Hu, S., Zhang, Q., Zhang, K., Zhou, C-Y., Wen, W., Xie, T., Benton, M., Chen, Z-Q., Luo, M. & Donoghue, P., 17 May 2019, In : Palaeontology. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Archibald Geikie and the elgin reptiles
Benton, M. J., 9 Apr 2019, Geological Society Special Publication. 1 ed. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, p. 353-359 7 p. (Geological Society Special Publication; vol. 480, no. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter in a book
Archosauromorph extinction selectivity during the Triassic–Jurassic mass extinction
Allen, B., Stubbs, T., Benton, M. & Puttick, M., 1 Mar 2019, In : Palaeontology. 62, 2, p. 211-224 14 p., https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12399.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Convergence and functional evolution of longirostry in crocodylomorphs
Ballell, A., Moon, B. C., Porro, L. B., Benton, M. J. & Rayfield, E. J., 1 Nov 2019, In : Palaeontology. 62, 6, p. 867-887 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Diverse earliest Triassic ostracod fauna of the non-microbialite-bearing shallow marine carbonates of the Yangou section, South China
Qiu, X., Tian, L., Wu, K., Benton, M. J., Sun, D., Yang, H. & Tong, J., 7 Sep 2019, In : Lethaia. 52, 4, p. 583-596 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Diversity in rhynchocephalian Clevosaurus skulls based on CT reconstruction of two Late Triassic species from Great Britain
Chambi-Trowell, S. A. V., Whiteside, D. I. & Benton, M. J., 20 Feb 2019, In : Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64, 1, p. 41-64 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Does exceptional preservation distort our view of disparity in the fossil record?
Flannery Sutherland, J. T., Moon, B., Stubbs, T. & Benton, M., 27 Feb 2019, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1897, 10 p., 20190091.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Effects of body plan evolution on the hydrodynamic drag and energy requirements of swimming in ichthyosaurs
Gutarra Diaz, S., Moon, B., Rahman, I., Palmer, C., Lautenschlager, S., Brimacombe, A. J. & Benton, M., 13 Mar 2019, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1898, 9 p., 2786.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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External anatomy of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon
Cooper, J. A., Pimiento, C., Ferron, H. G. & Benton, M., 2019, (Submitted) In : Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Morphological disparity in theropod jaws: comparing discrete characters and geometric morphometrics
Schaeffer, J., Benton, M. J., Rayfield, E. J. & Stubbs, T. L., 3 Nov 2019, In : Palaeontology. 63, 2, p. 283-299Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Morphological innovation and the evolution of hadrosaurid dinosaurs
Stubbs, T., Benton, M., Elsler, A. & Prieto Marquez, A., 1 May 2019, In : Paleobiology. 45, 2, p. 347-362 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Ontogenetic braincase development in Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) using micro-computed tomography
Bullar, C. M., Zhao, Q., Benton, M. J. & Ryan, M. J., 14 Aug 2019, In : PeerJ. 7, e7217.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and biostratinomic analysis of the Jurassic Yanliao Lagerstätte in northeastern China
Yang, Z., Wang, S., Tian, Q., Wang, B., Hethke, M., McNamara, M. E., Benton, M. J., Xu, X. & Jiang, B., 15 Jan 2019, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 514, p. 739-753 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching
Yang, Z., Jiang, B., McNamara, M. E., Kearns, S. L., Pittman, M., Kaye, T. G., Orr, P. J., Xu, X. & Benton, M. J., Jan 2019, In : Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3, 1, p. 24-30 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Reply to comments on: Macroevolutionary patterns in Rhynchocephalia: is the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) a living fossil?
Herrera-Flores, J. A., Stubbs, T. L. & Benton, M. J., 1 Mar 2019, In : Palaeontology. 62, 2, p. 335-338 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate (Academic Journal)
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The Early Origin of Feathers
Benton, M., Dhouailly, D., Jiang, B. & McNamara, M., 1 Jun 2019, In : Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 34, 9, p. 856-869 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article (Academic Journal)
The Early Triassic Jurong fish fauna, South China: Age, anatomy, taphonomy, and global correlation
Qiu, X., Xu, Y., Chen, Z. Q., Benton, M. J., Wen, W., Huang, Y. & Wu, S., 1 Sep 2019, In : Global and Planetary Change. 180, p. 33-50 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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The Middle Triassic procolophonid Kapes bentoni: computed tomography of the skull and skeleton
Zaher, M., Coram, R. A. & Benton, M., 1 Feb 2019, In : Papers in Palaeontology. 5, 1, p. 111-138 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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The mosasaur fossil record through the lens of fossil completeness
Driscoll, D. A., Dunhill, A. M., Stubbs, T. L. & Benton, M. J., Jan 2019, In : Palaeontology. 62, 1, p. 51-75 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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The stem group teleost Pachycormus (Pachycormiformes: Pachycormidae) from the Upper Lias (Lower Jurassic) of Strawberry Bank, UK
Cawley, J. J., Kriwet, J., Klug, S. & Benton, M. J., 1 Jun 2019, In : PalZ. 93, 2, p. 285-302 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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2018
A new millipede (Diplopoda, Helminthomorpha) from the Middle Triassic Luoping biota of Yunnan, Southwest China
Huang, J., Hannibal, J. T., Feldmann, R. M., Zhang, Q., Hu, S., Schweitzer, C. E., Benton, M. J., Zhou, C., Wen, W. & Xie, T., 1 May 2018, In : Journal of Paleontology. 92, 3, p. 478-487 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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A new species of Platysiagum from the Luoping Biota (Anisian, Middle Triassic, Yunnan, South China) reveals the relationship between Platysiagidae and Neopterygii
WEN, W., HU, S. X., ZHANG, Q. Y., BENTON, M. J., KRIWET, J., CHEN, Z. Q., ZHOU, C. Y., XIE, T. & HUANG, J. Y., 12 Feb 2018, In : Geological Magazine. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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A Rhaetian microvertebrate fauna from Stowey Quarry, Somerset, UK
Cavicchini, I., Heyworth, H. C., Duffin, C. J., Hildebrandt, C. & Benton, M. J., 8 Mar 2018, In : Proceedings of the Geologists' Association.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Dinosaur diversification linked with the Carnian Pluvial Episode
Bernardi, M., Gianolla, P., Petti, F. M., Mietto, P. & Benton, M. J., 16 Apr 2018, In : Nature Communications. 9, 1499.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Environmental instability prior to end-Permian mass extinction reflected in biotic and facies changes on shallow carbonate platforms of the Nanpanjiang Basin (South China)
Tian, L., Tong, J., Xiao, Y., Benton, M. J., Song, H., Song, H., Liang, L., Wu, K., Chu, D. & Algeo, T. J., 24 May 2018, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds
McNamara, M. E., Zhang, F., Kearns, S. L., Orr, P. J., Toulouse, A., Foley, T., Hone, D. W. E., Rogers, C. S., Benton, M. J., Johnson, D., Xu, X. & Zhou, Z., 25 May 2018, In : Nature Communications. 9, 7 p., 2072.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Framboidal pyrite evidence for persistent low oxygen levels in shallow-marine facies of the Nanpanjiang Basin during the Permian-Triassic transition
Xiao, Y., Wu, K., Tian, L., Benton, M. J., Du, Y., Yang, H. & Tong, J., 15 Dec 2018, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 511, p. 243-255 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Gondolelloid multielement conodont apparatus (Nicoraella) from the Middle Triassic of Yunnan Province, southwestern China
Huang, J., Hu, S., Zhang, Q., Donoghue, P., Benton, M., Zhou, C., Martinez-Perez, C., Wen, W., Xie, T., Chen, Z-Q., Luo, M., Yao, H. & Zhang, K., 20 Jul 2018, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Hyperthermal-driven mass extinctions: killing models during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction
Benton, M. J., 13 Oct 2018, In : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 376, 2130, 19 p., 20170076.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article (Academic Journal)
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Limuloid trackways from Permian-Triassic continental successions of North China
Shu, W., Tong, J., Tian, L., Benton, M. J., Chu, D., Yu, J. & Guo, W., 1 Nov 2018, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 508, p. 71-90 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Middle Triassic conodont apparatus architecture revealed by synchrotron X-ray microtomography
Huang, J-Y., Martinez-Perez, C., Hu, S-X., Donoghue, P., Zhang, Q-Y., Zhou, C-Y., Wen, W., Benton, M., Luo, M., Yao, H. & Zhang, K., 23 Aug 2018, In : Palaeoworld. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Multifaceted disparity approach reveals dinosaur herbivory flourished before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
Norden, K., Stubbs, T., Prieto Marquez, A. & Benton, M., 5 Nov 2018, In : Paleobiology. 44, 4, p. 620–637 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Non-integumentary melanosomes can bias reconstructions of the colours of fossil vertebrates
McNamara, M. E., Kaye, J. S., Benton, M. J., Orr, P. J., Rossi, V., Ito, S. & Wakamatsu, K., 1 Dec 2018, In : Nature Communications. 9, 1, 2878.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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On formation-based sampling proxies and why they should not be used to correct the fossil record
Dunhill, A. M., Hannisdal, B., Brocklehurst, N. & Benton, M. J., 1 Jan 2018, In : Palaeontology. 61, p. 119-132 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Taxonomic reassessment of Clevosaurus latidens Fraser, 1993 (Lepidosauria, Rhynchocephalia) and rhynchocephalian phylogeny based on parsimony and Bayesian inference
Herrera-Flores, J. A., Stubbs, T. L., Elsler, A. & Benton, M. J., 1 Jul 2018, In : Journal of Paleontology. 92, 4, p. 734-742 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Tetrapod distribution and temperature rise during the Permian–Triassic mass extinction
Bernardi, M., Petti, F. M. & Benton, M. J., 10 Jan 2018, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1870, 8 p., 20172331.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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The terrestrial fauna of the Late Triassic Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry fissures, South Wales, UK and a new species of Clevosaurus (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)
Keeble, E., Whiteside, D. I. & Benton, M. J., 1 Feb 2018, In : Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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2017
A diverse trackway-dominated marine ichnoassemblage from the Lower Triassic in the northern Paleotethys: Ichnology and implications for biotic recovery
Feng, X., Chen, Z. Q., Benton, M. J., Wu, S., Bottjer, D. J. & Thompson, J. R., 2 Dec 2017, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Biostratigraphy and geometric morphometrics of conchostracans (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of Cromhall Quarry, UK
Morton, J. D., Whiteside, D. I., Hethke, M. & Benton, M. J., May 2017, In : Palaeontology. 60, 3, p. 349–374 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Body length of bony fishes was not a selective factor during the biggest mass extinction of all time
Puttick, M., Kriwet, J., Wen, W., Hu, S., Thomas, G. H. & Benton, M., 30 Jun 2017, In : Palaeontology. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Cellular preservation of musculoskeletal specializations in the Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis
Jiang, B., Zhao, T., Regnault, S., Edwards, N. P., Kohn, S. C., Li, Z., Wogelius, R. A., Benton, M. J. & Hutchinson, J. R., 22 Mar 2017, In : Nature Communications. 8, 10 p., 14779.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Corrigendum to: Biostratigraphy and geometric morphometrics of conchostracans (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) from the Late Triassic fissure deposits of Cromhall Quarry, UK (Palaeontology, (2017), 60, 3, (349-374), 10.1111/pala.12288)
Morton, J. D., Whiteside, D. I., Hethke, M. & Benton, M. J., 1 Sep 2017, In : Palaeontology. 60, 5, p. 761 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate (Academic Journal)
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Early Middle Triassic trace fossils from the Luoping Biota, southwestern China: Evidence of recovery from mass extinction
Luo, M., Shi, G. R., Hu, S., Benton, M. J., Chen, Z. Q., Huang, J., Zhang, Q., Zhou, C. & Wen, W., 11 Nov 2017, In : Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Exceptional appendage and soft-tissue preservation in a Middle Triassic horseshoe crab from SW China
Hu, S., Zhang, Q., Feldmann, R. M., Benton, M. J., Schweitzer, C. E., Huang, J., Wen, W., Zhou, C., Xie, T., Lü, T. & Hong, S., 26 Oct 2017, In : Scientific Reports. 7, 1, p. 14112Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Fossilization of soft tissues
Benton, M., 1 Jul 2017, In : National Science Review. 4, 4, p. 512-513 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate (Academic Journal)