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1. 1977. The Elgin Reptiles. The Moray Society, Elgin, 20pp. *2. 1978a. (MJB and N. H. Trewin) Discussion and comments on Nicholson's 1872 manuscript 'Contributions to the study of errant annelides of the older Palaeozoic rocks'. Publications of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Aberdeen, 1, 1-16. *3. 1978b. (MJB and N. H. Trewin) Catalogue of the type and figured material in the Palaeontology Collection, University of Aberdeen, with notes on the H. A. Nicholson collection. Publications of the Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Aberdeen, 2, 1-28. *4. 1978c. Comment on the proposed designation of a neotype for the type species of Stromatoporella Nicholson 1886. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 35, 14. *5. 1979a. Ecological replacement among late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tetrapods. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 26, 127-150. Download pdf version. *6. 1979b. Increase in total global biomass over time. Evolutionary Theory, 4, 123-128. *7. 1979c. Ectothermy and the success of the dinosaurs. Evolution, 33, 983-997. Download pdf version. 8. 1979d. H. A. Nicholson (1844-1899): pioneer of thin-section taxonomy. Fossil Cnidaria, 8 (2), 17-24. *9. 1980a. H. A. Nicholson (1844-1899), invertebrate palaeontologist: bibliography and catalogue of his type and figured material. Royal Scottish Museum Information Series, Geology, 7, 1-94. *10. 1980b. Geographical variation in the garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) of the north-central United States, a multivariate study. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68, 307-323. 11. 1980c. [Review of 'A new look at the dinosaurs' by A. J. Charig and 'Archosauria' by J. C. McLoughlin.] Quarterly Review of Biology, 55, 61-62. *12. 1980d. Dictyodora from the Silurian of Peeblesshire, Scotland. Palaeontology, 23, 501-513 (MJB and N. H. Trewin). *13. 1980e. Geographic variation and the validity of subspecies names for the Eastern garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Chicago, 15, 57-69. 14. 1980f. The Elgin reptiles and the mid-19th century progressionist controversy. Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, 1, 40-46. *15. 1981a. The use of flexible synthetic rubbers for casts of complex fossils from natural moulds. Geological Magazine, 118, 551-556 (MJB and A. D. Walker). *16. 1981b. Lower Silurian distal shelf storm-induced turbidites in the Welsh Borders: sediments, tool marks and trace fossils. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 138, 675-694 (MJB and D. I. Gray). 17. 1982a. The Diapsida: revolution in reptile relationships. Nature, 296, 306-307. *18. 1982b. Multidirectional palaeocurrents as indicators of shelf storm beds. In G. Einsele and A. Seilacher (eds.), Cyclic and event stratification, pp. 350-353. Springer Verlag, Berlin (D. I. Gray and MJB). *19. 1982c. Dictyodora and associated trace fossils from the Palaeozoic of Thuringia. Lethaia, 15, 115-132. *20. 1982d. Trace fossils from the Lower Palaeozoic ocean-floor sediments of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 73, 67-87. *21. 1982e. Triassic environments, climates and reptile evolution. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 40, 361-379 (M. E. Tucker and MJB). Download pdf version. 22. 1983a. Large-scale replacements in the history of life. Nature, 302, 16-17. *23. 1983b. Dinosaur success in the Triassic: a noncompetitive ecological model. Quarterly Review of Biology, 58, 29-55. Download pdf version. 24. 1983c. Museum piece solves palaeontology puzzle. New Scientist, 97, 888. 25. 1983d. The age of the rhynchosaur. New Scientist, 98, 9-13. 26. 1983e. Cladistics and classification. Palaeontological Association Circular, 112, 3-4. 27. 1983f. [Review of 'Pleistocene vertebrates of the British Isles' by A. J. Stuart.] New Scientist, 98, 236. 28. 1983g. [Review of 'The discovery of fossil fishes in Scotland up to 1845, with checklists of Agassiz's figured specimens' by S. M. Andrews.] Geological Curator, 3, 389-390. *29. 1983h. Progressionism in the 1850s: Lyell, Owen, Mantell and the Elgin fossil reptile Leptopleuron (Telerpeton). Archives of Natural History, 11, 123-136. 30. 1983i. Fossils, physics and feminism. Palaeontological Association Circular, 113, 5. *31. 1983j. Paleozoic trace fossils from the Kufrah Basin, Libya. Journal of Paleontology, 57, 447-460 (B. R. Turner and MJB). 32. 1983k. No consensus on Archaeopteryx. Nature, 305, 99-100. *33. 1983l. The Triassic reptile Hyperodapedon from Elgin: functional morphology and relationships. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 302, 605-717. Download pdf version. 34. 1983m. [Review of 'Abusing science: the case against creationism' by P. Kitcher.] Palaeontological Association Circular, 114, 9-10; reprinted in Newsletter of the Museum of New South Wales, 1983, 25-27 and in Geology Teaching, 105-106 (1984). 35. 1983n. Past glories [review of 'Fossils: the key to the past' by R. Fortey and 'Collins guide to dinosaurs' by D. Lambert]. Nature, 306, 515. 36. 1984a. Small companions for early dinosaurs. Nature, 307, 111-112. 37. 1984b. The early history of the mammals. New Scientist, 101 (1396), 19. 38. 1984c. [Review of 'Mammalian paleofaunas of the world' by D. E. Savage and D. E. Russell.] Palaeontological Association Circular, 115, 15-16. *39. 1984d. Marine reptiles from the Upper Lias (Lower Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of the Yorkshire coast. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 44, 399-429 (MJB and M. A. Taylor). 40. 1984e. Giant fossil snake. New Scientist, 102 (1407), 17. 41. 1984f. Africa's oldest fossil marsupial is unearthed. New Scientist, 102 (1407), 18. 42. 1984g. In defence of the dinosaurs. New Scientist, 102 (1403), 30. 43. 1984h.Dinosaurs' lucky break. Natural History, 93 (6), 54-59. 44. 1984i. Rauisuchians and the success of dinosaurs. Nature, 310, 101. 45. 1984j. Dinosaurs smaller than chickens. New Scientist, 103 (1415), 35. 46. 1984k. Pocket book of dinosaurs. Kingfisher, London, 188 pp.; 2nd edition (1987); 3rd edition (1993); G and G, Australia; The dinosaur encyclopedia. Wanderer Books, Julian Messner, Simon and Schuster, New York (1984); Tout sur les dinosaures. Pélican, Editions G. P., Paris (1986); Schneider, Germany. Reprinted as 1998d. 47. 1984l. Is a dog more like a lizard or a chicken? New Scientist, 103 (1417), 18-19. *48. 1984m. Fossil reptiles of the German late Triassic and the origin of the dinosaurs. In: W.-E. Reif and F. Westphal (eds), Third symposium on Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems, Tübingen, Short papers, pp. 13-18. Attempto, Tübingen. 49. 1984n. Giant tortoises down under. Nature, 311, 303. 50. 1984o/ [Review of 'Catastrophes and earth history' ed. by W. A. Berggren and J. A. Van Couvering.] Palaeontological Association Circular, 118, 8-9. *51. 1984p. The relationships and early evolution of the Diapsida. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London, 52, 575-596. 52. 1984q. Consensus on archosaurs. Nature, 312, 599. *53. 1984r. Tooth form, growth and function in Triassic rhynchosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida). Palaeontology, 27, 737-776. 54. 1984s. [Review of 'Dinosaurs, an illustrated history' by E. H. Colbert.] Quarterly Review of Biology, 59, 455-456. 55. 1985a. Soviet tetrapod. New Scientist, 105 (1438), 20. *56. 1985b. The conservation and use of fossil vertebrate sites: British fossil reptile sites. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 96, 1-6 (MJB and W. A. Wimbledon). 57. 1985c. To clone a dinosaur. New Scientist, 105 (1439), 41-43. 58. 1985d. The Red Queen put to the test. Nature, 313, 734-735. 59. 1985e. Interpretations of mass extinction. Nature, 314, 496-497. 60. 1985f. Was Archaeopteryx a dinosaur? New Scientist, 106 (1452), 23. *61. 1985g. Palaeoecology, taphonomy and dating of Permo-Triassic reptiles from Elgin, north-east Scotland. Palaeontology, 28, 207-234 (MJB and A. D. Walker). 62. 1985h. Running and hopping dinosaurs. New Scientist, 106 (1459), 17. *63. 1985i. Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84, 97-164. 64. 1985j. Mass extinctions. Nature, 315, 536. 65. 1985k. [Review of 'Beyond Neo-Darwinism. An introduction to the new evolutionary paradigm' by Ho M. W. and P. Saunders (eds).] Palaeontological Association Circular, 121, 10-11. 66. 1985l. Fossil reptile sites. Earth Science Conservation, 22, 29. 67. 1985m. Extinctions and evolution. New Scientist, 107 (1468), 25. *68. 1985n. Patterns in the diversification of Mesozoic non-marine tetrapods and problems in historical diversity analysis. Special Papers in Palaeontology, 33, 185-202. *69. 1985o. Mass extinction among non-marine tetrapods. Nature, 316, 811-814. 70. 1985p. Dinosaurs that fill the gaps. Nature, 317, 199. 71. 1985q. [Review of 'Evolution, the history of an idea' by P. J. Bowler.] Palaeontological Association Circular, 122, 13-15. 72. 1985r. Do you know? How dinosaurs lived. Piccolo, London, 32pp; Warwick Press, New York (1985). *73. 1985s. Archosaur ankles and the relationships of the thecodontian and dinosaurian reptiles. Nature, 317, 715-717 (A. R. I. Cruickshank and MJB). 74. 1985t. At the court of the Red Queen. New Scientist, 108 (1484), 52-54. 75. 1985u. The first marsupial fossil from Asia. Nature, 318, 313. 76. 1985v. [Review of 'Late Pleistocene vertebrate paleoecology of the west' by A. H. Harris.] Geological Magazine, 122, 669. 77. 1986a. But just how big can a land animal be? New Scientist, 110 (1506), 28. 78. 1986b. Predation by drilling gastropods. Nature, 321, 110-111. 79. 1986c. Geological conservation - who cares? Ecos, 7 (2), 41. 80. 1986d. Psst! Wanna sponsor some research? New Scientist, 110 (1512), 58-59. 81. 1986e. Sedimentological uses of dinosaurs. Nature, 321, 732. *82. 1986f. More than one event in the late Triassic mass extinction. Nature, 321, 857-861. *83. 1986g. Diapsida Permo-Triadica. Fossilium Catalogus, 128, 1-50. Kugler Publications, Amsterdam. *84. 1986h. The late Triassic reptile Teratosaurus - a rauisuchian, not a dinosaur. Palaeontology, 29, 293-301. *85. 1986i. Reptiles from the Upper Kimmeridge Clay (Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic) of the vicinity of Egmont Bight. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 107, 121-125 (M. A. Taylor and MJB). 86. 1986j. The story of life on Earth. Kingfisher, London, 93 pp.; Warwick Press, New York (1986); Le livre de la préhistoire. Nathan, Paris (1987); Die Entwicklung des Lebens auf der Erde. Quill and Meyer, Heidelberg, (1988); Seimei No Rekishi. Hyoronsha, Tokyo, (1990). 87. 1986k. Giving man a run for his money. New Scientist, 111 (1518), 29-30. 88. 1986l. [Review of the 'Illustrated encyclopedia of dinosaurs' by D. B. Norman.] Geological Curator, 4, 360-361. 89. 1986m. [Fish with toothed spines.] Nature, 322, 775. 90. 1986n. [Review of 'Phanerozoic diversity patterns' by J. W. Valentine (ed.).] Science, 233, 1207-1208; Geological Magazine, 123, 591-592. 91. 1986o. A new dinosaur exhibition. Geology Today, 2, 129. 92. 1986p. Palaeomolecular biology and the relaionships of the mammoth. Geology Today, 2, 135-136. 93. 1986q. The demise of a living fossil. Nature, 323, 762. *94. 1986r. The evolutionary significance of mass extinctions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 1, 127-130. Download pdf version. 95. 1986s. [Review of 'General features of the palaeobiological evolution of Cetacea' by G. A. Mchedlidze.] Mammal Review, 16, 206-207. *96. 1986t. The Late Triassic tetrapod extinction events. In Padian, K. (ed.), The beginning of the age of dinosaurs; faunal change across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, pp. 303-320. Cambridge Univ. Press. 97. 1987a. The mite pockets of lizards. Nature, 325, 391-392. 98. 1987b. Conodonts classified at last. Nature, 325, 482-483. 99. 1987c. Tetrapod phylogeny. Geology Today, 3, 2-3. 100. 1987d. Fossil boffins lash out! Palaeontogical Association Circular, 127, 4-5. 101. 1987e. [Review of 'Dynamics of extinction' ed. by D. K. Elliott.] Palaeontological Association Circular, 127, 19-20. 102. 1987f. [Review of 'Archaeopteryx, the primordial bird. A case of fossil forgery' by F. Hoyle and C. Wickramasinghe.] Geological Magazine, 124, 181. 103. 1987g. Do mass extinctions select their targets? Geology Today, 3, 48-50. 104. 1987h. Energy in Northern Ireland: Alternatives and the future. Northern Ireland Conservation Society, Belfast, 48 pp. (ed. MJB and M. Benton). 105. 1987i. [Chapters on Lower Chordates, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals.] In L. Gamlin and G. Vines (eds), The Living World, pp. 91-110, 117-128. Equinox, Oxford. *106. 1987j. Trace fossils from the Rhaetic shore-face deposits of Staffordshire. Palaeontology, 30, 407-428 (A. D. Wright and MJB). *107. 1987k. The history of the biosphere: equilibrium and non-equilibrium models of global diversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 153-156. Download pdf version. 108. 1987l [Review of 'The ancestry of the vertebrates' by R. P. S. Jefferies.] New. Scientist, 114 (1566), 68-69. 109. 1987m. Why Archaeopteryx is not a fake, but suffers from too much publicity. Geology Today, 3, 118-121. *110. 1987n. The phylogeny of rhynchosaurs (Reptilia; Diapsida; Triassic), and two new species. In P. J. Currie and E. Koster (eds), Fourth symposium on Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems, Short papers. Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Occasional Papers, 3, 12-17. *111. 1987o. (W. D. Maxwell and MJB) Mass extinctions and data bases: changes in the interpretations of tetrapod mass extinctions in the past 20 years. In P. J. Currie and E. Koster (eds), Fourth symposium on Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems, Short papers. Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Occasional Papers, 3, 156-160. *112. 1987p. Progress and competition in macroevolution. Biological Reviews, 62, 305-338. *113. 1987q. Mass extinctions among families of non-marine tetrapods: the data. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, 150, 21-32. 115. 1987r. Nemesis nonsense? Geology Today, 3, 159. 116. 1987s. Junior illustrated encyclopedia: Prehistoric world. Grisewood and Dempsey, London, 128pp. (paperback, 1991); Target/ Golden Press, Australia/ New Zealand; Simon and Schuster, New York, 128pp (1987); Le monde préhistorique. Deux Coqs d'Or, Paris, 128pp (1988); Juniorwissen: Urzeit. Unipart Verlag, Stuttgart, 128pp (1992). 117. 1987t. [Review of 'The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the San Juan and Raton Basins, New Mexico and Colorado' by J. E. Fassett and J. K. Rigby (eds).] Palaeontological Association Circular, 130, 105-106. 118. 1987u. Aktuelle Probleme der Evolutionsforschung aus der Sicht des Paläontologen. Mannheimer Forum, 87/88, 105-165. 119. 1987v. Monsters from our past. Natural World, 1987(4), 13-15. 120. 1987x. Dinosaurs' lucky break. In N. Eldredge (ed.) The Natural History reader in evolution, pp. 193-200. Columbia Univ. Press, New York (reprint of 1984h). 120. 1988a. Burrowing by vertebrates. Nature, 331, 17-18. *121. 1988b. Joints of the crocodile-reversed archosaurs. Nature, 331, 218 (A. R. I. Cruickshank and MJB). Download pdf version. *122. 1988c. The relationships of the major groups of mammals: new approaches. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 40-45. Download pdf version. 123. 1988d. The classification of old bones [review of 'Vertebrate paleontology and evolution' by R. L. Carroll]. New Scientist, 117 (1598), 83. 124. 1988e. The nature of an adaptive radiation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 3, 127-128. Download pdf version. *125. 1988f. Mass extinctions in the fossil record of reptiles: paraphyly, patchiness, and periodicity (?) In Larwood, G. (ed.) Extinction and survival in the fossil record. Systematics Association Special Volume, 34, 269-294. 126. 1988g. The giant book of dinosaurs. Octopus, London, 111pp.; Gallery Books, New York, USA, 111 pp. (1988, 1989); A Dinoszauruszok nagy képeskönyve. Egyetemi, Budapest, 111 pp. (1992); Suuri Hirmuliskokirja. Werner Söderstöm, Porvoo, Finland, 111 pp. (1993). Re-issued as The Hamlyn book of dinosaurs. Dean, London, 111pp. (1993). 127. 1988h. Dinosaurs, living and breathing [Review of 'Dinosaurs past and present' ed. by S. Czerkas and E. C. Olson.] New Scientist, 118 (1618), 70. 128. 1988i. [Review of 'The beginning of the age of dinosaurs' ed. by K. Padian.] Geological Magazine, 125, 465. *129. 1988j. The origins of the dinosaurs. Modern Geology, 13, 41-56. 130. 1988k. Bringing up baby. Nature, 334, 566. *131. 1988l. (Editor) The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods. Clarendon Press, Oxford (Systematics Association Special Volume, 35A, 35B), 377, 329 pp. *132. 1988m. Archosaur phylogeny and the relationships of the Crocodylia. In Benton, M. J. (ed.) The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods. Systematics Association Special Volume, 35A, 295-338 (MJB and J. Clark). 133. 1988n. The bones of dragons [review of 'Dinosaurs from China' by Dong Zhiming]. New Scientist, 119 (1628), 75. 134. 1988o. New data on dinosaur extinction. Geology Today, 4, 159-161. 135. 1988p. Dinosaurs, an A-Z Guide. Kingfisher, London, 176 pp. (book clubs: Red House, BCA); Derrydale Books, New York (1988) ; Les dinosaures de A à Z, France Loisirs, Paris (1990), Editions Rouge et Or, Paris (book club: France Loisirs); Dinosaurier von A -Z., Ars Edition, München (1990); ? Kaiseisha, Japan. 136. 1988q. The dinosaur dynasty. New Scientist poster. *137. 1988r. British fossil reptile sites. In Crowther, P. and Wimbledon, W. A. (eds.) The use and conservation of palaeontological sites. Special Paper in Palaeontology, 40, 73-84. 138. 1989a. Fossil reptiles from ancient caves. Nature, 337, 309-310. 139. 1989b. [Review of 'Reptile egg-shells. SEM atlas' by H. H. Schleich and W. Kästle.] Geological Magazine, 126, 90. 140. 1989c. [Review of 'Cenozoic mammals of North America, geochronology and biostratigraphy' ed. by M. O. Woodburne.] Geological Magazine, 126, 23-24. 141. 1989d. Dinosaurs. Culture Shock, London, 48 pp. *142. 1989e. Patterns of evolution and extinction in vertebrates. In Allen, K. C. and Briggs, D. E. G. (eds.) Evolution and the fossil record. Belhaven, London, pp. 218-241. 143. 1989f. [Review of 'Excursion guide to the geology of the Aberdeen area' ed. by N. H. Trewin et al.] Modern Geology, 13, 310. *144. 1989g. Heterochrony in a fossil reptile: juveniles of the rhynchosaur Scaphonyx fischeri from the Late Triassic of Brazil. Palaeontology, 32, 335-353. (MJB and R. Kirkpatrick) *145. 1989h. Recent trends on vertebrate palaeontology. In Harper, D. A. T. (ed.) William King DSc; a palaeontological tribute. Galway University Press, pp. 62-79. *146. 1989i. The Triassic reptiles Brachyrhinodon and Polysphenodon and the relationships of the sphenodontids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 96, 413-335. (N. C. Fraser and MJB) 147. 1989j. [Review of 'Mass extinctions: processes and the evidence' ed. by S. K. Donovan.] Nature, 340, 518-519. 148. 1989k. [Review of 'Les traces de vertébrés tetrapodes du Permien Français' by G. Gand.] Palaeontology Newsletter, 3/4, 35-36. 149. 1989l. On the trail of the dinosaurs. Kingfisher, London, 144 pp.; New Burlington Books, London, 144 pp; Crescent Books, New York, 144 pp. (1990); Sur les traces des dinosaures. Edimages, Paris (1990); Intrinsèque, Quebec (1990); Tras las huellas de los dinosaurios. Acanto/ Circulo de Lectores, Barcelona (1991). 150. 1989m. [Review of 'Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory' ed. by I. Tattersall et al.] Geological Magazine, 126, 609. 151. 1989n. Extinct animals. In D. McFarlan (ed.) The Guinness book of records 1990, pp. 44-46. Guinness Publishing, London, 320 pp. 152. 1989o. Pruning the tree of life. Nature, 342, 129-130. *153. 1989p. The future of earth sciences site conservation in Great Britain. Geological Curator, 5, 101-109. (P. Allen, MJB, G. P. Black, C. J. Cleal, K. M. Evans, S. I. Jusypiw, M. A. Rowlands, and T. S. Westoll.) 154. 1989q. Prehistoric animals, an A-Z guide. Kingfisher, London, 176 pp; Derrydale, New York (1989); Tiere der Vorzeit von A-Z. Ars Edition, München (1991); ? Kaiseisha, Japan. *155. 1989r. Mass extinctions among tetrapods and the quality of the fossil record. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, Series B, 325, 369-386. Download pdf version. 156. 1989s. Red Queen hypothesis. In Briggs, D. E. G. and Crowther, P. R. (eds), Palaeobiology, a synthesis, pp. 119-124. Blackwells, Oxford. 157. 1989t. Evolution of large size. In Briggs, D. E. G. and Crowther, P. R. (eds), Palaeobiology, a synthesis, pp. 147-152. Blackwells, Oxford. 158. 1989u. End-Triassic. In Briggs, D. E. G. and Crowther, P. R. (eds), Palaeobiology, a synthesis, pp. 194-198. Blackwells, Oxford. *159. 1990a. Scientific methodologies in collision: the history of the study of the extinction of the dinosaurs. Evolutionary Biology, 24, 371-424. View an html version of this article. *160. 1990b. Phylogeny of the major tetrapod groups: morphological data and divergence dates. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 30, 409-424. 161. 1990c. All about dinosaurs. Kingfisher, London, 45 pp. (book club: Scholastic), paperback (1992); Mallard Press, New York (1991); Tout sur les dinosaures. Nathan, Paris (1991); Mein erstes Buch der Dinosaurier. Schneider, Frankfurt (1991); Alla scoperta dei dinosauri. Alauda, Italy (1991); FHER, Spain (1991); Tudo sobre os dinossauros. Desabrochar, Portugal (1994); Warmth Publications (China). *162. 1990d. Mass extinctions in the fossil record of late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tetrapods. In Kauffman, E. G. and Walliser, O. H. (eds) Extinction events in earth history; Lecture Notes in the Earth Sciences 30, 239-251. Springer, Berlin. *163. 1990e. The species of Rhynchosaurus, a rhynchosaur (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of England. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, Series B, 328, 213-306. Download pdf version. 164. 1990f. [Review of 'Arguments on evolution; a paleontologist's perspective' by A. Hoffman.] Geological Magazine, 127, 371-372. 165. 1990g. [Review of 'Recent vertebrate carcasses and their paleobiological implications' by J. Weigelt.] Geological Magazine, 127, 377. *166. 1990h. Vertebrate palaeontology. Biology and evolution. Unwin Hyman, London, xii + 377 pp; reprint, HarperCollins, London (1991), Chapman and Hall, London (1995, 1996). 167. 1990i. The reign of the reptiles. Kingfisher, London, 144 pp; Crescent Books, New York, 144 pp; Eagle Editions, Royston (1998); Le regne des reptiles. Edimages, Paris (1990); Intrinsèque, Quebec (1990). 168. 1990j. [Review of 'The evolution of perissodactyls' edited by D. R. Prothero.] Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 347. *169. 1990k. Evolutionsforschung aus der Sicht des Paläontologen. In U. Jüdes, G. Eulefeld, and T. Kapune (eds) Evolution des Biosphäre, pp. 9-49. Edition Universitas, S. Hirzel, Stuttgart (revised reprint of 1987v). *170. 1990l. Reptiles. In K. McNamara (ed.) Evolutionary trends, pp. 279-300. Belhaven, London. *171. 1990m. Origin and interrelationships of dinosaurs. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (eds), The Dinosauria, pp. 11-30. University of California Press, Berkeley [reprinted, 1992, paperback]. 172. 1990n. Phylogenetic trees and the unification of systematic biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 393-394. Download pdf version. *173. 1990o. The causes of the diversification of life. In P. D. Taylor and G. Larwood (eds), Major evolutionary radiations. Systematics Association Special Volume 42, 409-430. Clarendon, Oxford. 174. 1990p. Extinct animals. In D. McFarlan (ed.) The Guinness book of records 1991, pp. 45-47. Guinness Publishing, London, 320 pp. 175. 1990q. [Review of 'predatory dinosaurs of the world' by G. Paul.] Quarterly Review of Biology, 65, 349-350. *176. 1990r. Historical tests of the absolute completeness of the fossil record of tetrapods. Paleobiology, 16, 322-335 (W. D. Maxwell and MJB). Download pdf version. *177. 1991a. Polar dinosaurs and ancient climates. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 6, 28-30. Download pdf version. 178. 1991b. The rise of the mammals, The Apple Tree Press, London, 144 pp.; Crescent Books, New York, 144 pp; Eagle Editions, Royston (1998); L'épopée des mammifères. Edimages, Paris (1991); Intrinsèque, Quebec (1991). 179. 1991c. [Review of 'Dinosaur tracks' by T. Thulborn.] Geological Magazine, 128, 84. 180. 1991d. [Review of 'Transformed cladistics, taxonomy and evolution' by N. R. Scott-Ram.] Geological Magazine, 128, 90-91. 181. 1991e. Dawn of the dinosaurs. Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery, 25pp. 182. 1991f. [Review of 'The other side of the medal' by E. C. Olson.] Geological Magazine, 128191-192. 183. 1991g. [Review of 'Solnhofen. A study in Mesozoic palaeontology' by K. W. Barthel, N. M. M. Swinburne and S. Conway Morris.] Geological Magazine, 128, 195-196. 184. 1991h. [Review of 'Evolution. Eine Ubersicht sieben Jahrzehnte nach Ernst Haeckel' by H. K. Erben.] Geological Magazine, 128, 291-292. 185. 1991i. Methodological roads to evolution. [Review of 'Dinosaur systematics: approaches and perspectives' edited by K. Carpenter and P. J. Currie.] New Scientist, 130 (1773), 52-53. 186. 1991j. Picture Pocket Dinosaurs. Kingfisher, London, 96pp (paperback, 1993); Picture Pocket Dinosaurs. Simon and Schuster, New York, 96pp. (1992); Fragen und Wissen, Dinosaurier. Postreiter Verlag, Halle, 96pp (1992); Hirmulisko-kirja. Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo, Finland, 96pp (1992); Les Dinosaures. France Loisirs, Paris, 96pp. (1994); [Chinese edition] The China Times Publishing Co., Taiwan, 109 pp. (1994). 187. 1991k. Archaeopteryx; Dinosaurs; Earth; Earthquakes; Evolution of living things; Evolution of people; Extinct animals; Fossils; Geological time; Glaciers; Prehistoric animals; Rocks. Oxford Childrens' Encyclopaedia, 1: 66; 2: 65-69, 94-95, 96, 142-145, 146-148, 152-153, 218-219, 246-247; 3: 9; 4: 160-161, 219-221 respectively. 188. 1991l. [Review of 'The evolution of Homo erectus' by G. P. 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Dinosaurs and other tetrapods in an Early Cretaceous bauxite-filled fissure, northwestern Romania. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 130, 275-292 (MJB, Cook, E., Grigorescu, D., Popa, E., and Tallodi, E.). Download pdf version. 293. 1997g. Vertebrate palaeontology, 2nd edition. Chapman & Hall, London, 452 pp. Translation: Paleontologia dei Vertebrati, Franco Lucisano, Milano, 504 pp. *294. 1997h. Congruence between phylogenetic and stratigraphic data on the history of life. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 264, 885-890 (MJB and R. Hitchin). Download pdf version. 295. 1997i. [Review of 'The evolution and extinction of the dinosaurs' by D. E. Fastovsky and D. B. Weishampel.] Historical Biology, 12, 294-296. 296. 1997h. Basic palaeontology. Longman, London; Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 342 pp. (MJB and D. A. T. Harper). 297. 1997i. [Review of 'Life's splendid drama' by P. J. Bowler.] Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 10, 682-683. *298. 1997j. 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Long.] Geological Magazine 136, 102. 328. 1999d. Robert Joseph Gay Savage 1927-1998 [obituary]. The Geological Society, Annual Review 1998 27-28. *329. 1999e. Lazarus taxa and fossil abundance at times of biotic crisis. Journal of the Geological Society, London 156, 453-456 (P. B. Wignall and MJB). Download pdf version. *330. 1999f. The history of life: large databases in palaeontology. In D. A. T. Harper (ed.), Numerical palaeobiology. Wiley, Chichester, pp. 249-283. View an html version of this article. *331. 1999g. Early radiation of the neoselachian sharks in western Europe. Geobios 32, 193-204 (G. Cuny and MJB). *332. 1999h. Self-organized criticality in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14, 321-322 (Solé, R.V., Manrubia, S. C., MJB, Kauffman, S., and Bak, P.) Download pdf version. *333. 1999i. Scleromochlus taylori and the origin of dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 354, 1423-1446. 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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 696 pp. *353. 2000n. Introduction. Pp. xiv-xv, in Benton, M. J., Shishkin, M. A., Unwin, D. M., and Kurochkin, E. N. (Eds) The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. *354. 2000o. Conventions in Russian and Mongolian palaeontological literature. Pp. xvi-xxxix, in Benton, M. J., Shishkin, M. A., Unwin, D. M., and Kurochkin, E. N. (Eds) The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. *355. 2000p. Procolophonoids from the Permo-Triassic of Russia. Pp. 160-176, in Benton, M. J., Shishkin, M. A., Unwin, D. M., and Kurochkin, E. N. (Eds) The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (Spencer, P. S. and MJB). *356. 2000q. Enigmatic small reptiles from the Middle-Late Triassic of Kirgizstan. Pp. 177-186, in Benton, M. J., Shishkin, M. A., Unwin, D. M., and Kurochkin, E. N. (Eds) The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. 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Speciation in the fossil record. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16, 405-411 (MJB and P. N. Pearson). Download pdf version. 368. 2001f. Introduction. In Atlas of the evolving earth, volumes 1-3, pp. 6-8 in each. Macmillan Reference USA, Detroit. 369. 2001g. The science of 'Walking with dinosaurs'. Teaching Earth Sciences 26, 4-9. View an html version of this article. 370. 2001h. History of biodiversity. Geological Journal 36, 185-353 (Harper, D. A. T. and MJB, eds). 371. 2001i. Preface: History of biodiversity. Geological Journal 36, 185-186 (Harper, D. A. T. and MJB). *372. 2001j. Biodiversity on land and in the sea. Geological Journal 36, 211-230. Download pdf version. 373. 2001k. [Review of 'Shaking the tree' edited by H. Gee.] Geological Magazine 36, 358. *374. 2001l. Finding the tree of life: matching phylogenetic trees to the fossil record through the 20th century. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 268, 2123-2130. Download pdf version. 375. 2001m. 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How to kill (almost) all life: the end-Permian extinction event. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18, 358-365 (MJB and R. J. Twitchett). Download pdf version. *399. 2003h. Geochemical taphonomy of shallow marine vertebrate assemblages. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology 197, 151-169 (Trueman, C. N., MJB, and Palmer, M.R.). Download pdf version. *400. 2003i. Post-Cambrian closure of the deep-water slope-basin taphonomic window. Geology 31, 769-772 (Orr, P. J., MJB, and Briggs, D. E. G.). Download pdf version. *401. 2003j. Taxonomic level as a determinant of the shape of the Phanerozoic marine biodiversity curve. American Naturalist 162, 265-276 (Lane, A. and MJB). Download pdf version. 402. 2003k. [Review of 'Gideon Mantell Memento mori-2.' by A. Brook.] Archives of Natural History 30, 361-362. 403. 2003l. 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Ecosystem remodelling among vertebrates at the Permian-Triassic boundary in Russia. Nature 432, 97-100 (MJB., Tverdokhlebov, V. P. and Surkov, M. V.). Download pdf version. Download the original of Figure 1 in colour as a gif or pdf. Download the Excel data file here. *414. 2004i. Origin and relationships of Dinosauria. In D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, and H. Osmólska (eds), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, pp. 7-24. University of California Press, Berkeley. Download pdf version. 415. 2004j. Vertebrate Palaeontology, 3rd edition. Blackwell, Oxford, 455 pp. *416. 2004k. Neoselachian (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) diversity across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 214, 181-194 (Kriwet, J. and MJB). Download pdf version. *417. 2004l. Fossil sharks from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. Revue de PalŽontologie, Volume spŽciale 9, 127-142 (Cuny, G., Ouaja, M., Srarfi, D., Schmitz, L., Buffetaut, E., and MJB). 418. 2004m. 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