List of works - Michael J. Polcyn

A 17-My-old whale constrains onset of uplift and climate change in east Africa

scientific article

A biomechanical analysis of the skull and adductor chamber muscles in the Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur Libonectes

scholarly article published in 2013

A new ankylosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia and implications for paleoecology of armoured dinosaurs

scientific article published on 25 November 2021

A new desmostylian mammal from Unalaska (USA) and the robust Sanjussen jaw from Hokkaido (Japan), with comments on feeding in derived desmostylids

article

A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola

scholarly article by Timothy S. Myers et al published 12 November 2017 in Papers in Palaeontology

A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs

scientific article (publication date: 20 January 2015)

Angolan ichnosite in a diamond mine shows the presence of a large terrestrial mammaliamorph, a crocodylomorph, and sauropod dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Africa

article

Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola

scientific article published in March 2011

Aspects of gorgonopsian paleobiology and evolution: insights from the basicranium, occiput, osseous labyrinth, vasculature, and neuroanatomy.

scientific article

Carbon isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and 40Ar/39Ar age of the Cretaceous South Atlantic coast, Namibe Basin, Angola

scholarly article by Christopher Strganac et al published November 2014 in Journal of African Earth Sciences

Dallasaurus turneri, a new primitive mosasauroid from the Middle Turonian of Texas and comments on the phylogeny of Mosasauridae (Squamata)

scholarly article by Gorden L. Bell & Michael J. Polcyn published September 2005 in Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Deep Time Conservation Paleobiology of the Atlantic Jigsaw Puzzle and the Future of the Southwestern Angolan Coast

scientific article published in 2023

First occurrence of the long-snouted crocodyliformTerminonaris(Pholidosauridae) from the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian) of Texas

Haasiasaurusgen. nov., a new generic name for the basal mosasauroidHaasiaPolcyn et al., 1999

Introduction: Proceedings of the 4th Triennial Mosasaur Meeting. Dallas, Texas, May 20-25, 2013

Late Cretaceous strata and vertebrate fossils of North Texas

Microanatomical and Histological Features in the Long Bones of Mosasaurine Mosasaurs (Reptilia, Squamata) – Implications for Aquatic Adaptation and Growth Rates ⬇️

scientific article published on October 16, 2013

Microspectroscopic evidence of cretaceous bone proteins

scientific article

Mobile Scanning of Large and Rare Specimens

scholarly article

Physical drivers of mosasaur evolution

scientific article published in 2014

Post-Gondwana Africa and the vertebrate history of the Angolan Atlantic Coast ⬇️

scholarly article by Louis L. Jacobs et al published 2016 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria

Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola

Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles

scientific article

Soft tissue preservation in a fossil marine lizard with a bilobed tail fin ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

The Fossil Record of Biodiversity in Angola Through Time: A Paleontological Perspective

scholarly article published 2019

The North African MosasaurGlobidens phosphaticusfrom the Maastrichtian of Angola

scholarly article by Michael J. Polcyn et al published March 2010 in Historical Biology

The Oldest African Eucryptodiran Turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola

article

The braincase of Malawisaurus dixeyi (Sauropoda: Titanosauria): A 3D reconstruction of the brain endocast and inner ear

scientific article published on 13 February 2019

The first late cretaceous mawsoniid coelacanth (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from North America: Evidence of a lineage of extinct ‘living fossils’

scientific article published in 2021

List of works by Michael J. Polcyn

A 17-My-old whale constrains onset of uplift and climate change in east Africa

A biomechanical analysis of the skull and adductor chamber muscles in the Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur Libonectes

A new ankylosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia and implications for paleoecology of armoured dinosaurs

A new desmostylian mammal from Unalaska (USA) and the robust Sanjussen jaw from Hokkaido (Japan), with comments on feeding in derived desmostylids

A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola

A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs

Angolan ichnosite in a diamond mine shows the presence of a large terrestrial mammaliamorph, a crocodylomorph, and sauropod dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Africa

Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola

Aspects of gorgonopsian paleobiology and evolution: insights from the basicranium, occiput, osseous labyrinth, vasculature, and neuroanatomy.

Carbon isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and 40Ar/39Ar age of the Cretaceous South Atlantic coast, Namibe Basin, Angola

Dallasaurus turneri, a new primitive mosasauroid from the Middle Turonian of Texas and comments on the phylogeny of Mosasauridae (Squamata)

Deep Time Conservation Paleobiology of the Atlantic Jigsaw Puzzle and the Future of the Southwestern Angolan Coast

First occurrence of the long-snouted crocodyliformTerminonaris(Pholidosauridae) from the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian) of Texas

Haasiasaurusgen. nov., a new generic name for the basal mosasauroidHaasiaPolcyn et al., 1999

Introduction: Proceedings of the 4th Triennial Mosasaur Meeting. Dallas, Texas, May 20-25, 2013

Late Cretaceous strata and vertebrate fossils of North Texas

Microanatomical and Histological Features in the Long Bones of Mosasaurine Mosasaurs (Reptilia, Squamata) – Implications for Aquatic Adaptation and Growth Rates ⬇️

Microspectroscopic evidence of cretaceous bone proteins

Mobile Scanning of Large and Rare Specimens

Physical drivers of mosasaur evolution

Post-Gondwana Africa and the vertebrate history of the Angolan Atlantic Coast ⬇️

Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola

Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles

Soft tissue preservation in a fossil marine lizard with a bilobed tail fin ⬇️

The Fossil Record of Biodiversity in Angola Through Time: A Paleontological Perspective

The North African MosasaurGlobidens phosphaticusfrom the Maastrichtian of Angola

The Oldest African Eucryptodiran Turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola

The braincase of Malawisaurus dixeyi (Sauropoda: Titanosauria): A 3D reconstruction of the brain endocast and inner ear

The first late cretaceous mawsoniid coelacanth (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from North America: Evidence of a lineage of extinct ‘living fossils’