Publications

2019

Cretaceous dinosaur bone contains recent organic material and provides an environment conducive to microbial communities. Evan T Saitta, Renxing Liang, Maggie CY Lau, Caleb M Brown, Nicholas R Longrich, Thomas G Kaye, Ben J Novak, Steven L Salzberg, Mark A Norell, Geoffrey D Abbott, Marc R Dickinson, Jakob Vinther, Ian D Bull, Richard A Brooker, Peter Martin, Paul Donohoe, Timothy DJ Knowles, Kirsty EH Penkman, Tullis Onstott. eLife 8, e46205.

A new species of Coloborhynchus (Pterosauria, Ornithocheiridae) from the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa.ML Jacobs, DM Martill, N Ibrahim, N Longrich. Cretaceous Research 95, 77-88

Aquatic adaptation in the skull of carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) and the evolution of aquatic habits in spinosaurids. TMS Arden, CG Klein, S Zouhri, NR Longrich. Cretaceous Research 93, 275-284

Juvenile spinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) from the middle Cretaceous of Morocco and implications for spinosaur ecology. RJ Lakin, NR Longrich. Cretaceous Research 93, 129-142

2018

Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.  Longrich, N.R., Martill, D. M., Andres, B. PLoS Biology 16 (3), e2001663.

2017

An abelisaurid from the latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) of Morocco, North Africa. Longrich, N. R., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Jalil, N. E., Khaldourne, F. & E. Jourani. Cretaceous Research 76; 40-52.

A new basal snake from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco. Klein, C. G., Longrich, N. R., Ibrahim, N., Nouhri, S. & D. M. Martill. Cretaceous Research 72; 134-141.

2016

Severe extinction and rapid recovery of mammals across the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary, and the effects of rarity on patterns of extinction and recovery. Longrich, N.R., Scriberas, J. and Wills, M.A., 2016.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(8), pp.1495-1512.

Longrich, N. R. A stem lepidosireniform lungfish (Sarcopterygia, Dipnoi) from the Upper Eocene of Libya, North Africa and implications  for Cenozoic lungfish evolution. Gondwana Research 42, 140-150.

A ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Eastern North America, and implications for dinosaur biogeography. Longrich, N. R.  Cretaceous Research 57, 199-207.

Longrich, N. R. A new species of Pluridens (Mosasauridae Halisaurinae) from the upper Campanian of Southern Nigeria. Cretaceous Research 64, 36-44.

Funston, G. F., Currie, P. J., Eberth, D. A., Ryan, M. J., Chinzorig, T., Badamgarav, D. & N. R. Longrich. The first oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria Theropoda) bonebed: evidence of gregarious behaviour in a maniraptoran theropod. Scientific Reports 6, 35782

2015

Martill, D. M., Tischlinger, H. & N. R. Longrich. A four-legged snake from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana. Science 349, 416-419.

Longrich, N. R. , Vinther, J., Pyron, R. A., Pisani, D. & J. Gauthier. Biogeography of worm lizards (Amphisbaenia) driven by end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282, 20143034.

2014

Vinther, J., Stein, M., Longrich, N. R. & D. A. T. Harper. A suspension-feeding anomalocarid from the Early Cambrian. Nature 507, 496-499.

Darroch, S. A. F., Webb, A. E., Longrich, N. R. & J. Belmaker. Palaeocene-Eocene evolution of beta diversity among ungulate mammals in North America. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23, 757-768.

Longrich, N. R. The horned dinosaurs Pentaceratops and Kosmoceratops from the upper Campanian of Alberta and implications for dinosaur biogeography. Cretaceous Research 51, 292-308.

2013

Longrich, N. R., Barnes, K., Clark, S. & L. Millar. Caenagnathidae from the upper campanian aguja formation of west texas, and a revision of the caenagnathinae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54, 23-49.

Peterson, J. E., Dischler, C. & N. R. Longrich. Distributions of cranial pathologies provide evidence for head-butting in dome-headed dinosaurs (Pachycephalosauridae). PLoS ONE 8, e68620.

Longrich, N. R., Barnes, K., Clark, S. & L. Millar. Erratum: Correction to “caenagnathidae from the upper campanian aguja formation of west Texas, and a revision of the caenagnathinae“. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54, 263-264.

Longrich, N. R. Judiceratops tigris, a new horned dinosaur from the Middle Campanian Judith river formation of Montana. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54, 51-65.

2012

Longrich, N. R., Bhullar, B-A. S. & J. A. Gauthier. A transitional snake from the Late Cretaceous period of North America. Nature 488, 205-208.

Longrich, N. R., Bhullar, B-A. S. & J. A. Gauthier. Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, 21396-21401.

Longrich, N. R., Vinther, J., Meng, Q., Li, Q. & A. P. Russell. Primitive wing feather arrangement in Archaeopteryx lithographica and Anchiornis huxleyi. Current Biology 22, 2262-2267.

Longrich, N. R. & D. Field. Torosaurus Is not triceratops: Ontogeny in chasmosaurine ceratopsids as a case study in dinosaur taxonomy. PLoS ONE 7, e32623.

2011

Schott, R. K., Evans, D. C., Goodwin, M. B., Horner, J. R., Brown, C. M. & N. R. Longrich. Cranial ontogeny in Stegoceras validum (dinosauria: Pachycephalosauria): A quantitative model of pachycephalosaur dome growth and variation. PLoS ONE 6, e21092.

Longrich, N. R., Tokaryk, T. & D. Field. Mass extinction of birds at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, 15253-15257.

Lyson, T. R. & N. R. Longrich. Spatial niche partitioning in dinosaurs from the latest cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278, 1158-1164.

Longrich, N. R. & S. L. Olson. The bizarre wing of the Jamaican flightless ibis Xenicibis xympithecus: A unique vertebrate adaptation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278, 2333-2337.

Longrich, N. R. Titanoceratops ouranos, a giant horned dinosaur from the late Campanian of New Mexico. Cretaceous Research 32, 264-276.

2010

Longrich, N. R., Currie, P. J. & D. Zhi-Ming. A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia. Palaeontology. 53, 945-960.

Longrich, N. R., Horner, J. R., Erickson, G. M. & P. Currie. Cannibalism in Tyrannosaurus rex. PLoS ONE 5, e13419.

Longrich, N. R. & M. Ryan. Mammalian tooth marks on the bones of dinosaurs and other Late Cretaceous vertebrates. Palaeontology 53, 703-709.

Longrich, N. R., Sankey, J. & D. Tanke. Texacephale langstoni, a new genus of pachycephalosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the upper Campanian Aguja Formation, southern Texas, USA. Cretaceous Research 31, 274-284.

2009

Longrich, N. R. & P. J. Currie. Albertonykus borealis, a new alvarezsaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the early Maastrichtian of Alberta, Canada: Implications for the systematics and ecology of the Alvarezsauridae. Cretaceous Research 30, 239-252.

Longrich, N. R. & P. J. Currie. A microraptorine (Dinosauria-Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, 5002-5007.

Longrich, N. R. An ornithurine-dominated avifauna from the Belly River Group (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 30, 161-177.

2008

Longrich, N. R. A new, large ornithomimid from the cretaceous dinosaur park formation of Alberta, Canada: Implications for the study of dissociated dinosaur remains. Palaeontology 51, 983-997.

2006

Longrich, N. R. An ornithurine bird from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43,  1-7.

Longrich, N. R. Structure and function of hindlimb feathers in Archaeopteryx lithographica. Paleobiology 32, 417-431.

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