- PhD, Independent Researcher, The University of Queensland
Independent researcher of fossilised footprints (mainly dinosaurs), with additional specialities in 3D visualisations and graphic design. Involved in community outreach, STEM, and development of primary school level course learning using 'dinosaurs'.
Experience
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2017–presentIndependent Researcher, The University of Queensland
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2022–presentPrincipal Project Officier, The University of Queensland
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2014–2016Research Assistant (Casual), The University of Queensland
Education
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2014The University of Queensland, Doctor of Philosophy-Vertebrate palaeontology
Publications
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2022A machine learning approach for the discrimination of theropod and ornithischian dinosaur tracks., Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, 19 (20220588), 1-8
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2022Theropod and other dinosaurian tracks from the upper Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China: overlooked Fuxin Biota records reinvestigated. , Cretaceous Research, 135 105190, 1-9
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2022Fish swim traces from the Jindong Formation (Cretaceous) Korea: Implications for lake basin ichnofacies and paleoecology, Cretaceous Research, 131 105070, 105070
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2022A new dinosaur tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) Eumeralla Formation of Wattle Hill, Victoria, Australia: a preliminary investigation, Historical Biology, 34 (1), 130-140.
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2022Dinosaur tracks from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of Northern Central Yunnan, China, Biosis: Biological Systems, 3 (1), e004
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2021Saurischian dinosaur tracks from the Upper Triassic of southern Queensland: possible evidence for Australia’s earliest sauropodomorph trackmaker, Historical Biology, 1-10
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2021Additional notes on the Mount Morgan dinosaur tracks from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) Razorback beds, Queensland, Australia, Historical Biology, 33 (10), 2005-2007
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2021Guide to the Extinct Animals of Ancient Egypt, Columbia, South Carolina, United States: Amazon
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2021Archival data provides insights into the ambiguous track-maker gait from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) Razorback beds, Queensland, Australia: evidence of theropod quadrupedalism?, Historical Biology, 33 (9), 1573-1569
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2021Footprints of large theropod dinosaurs in the Middle–UpperJurassic (lower Callovian–lower Tithonian) Walloon Coal Measures of southern Queensland, Australia, Historical Biology, 33 (10), 2135-2146
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2021Bird tracks from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Utah: ichnotaxonomy, diversity, community structure and convergence, Historical Biology, 33 (10), 2085-2102
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2021Tetrapod track assemblages from midwestern Inner Mongolia, China: Review and new observations, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 82, 525-541.
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2021Small bird and mammal tracks from a mid-Cenozoic volcanic province in Southern Colorado: implications for palaeobiology, Historical Biology, 1-11
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2021Multiple sauropod-dominated track sites from the Lower Cretaceous Dasheng Group of Eastern China: morphology, preservation and paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 82, 543-567.
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2021First report of "Chirotherium" lulli from the Upper Triassic Chinle formation of San Juan county, Utah, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 82, 275-284.
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2021Fruita’s first fossil footprint exhibit: The discovery of forgotten specimens in an historic former museum building, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 82, 219-226.
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2021Stegosaur track assemblage from Xinjiang, China, featuring the smallest known stegosaur record, Palaios, 36 (2), 68-76
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2021A review of two middle Jurassic theropod tracksites discovered in the 1980s from Sichuan Basin, Biosis: Biological Systems, 2 (1), 191-208
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2021An unusual dinosaur track assemblage from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, Anning formation, Lufeng Basin, China, Historical Biology, 33 (4), 1-13
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2021Assessing 'Meidum Geese' species identification with the ‘Tobias criteria’, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 36 102834, 102834
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2021Lower Cretaceous avian-dominated, theropod, thyreophoran, pterosaur and turtle track assemblages from the Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, China: ichnotaxonomy and palaeoecology, PeerJ, 9 e11476, 1-73
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2021The smallest non-avian dinosaur track in China (Lower Jurassic, Sichuan Province), Historical Biology, 1-5
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2021A new dinosaur track site from the earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) part of the Tuchengzi Formation, Hebei Province, China: Implications for morphology, ontogeny and paleocommunity structure, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 580 110619, 1-20
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2021The new ichnotaxon Eubrontes nobitai ichnosp. nov. and other Saurischian tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Sichuan Province and a review of Chinese Eubrontes type tracks, Journal of Palaeogeography, 10 (17) 17, 1-19
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2020Photogrammetry in ichnology: 3D model generation, visualisation, and data extraction, Journal of Paleontological Techniques-IN PRESS
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2020Footprints of marine reptiles from the Middle Triassic (Anisian-Ladinian) Guanling Formation of Guizhou Province, southwestern China: the earliest evidence of synchronous swimming., Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109943
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2020First reports of Crocodylopodus from Asia: implications for the paleoecology of the Lower Cretaceous. , Cretaceous Research, 111 104441.doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104441
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2020Dinosaur tracks from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary Tuchengzi Formation (Hebei Province, China) used as building stones in the Chengde imperial summer resort: age, ichnology, and history. , Cretaceous Research, 107 104310. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104310
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2020Trackway evidence for large bipedal crocodylomorphs from the Cretaceous of Korea, Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66008-7
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2020Dinosaur Eggs Associated with Crustacean Trace Fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi, China: Evidence for Foraging Behavior?, Biosis: Biological Systems, 1(2): 54-59
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2020An Instructional Guide for Visualising Dinosaur Tracks, https://www.amazon.com/Instructional-Guide-Visualising-Dinosaur-Tracks/dp/B08KHNDRY4
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2020Evidence of ornithischian activity from the Lower Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian) Precipice Sandstone, Callide Basin, Queensland, Australia — preliminary findings., Historical Biology, 1-3. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1846033
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2020An historic theropod dominated track assemblage from the Upper Jurassic of Sichuan, China., Historical Biology, doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1830278
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2019Dinosaur tracks from the Lower Cretaceous Xiguayuan Formation in the Luanping Basin, Hebei Province, China. , Cretaceous Research, 103 . doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.06.009
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2019An unusual dinosaur track assemblage from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, Anning formation, Lufeng Basin, China. , Historical Biology, 1-13.doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1642335
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2019“Keep your feet on the ground”: simulated range of motion and hind foot posture of the Middle Jurassic sauropod Rhoetosaurus brownei and its implications for sauropod biology. , Journal of Morphology, 280 6: 849-878
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2019A probable tyrannosaurid track from the Upper Cretaceous of southern China. , Science Bulletin, 64 16: 1136-1139
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2019A diversified dinosaur track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Xiaoba Formation of Sichuan Province, China: implications for ichnological database and census studies. , Cretaceous Research, 96 120-134
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2019The first theropod tracks from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, Northwest China: new and rare evidence of quadrupedal progression in theropod dinosaurs. , Journal of Palaeogeography, 8 1: . doi:10.1186/s42501-019-0028-4
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2018Smallest known raptor tracks suggest microraptorine activity in lakeshore setting. , Scientific Reports, 8 1
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2018Multiple parallel deinonychosaurian trackways from a diverse dinosaur track assemblage of the Lower Cretaceous Dasheng Group of Shandong Province, China. , Cretaceous Research, 90: 40-55
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2018Late Triassic sauropodomorph and Middle Jurassic theropod tracks from the Xichang Basin, Sichuan Province, southwestern China: First report of the ichnogenus Carmelopodus. , Journal of Palaeogeography, 7 1: 1-13
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2018Diverse sauropod-theropod-dominated track assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Dasheng Group of Eastern China: testing the use of drones in footprint documentation. , Cretaceous Research, 84 588-599
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2018Tetrapod track assemblages from Lower Cretaceous desert facies in the Ordos Basin, Shaanxi Province, China, and their implications for Mesozoic paleoecology. , Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, . doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.016
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2018A standard protocol for documenting modern and fossil ichnological data., Palaeontology, 61 4: 469-480
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2018Lower Cretaceous sauropod trackways from Lishui City and an overview of dinosaur dominated track assemblages from Zhejiang Province, China. , Journal of Palaeogeography, 7
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2017A multidisciplinary approach to digital mapping of dinosaurian tracksites in the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, PeerJ, 5:e3013
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2017Two new dinosaur tracksites from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation of Sichuan Basin, China: specific preservation and ichnotaxonomy. , Historical Biology, 30 7: 976-984
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2017Coagulating colubrids: evolutionary, pathophysiological and biodiscovery implications of venom variations between boomslang (Dispholidus typus) and twig snake (Thelotornis mossambicanus). , Toxins, 9 5: 171
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2017A diversified vertebrate ichnite fauna from the Dasheng Group (Lower Cretaceous) of southeast Shandong Province, China. , Historical Biology, 1-10
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2017The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes, Current Biology, 27:1184-1191
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2017The dinosaurian ichnofauna of the lower cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) broome sandstone of the Walmadany area (James Price Point), Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36, Sup1: 1–152
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2014Large dinosaurian tracks from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Cenomanian–lower Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, at Lark Quarry, central-western Queensland, Australia: 3D photogrammetric analysis renders the ‘stampede trigger’ scenario unlikely, Cretaceous Research, 32: 135–142
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2013Reevaluation of the Lark Quarry dinosaur tracksite (late Albian–Cenomanian Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia): no longer a stampede?, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33:1, 102–120
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2011A reassessment of large theropod dinosaur tracks from the mid-Cretaceous (late Albian–Cenomanian) Winton Formation of Lark Quarry, central-western Queensland, Australia: a case for mistaken identity., Cretaceous Research, 32: 135–142
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