Gareth J. Dyke
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Gareth J. Dyke's Degrees
- PhD Vertebrate Paleontology National University of Ireland
- Masters Zoology National University of Ireland
- Bachelors Zoology National University of Ireland
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gareth John Dyke is a paleontologist whose work is concerned with the evolutionary history of birds and their dinosaurian relatives. His specific research interests include the phylogenetics of birds, the functional morphology of aves and non-avian dinosaurs, as well as the paleoenvironments of fossil vertebrates.
Gareth J. Dyke's Published Works
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- Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds (2014) (184)
- Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview (2010) (166)
- A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds (2013) (153)
- Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithes): towards an avian tree of life (2004) (134)
- Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles (2014) (123)
- The quality of the fossil record of Mesozoic birds (2005) (111)
- THE MESOZOIC RADIATION OF BIRDS (2002) (110)
- Calibration of galliform molecular clocks using multiple fossils and genetic partitions. (2004) (108)
- Origin of birds (2003) (107)
- Morphological clocks in paleontology, and a mid-Cretaceous origin of crown Aves. (2014) (103)
- The evolutionary radiation of modern birds (Neornithes): reconciling molecules, morphology and the fossil record (2004) (102)
- Suprageneric relationships of galliform birds (Aves, Galliformes): a cladistic analysis of morphological characters (2003) (99)
- Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China (2013) (87)
- Narrow Primary Feather Rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx Suggest Poor Flight Ability (2010) (86)
- A reversal of fortunes: climate change ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in Antarctic Peninsula penguins (2014) (85)
- The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni: implications for plesiosaur phylogenetics (2008) (72)
- Feathers and ‘feather‐like’ integumentary structures in Liaoning birds and dinosaurs (2006) (68)
- Living dinosaurs : the evolutionary history of modern birds (2011) (64)
- Body size evolution in Mesozoic birds (2008) (62)
- Aerodynamic performance of the feathered dinosaur Microraptor and the evolution of feathered flight (2013) (56)
- A new Enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi desert (2007) (55)
- A New Presbyornithid Bird (Aves, Anseriformes) from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Mongolia (2002) (55)
- Forelimb proportions and the evolutionary radiation of Neornithes (2004) (48)
- Avian brachial index and wing kinematics: putting movement back into bones (2007) (48)
- Heptasteornis was no ornithominid, troodontid, dromaeosaurid or owl: the first alvarezsaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Europe (2004) (46)
- A new specimen of Shuvuuia deserti Chiappe et al., 1998, from the Mongolian Late Cretaceous with a discussion of the relationships of alvarezsaurids to other theropod dinosaurs (2002) (46)
- Vertebrate footprints from the Kem Kem beds (Morocco): A novel ichnological approach to faunal reconstruction (2013) (46)
- The evolutionary radiation of modern birds: systematics and patterns of diversification (2001) (45)
- The East Side Story – The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary events (2016) (43)
- EUENANTIORNITHINE BIRDS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF EL BRETE (ARGENTINA) (2009) (42)
- THE EARLY EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIRDS (2006) (41)
- Large euenantiornithine birds from the Cretaceous of southern France, North America and Argentina (2007) (40)
- Cracking a developmental constraint: egg size and bird evolution. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy (2010) (40)
- A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Implications for Azhdarchid Diversity and Distribution (2013) (40)
- Palaeobiology of an extinct Ice Age mammal: Stable isotope and cementum analysis of giant deer teeth (2009) (39)
- Extracting water-related features using reflectance data and principal component analysis of Landsat images (2018) (39)
- Avian Wing Proportions and Flight Styles: First Step towards Predicting the Flight Modes of Mesozoic Birds (2011) (39)
- Did parrots exist in the Cretaceous period? (1999) (37)
- A drowned Mesozoic bird breeding colony from the Late Cretaceous of Transylvania (2012) (37)
- A morphospace‐based test for competitive exclusion among flying vertebrates: did birds, bats and pterosaurs get in each other's space? (2007) (37)
- Bird evolution in the Eocene: climate change in Europe and a Danish fossil fauna. (2007) (36)
- A new psittaciform bird from the London Clay (Lower Eocene) of England (2000) (35)
- The shape of pterosaur evolution: evidence from the fossil record (2009) (35)
- A Large Accumulation of Avian Eggs from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina) Reveals a Novel Nesting Strategy in Mesozoic Birds (2013) (35)
- A New Specimen of the Fossil Palaeognath Lithornis from the Lower Eocene of Denmark (2005) (35)
- A surfeit of theropods in the Moroccan Late Cretaceous? Comparing diversity estimates from field data and fossil shops (2009) (35)
- Size scaling and stiffness of avian primary feathers: implications for the flight of Mesozoic birds (2012) (35)
- The Fossil Galliform Bird Paraortygoides from the Lower Eocene of the United Kingdom (2002) (33)
- A new long‐tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north‐eastern China (2014) (33)
- The four-flipper swimming method of plesiosaurs enabled efficient and effective locomotion (2017) (32)
- Complex neuroanatomy in the rostrum of the Isle of Wight theropod Neovenator salerii (2017) (31)
- The fossil record and limb disparity of enantiornithines, the dominant flying birds of the Cretaceous (2009) (31)
- Europe's last Mesozoic bird (2002) (31)
- Exploring the Relationship between Skeletal Mass and Total Body Mass in Birds (2015) (30)
- TWO NEW PARROTS (PSITTACIFORMES) FROM THE LOWER EOCENE FUR FORMATION OF DENMARK (2008) (30)
- Re-description of ‘Steneosaurus’ obtusidens Andrews, 1909, an unusual macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of England (2018) (29)
- Scaling of Avian Primary Feather Length (2011) (29)
- SALT GLANDS IN THE FOSSIL CROCODILE METRIORHYNCHUS (2006) (28)
- A fossil brain from the Cretaceous of European Russia and avian sensory evolution (2007) (28)
- A New Small-Bodied Azhdarchoid Pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Its Implications for Pterosaur Anatomy, Diversity and Phylogeny (2013) (28)
- The first fossil owls (Aves: Strigiformes) from the Paleogene of Asia and a review of the fossil record of Strigiformes (2011) (28)
- A well‐preserved ‘charadriiform‐like’ fossil bird from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark (2010) (28)
- Forelimb Posture in Dinosaurs and the Evolution of the Avian Flapping Flight-Stroke (2009) (27)
- The Fossil Waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Eocene of England (2001) (27)
- A review of Late Cretaceous fossil birds from Hungary (2010) (26)
- Avian molecular systematics on the rebound: a fresh look at modern shorebird phylogenetic relationships (2004) (25)
- A phylogenetic comparative analysis reveals correlations between body feather structure and habitat (2017) (25)
- A large collection of Presbyornis (Aves, Anseriformes, Presbyornithidae) from the late Paleocene and early Eocene of Mongolia (2010) (25)
- Limb disparity and wing shape in pterosaurs (2006) (24)
- How feathered are birds? Environment predicts both the mass and density of body feathers (2018) (24)
- The oldest evidence for birds in Northern Gondwana? Small tridactyl footprints from the Middle Jurassic of Msemrir (Morocco) (2011) (24)
- Nanomechanical properties of bird feather rachises: exploring naturally occurring fibre reinforced laminar composites (2014) (23)
- Caudipteryx as a non-avialan theropod rather than a flightless bird (2005) (23)
- The phylogenetic position of Gallinuloides Eastman (Aves: Galliformes) from the Tertiary of North America (2003) (22)
- A Medium-Sized Robust-Necked Azhdarchid Pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Maastrichtian of Pui (Haţeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania) (2015) (21)
- Abundance and taphonomy of dinosaur teeth and other vertebrate remains from the Bostobynskaya Formation, north-east Aral Sea region, Republic of Kazakhstan (2004) (21)
- Cretaceous fossil birds from Hornby Island (British Columbia) (2005) (20)
- SHOULD PALEONTOLOGISTS USE “PHYLOGENETIC” NOMENCLATURE? (2002) (20)
- New Records of Fossil ‘Waterbirds’ from the Miocene of Kenya (2008) (20)
- Taphonomy and abundance of birds from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark (2009) (20)
- Irregularly calcified eggs and eggshells of Caiman latirostris (Alligatoridae: Crocodylia) (2013) (20)
- Three new fossil landbirds from the early Paleogene of Denmark (2004) (20)
- Pectoral fin morphology of batoid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea): Explaining phylogenetic variation with geometric morphometrics (2014) (20)
- The First Definitive Record of a Fossil Bird from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of the Haţeg Basin, Romania (2011) (20)
- The eggshell of the Eocene bird Lithornis (2005) (19)
- THE FOSSIL RECORD AND EVOLUTION OF MOUSEBIRDS (AVES: COLIIFORMES) (2008) (19)
- Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) birds and pterosaurs from the Cornet bauxite mine, Romania (2011) (19)
- A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia (2012) (18)
- NDVI as a Proxy for Estimating Sedimentation and Vegetation Spread in Artificial Lakes - Monitoring of Spatial and Temporal Changes by Using Satellite Images Overarching Three Decades (2020) (18)
- Fossil Plotopterid Seabirds from the Eo-Oligocene of the Olympic Peninsula (Washington State, USA): Descriptions and Functional Morphology (2011) (18)
- Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania (2014) (18)
- Remote sensing applied to paleontology: Exploration of upper cretaceous sediments in Kazakhstan for potential fossil sites (2009) (17)
- The primary feather lengths of early birds with respect to avian wing shape evolution (2011) (17)
- A re-analysis of the marine bird Asiahesperornis from northern Kazakhstan (2006) (17)
- Biomechanics of the unique pterosaur pteroid (2010) (17)
- A Euenantiornithine Bird from the Late Cretaceous Haeg Basin of Romania (2011) (16)
- A high latitude hesperornithiform (Aves) from Devon Island: palaeobiogeography and size distribution of North American hesperornithiforms (2011) (16)
- A PRIMITIVE SWIFT FROM THE LONDON CLAY AND THE RELATIONSHIPS OF FOSSIL APODIFORM BIRDS (2001) (15)
- A small galliform bird from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation (2007) (15)
- A reassessment of Sinornis santensis and Cathayornis yandica (Aves: Enantiornithes). In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy (2010) (15)
- Assessing the efficiency of multispectral satellite and airborne hyperspectral images for land cover mapping in an aquatic environment with emphasis on the water caltrop (Trapa natans) (2019) (15)
- Locomotory abilities and habitat of the Cretaceous bird Gansus yumenensis inferred from limb length proportions (2013) (15)
- New records of fossil birds of prey from the Miocene of Kenya (2006) (14)
- The first record of a dinosaur from Bulgaria (2010) (14)
- A mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) from the Eocene of England (2005) (13)
- New records of fossil birds from the Pliocene of Kallo, Belgium (2005) (13)
- The paleoenvironments of azhdarchid pterosaurs localities in the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (2015) (13)
- A new specimen of the fossil Palaeognath Lithornis from the earliest Palaeogene of Denmark (2005) (12)
- The fossil record and molecular clocks: basal radiations within Neornithes (2003) (12)
- Does archosaur phylogeny hinge on the ankle joint (1998) (12)
- New specimens of a fossil ostrich from the Miocene of Kenya (2006) (11)
- CENOZOIC BIRDS OF THE WORLD, PART 1: EUROPE (2003) (11)
- Modern avian radiation across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (2007) (11)
- The Pliocene Phoebastria (‘Diomedea’) anglica: Lydekker's English fossil albatross (2007) (11)
- Ultraviolet light illuminates the avian nature of the Berlin Archaeopteryx skeleton (2019) (11)
- Large fossil birds from a Late Cretaceous marine turbidite sequence on Hornby Island (British Columbia) (2011) (11)
- Fossils of the Carpathian Region (2013) (10)
- Constraints on the wing morphology of pterosaurs (2012) (10)
- Palaeoecology: Different Dinosaur Ecologies in Deep Time? (2010) (10)
- BIRD OR MANIRAPTORAN DINOSAUR ? A FEMUR FROM THE ALBIAN STRATA OF SPITSBERGEN (2016) (10)
- Origins and evolution of diversity in the avian wing (2003) (9)
- Partial mandible of a giant pterosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of the Hațeg Basin, Romania (2018) (9)
- Flight of Sharovipteryx mirabilis: the world's first delta‐winged glider (2006) (8)
- The beginnings of birds: recent discoveries, ongoing arguments and new directions (2007) (8)
- A new species of large auk from the Pliocene of Belgium (2000) (8)
- First record of a fossil bird from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand (2005) (7)
- A mixed vertebrate eggshell assemblage from the Transylvanian Late Cretaceous (2019) (7)
- Bird remains from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous) (2008) (7)
- Response to Comments on “Narrow Primary Feather Rachises in Confuciusornis and Archaeopteryx Suggest Poor Flight Ability” (2010) (7)
- Primary feather lengths may not be important for inferring the flight styles of Mesozoic birds (2013) (7)
- An infant ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the Late Cretaceous of Sebeş, Romania (2013) (7)
- Another charadriiform-like bird from the lower Eocene of Denmark (2013) (7)
- Winged victory. (2010) (7)
- Imaging techniques for observing laminar geometry in the feather shaft cortex (2020) (6)
- A New Eutherian Mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (2012) (6)
- Primary feather vane asymmetry should not be used to predict the flight capabilities of feathered fossils. (2017) (6)
- Older birds have better feathers: A longitudinal study on the long-distance migratory Sand Martin, Riparia riparia (2019) (6)
- An abelisaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) ilium from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Kem Kem beds, Morocco (2019) (5)
- What about European alvarezsauroids? (2011) (5)
- Moving on from Kirkpatrick (1994): estimating ‘safety factors’ for flying vertebrates (2010) (5)
- Avian paleontology: opinions and quasi‐phenetics versus characters and cladistics (2008) (4)
- Does the early career ‘publish or perish’ myth represent an opportunity for the publishing industry? (2019) (4)
- Big bang' for Tertiary birds? (2003) (4)
- Forelimb shape and the evolution of birds (2001) (4)
- Fossil pseudasturid birds (Aves, Pseudasturidae) from the London Clay (2001) (4)
- Spectroscopy on the Wing: Investigating possible differences in protein secondary structures in feather shafts of birds using Raman spectroscopy. (2020) (4)
- Thalassodromeus sebesensis - a new name for an old turtle. Comment on "Thalassodromeus sebesensis, an out of place and out of time Gondwanan tapejarid pterosaur", Grellet-Tinner and Codrea (2015) (4)
- The utility of fossil taxa and the evolution of modern birds: commentary and analysis (2011) (3)
- Three new landbirds from the early Paleogene of Denmark (2004) (3)
- Hind limb bones of an ornithomimid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation, northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan (2017) (3)
- Hind limb bones of an ornithomimid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation, northeastern Aral Sea region, Kazakhstan (2017) (3)
- New mammal remains from the Late Cretaceous Bostobe Formation (Northeast Aral Sea Region, Kazakhstan) (2014) (3)
- Tracks & Signs of the Birds of Britain & Europe (2005) (3)
- Introduction: Changing the Questions in Avian Paleontology (2011) (2)
- A new specimen of Shuvuuia deserti from the Mongolian Late Cretaceous and the relationships of alvarezsaurids to other theropod dinosaurs (2002) (2)
- Naive falsification and the origin of birds: a commentary (2001) (2)
- Laputavis, a replacement name for Laputa Dyke 2001 (preoccupied name) (2001) (2)
- The development of flight surfaces on the avian wing (2015) (1)
- New finds of Upper Cretaceous vertebrates from the South-Eastern Aral sea region of Kazakhstan (2003) (1)
- Glorified Dinosaurs. The Origin and Early Evolution Of Birds (2008) (1)
- Palaeognathae (Flightless Birds) (2005) (1)
- Archaeopteryx: Do Feathers Make a Bird? (2010) (1)
- Flight in Slow Motion (2011) (1)
- Belatedly hatching ornithology collections at the National Museum of Ireland (2005) (1)
- Correction: Avian Wing Proportions and Flight Styles: First Step towards Predicting the Flight Modes of Mesozoic Birds (2013) (1)
- Erratum to: “Another charadriiform-like bird from the Lower Eocene of Denmark” (2014) (1)
- Reduced cladistic consensus methods and the avian affinities of Protoavis and Avimimus (1998) (1)
- THE ANATOMY OF THE PARVICURSORINE BRAINCASE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ALVAREZSAUROID SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION (2011) (1)
- Comparative analyses of the limb bones of flying and non-flying vertebrates (1998) (1)
- A drowned Mesozoic bird breeding colony from the Late Cretaceous of Transylvania (2012) (0)
- Reviewers for the Auk 2009 (2009) (0)
- Prospects for Cretaceous vertebrate exploration in Kazakhstan (2021) (0)
- Dealing with problems of phylogenetic reconstruction in an extinct vertebrate group: an example using Mesozoic birds (2000) (0)
- Erratum to: "Another CharadriiformLike Bird from the Lower Eocene of Denmark" (Paleontological Journal 47 (11), 1282 (2013)) (2014) (0)
- The Logical Structure of a Research Paper in Clinical Healthcare (2020) (0)
- The Inner Bird: Anatomy And Evolution (2009) (0)
- Inside a feather: laminar layup varies around and along bird feather shafts (2017) (0)
- Introduction to the Special Issue: Jehol-Wealden International Conference (2014) (0)
- Counting the pages of books about dinosaurs and birds (2003) (0)
- The Inner Bird: Anatomy And Evolution, by Gary W. Kaiser (2009) (0)
- Irregularly calcified eggs and eggshells of Caiman latirostris (Alligatoridae: Crocodylia) (2013) (0)
- Welcome to Biosis: Biological Systems (2020) (0)
- Catalogue of Landfowl and Hoatzin in the National Museum of Ireland (Aves: Galliformes and Opisthicomiformes) (2004) (0)
- FOSSIL VERTEBRATES | Birds (2005) (0)
- Paleontology, preprints and researcher’s career path (2022) (0)
- Supplementary material from "The four-flipper swimming method of plesiosaurs enabled efficient and effective locomotion" (2017) (0)
- Large European Cretaceous enantiornithines: morphometrics, phylogenetics and implications for the biogeography of early birds (2009) (0)
- Reviewers for the Auk 2010 (2010) (0)
- Ireland should fund best research (2010) (0)
- Flight of sharovipteryx mirabilis (2006) (0)
- Bird evolution in the Eocene: climate change in Europe and a Danish fossil fauna (2006) (0)
- Suggest Poor Flight Ability ' ' Archaeopteryx and Confuciusornis Response to Comments on ' ' Narrow Primary Feather Rachises in (2010) (0)
- Ultraviolet light illuminates the avian nature of the Berlin Archaeopteryx skeleton (2019) (0)
- The dinosaur baron of Transylvania. (2011) (0)
- PALEOGNATHAE (Flightless Birds) (2007) (0)
- Complex neuroanatomy in the rostrum of the Isle of Wight theropod Neovenator salerii (2017) (0)
- A mixed vertebrate eggshell assemblage from the Transylvanian Late Cretaceous (2019) (0)
- In situ eggs within the Comahue campus. (2013) (0)
- MESOZOIC BIRDS: ABOVE THE HEADS OF DINOSAURS (2004) (0)
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