Mark P. Witton

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Mark P. Witton

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#4214

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#6319

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Zoology

#742

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#1435

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According to Wikipedia, Mark Paul Witton is a British vertebrate palaeontologist, author, and palaeoartist best known for his research and illustrations concerning pterosaurs, the extinct flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs. He has worked with museums and universities around the world to reconstruct extinct animals, including as consultant to the BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs franchise, Planet Dinosaur, and Prehistoric Planet, and has published several critically acclaimed books on palaeontology and palaeoart.

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Mark P. Witton's Published Works

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Published Works

A Reappraisal of Azhdarchid Pterosaur Functional Morphology and Paleoecology (2008) (129)
On the Size and Flight Diversity of Giant Pterosaurs, the Use of Birds as Pterosaur Analogues and Comments on Pterosaur Flightlessness (2010) (88)
A new approach to determining pterosaur body mass and its implications for pterosaur flight (2008) (73)
Positive Allometry and the Prehistory of Sexual Selection (2010) (60)
Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy (2013) (46)
A NEW AZHDARCHOID PTEROSAUR FROM THE CRATO FORMATION (LOWER CRETACEOUS, APTIAN?) OF BRAZIL (2008) (37)
Did Pterosaurs Feed by Skimming? Physical Modelling and Anatomical Evaluation of an Unusual Feeding Method (2007) (34)
A new species of Tupuxuara (Thalassodromidae, Azhdarchoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil, with a note on the nomenclature of Thalassodromidae (2009) (32)
On pterodactyloid diversity in the British Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) and a reappraisal of “Palaeornis” cliftii Mantell, 1844 (2009) (31)
New Insights into the Skull of Istiodactylus latidens (Ornithocheiroidea, Pterodactyloidea) (2012) (29)
Azhdarchid Pterosaurs: Water-Trawling Pelican Mimics or “Terrestrial Stalkers”? (2013) (26)
Evolution of the Pterosaur Pelvis (2012) (24)
Neck biomechanics indicate that giant Transylvanian azhdarchid pterosaurs were short-necked arch predators (2017) (24)
A Medium-Sized Robust-Necked Azhdarchid Pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Maastrichtian of Pui (Haţeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania) (2015) (21)
A small azhdarchoid pterosaur from the latest Cretaceous, the age of flying giants (2016) (21)
Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors? (2015) (20)
Titans of the skies: azhdarchid pterosaurs (2007) (17)
State of the Palaeoart (2014) (14)
Pterosaurs in Mesozoic food webs: a review of fossil evidence (2017) (14)
The relationships of Cuspicephalus scarfi Martill and Etches, 2013 and Normannognathus wellnhoferi Buffetaut et al., 1998 to other monofenestratan pterosaurs (2015) (11)
Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength (2021) (10)
Possible azhdarchoid pterosaur remains from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of England (2008) (9)
Clipping the Wings of Giant Pterosaurs:Comments on Wingspan Estimations and Diversity (2010) (7)
Pteranodon and beyond: the history of giant pterosaurs from 1870 onwards (2010) (7)
Evidence for the Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli feeding on the pterosaur Pteranodon from the Niobrara Formation (2018) (5)
Patterns in palaeontology: palaeoart – fossil fantasies or recreating lost reality? (2014) (4)
Recreating an Age of Reptiles (2017) (4)
New perspectives on pterosaur palaeobiology (2017) (3)
Pterosaurs: Flying Contemporaries of the Dinosaurs (2012) (2)
Catastrophic failure in a pterosaur skull from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil (2008) (2)
Soaring efficiency and long distance travel in giant pterosaurs (2010) (1)
Glide analysis and bone strength tests indicate powered flight capabilities in hatchling pterosaurs (2017) (1)
Morphological analysis of the stellate ganglion in American Staffordshire Terrier fetuses. (2007) (1)
Theropod dinosaur facial reconstruction and the importance of soft tissues in paleobiology (2023) (1)
The volancy, or not, of giant pterosaurs (2010) (1)
Macro anatomical investigation of the cervicothoracic ganglion in newborn Persian cats. (2010) (1)
Author Correction: Powered flight in hatchling pterosaurs: evidence from wing form and bone strength (2021) (1)
26. The Rise and Fall of the Pterosaur Empire (2013) (0)
9. The Diversity of Pterosaurs (2013) (0)
1. Leathery-Winged Harpies (2013) (0)
8. The Private Lives of Pterosaurs (2013) (0)
Paleoart : Visions of the Prehistoric Past Reviewed by Mark P . Witton (2017) (0)
6. Flying Reptiles (2013) (0)
7. Down from the Skies (2013) (0)
2. Understanding the Flying Reptiles (2013) (0)
3. Pterosaur Beginnings (2013) (0)
5. Soft Bits (2013) (0)
Fossils explained 53 Titans of the skies: azhdarchid pterosaurs (2007) (0)
The probable azhdarchid trace fossil Haenamichnus uhangriensis. (2013) (0)
A neoazhdarchian pelvis with a possible preserved air sac from the Santana Formation of Brazil: implications for functionality and phylogeny (2010) (0)
Bending strength of several major bones in Quetzalcoatlus and two other azhdarchid pterosaurs. (2013) (0)
4.The Pterosaur Skeleton (2013) (0)
The new giant pterosaurs: novel anatomies and habits in the largest flying animals (2013) (0)

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University of Portsmouth