Nicholas Fraser
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Nicholas Fraser's Degrees
- PhD Paleontology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Geology Stanford University
- Bachelors Earth Sciences University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nicholas Campbell Fraser , known as Nicholas C. Fraser, is a British palaeontologist, academic, and museum curator. He specialises in the Triassic period and vertebrate palaeontology. Since 2007, he has been Keeper of Natural Sciences at the National Museums Scotland. He has been adjunct professor of geology at Virginia Tech since 1993 and at North Carolina State University since 2007.
Nicholas Fraser's Published Works
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- The Osteology and Relationships of Clevosaurus (Reptilia: Sphenodontida) (1988) (154)
- Ancient Smaller Vertebrates. (Book Reviews: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs. Early Mesozoic Tetrapods.) (1994) (115)
- A Triassic Lagerstätte from eastern North America (1996) (103)
- How Time Flies for Flies: Diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and Early Radiation of the Order (2007) (103)
- Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition (2010) (92)
- The Triassic reptiles Brachyrhinodon and Polysphenodon and the relationships of the sphenodontids (1989) (76)
- In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs (1997) (73)
- Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna (2016) (66)
- MESOZOIC THRIPS AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE ORDER THYSANOPTERA (INSECTA) (2004) (53)
- Basal Dinosauriform Remains from Britain and the Diagnosis of the Dinosauria (2002) (53)
- Leehermania prorova, the Earliest Staphyliniform Beetle, from the Late Triassic of Virginia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) (2012) (52)
- The ecology of a late triassic reptile assemblage from gloucestershire, England (1983) (50)
- A large aberrant stem ichthyosauriform indicating early rise and demise of ichthyosauromorphs in the wake of the end-Permian extinction (2016) (49)
- The postcranial skeleton of the Upper Triassic sphenodontid Planocephalosaurus robinsonae (1984) (48)
- FOSSIL ARANEOMORPH SPIDERS FROM THE TRIASSIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND VIRGINIA (1999) (46)
- A Triassic stem turtle with an edentulous beak (2018) (42)
- A taxonomic and biostratigraphic re-evaluation of the Post Quarry vertebrate assemblage from the Cooper Canyon Formation (Dockum Group, Upper Triassic) of southern Garza County, western Texas (2012) (39)
- Vertebrates from the Middle Triassic Otter Sandstone Formation of Devon (1990) (39)
- The Skeletal Anatomy of the Triassic Protorosaur Dinocephalosaurus orientalis Li, from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, Southern China (2008) (35)
- Tanystropheus cf. T. longobardicus from the Early Late Triassic of Guizhou Province, Southwestern China (2010) (35)
- The first pre-Rhaetic therian mammal (1985) (33)
- Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstätten: Windows into the Evolution of Life on Land (2017) (32)
- A NEW PROTOROSAUR (DIAPSIDA) FROM THE UPPER BUNTSANDSTEIN OF THE BLACK FOREST, GERMANY (2006) (32)
- Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Life in the Triassic (2006) (32)
- The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus T heriosuchus (2015) (29)
- DATING BORNEO'S DELTAIC DELUGE: MIDDLE MIOCENE PROGRADATION OF THE MAHAKAM DELTA (2015) (29)
- New Information on the Protorosaurian Reptile Macrocnemus fuyuanensis Li et al., 2007, from the Middle/Upper Triassic of Yunnan, China (2011) (27)
- New evidence for laurasian corystosperms: Umkomasia from the Upper Triassic of Northern China (2008) (26)
- Studies of tooth implantation in fossil tetrapods using high-resolution X-radiography (1988) (22)
- The structure and phylogenetic significance of the conifer Pseudohirmerella delawarensis nov. comb. from the Upper Triassic of North America (2004) (22)
- THE EARLIEST KNOWN MEMBER OF THE RORQUAL—GRAY WHALE CLADE (MAMMALIA, CETACEA) (2004) (21)
- The beginning of the ‘Age of Dinosaurs’: a brief overview of terrestrial biotic changes during the Triassic (2010) (20)
- The earliest herbivorous marine reptile and its remarkable jaw apparatus (2016) (20)
- A New Aetosaur (Archosauria, Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina, U.S.A., and Its Implications for Early Aetosaur Evolution (2015) (18)
- A procolophonid (Parareptilia) from the Owl Rock Member (2005) (17)
- A NEW GLIDING TETRAPOD (DIAPSIDA: ?ARCHOSAUROMORPHA) FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC (CARMAN) OF VIRGINIA (2007) (17)
- Osteology of a New Specimen of Macrocnemus aff. M. fuyuanensis (Archosauromorpha, Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Europe: Potential Implications for Species Recognition and Paleogeography of Tanystropheid Protorosaurs (2017) (17)
- A Reassessment of the Postcanine Dentition and Systematics of the Tritylodontid Stereognathus (Cynodontia, Tritylodontidae, Mammaliamorpha), from the Middle Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2017) (16)
- Pterosaur remains from the Upper Triassic of Britain (1990) (16)
- DREPANOSAURID (REPTILIA: DIAPSIDA) REMAINS FROM A LATE TRIASSIC FISSURE INFILLING AT CROMHALL QUARRY (AVON, GREAT BRITAIN) (2003) (15)
- A new species of Macrocnemus from the Middle Triassic of the eastern Swiss Alps (2013) (15)
- Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland (2015) (15)
- QUANTITATIVE TAPHONOMY OF A TRIASSIC REPTILE TANYTRACHELOS AHYNIS FROM THE COW BRANCH FORMATION, DAN RIVER BASIN, SOLITE QUARRY, VIRGINIA (2007) (14)
- Use of fine-scale stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy to evaluate conditions of deposition and preservation of a Triassic Lagerstätte, south-central Virginia (2010) (13)
- A new Neocalamites (Sphenophyta) with prickles and attached cones from the Upper Triassic of China (2012) (13)
- A new species of Coahomasuchus (Archosauria, Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic Pekin Formation, Deep River Basin, North Carolina (2016) (12)
- Aetosaurus from the Upper Triassic of Great Britain and its biochronological significance (1999) (12)
- Aquatic Habits and Niche Partitioning in the Extraordinarily Long-Necked Triassic Reptile Tanystropheus (2020) (11)
- A new phylogenetic hypothesis of Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and other “protorosaurs”, and its implications for the early evolution of stem archosaurs (2021) (11)
- The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography (2020) (11)
- A New diapsid from the Middle Triassic of southern China (2017) (10)
- A new specimen of Steneosauraus (Mesosuchia, Crocodilia) from the Toarcian of the Yorkshire coast (1987) (9)
- A Long-Snouted Protorosaur from the Middle Triassic of Southern China (2013) (8)
- New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles (2021) (6)
- At the feet of the dinosaurs (1988) (5)
- The first Triassic vertebrate fossils from Myanmar: Pachypleurosaurs in a marine limestone (2019) (5)
- Widespread azendohsaurids (Archosauromorpha, Allokotosauria) from the Late Triassic of western USA and India (2021) (5)
- Pendraig milnerae, a new small-sized coelophysoid theropod from the Late Triassic of Wales (2021) (5)
- The true turtles' story... (1991) (4)
- A reassessment of the postcanine dentition and systematics of the tritylodontid Stereognathus (Cynodontia, Tritylodontidae, Mammaliamorpha), from the Middle Jurassic of the UK (2017) (4)
- Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleontology of the Upper Triassic Solite Quarry, North Carolina and Virginia (2014) (4)
- Palaeontology: A Hook to the Past (2016) (4)
- A new pterosaur record from a lower Jurassic fissure deposit in South Wales (1989) (4)
- Genesis of snakes in exodus from the sea (1997) (3)
- The age and formation mechanisms of Late Triassic fissure deposits, Gloucestershire, England: Comments on Mussini, G. et al. (2020). Anatomy of a Late Triassic Bristol fissure: Tytherington fissure 2 (2021) (3)
- A Legacy in Fossils: a Tribute to Stan(ley) Wood – Preface (2017) (3)
- Viviparity in a Triassic marine archosauromorph reptile (2017) (3)
- Revision of Erpetosuchus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and new erpetosuchid material from the Late Triassic ‘Elgin Reptile’ fauna based on μCT scanning techniques (2020) (3)
- A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs (2022) (3)
- A Triassic seed with an angiosperm‐like wind dispersal mechanism (2013) (3)
- Postcrania of Borealestes (Mammaliformes, Docodonta) and the emergence of ecomorphological diversity in early mammals (2021) (2)
- Scleromochlus and the early evolution of Pterosauromorpha (2022) (2)
- The Grand Design for I.T.N (1990) (1)
- Early Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems: Faunal Changes Among Vertebrates (2000) (1)
- Development of a turbid reef in the Middle Miocene (East Kalimantan, Indonesia) (2012) (1)
- Arthur Cruickshank [obituary] (2011) (0)
- a Triassic Lagerstätte , south-central Virginia (2016) (0)
- Scottish fossils attract China's attention (2015) (0)
- Evolution's missing chapter (2013) (0)
- Edinburgh Research Explorer Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland (2015) (0)
- Obituary: Arthur Cruickshank 1932 – 2011. A native of Gondwanaland, who studied the former continent’s fossil tetrapods (2011) (0)
- TRE volume 111 issue 4 Cover and Back matter (2020) (0)
- Edinburgh Explorer The first Triassic vertebrate fossils from Myanmar: pachypleurosaurs (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) in a marine limestone (2019) (0)
- New postcranial remains from the Lealt Shale Formation of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, showcase hidden pterosaur diversity in the Middle Jurassic (2023) (0)
- A Long-Necked Reptile With Implication on Cervical Elongation of Archosauromorphs and Other Tetrapods (2022) (0)
- Molecular fingerprints resolve affinities of Rhynie chert organic fossils (2023) (0)
- How to collect fossils in a river bed without getting your feet wet (2016) (0)
- Cenozoic bryozoans from southeast Asia: a contribution to the origin of high tropical biodiversity (2011) (0)
- Giant subjects (1990) (0)
- Wardie: Stan Wood and a challenging Edinburgh fossil site (2018) (0)
- Arthur Cruickshank — 1932-2011 (2011) (0)
- Shattering egg shells (1994) (0)
- The exceptional Late Triassic (Norian) assemblage from Solite Quarry, Virginia, USA (2016) (0)
- Drilling half a kilometre through Romer's gap (2014) (0)
- Obituary (1975) (0)
- A new long-necked archosauromorph from the Guanling Formation (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of southwestern China and its implications for neck evolution in tanystropheids. (2023) (0)
- A Triassic stem turtle with an edentulous beak (2018) (0)
- Crawling out of the Berwickshire slime - evolution’s missing chapter (2013) (0)
- Pre-Rhaetic therian mammals (1985) (0)
- How time flies for flies (2007) (0)
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