Dr Adam S. Smith - Publication list
Peer-reviewed papers
13. Mortimer, K.; Rowson, R.; Mackie, S.Y.A.; Clark, P.F.; Maslen, C.; Smith, A.S.; and Harrower, C. 2012. Steep Holm Island, Bristol Channel, UK: evidence of Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 (lesser black-backed gull) feeding on the invasive signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852. BioInvasions Records, 1 (3), 201-208. (download PDF)
12. Smith, A.S., Araújo, R. and Mateus, O. 2012. A new plesiosauroid from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alhadas, Portugal. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 57 (2), 257-266. (download PDF)
11. Smith, A.S. 2010. Rare ichthyosaur and plesiosaur material from the Lower Jurassic of Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 28, 47-52. (download PDF)
10. Smith, A.S. and Vincent, P. 2010. A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany. Palaeontology, 53 (5), 1049-1063. (download PDF)
9. Ketchum, H. and Smith, A.S. 2010. The anatomy and taxonomy of Macroplata tenuiceps (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Hettangian (Lower Jurassic) of Warwickshire, United Kingdom. Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, 30 (4), 1069-1081. (request PDF from plesiosauria@gmail.com)
8. Vincent, P. and Smith, A.S. 2009. A redescription of Plesiosaurus propinquus Tate & Blake, 1876 (Reptilia, Plesiosauria), from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Yorkshire, England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 57, 133-142. (download PDF)
7. Benson, R.B.J.; Butler, R.J.; Lindgren J. and Smith, A.S. 2009. Mesozoic marine tetrapod diversity: mass extinctions and temporal heterogeneity in geological megabiases affecting vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277, 829-834. (download PDF)
6. Smith, A.S. 2008. Plesiosaurs from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Bornholm, Denmark. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28 (4), 1213-1217. (request PDF from plesiosauria@gmail.com)
5. Araújo, R., Smith, A.S. and Liston, J. 2008. The Alfred Leeds fossil vertebrate collection of the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History. Irish Journal of Earth Science, 26, 17-32. (download PDF)
4. Smith, A.S. and Dyke, G.J. 2008. The skull of the giant predatory pliosaur Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni: implications for plesiosaur phylogenetics. Naturwissenschaften, 95, 975-980. (download PDF)
3. Smith, A.S. and Zaton, M. 2007. The first Actinopterygian (Pisces: Osteichthyes) tooth from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of The Polish Jura (south-central Poland). Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (15), Freiberger Forschungshefte, Reihe C, 254, 35-40. (download PDF)
2. Smith, A.S. and Radley, J. D. 2007. A marine reptile fauna from the Early Jurassic Saltford Shale (Blue Lias Formation) of central England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 56 (4), 253-260. (request PDF from plesiosauria@gmail.com)
1. Smith, A.S. 2007. The back-to-front plesiosaur Cryptoclidus (Apractocleidus) aldingeri from the Kimmeridgian of Milne Land, Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 55, 1-7. (download PDF)
Books
Smith, A.S. and Wyse Jackson, P. 2009. Discovering Ireland's Rocks and Fossils. Geoschol Books, Dublin, 24pp. ISBN 0-9521066-7-1
Theses
Smith, A. S. 2007. Anatomy and systematics of the Rhomaleosauridae (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria). PhD thesis. University College Dublin, 278pp. (Unpublished) (download PDF - 12.5mb )
Smith, A. S. 2003. Cladistic analysis of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Masters thesis in palaeobiology, University of Bristol, 91pp. (Unpublished) (download PDF)
Popular articles and book reviews
Smith, A.S. 2013. Meeting Reports - GCG seminar 4/5th December 2012 (part 1). Coprolite, 69, 4-6.
Smith, A.S.; O’Connor, A.; O’Neill, R. and Vaucheret, S. 2010. A new documentation initiative within the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History Division. NatSCA News.
Smith, A.S. and Araújo, R. 2009. The Legacy of Alfred Leeds. Rockwatch, 52.
Smith, A.S. 2008a. Fossils explained 54: plesiosaurs. Geology Today, 24, (2), 71-75. (download PDF)
Smith, A.S. 2008b. Book review – A History of Paleontological Illustration, by Jane P. Davidson. Geological Curator, 8,(9), 462.
Smith, A.S. 2007. Book review of Sea Monsters — Prehistoric Creatues of the Deep, by Michael J. Everhart. Palaeontologia Electronica, 10 (3), R7, 2pp. (download PDF or view online article)
Smith, A.S. and Ibrahim, N. 2007. Prehistoric animals - sticking their necks out. Rockwatch, 46, 14-15. (download PDF
Smith, A.S. 2006a. Book review - Starring T.rex!. Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 62, 119-122. (download PDF)
Smith, A.S. 2006b. Dublin's Jurassic 'Sea-Dragon'. Science Spin - Geoscience, 17, 26-27. (download PDF))
Smith, A.S. 2005. Book Review - Oceans of Kansas - a natural History of the Western Interior Sea. Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 60, 90-92. (download PDF)
Smith A.S. 2005. Are Jaffa Cakes really biscuits? Using cladistics to classify biscuits. Journal of Unlikely Science, 1, (7), 2-6. (Online Version)
Smith, A.S. 2003. Plesiosaurs - Mesozoic marine monsters. Rockwatch, 34, 4-5.
Abstracts of conference presentations and posters
Smith, A.S., Araujo, R. and Mateus, O. 2010. A plesiosauroid skull from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alhadas, Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30 (3), 167A. (Poster presentation)
Smith, A.S. 2009. Diversity of Hettangian (Lower Jurassic) pliosauroids from southern England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29 (3), 182A. (Oral presentation)
Smith, A.S. and Monaghan, N. 2009. "The Dragons' Den" - Jurassic sea monsters in Dublin. A get-together in honour of Arthur Cruickshank. (Oral presentation).
Smith, A.S. 2008. Did plesiosaurs have a caudal fin? 56th Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparitive Anatomy. (Oral presentation).
Smith, A.S. 2007. A skeletal reconstruction of Rhomaleosaurus and the systematics of pliosaurs. 55th Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparitive Anatomy. (Oral presentation).
Smith, A.S. 2007. Lower Jurassic pliosaur taxonomy and a skeletal reconstruction of Rhomaleosaurus.
Progressive Palaeontology 2007. (Oral presentation).
Smith, A.S. 2006. Cranial anatomy and systematics of Lower Jurassic pliosaurs. 54th Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparitive Anatomy. (Poster presentation) (download PDF)
Smith, A.S. 2006. Cranial anatomy and systematics of Lower Jurassic pliosaurs - new information from the National Museum of Ireland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (3), 126A. (Oral presentation) (download PDF)
Smith, A.S. 2006. Cranial anatomy and systematics of Lower Jurassic pliosaurs. Progressive Palaeontology 2006. (Oral presentation).
Smith, A.S. 2005. Important plesiosaurs in the National Museum of Ireland (Natural History). Progressive Palaeontology 2005. (Oral presentation).
Smith, A.S. 2005. Important plesiosaurs in the National Museum of Ireland (Natural History). 53rd Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparitive Anatomy. (Poster presentation) (download PDF)
Smith, A.S. 2005. Important plesiosaurs in the National Museum of Ireland (Natural History). 48th Annual Irish Geological Research Meeting. (Oral presentation).
