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Below is a list of all my published works (including talks and posters) with links to abstracts and PDFs. I also have reprints of the temnospondyl supertree paper - just email me if you would like a copy.

Papers

Lloyd, G. T., Young, J. R. and Smith, A. B., 2012. Comparative quality and fidelity of deep-sea and land-based nannofossil records. Geology, 40, 155-158.

Lloyd, G. T., Wang, S. C. and Brusatte, S. L., 2012. Identifying heterogeneity in rates of morphological evolution: discrete character change in the evolution of lungfish (Sarcopterygii; Dipnoi). Evolution, 66, 330-348.
     Dryad upload of functions and data

Lloyd, G. T., 2012. A refined modelling approach to assess the influence of sampling on palaeobiodiversity curves: new support for declining Cretaceous dinosaur richness. Biology Letters, 8, 123-126.
     R function and tutorial
     Dryad upload of functions and data

Lloyd, G. T., Young, J. R. and Smith, A. B., 2012. Taxonomic structure of the fossil record is shaped by sampling bias. Systematic Biology, 61, 80-89.
     Dryad upload of data

Benton, M. J., Dunhill, A. M., Lloyd, G. T. and Marx, F. G., 2011. Assessing the quality of the fossil record: insights from vertebrates. In: Comparing the Geological and Fossil Records: Implications for Biodiversity, McGowan, A. J. and Smith, A. B. (eds.). Geological Society Special Publication 358, 63-94.

Lloyd, G. T., Smith, A. B. and Young, J. R., 2011. Quantifying the deep sea rock and fossil record bias using coccolithophores. In: Comparing the Geological and Fossil Records: Implications for Biodiversity, McGowan, A. J. and Smith, A. B. (eds.). Geological Society Special Publication 358, 167-177.

Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Lloyd, G. T., Ruta, M. and Wang, S. C., 2011. Macroevolutionary patterns in the evolutionary radiation of archosaurs (Tetrapoda: Diapsida). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth and Environmental Science, 101, 367-382.

Sakamoto, M., Lloyd, G. T. and Benton, M. J., 2010. Phylogenetically structured variance in felid bite force: the role of phylogeny in the evolution of biting performance. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 4, 733-736.

Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Ruta, M. and Lloyd, G. T., 2008. The first 50 million years of dinosaur evolution: macroevolutionary pattern and morphological disparity. Biology Letters, 4, 733-736.

Lloyd, G. T., Davis, K. E., Pisani, D., Tarver, J. E., Ruta, M., Sakamoto, M., Hone, D. W. E., Jennings, R. & Benton, M. J., 2008. Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 275, 2483-2490.
     Tree and XML files (zip; 1Mb; published version)
     Tree and XML files (zip; 1Mb; 2011 version with correction of minor errors - recommended)
     Reduced Baum and Ragan MRP matrix (NEXUS)
     Reduced Purvis MRP matrix (NEXUS)
     Subsampling code
     Research group supertree page

Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Ruta, M. and Lloyd, G. T., 2008. Superiority, competition, and opportunism in the evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs. Science, 321, 1485-1488.

Ruta, M., Pisani, D., Lloyd, G. T. & Benton, M. J., 2007. A supertree of Temnospondyli: cladogenetic patterns in the most species-rich group of early tetrapods. Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 274, 3087-3095.

Edited Volumes

Lloyd, G. T., 2007. Progressive Palaeontology 2007.

Book Reviews

Lloyd, G. T., 2010. The Paleobiological Revolution: Essays on the Growth of Modern Paleontology. Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 75, 66-67.

Lloyd, G. T., 2007. Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles. Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 66, 71-73.

Books

[Various authors, consultants etc.] Lloyd, G. T. [Researcher], 2009. Prehistoric: The Definitive Visual History Of Life On Earth. Dorling-Kindersley, London.

Published Abstracts (Talks and Posters)

Friedman, M. S., Sallan, L. C. and Lloyd, G. T., 2011. Half a billion years of extinction and recovery: Phanerozoic diversity patterns in fishes. Palaeontological Association Newsletter [Abstracts], 80, 12.

Lloyd, G. T. and Friedman, M. S., 2011. 400-million years of 'fishes': a survey of sampling biases based on the UK record. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Online Supplement), 145-146.

Brusatte, S. L., Lloyd, G. T., Wang, S. C. and Montanari, S., 2011. Coping with rock record bias in studies of morphological evolution: new methods for analyzing disparity and evolutionary rates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Online Supplement), 79.

Lloyd, G. T., Smith, A. B. and Young, J. R., 2010. Different records give different curves: comparing deep sea and land-based palaeobiodiversity. Palaeontological Association Newsletter [Abstracts], 75, 25.

Sakamoto, M., Lloyd, G. T. and Benton, M. J., 2010. Phylogenetically structured variance in felid bite force: the role of phylogeny in the evolution of biting performance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, 155A.

Smith, A. B., Lloyd, G. T. and Young, J. R., 2010. Testing the common cause hypothesis by comparing sampling bias in the deep sea and land based rock records. GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42 (5), 138.

Lloyd, G. T., Pearson, P. N., Young, J. R. and Smith, A. B., 2010. Comparing the deep sea rock and fossil records of coccolithophores and planktic Foraminifera. GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42 (5), 138.

Brusatte, S. L., Lloyd, G. T. and Wang, S. C., 2010. Morphological evolution in Triassic archosaurs: rates of character change during an exemplary evolutionary radiation. Third International Palaeontological Congress Programme and Abstracts, 104.

Lloyd, G. T., Smith, A. B. and Young, J. R., 2010. Comparing rock and fossil records in the deep sea. Third International Palaeontological Congress Programme and Abstracts, 252.

Sakamoto, M., Lloyd, G. T. and Benton, M. J., 2010. Phylogenetically structured variance in felid bite force: the role of phylogeny in the evolution of biting performance. Third International Palaeontological Congress Programme and Abstracts, 339.

Wang, S. C., Lloyd, G. T. and Brusatte, S. L., 2010. Testing for heterogeneity in rates of morphological evolution: discrete character change in the evolution of lungfish (Sarcopterygii; Dipnoi). Third International Palaeontological Congress Programme and Abstracts, 404.

Lloyd, G. T., Smith, A. B. and Young, J. R., 2009. Is there a rock-bias to diversity patterns in the deep sea? Palaeontological Association Newsletter [Abstracts], 72, 26-27.

Brusatte, S. L., Lloyd, G. T., Wang, S. C., Benton, M. J. and Ruta, M., 2009. Triassic archosaur macroevolution and the ascent of dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29, 71A.

Lloyd, G. T., Donoghue, P. C. J. and Gough, J., 2009. Protein structural domains, the Tree of Life and the evolution of complexity. Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contributions, 3, 32-33.

Lloyd, G. T., Smith, A. B., Young, J. R. and Pearson, P. N., 2009. Comparing land-based and deep-sea rock and fossil records of microplankton for bias in diversity patterns. TMS The Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups' Joint Spring Meeting. Zurich, Switzerland. Abstracts (incl. Programme), p47.

Lloyd, G. T., Donoghue, P. C. J. and Gough, J., 2009. Protein structural domains, the Tree of Life and the evolution of complexity. Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contributions, 3, 32-33.

Lloyd, G. T., Davis, K. E., Pisani, D., Tarver, J. E., Ruta, M., Sakamoto, M., Hone, D. W. E., Jennings, R. & Benton, M. J., 2008. Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Palaeontological Association Newsletter [Abstracts], 69, 64.
     Abstract Volume (PDF; off-site)
     Poster (PDF; 2.5 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., Tarver, J. E., Ruta, M. & Benton, M. J. [with Davis, K. E., Pisani, D., Sakamoto, M., Hone, D. W. E. & Jennings, R.], 2008. Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28, 107A.
     Meeting home page

Brusatte, S. L., Benton, M. J., Ruta, M. and Lloyd, G. T., 2008. The evolutionary history and higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28, 58A.
     Meeting home page

Lloyd, G. T., Davis, K. E., Pisani, D., Tarver, J. E., Ruta, M., Sakamoto, M., Hone, D. W. E., Jennings, R. & Benton, M. J., 2008. Dinosaurs and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. 56th Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy.
     Abstract
     Talk Slides (PDF; 8.2 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., Donoghue, P. C. J. and Gough, J., 2007. Adventures in protein world reveal the Tree of Life and the evolution of complexity. Palaeontological Association Newsletter [Abstracts], 66, 42-43.
     Abstract Volume (PDF; off-site)
     Talk Slides (PDF; 17 Mb)

Orcutt, J. D., Sahney, S. and Lloyd, G. T., 2007. Tetrapod extinctions across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, 126A.
     Abstract Volume (PDF; off-site)
     Poster (PDF; 1 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., 2006. Character acquisition through geological time. Palaeontological Association Newsletter [Abstracts], 63, 27.
     Abstract Volume (PDF; off-site)
     Talk Slides (PDF; 8.7 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., Davis, K. E., Benton, M. J., and Pisani, D. [with Sakamoto, M., Tarver, J. E., Hone, D. W. E. and Jennings, R.], 2006. A new dinosaur supertree and the utility of large trees in macroevolution. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26, 90A.
     Abstract Volume (PDF; off-site)
     Talk Slides (PDF; 7.4 Mb)

Nicholls, E.-L., Benton, M. J., Lloyd, G. T. and Pisani, D., 2006. Testing the phylogeny of extant and fossil Crocodylia. 54th Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy.
     Abstract (html)

Nicholls, E.-L., Benton, M. J., Lloyd, G. T. and Pisani, D., 2006. Testing the phylogeny of extant and fossil Crocodylia. Progressive Palaeontology, Abstract Book, p13.
     Abstract Volume (PDF; off-site)

Lloyd, G. T., 2006. 'Living fossil' vertebrates and rates of morphological evolution. 2nd International Palaeontological Congress, Abstract Volume
     Talk Slides (PDF; 14.3 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., 2006. Can palaeobiogeography explain low rates of morphological evolution in 'living fossil' lungfish? Programme, Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography: Biodiversity in Space and Time, p20.
     Abstract Volume (html)
     Poster (PDF; 4.9 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., and Benton, M. J., 2005. Problems of statistically recovering tetrapod extinction events (Late Permian - Early Jurassic). 53rd Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy
     Abstract (html)
     Talk Slides (PDF; 3.8 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., 2005. Rates of morphological evolution and 'living fossils'. Palaeontological Association Newsletter [Abstracts], 60, 48.
     Abstract Volume (PDF; off-site)
     Poster (PDF; 1.1 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T. and Benton, M. J., 2004. Difficulty in identifying mass extinctions amongst tetrapods (Late Permian - Early Jurassic). Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 57, 162.
     Abstract Volume (PDF; off-site)
     Poster (PDF; 2 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T. and Benton, M. J., 2004. Difficulty in identifying mass extinctions amongst tetrapods (Late Permian - Early Jurassic). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24, 84A.
     Talk Slides (PDF; 4.5 Mb)

Invited/Other Talks

Lloyd, G. T., 2010. What the deep sea tells us about sampling biases in the fossil record. University of Oregon Geosciences Seminar Series (University of Oregon, Eugene, USA).

Lloyd, G. T., 2010. Is there a bias in deep sea diversity patterns? Natural History Museum Palaeontology Seminar Series (Natural History Museum, UK).

Lloyd, G. T., Donoghue, P. C. J. and Gough, J., 2007. Adventures in protein world reveal the Tree of Life and the evolution of complexity. Invited talk given at the Bioinformatics lunchtime seminar series (University of York, UK) - October 2007
     Talk Slides (PDF; 19.3 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., Donoghue, P. C. J. and Gough, J., 2007. Adventures in protein world reveal the Tree of Life and the evolution of complexity. Talk given as part of the Halstead lectureship, awarded to Phil Donoghue, at the BA Festival of Science (York, UK)
     Talk Slides (PDF; 14.6 Mb)

Lloyd, G. T., 2005. There's something about Leonard: character acquisition, rates of evolution, and 'living fossils'. Talk given in the Department of Earth Sciences (University of Bristol, UK) at the end of my first year
     Talk Slides (PDF; 7.1 Mb)

Other publications

Lloyd, G. T., 2011. 54th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association Ghent, Belgium. Set In Stone: The NHM Palaeontology Newsletter, 8, 17-18.
     Set In Stone Website

 
Last updated 7th November 2008.