PUBLICATIONS
Refereed book chapters
1 Wroe, S. (2003). Australian
marsupial carnivores: an overview of recent advances in palaeontology
and phylogeny. In M. Jones, C. Dickman, and M. Archer (eds), Predators
with Pouches: the Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials, CSIRO publishing:
Melbourne, pp. 102-123.
2 Wroe, S., and Archer, M. (2003). Origins and early radiations
of marsupials. In Merrick, J. Archer, M., Hickey, G. M., and Lee, M. S.
Y. (eds). Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates,
Auscipub Pty Ltd: Sydney, pp. 517-540.
Refereed articles
3 Wroe, S., Argot, C., and Dickman, C. (2004). On the rarity of
big fierce mammalian carnivores. Proceedings
of the Royal Society (London), Series B,
(published on - line)
4 Wroe, S., Field, J., Fullagar, R., and Jermiin, L. (2004). Late
Quaternary extinctions of megafauna and the global overkill hypothesis.
Alcheringa,
28: 291-331.
5 Wroe, S., Crowther, M., Dortch, J., and Chong, J. (2003). The
size of the largest marsupial and why it matters. Proceedings
of the Royal Society London B (Suppl.),
270: S1-S2.
6 Wroe, S., Myers, T., Seebacher, F., Kear, B., Gillespie, A.,
Crowther, M., and Salisbury, S. (2003). An alternative method for predicting
body-mass: The case of the marsupial lion. Paleobiology, 29:
404-412.
7Johnson, C., and Wroe, S. (2003). Causes
of extinctions of vertebrates during the Holocene of mainland Australia:
arrival of the dingo or human impact? The Holocene, 13:
109-116.
8 Wroe, S. (2002) A review of terrestrial
mammalian and reptilian carnivore ecology in Australian fossil faunas,
and factors influencing their diversity: the myth of reptilian domination
and its broader ramifications. Australian Journal of Zoology,
50:1-24
9 Wroe, S. (2001). Maximucinus muirheadae,
gen. et sp. nov. (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia) , from the Miocene of Riversleigh,
northwestern Queensland, with estimates of body weights for fossil thylacinids.
Australian Journal of Zoology, 49: 603-614..
10 Wroe, S. (2001). A new genus and species of Miocene dasyuromorphian.
Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 25:
53-59.
11 Wroe, S., and Musser, A. (2001). The
skull of Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae: Marsupialia). Australian
Journal of Zoology, 49: 487-514.
12 Mackness, B. S., Wroe, S., Muirhead, J., Wilkinson, C., and
Wilkinson, D. (2000). First fossil bandicoot from the Pliocene Chinchilla
Local Fauna. Australian Mammalogy, 22: 133-136.
13 Wroe, S., and Mackness, B. S. (2000). Additional material referred
to Dasyurus dunmalli from the Pliocene Chinchilla Local Fauna of
southeastern Queensland and its phylogenetic implications. Memoirs
of the Queensland Museum, 45: 641-645.
14 Wroe, S., and Mackness, B. S. (2000). A new genus and species
of dasyurine dasyurid (Marsupialia) from the Pliocene Chinchilla Local
Fauna of Southeastern Queensland. Alcheringa, 24: 319-325.
15 Wroe, S., Ebach, M., Ahyong, S., Muizon, C. de, and Muirhead,
J. (2000). Cladistic analysis of
dasyuromorphian (Marsupialia) phylogeny using cranial and dental features.
Journal of Mammalogy, 81 (4): 1008-1024.
16 Krajewski, C., Wroe, S., and Westerman, M. (2000). Molecular
evidence for the pattern and timing of cladogenesis in dasyurid marsupials.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130: 375-404.
17 Wroe, S. (1999). The geologically
oldest dasyurid (Marsupialia), from the middle Miocene of Riversleigh,
northwestern Queensland. Palaeontology, 42: 501-527.
18 Wroe, S., and Muirhead, J. (1999). Evolution of Australian marsupicarnivores
(Dasyuridae, Thylacinidae, Myrmecobiidae, Dasyuromorphia incertae sedis,
Marsupialia incertae sedis). Australian Mammalogy, 21:
10-11.
19 Wroe, S., Myers, T. J., Wells, R. T., and Gillespie, A. (1999).
Estimating the weight of the Pleistocene
Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo carnifex: Thylacoleonidae): implications
for the ecomorphology of a marsupial super-predator and hypotheses of
impoverishment of Australian marsupial carnivore faunas. Australian
Journal of Zoology, 47: 489-498
20 Dawson, L., Muirhead, J., and Wroe, S. (1999). The Big Sink
Local Fauna: a new lower Pliocene mammalian fauna from the Wellington
Caves complex, Wellington, New South Wales. Records of the Western
Australian Museum, Supplement No. 57: 265-290.
21 Godthelp, H., Wroe, S., and Archer, M. (1999). A
new marsupial from the early Eocene Tingamarra Local Fauna of Murgon,
Southeastern Queensland: a prototypical Australian marsupial? Journal
of Mammalian Evolution, 6: 289-313.
22 Wroe, S. (1998). A new genus and species
of 'bone-cracking' dasyurid (Marsupialia) from the Miocene of Riversleigh,
northwestern Queensland. Alcheringa, 22: 277-284
23 Wroe, S., Brammall, J., and Cooke, B. N. (1998). The
skull of Ekaltadeta ima (Marsupialia: Hypsiprymnodontidae?): An
analysis of some cranial features among marsupials and a re-investigation
of propleopine phylogeny, with notes on the inference of carnivory in
mammals. Journal of Paleontology, 72: 738-751.
24 Wroe, S., and Mackness, B. S. (1998). Revision of the Pliocene
dasyurid, Dasyurus dunmalli (Dasyuridae, Marsupialia). Memoirs
of the Queensland Museum, 42: 605-612.
25 Muirhead, J. and Wroe, S. (1998). A
new genus and species, Badjcinus turnbulli gen. et sp. nov. (Thylacinidae:
Marsupialia), from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh, northern Australia,
and an investigation of thylacinid phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, 18: 612-626..
26 Wroe, S. (1997). A
re-examination of proposed morphology-based synapomorphies for the families
of Dasyuromorphia (Marsupialia): Part I, Dasyuridae. Journal of
Mammalian Evolution, 4: 19-52.
27 Wroe, S. (1997). Mayigriphus orbus
gen. et sp. nov., a Miocene dasyuromorphian from Riversleigh, northwestern
Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41: 439-448.
30 Wroe, S. (1997). Stratigraphy and phylogeny in the giant extinct
rat-kangaroo Ekaltadeta (Propleopinae, Hypsiprymnodontidae, Marsupialia).
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41: 449-456.
31 Wroe, S. (1996). An investigation
of phylogeny in the giant extinct rat-kangaroo, Ekaltadeta ima
(Propleopinae, Potoroidae, Marsupialia). Journal of Paleontology,
70: 681-690.
32 Wroe, S. (1996). Muribacinus gadiyuli
(Thylacinidae, Marsupialia), a very plesiomorphic thylacinid from the
Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, and the problem of paraphyly
for the Dasyuridae. Journal of Paleontology, 70: 1032-1044
33 Wroe, S., and Archer, M. 1995. Extraordinary
diphyodonty-related change in dental function for a tooth of the extinct
marsupial Ekaltadeta ima ( (Propleopinae, Hypsiprymndontidae).
Archives of Oral Biology, 40: 597-603.
Semi-Popular Articles
34 Wroe, S., and Johnson, C. (2003). Bring
back the devil. Nature Australia, 27: 84.
35 Wroe, S. (2003). The myth of reptilian domination. Nature
Australia, 27: 54-59.
36 Wroe, S., Field, J., and Fullagar, R. (2002). Lost
giants. Nature Australia, 27: 54-61.
37 Wroe, S. (2001). The killer rat-kangaroo's
tooth. Nature Australia, 27: 28-31.
38 Wroe, S. (2000). Move over sabre-toothed
tiger. Nature Australia, 27: 44-51.
39 Wroe, S. (1999). The bird from hell?
Nature Australia, 26: 58-64.
Conference papers
Wroe, S. (2004). Cenozoic giants of Australia. 7th International
Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
Wroe, S., Argot, C., Crowther, M., and Dickman, C. (2003). Tracking
Australian and South American mammalian carnivore diversity over the last
25 million years: an empirical test of the 'future eaters' hypothesis.
Wroe, S. (2002). The ecology roles of Australia's extinct marsupial
carnivores. Abstracts of the First International Palaeontological Congress,
Macquarie University, Sydney.
Wroe, S., Myers, T. J., Sherwin, R., and Gillespie, A. (2000).
Estimating the weight of the Pleistocene Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleonidae:
Marsupialia): marsupial super-predator. Abstracts of the Australian
Mammal Society Conference. University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury
NSW, July 5-8, p. 20.
Wroe, S. (2000). Carnivore calamity: the rise and fall of Australia's
warm-blooded killers. The Australian Mammal Society Conference.
5th July, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, NSW.
Wroe, S. (1998). New fossil material from Eocene, late Oligocene
and Miocene deposits of Queensland and its significance in the inference
of Australian marsupial carnivore evolution. Abstracts of the 1998
Australian Vertebrate Palaeontology Student Conference, p. 19-21.
Wroe, S., Muizon, C., de, Myers, T., and Mackness, B. N. (1998).
Deconstructing the Mystery of the Meganesian Carnivores. Abstracts
of the 2nd Riversleigh Symposium, December 3-4, UNSW, p. 14.
Arena, R., Wroe, S., and Archer, M. (1998). Additional material
referred to the dasyurid Ganbulanyi djadjinguli: phylogenetic and
palaeobiological implications. Abstracts of the 2nd Riversleigh Symposium,
December 3-4, UNSW, p. 1.
Wroe, S. (1997). Were propleopines carnivorous? Abstracts of
the Sixth Conference on Australian Vertebrate Palaeontology, Evolution
and Systematics. Perth, July 7-11, p. 148.
Publications in Popular Science
Wroe, S. (2001). The lost kingdoms of Australia.
Newton, 4: 98-104.
Long, J., and Wroe, S. (2003). Marsupial baby killer or Aussie
big 'cat'? Australasian Science, 24: 21-22.
Wroe, S., and Field, J. (2001). The big end. Sydney Morning
Herald (News Review), September 1-2, p. 29.
Wroe, S., and Field, J. (2001). On giant-wombats
and red-herrings. Australasian Science, 24: 18.
Wroe, S., and Field, J. (2001). Megafaunal
mystery remains. Australasian Science, 22: 21-25.
Wroe, S. (1999). Killer kangaroos and other murderous marsupials.
Scientific American, 280: 68-74.
Wroe, S. (1999). Australia's natural born killers. Squawk,
2: 13-15.
Wroe, S. (1999). The Sabre-less Sabre-tooth. Riversleigh Notes,
42: 5-6.
Wroe, S. (1998). Killer kangaroo.
Australasian Science, 19: 25-28.
Wroe, S. (1998). Bills, bones and bias: did Thunder Birds eat meat?
Riversleigh Notes, 40: 2-4.
Wroe, S., and Myers, T. J. (1998). Fallacy and future-eating. Australasian
Science, 19 (9): 27-29.
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