Mark P Witton
Palaeobiology Research Group, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth. Specialising in pterosaur biomechanics and palaeoecology
Humphries S., Bonser R. H., Witton M. P. and Martill D M., 2007, Did pterosaurs feed by skimming? Physical modelling and anatomical evaluation of an unusual feeding method: PLOS Biology, vol. 5, issue 7, 9pp
Witton M., 2007, Titans of the skies: azhdarchid pterosaurs: Geology Today, vol.23, no.1, p33-38.
Witton M. P. and Naish D., 2008, A reappraisal of azhdarchid pterosaur functional morphology and paleoecology. PLoS ONE 3(5): e2271 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002271 Abstract
Witton M. P., 2008, A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian?) of Brazil. Palaeontology, Vol 51. Issue 6. pp 1289-1300. Abstract
Azhdarchid Paleobiology, part III
Azhdarchid Paleobiology, part II
Azhdarchid Paleobiology, part I
Martill D. M., Witton M. P. and Gale, A., 2008, Possible azhdarchoid remains from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of England. p209-218: In - Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer, 2008, Hone D. W. E. and Buffetaut E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp
Martill D. M., and Witton M. P., 2008,Catastrophic failure in a pterosaur skull from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. p177-185.: In - Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer, 2008, Hone D. W. E. and Buffetaut E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp
Witton M. P., 2008, A new approach to determining pterosaur body mass and its implications for pterosaur flight. p143-159.: In - Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer, 2008, Hone D. W .E., and Buffetaut E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp
Witton M. P., Martill D. M. and Loveridge R. F., 2010, Clipping the wings of giant pterosaurs: comments on wingspan estimations and diversity. Acta Geoscientica Sinica, 31 (1), 79-81.
Witton M. P., 2010, Pteranodon and beyond: the history of giant pterosaurs from 1870 onward. In: Moody, R. T. J., Buffetaut, E., Naish, D. and Martill, D. M. (eds) Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Saurians: A Historical Perspective. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 310, 313-323
Witton M. and Habib M., 2010, The volancy, or not, of giant pterosaurs. Acta Geoscientica Sinica. 31(S1):76-78
Witton M. and Habib M., 2010, On the size and flight diversity of giant pterosaurs, the use of birds as pterosaur analogues and comments on pterosaur flightlessness. PLoS ONE. 5(11): e13982. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013982
Tomkins J. L., LeBas N. R., Witton M. P., Martill D. M. and Humphries S., 2010, Positive allometry and the prehistory of sexual selection. The American Naturalist, 176, 141-148
Hyder E. S., Martill D. M. and Witton M. P., 2010, A neoazhdarchian pelvis with a possible preserved air sac from the Santana Formation of Brazil: implications for functionality and phylogeny. Acta Geoscientica Sinica, 31 (1), 32-32
Witton M. P., 2010, Pteranodon and beyond: the history of giant pterosaurs from 1870 onwards, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol 343; pages 313-323