Michael J. Benton
Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Benton was a contributor to the re-classification of dinosaurs.
Benton M. J., 1990, Vertebrate Palaeontology. Harper Collins Academic, London.
Benton M. J., 1999, Scleromochlus taylori and the origin of dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 354, 1–25.
Benton M. J., Wills M. and Hitchin R., 2000, Quality of the fossil record through time. Nature 403, 534-538.
Unwin D. M., Alifanov V. R. and Benton M. J., 2000, Enigmatic small reptiles from the Middle-Late Triassic of Kirgizstan. In The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, ed. M. J. Benton, E. N. Kurochkin, M. A. Shishkin and D. M. Unwin. Cambridge University Press.
Hone D. W. E. and Benton M. J., 2007, An evaluation of the phylogenic relationships of the pterosaurs among archosauromorph reptiles, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Hone D W, and Benton M J, 2007, Cope's Rule in the Pterosauria, and differing perceptions of Cope's Rule at different taxonomic levels. J Evol Biol. 2007 May; 20(3):1164-70. PMID: 17465925 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Elgin R. E., Grau C. A., Palmer C., Hone D. W. E., Greenwell D. and Benton M. J., 2008, Aerodynamic characters of the cranial crest in Pteranodon. p169-176: In - Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D. W. E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp
Hone D. W. E. and Benton, M. J., 2008, Contrasting supertrees and total-evidence methods: pterosaur origins. p35-60: In - Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.
Dyke G. J., Benton M. J., Posmosanu E. and Naish D., 2010, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) birds and pterosaurs from the Cornet bauxite mine, Romania. Palaeontology, no. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00997.x