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David M. Martill 
 
University of Portsmouth, UK.  Dave Martill is a soft tissue expert specialising in unusual preservation of vertebrate fossils. 
Martill D M; 1988, Preservation of fish in the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brasil, Palaeontology, 31 (1):1-18

Martill D M; 1989, The Medusa effect: instantaneous fossilization, Geology Today, Vol.5 No.6, Nov-Dec 1989 Pp.201-205

Martill D M; 1989, A new 'Solenhofen' in Mexico, Geology Today, Vol.5 No.1, Jan-Feb 1989 Pp.25-28

Martill D M and Unwin D M; 1989, Exceptionally well preserved pterosaur wing membrane from the Cretaceous of Brazil, Nature, 340:138-140

Unwin, D. M., Martill D.M. & Bakhurina, N. N. 1993 The structure of the wing membrane in pterosaurs. J. Vert. Paleont. 13 (3), 61A.

Frey, E. & Martill, D. M. 1994 A new Pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Creatceous, Aptian) of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Paläontology, Abhandlungen. 194, 379–412.

Martill D. M., 1995,  Fossils of the Santana and Crato Formations, Brazil.  The Palaeontological Association, London, pp. 159.

Frey, E., Unwin, D. M., Martill, D. M. & Clarke, J. B. 1995 The nature and function of the pteroid in pterosaurs. J.Vert. Paleont. 15, 30A.

Frey, E. & Martill, D. M. 1996 A reappraisal of Arambourgiana: one of the world’s largest flying animals. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh. 199, 221–247. (in some lists this paper is dated 1995)

Frey, E. & Martill, D. M. 1996 Preserved soft tissue in a specimen of Pterodactylus kochi (Wagner) from the Upper Jurassic of Germany. J. Vert. Paleont. 16 (3), 35A.

Frey, E., Martill, D. M. & Unwin, D. M. 1996 The function of the pteroid bone of pterosaurs. J. Vert. Paleont. 16 (3), 35A.

Unwin, D. M., Frey, E., Martill, D. M., Clarke, J. B. & Riess, J. 1996 On the nature of the pteroid in pterosaurs. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 263, 45–52.

Unwin, D. M., Bakhurina, N. N., Martill, D. M. & Frey, E. 1996 The structure, function and evolutionary history of the pterosaur flight apparatus. J. Vert. Paleont. 16 (3), 70A.

Martill D. M., Frey E., Green M. and Green M. 1996,  Giant pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, UK.  N. Jb. Geol. Palaont, Mh. 1996, 11, 672-683.

Martill D M, Kirk J R J, Anders A, Lovage R F, Frey E & Martin J G; 1997, Arambourgiania philadelphiae, Giant wings in small halls, Geological Curator, Vol.6, No. 6, Pp 305-313

Frey, E., Martill, D. M., Chong, G. & Bell, M. 1997 New pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Chile. J. Vert. Paleont. 17 (3).

Steel, L., Martill, D. M., Kirk, J. R. J., Anders, A., Loveridge, R. F., Frey, E. & Martin, J.G. 1997 Arambourgiania philadelphiae: giant wings in small halls. The Geological Curator 6, 305–313.

Frey, E. & Martill, D. M. 1998 Late ontogentic fusion of the processus tendinis extensoris in Cretaceous pterosaurs from Brazil. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Mheft. (10), 587–594.

Martill, D. M. & Frey, E. 1998 A possible azhdarchid from the Crato Formation of Brazil. Geologiae Miningbouw (in preparation)

Martill, D. M., Frey, E., Chiong-Diaz, G. & Bell, M. 1998 Reinterpretation of a Chilean pterosaur: first record of Dsungeripteridae in South America, Geol. Mag. (in preparation)

Frey, E. & Martill, D. M. 1998 Soft tissue preservation in a specimen of Pterodactylus kochi (Wagner) from the Upper Jurassic of Germany. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh. 21, 421–441.

Martill, D. M. & Frey, E. 1998 A new pterosaur Lagerstätten in N. E. Brazil (Crato formation, Aptian, Lower Cretaceous), Preliminary observations.  Oryctos 1, 79-85.

Martill, D. M., Frey, E., Sadaqah, R. M. & Khoury, H. N. 1998 Discovery of the holotype of the giant pterosaur Titanopteryx philadelphiae Arambourg 1959, and the status of Arambourgiania and Quetzalcoatlus. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh. 207 (1), 57-79, Stutgart.

Martill D. M., Frey E., Diaz G. C. and Bell C. M. 2000, Reinterpretation of a Chilean Pterosaur and the occurrence of Dsungeripteridae in South America. Geological Magazine, January 2000, vol. 137, p. 19-25.

Martill, D M. & Naish D. (eds.), 2001, Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight. The Palaeontological Association. London. 433 sider.

Naish D. & Martill D. M., 2003, Pterosaurs - a successful invasion of prehistoric skies, Biologist (October 2003) vol. 50, no. 5, pp 213-216.

Frey, E., Buchy, M.-C., and Martill, D. M., 2003, Middle- and bottom-decker Cretaceous pterosaurs: unique designs in active flying vertebrates: In: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, edited by Buffetaut, E., and Mazin, J.-M., Geological Society Special Publication, n. 217, p. 267-274.

Frey, E., Martill, D. M., and Buchy, C.-C., 2003, A new crested ornithocheirid from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil and the unusual death of an unusual pterosaur: In: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, edited by Buffetaut, E., and Mazin, J.-M., Geological Society Special Publication, n. 217, p. 55-63. (Ludodactylus sibbicki)

Frey, E., Martill, D., M., and Buchy, C. C., 2003, A new species of tapejarid pterosaur with soft tissue head crest: In: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, edited by Buffetaut, E., and Mazin, J.-M., Geological Society Special Publication, n. 217, p. 65-72. (Tapejara navigans)

Unwin D. M. and Martill D. M., 2003, Soft tissue preservation and its significance for the palaeobiology of pterosaurs 2; pp. 31-34 in European Palaeontological Association, Workshop on Exceptional Preservation. Teruel, 25-27 September 2003.

Frey, E., Tischlinger, H., Buchy, M.-C., and Martill, D. M., 2003, New specimens of pterosauria (Reptilia) with soft parts with implications for pterosaurian anatomy and locomotion: In: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, edited by Buffetaut, E., and Mazin, J.-M., Geological Society Special Publication, n. 217, p. 233-266.

Buffetaut E., Martill D. and Escuillié F., 2004, Pterosaurs as part of a spinosaur diet. Nature, 430, 33 (1st July 2004)

Steel, L, Martill, D. M., Unwin, D. M., and Winch, J. D., 2005, A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England: Cretaceous Research, vol.26, p.686-698. (Caulkicephalus trimicrodon)

Martill D. M. and Naish D., 2006, Cranial crest development in the Azhdarchoid pterosaur Tupuxuara, with a review of the Genus and Tapejarid morphology. Palaeontology, vol. 49, part 4, p 925-941. 

Martill, D. M., Frey, E., Bell, C. M., and Diaz, G. C., 2006, Ctenochasmatid pterosaurs from Early Cretaceous deposits in Chile: Cretaceous Research, vol.27, p.603-610.

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, v. 5, issue 7, 9pp

Martill, D. M., 2007, The age of the Cretaceous Santana Formation fossil konservat lagerstätte of north-east Brazil: a historical review and an appraisal of the biochronostratigraphic utility of its palaeobiota: Creaceous Research, v. 28, p. 895-920.