$def_Meta
Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Michael David Stein


(MENAFN- The Conversation)
  • Research Associate, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
Profile Articles Activity

Researcher with the University of New South Wales Archer Laboratory. I undertook my PhD in palaeoecology with UNSW and my MSc in palaeontology with Macquarie University. My areas of specialty include crocodylomorphs, locomotory evolution, biomechanics and geometric morphometrics. I am also branching into a number of international collaborations focused on histology and evolutionary dynamics. My main research interest is ecomorphological plasticity, particularly niche diversification among predatory hunting ecologies and general models of the capacity of lineages to reposition in trophic webs.

Experience
  • –present Research Associate, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney
Education
  • 2019 University of New South Wales, Ph.D.
  • 2009 Macquarie University, M.Sc.
  • 2006 University of Queensland, Cert.
  • 2005 University of Queensland, B.Sc. Hons.
Publications
  • 2025 Australia's oldest crocodylian eggshells: insights into the paleoecology of mekosuchines, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • 2024 A reinterpretation and taxonomic revision of Ultrastenos willisi Stein, Hand & Archer, 2016, a short-snouted mekosuchine crocodylian from the Oligocene of northern Australia, Paleontologica Electronica
  • 2023 Migrations, diversifications, and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia, Alcheringa
  • 2020 Riversleigh primer, part 5, crocodiles, Riversleigh Notes
  • 2020 Quantitatively assessing mekosuchine crocodile locomotion by geometric morphometric and finite element analysis of the forelimb, PeerJ
  • 2017 Variation in the pelvic and pectoral girdles of Australian Oligo–Miocene mekosuchine crocodiles with implications for locomotion and habitus, PeerJ
  • 2016 A new crocodile displaying extreme constriction of the mandible, from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh, Australia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • 2016 Dwarfism and feeding behaviours in Oligo–Miocene crocodiles from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
  • 2012 Humeral morphology of the early Eocene mekosuchine crocodylian Kambara from the Tingamarra Local Fauna southeastern Queensland, Australia, Alcheringa

The Conversation

MENAFN11112025000199003603ID1110328951



The Conversation

Legal Disclaimer:
MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.

Search