Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

[6] Gibson, S. Z. 2018. A new species of Lasalichthys (Actinopterygii, Redfieldiiformes) from the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Howard County, Texas, with revisions to the genera Lasalichthys and Synorichthys. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1513009.

[5]  Smith, W.L., Buck, C. A., Ornay, G. S., Davis, M. P., Martin, R. P., Gibson, S. Z., and Girard, M. G. 2018. Improving Vertebrate Skeleton Images: Fluorescence and the Non-Permanent Mounting of Cleared-and-Stained Specimens. Copeia 106(3):427–435. doi:10.1643/CG-18-047

       Popular Press

• Stang, C. St. Cloud State Today. “Biologist’s monsters are works of art.”

• Supriya, L. Science. “These eerie new images reveal the insides of fish and snakes like never before.”

• Becker, R. The Verge. “How scientists captured a stunning, hellish menagerie of half-dissolved creatures.“

• Kotecki, P. Business Insider. “These haunting photos of vertebrate skeletons were created using an ultra-detailed new imaging method.”

• Starr, M. Science Alert. “These Hauntingly Beautiful Images Reveal an Unseen World Beneath Vertebrates’ Skin.“

• Furness, D. Digital Trends. “These haunting anatomical images turn vertebrates inside out.”

[4]  Gibson, S.Z. 2016. Redescription and Phylogenetic Placement of †Hemicalypterus weiri Schaeffer, 1967 (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Triassic Chinle Formation, Southwestern United States: New Insights into Morphology, Ecological Niche, and Phylogeny. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0163657. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163657

Popular Press

• Farke, A. PLOS Paleo Communtity. “Veggievore Fish of the Triassic.“

[3] Gibson, S. Z. 2015. Evidence of a specialized feeding niche in a Late Triassic ray-finned fish: Evolution of multidenticulate teeth and benthic scraping in †Hemicalypterus. The Nature of Science — Naturwissenschaften 102:10. doi:10.1007/s00114-015-1262-y

[2]  Gibson, S. Z. 2013. Biodiversity and evolutionary history of †Lophionotus (Neopterygii: †Semionotiformes) from the western United States. Copeia 2013: 582–603.

[1] Gibson, S. Z. 2013. A new hump-backed ginglymodian fish (Neopterygii: †Semionotiformes) from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of southeastern Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33: 1037–1050.

Guidebooks and Other Publications

[4]  Milner, A. R. C., Birthisel, T., Kirkland, J. I., Breithaupt, B., Matthews, N., Lockley, M. G., Santucci, V. L., Gibson, S. Z., DeBlieux, D., Hurlbut, M., Harris, J. D., and Olsen, P. E. 2014. Tracking Early Jurassic dinosaurs in southwestern Utah and the Triassic-Jurassic Transition. Nevada State Museum Paleontological Papers 1: 1–107.

[3] Davis, M. P., and Gibson, S. Z. 2011. Book Review for The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition). Copeia 2011: 470–471.

[2] Milner, A. R. C., Spears, S. Z., Foss, S. E., Ferris-Rowley, D., and Kirkland, J. I. 2009. Urban Interface Paleontology in Washington County, Utah. Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Fossil Resources: 131–151.

[1]  Milner, A. R. C. and Spears, S. Z. 2007. Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleoichnology of southwestern Utah. Utah Geological Association Publication 35: 1–85.