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Fawcett, MJ, Lautenschlager, S, Bestwick, J & Butler, RJ 2023, 'Functional morphology of the Triassic apex predator Saurosuchus galilei (Pseudosuchia: Loricata) and convergence with a post‐Triassic theropod dinosaur', The Anatomical Record. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25299
Holwerda, FM, Bestwick, J, Purnell, MA, Jagt, JWM & Schulp, AS 2023, 'Three-dimensional dental microwear in type-Maastrichtian mosasaur teeth (Reptilia, Squamata)', Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, 18720. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42369-7
Bestwick, J, Godoy, P, Maidment, S, Ezcurra, M, Wroe, M, Raven, T, Bonsor, J & Butler, R 2022, 'Relative skull size evolution in Mesozoic archosauromorphs: potential drivers and morphological uniqueness of erythrosuchid archosauriforms', Palaeontology, vol. 65, no. 3, e12599. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12599
Bestwick, J, Jones, A, Nesbitt, S, Lautenschlager, S, Rayfield, E, Cuff, AR, Button, D, Barrett, PM, Porro, LB & Butler, R 2021, 'Cranial functional morphology of the pseudosuchian Effigia and implications for its ecological role in the Triassic', The Anatomical record, pp. 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24827
Bestwick, J, Unwin, DM, Henderson, DM & Purnell, MA 2021, 'Dental microwear texture analysis along reptile tooth rows: complex variation with non-dietary variables', Royal Society Open Science, vol. 8, no. 2, 201754. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201754
Bestwick, J, Jones, A, Purnell, M & Butler, R 2020, 'Dietary constraints of phytosaurian reptiles revealed by dental microwear textural analysis', Palaeontology, vol. 2020, 12515. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12515
Bestwick, J, Unwin, D, Butler, R & Purnell, M 2020, 'Dietary diversity and evolution of the earliest flying vertebrates revealed by dental microwear texture analysis', Nature Communications, vol. 2020, no. 1, 5293. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19022-2
Hoffmann, R, Bestwick, J, Berndt, G, Berndt, R, Fuchs, D & Klug, C 2020, 'Pterosaurs ate soft-bodied cephalopods (Coleoidea)', Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, 1230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-57731-2
Bestwick, J, Unwin, DM & Purnell, MA 2019, 'Dietary differences in archosaur and lepidosaur reptiles revealed by dental microwear textural analysis', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 11691. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48154-9
Bestwick, J, Unwin, DM, Butler, RJ, Henderson, DM & Purnell, MA 2018, 'Pterosaur dietary hypotheses: a review of ideas and approaches', Biological Reviews, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 2021-2048. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12431, https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12431
Dunhill, AM, Bestwick, J, Narey, H & Sciberras, J 2016, 'Dinosaur biogeographical structure and Mesozoic continental fragmentation: a network-based approach', Journal of Biogeography, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 1691-1704. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12766
Bestwick, J & Smith, A 2015, 'Creswell Crags fossil material in the Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, UK', The Geological Curator, vol. 10.
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