Dr. Andrew Heckert - Appalachian State Geology

Publication Highlights

Monographs

Heckert, A.B., 2004, Late Triassic microvertebrates from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group (Otischalkian-Adamanian: Carnian), southwestern U.S.A.: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 27, 170 pages.
Rinehart, L. F., Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Spielmann, J. A., and Celeskey, M. D., 2009, The paleobiology of Coelophysis bauri (Cope) from the Upper Triassic (Apachean) Whitaker quarry, New Mexico, with detailed analysis of a single quarry block: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 45, 260 pages.
Spielmann, J.A., Lucas, S.G., Rinehart, L.F. & Heckert, A.B. 2008. The Late Triassic archosauromorph Trilophosaurus. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 43: 177 pages.

Co-edited volumes

Heckert, A.B., and Lucas, S.G., editors, 2002, Upper Triassic Stratigraphy and Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 21, 301 pp.
Heckert, A.B., and Lucas, S.G., editors, 2005, Vertebrate paleontology in Arizona, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 29, 210 pp.
Lucas, S.G., and Heckert, A.B., editors, 1995, Permian Footprints and Facies, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 6, 300 pp.
Lucas, S.G., and Heckert, A.B., editors, 2000, Dinosaurs of New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 17, 240 pp.
Zeigler, K.E., Heckert, A.B., and Lucas, S.G., editors, 2003, Paleontology and geology of the Upper Triassic Snyder quarry, north-central New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 24, 132 pp.

Selected Recent Publications (See CV for complete list)

Heckert, A.B., Lucas, S.G., Rinehart, L.F., Celeskey, M.D., Spielmann, J.A., and Hunt, A.P., 2010, Articulated skeletons of the aetosaur Typothorax coccinarum Cope (Archosauria: Stagonolepididae) from the Upper Triassic Bull Canyon Formation (Revueltian: early-mid Norian), eastern New Mexico, USA: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 30, no. 3, 619-632. Featured article in May issue and freely available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724631003763524
Heckert, A.B., Lucas, S.G., Rinehart, L.F., and Hunt, A.P., 2008, A new genus and species of sphenodontian from the Ghost Ranch Coelophysis quarry (Upper Triassic: Apachean), Rock Point Formation, New Mexico, USA: Palaeontology, v. 51, p. 827-845. http://Doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00786.x
Heckert, A. B., Lucas, S. G., Rinehart, L. F., Spielmann, J. A., Hunt, A. P., and Kahle, R., 2006, Revision of the archosauromorph reptile Trilophosaurus, with a description of the first skull of Trilophosaurus jacobsi, from the Upper Triassic Chinle Group, West Texas, USA; Palaeontology, v. 49, p. 621-640. http:www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00556.x
Beatty, B.L., and Heckert, A.B., 2009, A large archosauriform tooth with multiple supernumerary carinae from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico (USA), with comments on carina development and anomalies in the Archosauria: Historical Biology, v. 21, p. 57-65. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a915318366~db=all~jumptype=rss
Joyce, W.G., Lucas, S.G., Scheyer, T.M., Heckert, A.B., and Hunt, A.P., 2009, A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, v. 296, p. 507-513 (available online 10 October 2008). http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/276/1656/507.full.pdf+html?sid=504de079-34b5-4313-b1e0-e7f1860e42f3
Mitchell, J. S., Heckert, A. B., and Sues, H.-D., 2010, Grooves to tubes: Evolution of the venom delivery system in a Late Triassic "reptile": Naturwissenschaften, v. 97, p. 1117-1121. DOI:10.1007/s00114-010-0729-0

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