Articles
First Record of the Extinct Sawfish Propristis Schweinfurthi Dames, 1883 (Batoidea: Pristiformes: Pristidae) from the Middle Eocene of Spain (with Francesc Farrés), Paläontologische Zeitschrift (2009)
A partial rostrum of Propristis schweinfurthi Dames, 1883 was collected in the Bartonian strata of...
A Fossil Skull of the Extant Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans Lacapède, 1802) from the Late Miocene of Orange County, California, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences (2008)
A nearly complete fossil skull, including the rostrum, of blue marlin, Makaira nigricans Lacapède, 1802...
Specimens of the billfish Xiphiorhynchus van Beneden, 1871, from the Yazoo Clay Formation (late Eocene), Louisiana (with Gary L. Stringer), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2007)
Fossil History of Billfishes (Xiphioidei), Bulletin of Marine Science (2006)
This review characterizes each of the five extinct and extant families of billfishes and discusses...
A New Aglyptorhynchus (Perciformes: Scombroidei) From the Lincoln Creek Formation (Late Oligocene, Washington, U.S.A.), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2005)
A partial rostrum with an attachcd lower jaw, a posterior neurocranium, and a proximal hyomandibular...
Taxonomic Revision and Stratigraphic Provenance of Histiophorus rotundus Woodward 1901 (Teleostei, Perciformes) (with Kenneth A. Monsch and Robert E. Weems), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2005)
Until recently, Histiophorus rotundus Woodward 1901, was known from a single, poorly preserved rostrum from...
Xiphiorhynchus cf. X. Eocaenicus (Woodward, 1901), (Scombroidei: Xiphiidae: Xiphiorhynchinae) from the middle Eocene of Mississippi, the first Transatlantic distribution of a species of Xiphiorhynchus (with James E. Starnes), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2005)
An anterior (distal) rostrum (MMNS 2957) from the Moodys Branch Formation (late middle Eocene). Tesheva...
Fossil Tuna Vertebrae Punctured by Istiophorid Billfishes (with Vincent P. Schneider), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2004)
Analysis and New Records of Billfish (Teleostei: Perciformers: Istiophoridae) from the Yorktown Formation, Early Pliocene of Eastern North Carolina at Lee Creek Mine, Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III (2001)
Five species of the billfish family Istiophoridae (Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw and Nodder), Makaira indica (Cuvier),...
A new Aglyptorhynchus (Perciformes: Scombroidei: Blochiidae) from the late Oligocene of Oregon, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2001)
A partial fish skull with a nearly complete rostrum, a cup-shaped sclerotic hone, and cycloid...
A Fossil Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans Lacépède) from the Middle Facies of the Trinidad Formation (Upper Miocene to Upper Pliocene), San José del Cabo Basin, Baja California Sur, México (with Shelton P. Applegate, Gerardo González-Barba, Tobias Schwennicke, and Luis Espinosa-Arrubarrena), Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences (2001)
A large fossil skull and several rostra of Makaira nigricans Lacépède, 1802 (Perciformes: Istiophoridae), as...
Makaira sp., cf. M. nigricans Lacépède, 1802 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae) from the late Miocene, Panama, and its probable use of the Panama Seaway, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (1999)
A nearly complete rostrum (USNM 358534) similar in morphology to the extant bluc marlin, Makaira...
A New Shortbilled Marlin of the Genus Makaira, from the Yorktown Formation, (Early Pliocene), Eastern North Carolina at Lee Creek Mine, USA, Tertiary Research (1999)
An unusually short rostrum from the Yorktown Formation, Early Pliocene, eastern North Carolina at Lee...
An Atlantic Blue Marlin, Makaira Nigricans, Impaled by Two Species of Billfishes (Teleostei:Istiophoridae), Bulletin of Marine Science (1997)
Billfishes (Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae) are notorious for driving their rostra into animate and inanimate objects,...
Shortfin Mako, Isurus Oxyrinchus, Impaled by Blue Marlin, Makaira Nigricans (Teleostei: Istiophoridae) (with Gregor M. Cailliet and Julie A. Neer), Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences (1997)
Two Erroneous, Commonly Cited Examples of "Swordfish" Piercing Wooden Ships (with Oliver Crimmen), Copeia (1996)
Use of Rostral Characters for Identifying Adult Billfishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae) (with Nicole L. Voigt), Copeia (1996)
Seven species of the family Istiophoridae and Xiphias gladiu6 were identified using only features of...
Impalement of Marine Turtles (Reptilia, Chelonia: Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) by Billfishes (Osteichthyes, Perciformes: Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae) (with John G. Frazier, Sallie C. Beavers, Federico Achaval, Hiroyuki Suganuma, Robert L. Pitman, Yuichiro Yamaguchi, and Carlos Ma. Prigioni), Environmental Biology of Fishes (1994)
Billfishes have long been known to impale a great variety of objects, but there are...
Pleistocene Terrestrial Vertebrates from near Point San Luis, and Other Localities in San Luis Obispo County, California (with George T. Jefferson, John R. Wesling, and Teh-Lung Ku), Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences (1992)
Terrestrial vertebrate remains were recovered from sediments that lie on remnants of the lowest marine...
A Paleontological Review of Three Billfish Families (Istiophoridae, Xiphiidae, and Xiphiorhynchidae), Planning the Future of Billfishes (Proceedings of the Second International Billfish Symposium in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, August 1-5, 1988) (1990)
Makaira SP., CF. M. Nigricans Lacepede, 1802 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Istiophoridae) From the Eastover Formation, Late Miocene, Virginia, and a Reexamination of Istiophorus Calvertensis Berry, 1917, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (1988)
An incomplete, disarticulated skull (USNM 375733) is described and referred to Makaira sp., d. M....
A Late Miocene Marlin, Makaira sp. (Perciformes, Osteichthyes) from San Diego County, California, U.S.A. (with Bruce J. Welton), Tertiary Research (1988)
Fossil bones collected in the latest Miocene (= either late Clarendonian or early Hemphillian North...
A Black Marlin, Makaira Indica, from the Early Pleistocene of the Philippines and the Zoogeography of Istiophorid Billfishes (with Bruce J. Welton), Bulletin of the Marine Science (1983)
A nearly complete articulated head (including pectoral and pelvic girdles and fins) was collected from...
A New Marlin, Makaira panamensis, from the Late Miocene of Panama, Copeia (1978)
Makaira panamensis new sp. is described from a single neurocranium found in the Chagres Sandstone...
Anatomical Specimens from Preserved Animal Discards (with Myron A. Amerine and Kathleen L. Bek), The American Biology Teacher (1974)
Xiphiorhynchus Kimblalocki, a New Billfish from the Eocene of Mississippi with Remarks on the Systematics of Xiphioid Fishes (with Shelton P. Applegate), Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences (1974)
Xiphiorhynchus kimblalocki, a new species of extinct billfish from the Eocene of Mississippi, is described....
Fishes Collected in Morro Bay, California Between January, 1968 and December, 1970 (with Kurt F. Kline and Gregory R. Garman), California Fish and Game (1973)
Sixty-six species of fish were collected in Morro Bay between January, 1968 and December, 1970....
The Paleontology of Billfish - The State of the Art, International Billfish Symposium in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (1972)
The major osteological features are described for living billfishes. All billfish remains are reviewed critically...
Studies in Locomotion and Anatomy of Scombroid Fishes (with Vladimir Walters), Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences (1968)
Acceleration rates, analyses of body movements, and pertinent anatomical features are given for various members...