Trevor Worthy
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Flinders University
Australia
Biography
I am a leading vertebrate palaeontologist, specialising in the taxonomic circumscription and phylogenetic analyses of fossil birds of the Australasia - Pacific region with occasional forays into amphibia, reptilia and mammalia. A New Zealander, I have about 29 years research experience in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, beginning work in the Museum of New Zealand and then was a private investigator for many years funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology, NZ. In late 2005, I moved to Australia to Adelaide University and obtained a PhD. I then had postdoctoral positions in Sydney (2009-2011) and Adelaide (2012) before moving to Flinders University in 2013. To date I have published more than 170 peer-reviewed papers, 5 books and numerous other technical publications, and been involved as a consultant in several television documentaries
Research Interest
Archaeology Evolutionary biology Other earth sciences Zoology
Publications
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Lopez De Pietri, V.S., Scofield, R.P., Zelenkov, N., Boles, W.E. and Worthy, T. (2016). The unexpected survival of an ancient lineage of anseriform birds into the Neogene of Australia: the youngest record of Presbyornithidae. Royal Society Open Science, 3(150635)
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Worthy, T., Mitri, M., Handley, W.D., Lee, M.S., Anderson, A. and Sand, C. (2016). Osteology supports a stem-Galliform affinity for the giant extinct flightless bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres). PLoS One, 11(3) pp. Art: e0150871.
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Handley, W.D., Chinsamy, A., Yates, A. and Worthy, T. (2016). Sexual dimorphism in the late Miocene mihirung Dromornis stirtoni (Aves: Dromornithidae) from the Alcoota Local Fauna of central Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36(5) pp. Art: e1031345.
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Hamm, G., Mitchell, P., Arnold, L., Prideaux, G.J., Questiaux, D., Spooner, N.A., et al. (2016). Cultural innovation and megafauna interaction in the early settlement of arid Australia. Nature, 539 pp. 280-283.
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Attard, M.R., Wilson, L.A., Worthy, T., Scofield, R.P., Johnston, P., Parr, W.C., et al. (2016). Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants. Proceedings of The Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 283(1822) pp. Art: 20152043.
