Michael J. Polcyn

2.2k total citations
61 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Michael J. Polcyn is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Polcyn has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Paleontology, 34 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Polcyn's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (57 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (43 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (34 papers). Michael J. Polcyn is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (57 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (43 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (34 papers). Michael J. Polcyn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Portugal. Michael J. Polcyn's co-authors include Louis L. Jacobs, Gorden L. Bell, Octávio Mateus, Anne S. Schulp, Eitan Tchernov, Hussam Zaher, Olivier Rieppel, Johan Lindgren, Ricardo Araújo and Kurt M. Ferguson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Michael J. Polcyn

58 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Evolution of Mosasaurid Foraging Behavior Through the Lens of Stable Carbon Isotopes 2025 ·Diversity ·Michael J. Polcyn, John A. Robbins, Anne S. Schulp, Johan Lindgren, Louis L. Jacobs	0
2	Mosasaur (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia, including the first occurrence of the genus Globidens 2024 ·Cretaceous Research ·(unknown), Michael J. Polcyn, Johan Lindgren, (unknown), (unknown)	0
3	A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Maastrichtian of Morocco 2024 ·Cretaceous Research ·Nicholas R. Longrich, Michael J. Polcyn, Nour‐Eddine Jalil, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Nathalie Bardet	6
4	The Atlantic Jigsaw Puzzle and the geoheritage of Angola 2024 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·Louis L. Jacobs, Stefan Schröder, (unknown), Richard J. Dixon, (unknown), (unknown), Octávio Mateus, (unknown), Michael J. Polcyn, (unknown), (unknown), Anne S. Schulp, Christopher R. Scotese, Ian Sharp, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
5	First Virtual Reconstruction of a Mosasaurid Brain Endocast: Description and Comparison of the Endocast of Tethysaurus nopcsai with Those of Extant Squamates 2024 ·Diversity ·(unknown), Michael J. Polcyn, (unknown), Peggy Vincent, (unknown), Nathalie Bardet	0
6	A new ankylosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia and implications for paleoecology of armoured dinosaurs 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·Jinyoung Park, Yuong‐Nam Lee, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Louis L. Jacobs, Ринчен Барсболд, Hang-Jae Lee, Namsoo Kim, (unknown), Michael J. Polcyn	6
7	The first late cretaceous mawsoniid coelacanth (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) from North America: Evidence of a lineage of extinct ‘living fossils’ 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Lionel Cavin, Pablo Toriño, (unknown), Brad Carter, Michael J. Polcyn, David A. Winkler	12
8	The braincase of Malawisaurus dixeyi (Sauropoda: Titanosauria): A 3D reconstruction of the brain endocast and inner ear 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Michael J. Polcyn, (unknown), (unknown), Louis L. Jacobs	10
9	Angolan ichnosite in a diamond mine shows the presence of a large terrestrial mammaliamorph, a crocodylomorph, and sauropod dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Africa 2017 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Octávio Mateus, (unknown), Anne S. Schulp, Louis L. Jacobs, Michael J. Polcyn, (unknown), António Olímpio Gonçalves, (unknown)	19
10	Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles 2014 ·Nature ·Johan Lindgren, Peter Sjövall, Ryan M. Carney, P. Uvdal, Johan A. Gren, Gareth J. Dyke, Bo Pagh Schultz, Matthew D. Shawkey, (unknown), Michael J. Polcyn	109
11	Soft tissue preservation in a fossil marine lizard with a bilobed tail fin 2013 ·Nature Communications ·Johan Lindgren, (unknown), Michael J. Polcyn	43
12	Microanatomical and Histological Features in the Long Bones of Mosasaurine Mosasaurs (Reptilia, Squamata) – Implications for Aquatic Adaptation and Growth Rates 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Alexandra Houssaye, Johan Lindgren, (unknown), Andrew H. Lee, Damien Germain, Michael J. Polcyn	45
13	Description of new specimens of Halisaurus arambourgi Bardet & Pereda Suberbiola, 2005 and the relationships of Halisaurinae 2012 ·Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France ·Michael J. Polcyn, Johan Lindgren, Nathalie Bardet, (unknown), (unknown), Anne S. Schulp	21
14	The snout of Halisaurus platyspondylusMarsh 1869: phylogenetic and functional implications 2012 ·Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France ·Michael J. Polcyn, (unknown)	10
15	New sauropod dinosaur material from Jones Ranch: a large Comanchean nonmammalian tetrapod from Texas 2012 ·Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ·(unknown), Michael J. Polcyn, Louis L. Jacobs	2
16	NEW FOSSIL WHALES FROM ANGOLA 2011 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·(unknown), Louis L. Jacobs, Michael J. Polcyn, Octávio Mateus, Anne S. Schulp	5
17	Landlubbers to leviathans: evolution of swimming in mosasaurine mosasaurs 2011 ·Paleobiology ·Johan Lindgren, Michael J. Polcyn, Bruce A. Young	40
18	The Cretaceous Skeleton Coast of Angola 2009 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Louis L. Jacobs, Michael J. Polcyn, Octávio Mateus, Anne S. Schulp, (unknown)	2
19	New specimens of Angolasaurus bocagei and comments on the early radiations of Plioplatecarpine mosasaurs 2009 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Michael J. Polcyn, Louis L. Jacobs, Octávio Mateus, Anne S. Schulp	1
20	THE CRETACEOUS BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BASAL MOSASAUROID FROM 'EIN YABRUD, ISRAEL 1999 ·Michael J. Polcyn, Eitan Tchernov, Louis L. Jacobs	65

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