Nicholas C. Fraser

2.7k total citations
84 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nicholas C. Fraser is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas C. Fraser has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Paleontology, 33 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 15 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Nicholas C. Fraser's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (63 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (56 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (31 papers). Nicholas C. Fraser is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (63 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (56 papers) and Ichthyology and Marine Biology (31 papers). Nicholas C. Fraser collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Nicholas C. Fraser's co-authors include Hans‐Dieter Sues, David A. Grimaldi, Olivier Rieppel, G. M. Walkden, Brian J. Axsmith, Michael J. Benton, Vladimir Blagoderov, Stephan N. F. Spiekman, Torsten M. Scheyer and Paul E. Olsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas C. Fraser

82 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Romain Vullo France

JI Shu'an China

Andrew R. Milner United Kingdom

Ralph E. Molnar Australia

Varavudh Suteethorn France

Nicholas R. Longrich United Kingdom

Jörg Fröbisch Germany

Erin E. Maxwell Germany

Sebastián Apesteguı́a Argentina

Eberhard Frey Germany

Romain Vullo France

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237 ×0.8

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Funston, Gregory F., Susannah C. R. Maidment, Richard J. Butler, et al.. (2025). The first and most complete dinosaur skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 1–12. 2 indexed citations

Benson, Roger, Vincent Fernández, Nicholas C. Fraser, et al.. (2024). Jurassic fossil juvenile reveals prolonged life history in early mammals. Nature. 632(8026). 815–822. 7 indexed citations

Jiang, D., Min Zhou, Ryosuke Motani, et al.. (2023). Emergence and ecological transition of the Mesozoic marine reptiles: Evidence from the Early Triassic Chaohu and the Middle Triassic Xingyi Faunas. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 628. 111750–111750. 12 indexed citations

Butler, Richard J., et al.. (2023). Hwiccewyrm trispiculum gen. et sp. nov., a new leptopleuronine procolophonid from the Late Triassic of southwest England. The Anatomical Record. 307(4). 1390–1420. 5 indexed citations

Foffa, Davide, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Richard J. Butler, et al.. (2023). The osteology of the Late Triassic reptile Scleromochlus taylori from μCT data. The Anatomical Record. 307(4). 1113–1146. 8 indexed citations

Loron, Corentin, et al.. (2023). Molecular fingerprints resolve affinities of Rhynie chert organic fossils. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1387–1387. 18 indexed citations

Challands, Thomas J., et al.. (2023). New postcranial remains from the Lealt Shale Formation of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, showcase hidden pterosaur diversity in the Middle Jurassic. Scottish Journal of Geology. 59(1-2). 5 indexed citations

Funston, Gregory F., Ian B. Butler, Thomas J. Challands, et al.. (2022). A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs. Current Biology. 32(6). 1446–1453.e4. 19 indexed citations

Foffa, Davide, Emma M. Dunne, Sterling J. Nesbitt, et al.. (2022). Scleromochlus and the early evolution of Pterosauromorpha. Nature. 610(7931). 313–318. 22 indexed citations

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Spiekman, Stephan N. F., James M. Neenan, Nicholas C. Fraser, et al.. (2020). The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography. PeerJ. 8. e10299–e10299. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Chun, Nicholas C. Fraser, Olivier Rieppel, & Xiao‐Chun Wu. (2018). A Triassic stem turtle with an edentulous beak. Nature. 560(7719). 476–479. 51 indexed citations

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Clack, Jennifer A., Carys E. Bennett, Sarah J. Davies, et al.. (2016). Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(1). 2–2. 73 indexed citations

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Jiang, D., Ryosuke Motani, Jiandong Huang, et al.. (2016). A large aberrant stem ichthyosauriform indicating early rise and demise of ichthyosauromorphs in the wake of the end-Permian extinction. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26232–26232. 52 indexed citations

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Young, Mark T., Jonathan Tennant, Stephen L. Brusatte, et al.. (2015). The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus T heriosuchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176(2). 443–462. 28 indexed citations

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Fraser, Nicholas C. & Heinz Furrer. (2013). A new species of Macrocnemus from the Middle Triassic of the eastern Swiss Alps. Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 106(2). 199–206. 13 indexed citations

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Blagoderov, Vladimir, David A. Grimaldi, & Nicholas C. Fraser. (2007). How time flies for flies : diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the order ; American Museum novitates, no. 3572. American Museum Novitates. 4(2). 137–47. 4 indexed citations

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Fraser, Nicholas C., Randall B. Irmis, & David K. Elliott. (2005). A procolophonid (Parareptilia) from the Owl Rock Member, Chinle Formation of Utah, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica. 8(1). 16 indexed citations

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Fraser, Nicholas C.. (1991). The true turtles' story.... Nature. 349(6307). 278–279. 4 indexed citations

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Fraser, Nicholas C.. (1988). The osteology and relationships of Clevosaurus (Reptilia: Sphenodontida). Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 321(1204). 125–178. 139 indexed citations

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Fraser, Nicholas C. & G. M. Walkden. (1984). The postcranial skeleton of the Upper Triassic sphenodontid Planocephalosaurus robinsonae. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 42 indexed citations

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