Roger M. H. Smith

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

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Roger M. H. Smith is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger M. H. Smith has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Paleontology, 50 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Roger M. H. Smith's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (114 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (96 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (48 papers). Roger M. H. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (114 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (96 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (48 papers). Roger M. H. Smith collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and France. Roger M. H. Smith's co-authors include Jennifer Botha, Peter D. Ward, Christian A. Sidor, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Bruce S. Rubidge, P.G. Eriksson, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Gregory J. Retallack, David R. Montgomery and Fernando Abdala and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Roger M. H. Smith

136 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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The Karoo basins of south-central Africa

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1	Successive assemblages of upper Permian vertebrates in the upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia 2025 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Brandon R. Peecook, Christian A. Sidor, Julia A. McIntosh, Pia A. Viglietti, Roger M. H. Smith, Neil J. Tabor, Christian F. Kammerer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kenneth D. Angielczyk	10
2	Origin of conglomerate-hosted bonebeds at the base of the upper Permian Usili Formation, Ruhuhu Basin, Tanzania 2025 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Roger M. H. Smith, Christian A. Sidor, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Jean‐Sébastien Steyer, Neil J. Tabor	4
3	The stratigraphic record of the therocephalian Theriognathus (Synapsida) and its utility as a biostratigraphic index in Karoo-Aged basins 2025 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Adam K. Huttenlocker, (unknown), Brandon R. Peecook, Roger M. H. Smith, Pia A. Viglietti	3
4	Skeletal accumulations of the parareptile Procolophon trigoniceps reflect fossorial response to Early Triassic climatic instability across southern Gondwana 2025 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Roger M. H. Smith, (unknown), Juan Carlos Cisneros, Felipe L. Pinheiro, Joseph J. Bevitt, Julien Benoît	0
5	Cranial anatomy of the Triassic rhynchosaur Mesosuchus browni based on computed tomography, with a discussion of the vomeronasal system and its deep history in Reptilia 2024 ·Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roger M. H. Smith, Tyler R. Lyson, Gabriel S. Bever	0
6	Fossil millipedes associated with articulated tetrapod skeletons in the Early Triassic Karoo Basin, South Africa 2023 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·(unknown), Jennifer Botha, Roger M. H. Smith	2
7	The postcranial anatomy of Gorgonops torvus (Synapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the late Permian of South Africa 2023 ·PeerJ ·(unknown), Christian F. Kammerer, Roger M. H. Smith, Jörg Fröbisch	8
8	The earliest segmental sternum in a Permian synapsid and its implications for the evolution of mammalian locomotion and ventilation 2022 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Christian F. Kammerer, Zhe‐Xi Luo, Roger M. H. Smith, Jörg Fröbisch	10
9	Brazilian Permian dvinosaurs (Amphibia, Temnospondyli): revised description and phylogeny 2021 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Claudia A. Marsicano, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Juan Carlos Cisneros, Martha Richter, Christian F. Kammerer, Jörg Fröbisch, Roger M. H. Smith	6
10	The craniomandibular anatomy of the early archosauriformEuparkeria capensisand the dawn of the archosaur skull 2020 ·Royal Society Open Science ·Roland B. Sookias, David W. Dilkes, Gabriela Sobral, Roger M. H. Smith, (unknown), Andrea B. Arcucci, Bhart‐Anjan S. Bhullar, Ingmar Werneburg	28
11	A new reptile from the lower Permian of Brazil (Karutia fortunata gen. et sp. nov.) and the interrelationships of Parareptilia 2020 ·Journal of Systematic Palaeontology ·Juan Carlos Cisneros, Christian F. Kammerer, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Jörg Fröbisch, Claudia A. Marsicano, Roger M. H. Smith, Martha Richter	14
12	Captorhinid reptiles from the lower Permian Pedra de Fogo Formation, Piauí, Brazil: the earliest herbivorous tetrapods in Gondwana 2020 ·PeerJ ·Juan Carlos Cisneros, Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Christian F. Kammerer, Roger M. H. Smith, Jörg Fröbisch, Claudia A. Marsicano, Martha Richter	22
13	New dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) and updated tetrapod stratigraphy of the Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Songea Group, Ruhuhu Basin) of southern Tanzania 2014 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Kenneth D. Angielczyk, (unknown), Roger M. H. Smith, Neil J. Tabor, Christian A. Sidor, Jean‐Sébastien Steyer, Linda A. Tsuji, Neil J. Gostling	42
14	Osteohistology of the Triassic Archosauromorphs Prolacerta, Proterosuchus, Euparkeria, and Erythrosuchus from the Karoo Basin of South Africa 2011 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Jennifer Botha, Roger M. H. Smith	57
15	Taxonomic revision and new observations on the postcranial skeleton, biogeography, and biostratigraphy of the dicynodont genus Dicynodontoides , the senior subjective synonym of Kingoria (Therapsida, Anomodontia) 2009 ·Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology ·Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Christian A. Sidor, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Roger M. H. Smith, Linda A. Tsuji	46
16	Dynamic Locomotor Capabilities Revealed by Early Dinosaur Trackmakers from Southern Africa 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Jeffrey A. Wilson, Claudia A. Marsicano, Roger M. H. Smith	43
17	Extended procolophonoid reptile survivorship after the end-Permian extinction 2007 ·South African Journal of Science ·Jennifer Botha, Sean P. Modesto, Roger M. H. Smith	17
18	The recovery of terrestrial vertebrate diversity in the South African Karoo Basin after the end-Permian extinction 2005 ·Comptes Rendus Palevol ·Roger M. H. Smith, Jennifer Botha	157
19	U-Pb isotope systematics, ages and genesis of Karoo uranium deposits, South Africa; discussion and reply 1989 ·South African Journal of Geology ·(unknown), J.P. Le Roux, Roger M. H. Smith, Michael J. Duane	1
20	Crisis and development: An ecological case study of the forest of Arden, 1570–1674 1981 ·Journal of Historical Geography ·Roger M. H. Smith	1

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