Roelants,
K., Gower, D. J., Wilkinson,
M., Loader, S. P., Biju, S. D., Guillaume, K. & Bossuyt, F.
(2007) Patterns of
diversification in the history of modern
amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences of the
United states of America 104:
887-892. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
& Ablett, J. D. (2006)
Counting ventral scales in Asian anilioid snakes. Herpetological
Journal
16: 259-263. pdf
Gower,
D. J.,
Oommen, O. V. &
Wilkinson, M. (2006) Marking amphibians with alpha numeric fluorescent
tags -
caecilians lead the way. Herpetological Review 37: 302. pdf
Kupfer,
A., Gaucher, P., Wilkinson, M. & Gower, D. J. (2006) Passive trapping of
aquatic caecilians
(Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae). Studies on
Neotropical Fauna and
Environment.
41: 93-96. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
& Nesbitt, S. J. (2006)
The braincase of Arizonasaurus babbitti - further evidence for the
non-monophyly of rauisuchians. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:
79-87. pdf
Jones,
D. T., Loader, S. P. & Gower, D. J. (2006) Trophic ecology of
East African caecilians (Amphibia:
Gymnophiona), and their impact on forest soil invertebrates. Journal
of
Zoology, London 269: 117-126. pdf
Grismer,
L. L., Youmans, T. M., Wood, P. L., Ponce, A., Wright, S. B., Jones, B.
S.,
Johnson, R., Sanders, K. L., Gower, D. J., Yaakob, N. S. & Lim,
K. K. P. (2006) Checklist of the
herpetofauna of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia, with comments on taxonomy. Hamadryad 30: 61-74. pdf
San
Mauro, D., Gower, D. J.,
Zardoya, R. A & Wilkinson, M. (2005) A hotspot of gene order
rearrangement
by tandem duplication and random loss in the vertebrate mitochondrial
genome Molecular
Biology and Evolution 23: 227-234. pdf
Gower,
D. J.,
Vidal, N., Spinks, J. N.
& McCarthy, C. J. (2005) The phylogenetic position of
Anomochilidae
(Reptilia: Serpentes): first evidence from DNA sequences. Journal
of
Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43: 315-320. pdf
Measey,
G. J. & Gower, D. J. (2005)
Externally measured condition versus internal organ mass in the
caecilian Gegeneophis
ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona:
Caeciliidae). Zoological Science
22: 445-452. pdf
Zaher,
H., Souza, I., Gower, D. J.,
Hingst-Zaher, E. & Jorge da Silva, N. (2005) Redescription of Atractus
albuquerquei (Serpentes:
Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with comments on geographical distribution and
intraspecific
variation. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia Museu de Zoologia da
Universidade de São Paulo 45: 19-32.
pdf
Bossuyt,
F., Beenaerts, N., Meegaskumbura, M., Gower, D. J., Pethiyagoda, R., Roelants,
K., Mannaert, A., Wilkinson,
M., Bahir, M. M., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Oommen, O. V., Ng, P. K. L.,
Schneider, C. J., & Milinkovitch, M. C. (2005) Biodiversity in
Sri Lanka
and the Western Ghats. Science
308: 199. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
& Wilkinson, M. (2005)
Conservation biology of caecilian amphibians. Conservation
Biology
19: 45-55. pdf
Gower,
D. J.,
Bahir, M., Mapatuna, Y.,
Pethiyagoda, R., Raheem, D. & Wilkinson, M. (2005) Molecular
phylogenetics
of Sri Lankan Ichthyophis
(Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae), with discovery of a cryptic
species. The
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 12: 153-161. pdf
Gower,
D. J.,
Loader, S. P., Moncrieff,
C. B. & Wilkinson, M. (2004) Niche separation and comparative
abundance of Boulengerula
boulengeri
and Scolecomorphus
vittatus (Amphibia:
Gymnophiona)
in an East Usambara forest, Tanzania. African Journal of
Herpetology
53: 183-190. pdf
Giri,
V., Gower, D. J. &
Wilkinson, M. (2004) A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia:
Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from
the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa
739: 1-19. pdf
Loader,
S. P., Gower, D. J., Clarke, B.
T., Howell, K. M., Doggart, N., Rödel, M.-O., de
Sá, R. O., Cohen, B. L. &
Wilkinson, M. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships of African microhylid
frogs
inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA genes. Organisms,
Diversity and Evolution. 4:
227-235. pdf
Gower,
D. J.,
Bhatta, G., Giri, V.,
Oommen, O. V., Ravichandran, M. S. & Wilkinson, M. (2004)
Biodiversity in
the Western Ghats: the discovery of new species of caecilian
amphibians. Current
Science
87: 739-740. pdf
Bossuyt,
F., Beenaerts, N., Meegaskumbura, M., Gower, D. J., Pethiyagoda, R., Roelants,
K., Mannaert, A.,
Wilkinson, M., Bahir, M. M., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Oommen, O. V.,
Ng, P. K.
L., Schneider, C. J., & Milinkovitch, M. C. (2004) Local
endemism within
the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot. Science 306: 479-481. pdf
Gower,
D. J.,
Loader, S. P. &
Wilkinson, M. (2004) Assessing the conservation status of soil-dwelling
vertebrates: insights from the rediscovery of Typhlops
uluguruensis (Reptilia: Serpentes:
Typhlopidae). Systematics
and Biodiversity 2: 79-82. pdf
San
Mauro, D., Gower, D. J.,
Oommen, O. V., Wilkinson, M. & Zardoya, R. (2004) Phylogeny of
caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial
genomes and nuclear RAG1. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution 33:
413-427. pdf
Gower,
D. J.,
Rasmussen, J. B., Loader,
S. P. & Wilkinson, M. (2004) The burrowing asp Atractaspis
aterrima
Günther as a predator of the caecilian amphibian Scolecomorphus
kirkii
Boulenger: Trophic
relationships of fossorial vertebrates. African Journal of
Ecology
42: 83-87. pdf
Wilkinson,
M., Loader, S. P., Müller, H. & Gower, D. J. (2004) Taxonomic status and
phylogenetic
relationships of Boulengerula denhardti Nieden, 1912 (Amphibia,
Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae). Mitteilungen
aus dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Reihe 80: 41-51.
Captain,
A., Gower, D. J., David, P.
& Bauer, A. M. (2004) Taxonomic status of the colubrid snake Sibynophis
subpunctatus (Duméril, Bibron
& Duméril). Hamadryad 28:
90-94. pdf
Measey,
G. J., Gower, D. J., Oommen, O.
V. & Wilkinson, M. (2004) A subterranean generalist predator:
diet of the
fossorial caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia; Gymnophiona;
Caeciliidae) in southern India. Comptes
Rendus
Biologies 327: 65-76. pdf
Harris,
S. R., Gower, D. J. &
Wilkinson, M. (2003) Phylogenetic methods and aetosaur
interrelationships: A
rejoinder. Systematic Biology
52: 851-852. pdf
Wilkinson,
M., Müller, H. & Gower, D. J.
(2003) On Herpele multiplicata
(Amphibia: Gymnophiona Caeciliidae). African Journal of
Herpetology
52: 119-122. pdf
Wilkinson,
M., Loader, S. P., Gower, D. J.,
Sheps, J. A. & Cohen, B. L. (2003) Phylogenetic relationships
of African
Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Insights from mitochondrial rRNA
Gene
Sequences. African Journal of Herpetology 52: 83-92. pdf
Giri,
V., Wilkinson, M. & Gower, D. J. (2003) A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia:
Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from
the Western Ghats of southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the
species of
the genus. Zootaxa 351: 1-10. pdf
Ravichandran,
M. S., Gower, D. J. &
Wilkinson, M. (2003) A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia:
Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from
Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa
350: 1-8. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
(2003) Scale
microornamentation in uropeltid snakes. Journal of Morphology 258: 249-268. pdf
Measey,
G. J., Gower, D. J., Oommen, O.
V. & Wilkinson, M. (2003) A pilot mark-recapture study of the
caecilian
amphibian Gegeneophis ramaswamii
(Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) in southern India. Journal
of Zoology
261: 129-133. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
(2003) Osteology of the
early archosaurian reptile Erythrosuchus africanus, Broom. Annals of
the South African Museum 110: 1-84.
Kupfer,
A. Gower, D. J. & Himstedt,
W. (2003) Field observations on the predation of the caecilian
amphibian Ichthyophis sp. by the red-tailed pipe
snake Cylindrophis
ruffus.
Amphibia-Reptilia 24: 212-215. pdf
Harris,
S. R., Gower, D. J. &
Wilkinson, M. (2003) Intraorganismal homology, character construction
and the
phylogeny of aetosaurian archosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida). Systematic
Biology
52: 239-252. pdf
Measey,
G. J., Gower, D. J., Oommen, O.
V. & Wilkinson, M. (2003) Quantitative surveying of limbless
endogeic
vertebrates - a case study of Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) in
southern India. Applied
Soil Ecology 23: 43-53. pdf
Wilkinson,
M., Lapointe, F.-J. & Gower, D. J. (2003) Branch lengths and
support. Systematic Biology 52: 127-130. pdf
Loader,
S. P., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D. J.
& Msuya, C. A. (2003) A remarkable young Scolecomorphus
vittatus (Amphibia:
Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) from the
North Pare Mountains, Tanzania. Journal of Zoology 259: 93-101. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
& Wilkinson, M. (2002)
Phallus morphology in caecilians and its systematic utility. Bulletin
of the
Natural History Museum, Zoology Series
68: 143-154. pdf
Presswell,
B., Gower, D. J., Oommen, O.
V., Measey, G. J. & Wilkinson, M. (2002) Scolecophidian snakes
in the diets
of south Asian caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Herpetological
Journal 12:
123-126. pdf
Wilkinson,
M., Richardson, M. K., Gower, D. J.
& Oommen, O. V. (2002) Extended embryo retention, caecilian
oviparity and
amniote origins. Journal of Natural History 36: 2185-2198. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
(2002) Braincase evolution
in suchian archosaurs: evidence from the rauisuchian Batrachotomus. Zoological Journal
of the Linnean Society 136: 49-76. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
& Walker, A. D. (2002)
New data on the braincase of the aetosaurian archosaur (Reptilia:
Diapsida) Stagonolepis
robertsoni
Agassiz. Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society
136: 7-23. pdf
Benton,
M. J. & Gower, D. J. (2002)
Alick D Walker 1925-1999: an appreciation. Zoological Journal
of the Linnean
Society
136: 1-5. pdf
Norman,
D. B. & Gower, D. J. (eds)
(2002) Archosaurian anatomy and palaeontology. Essays in
memory of Alick D.
Walker.
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D. J.,
Kupfer, A., Oommen, O. V.,
Himstedt, W., Nussbaum, R. A , Loader, S. P., Presswell, B.,
Müller, H.,
Krishna, S. B.,Boistel, R. & Wilkinson, M. (2002) A molecular
phylogeny of ichthyophiid
caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): Out of India or out
of
southeast Asia? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 269: 1563-1569. pdf
Measey,
G. J., Gower, D. J., Oommen, O.
V. & Wilkinson, M. (2001) Permanent marking of a fossorial
caecilian, Gegeneophis
ramaswamii
(Amphibia: Gymnophiona:
Caeciliidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History 5: 109-115.
Gower,
D. J.
(2001) Possible postcranial
pneumaticity in the last common ancestor of birds and crocodilians -
evidence
from Erythrosuchus and other
early archosaurs. Naturwissenschaften 88: 119-122. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
(2000) Rauisuchian
archosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida): an overview. Neues Jahrbuch
für Geologie
und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen
218: 447-488. pdf
Oommen,
O. V., Measey, G. J., Gower, D. J.
& Wilkinson, M. (2000) Distribution and abundance of Gegeneophis
ramaswamii
(Amphibia: Gymnophiona)
in Kerala. Current Science 79:
1386-1389. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
& Sennikov, A. G. (2000)
Early Archosaurs from Russia.
In M.
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age of dinosaurs in
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Gower,
D. J.
(1999) Cranial osteology of
a new rauisuchian archosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern
Germany. Stuttgarter
Beiträge zur Naturkunde B 280:
1-49. pdf
Vincent,
J. F. V. & Gower, D. J.
(1999) Structure of the cuttlefish phragmocone. In E. Savazzi (ed.) Functional
morphology of the invertebrate skeleton 350-354. John Wiley &
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Wilkinson,
M., Upchurch, P, Barrett, P. M., Gower, D. J. & Benton, M. J.
(1998) Robust dinosaur
phylogeny? Nature 396:
423-424. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
& Weber, E. (1998) The
braincase of Euparkeria, and
the evolutionary relationships of birds and crocodilians. Biological
Reviews
73: 367-411. pdf
Gower,
D. J.
(1997) The braincase of the
early archosaur Erythrosuchus africanus Broom. Journal of
Zoology
242: 557-576.
Benton,
M. J. & Gower, D. J. (1997)
Richard Owen's giant Triassic frogs - Middle Triassic archosaurs from
England. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 17:
74-88.
Gower,
D. J.
& Sennikov, A. G. (1997)
Sarmatosuchus and the early
history of the Archosauria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17: 60-73.
Gower,
D.
& Vincent, J. F. V. (1996) The
mechanical design of the cuttlebone and its bathymetric implications. Biomimetics 4: 37-57.
Gower,
D. J.
& Sennikov, A. G. (1996)
Morphology and phylogenetic informativeness of early archosaur
braincases. Palaeontology 39: 883-906.
Gower,
D. J.
& Sennikov, A. G. (1996)
Endocranial casts of early archosaurian reptiles. PalŠontologische
Zeitschrift
70: 579-589.
Gower,
D. J.
& Wilkinson, M. (1996)
Is there any consensus on basal archosaur phylogeny?. Proceedings
of the
Royal Society B 263: 1399-1406. pdf
Storrs,
G. W., Gower, D. J., &
Large, N. F. (1996) The diapsid reptile Pachystropheus
rhaeticus,
a probable choristodere from the Rhaetian of
Europe. Palaeontology 39:
323-349.
Gower
D. J.
(1996) The tarsus of
erythrosuchid archosaurs (Reptilia), and implications for early diapsid
phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 116: 347-375.
pdf
Storrs,
G. W. & Gower, D. J. (1993)
The earliest possible choristodere (Diapsida) and gaps in the fossil
record of
semi-aquatic reptiles. Journal of the Geological Society,
London
150: 1103-1107.