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Martin G. Lockley is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Paleontology and Environmental Science. The subfields they focus on include Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Earth-Surface Processes, Anthropology, and Archeology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Among recent publications, Lockley has contributed to the following papers:

  • Trackway evidence for large bipedal crocodylomorphs from the Cretaceous of Korea, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The new ichnotaxon Eubrontes nobitai ichnosp. nov. and other saurischian tracks from the Lower Cretaceous of Sichuan Province and a review of Chinese Eubrontes-type tracks, 2021, Journal of Palaeogeography
  • Tracking the Pliensbachian-Toarcian Karoo firewalkers: Trackways of quadruped and biped dinosaurs and mammaliaforms, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Lower cretaceous avian-dominated, theropod, thyreophoran, pterosaur and turtle track assemblages from the Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, China: ichnotaxonomy and palaeoecology, 2021, PeerJ
  • Dating the Pleistocene hominin ichnosites on South Africa's Cape south coast, 2023, Ichnos/Ichnos: an international journal for plant and animal traces

Lockley frequently collaborates with several other researchers. Co-authors with whom there has been notable collaboration include:

  • Lida Xing
  • W. Scott Persons
  • Hendrik Klein
  • Anthony Romilio
  • Charles W. Helm

The scientist has published extensively in a wide range of academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Historical Biology
  • Cretaceous Research
  • Biosis Biological Systems
  • Quaternary Research
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

In addition to journal articles, Martin G. Lockley has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Indiana University Press:

  • From Siberian Prisoner to Dinosaur Egg Detective, 2024

Best Publications

  • Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States

    Martin Lockley;Adrian P. Hunt

  • Tracking Dinosaurs: A New Look at an Ancient World

    Martin Lockley

  • Dinosaur tracks and traces

    A. A. Ekdale;David D. Gillette;Martin G. Lockley

  • New perspectives on morphological variation in tridactyl footprints: clues to widespread convergence in developmental dynamics

    Martin G. Lockley

  • The track record of Mesozoic birds: evidence and implications

    Martin G. Lockley;S. Y. Yang;Masaki Matsukawa;Farley Fleming

  • The fossil trackway Pteraichnus is pterosaurian, not crocodilian: Implications for the global distribution of pterosaur tracks

    Martin G. Lockley;Terrence J. Logue;Joaquin J. Moratalla;Adrian P. Hunt

  • Dinosaur-dominated footprint assemblages from the Cretaceous Jindong Formation, Hallyo Haesang National Park area, Goseong County, South Korea: Evidence and implications

    Martin G. Lockley;Karen Houck;Seong-Young Yang;Masaki Matsukawa

  • The first sauropod trackways from China

    M. Lockley;J. Wright;D. White;M. Matsukawa

  • North America's largest dinosaur trackway site: Implications for Morrison Formation paleoecology

    Martin G. Lockley;Karen J. Houck;Nancy K. Prince

  • A Diverse Dinosaur-Bird Footprint Assemblage from the Lance Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Eastern Wyoming: Implications for Ichnotaxonomy

    Martin G. Lockley;Gregory Nadon;Philip J. Currie

  • A Review of the Tetrapod Track Record in China, with Special Reference to Type Ichnospecies: Implications for Ichnotaxonomy and Paleobiology

    Martin G. Lockley;LI Jianjun;LI Rihui;Masaki Matsukawa

  • New pterosaur tracks (Pteraichnidae) from the Late Cretaceous Uhangri Formation, southwestern Korea

    Koo-Geun Hwang;Min Huh;Martin G. Lockley;David M. Unwin

  • The paleobiological and paleoenvironmental importance of dinosaur footprints

    Martin G. Lockley

  • Cretaceous terrestrial biotas of East Asia, with special reference to dinosaur-dominated ichnofaunas: towards a synthesis

    Masaki Matsukawa;Martin Lockley;Li Jianjun

  • Late Triassic dinosaursfrom the western United States

    Adrian P. Hunt;Spencer G. Lucas;Andrew B. Heckert;Robert M. Sullivan

  • The oldest record of webbed bird and pterosaur tracks from South Korea (Cretaceous Haman Formation, Changseon and Sinsu Islands): More evidence of high avian diversity in East Asia

    Jeong Yul Kim;Sam Hyang Kim;Kyung Soo Kim;Martin Lockley

  • Dinosaur footprints with skin impressions from the Cretaceous of Alberta and Colorado

    Philip J. Currie;Gregory C. Nadon;Martin G. Lockley

  • Titanosaurid trackways from the Upper Cretaceous of Bolivia: evidence for large manus, wide-gauge locomotion and gregarious behaviour

    Martin Lockley;Anne S. Schulp;Christian A. Meyer;Giuseppe Leonardi

  • Flamingo and duck-like bird tracks from the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary: evidence and implications

    Seong‐Young Yang;Martin G. Lockley;Rebecca Greben;Bruce R. Erickson

  • The vertebrate track record

    Martin G. Lockley

  • Dinosaur Tracks and Traces

    David D. Gillette;Martin G. Lockley

Frequent Co-Authors

Lida Xing
Lida Xing China University of Geosciences
Masaki Matsukawa
Masaki Matsukawa Tokyo Gakugei University
Spencer G. Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Xing Xu
Xing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Philip J. Currie
Philip J. Currie University of Alberta
S. George Pemberton
S. George Pemberton University of Alberta
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
James O. Farlow
James O. Farlow Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Andrew S. Cohen
Andrew S. Cohen University of Arizona

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