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Walter G. Joyce is a researcher affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their work primarily focuses on paleontology and environmental sciences, with a specialization in the study of turtles and evolutionary biology.

The scientist's research spans several main fields of study including:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Paleontology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Developmental Biology

Research topics commonly addressed in their publications include:

  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Frequent co-authors associated with their work are:

  • Serjoscha Evers
  • Yann Rollot
  • Tyler R. Lyson
  • Léa C. Girard
  • Christian Foth

Publications by Walter G. Joyce appear mainly in the following venues:

  • Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
  • PeerJ
  • Fossil record
  • The Anatomical Record
  • MorphoBank datasets

Among their recent papers are:

  • "A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names," 2021, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
  • "A review of the carotid artery and facial nerve canal systems in extant turtles," 2021, PeerJ
  • "Cranial osteology of the Early Cretaceous turtle Pleurosternon bullockii (Paracryptodira: Pleurosternidae)," 2020, PeerJ
  • "Independent origin of large labyrinth size in turtles," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "A redescription of the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) turtle Uluops uluops and a new phylogenetic hypothesis of Paracryptodira," 2021, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

Best Publications

  • Best practices for justifying fossil calibrations

    James F. Parham;James F. Parham;James F. Parham;Philip C. J. Donoghue;Christopher J. Bell;Tyler D. Calway

  • DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL FOR THE CONVERSION OF RANK-BASED TAXON NAMES TO PHYLOGENETICALLY DEFINED CLADE NAMES, AS EXEMPLIFIED BY TURTLES

    Walter G. Joyce;James F. Parham;Jacques Armand Gauthier

  • Phylogenetic Relationships of Mesozoic Turtles

    Walter G. Joyce

  • Palaeoecology of triassic stem turtles sheds new light on turtle origins

    Walter G. Joyce;Jacques A. Gauthier;Jacques A. Gauthier

  • Calibration uncertainty in molecular dating analyses: there is no substitute for the prior evaluation of time priors

    Rachel C. M. Warnock;James F. Parham;Walter G. Joyce;Tyler R. Lyson

  • Transitional Fossils and the Origin of Turtles

    Tyler R. Lyson;Gabe S. Bever;Bhart Anjan S. Bhullar;Walter G. Joyce

  • A Divergence Dating Analysis of Turtles Using Fossil Calibrations: An Example of Best Practices

    Walter G. Joyce;Walter G. Joyce;James F. Parham;Tyler R. Lyson;Tyler R. Lyson;Rachel C. M. Warnock;Rachel C. M. Warnock

  • A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names

    Walter G. Joyce;Jérémy Anquetin;Edwin Alberto Cadena;Julien Claude

  • A plywood structure in the shell of fossil and living soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) and its evolutionary implications

    Torsten M. Scheyer;P. Martin Sander;Walter G. Joyce;Wolfgang Böhme

  • A toothed turtle from the Late Jurassic of China and the global biogeographic history of turtles.

    Walter G. Joyce;Márton Rabi;Márton Rabi;James M. Clark;Xing Xu

  • A new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China and the evolution of the basipterygoid process in Mesozoic turtles

    Márton Rabi;Márton Rabi;Chang-Fu Zhou;Oliver Wings;Sun Ge

  • A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell

    Walter G Joyce;Spencer G Lucas;Torsten M Scheyer;Andrew B Heckert

  • A Review of the Fossil Record of Basal Mesozoic Turtles

    Walter G. Joyce

  • The Bipedal Stem Crocodilian Poposaurus gracilis: Inferring Function in Fossils and Innovation in Archosaur Locomotion

    Jacques A. Gauthier;Sterling J. Nesbitt;Emma R. Schachner;Gabe S. Bever

  • THE FIRST COMPLETE SKELETON OF SOLNHOFIA PARSONSI (CRYPTODIRA, EURYSTERNIDAE) FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC OF GERMANY AND ITS TAXONOMIC IMPLICATIONS

    Walter G. Joyce

  • A NEW TURTLE FROM THE ARUNDEL CLAY FACIES (POTOMAC FORMATION, EARLY CRETACEOUS) OF MARYLAND, U.S.A.

    Thomas R. Lipka;François Therrien;David B. Weishampel;Heather A. Jamniczky

  • The cranial anatomy of the Early Jurassic turtle Kayentachelys aprix

    J Sterli;W G Joyce

  • A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae

    Georgios L. Georgalis;Walter G. Joyce

  • Osteology, Relationships, and Ecology of Annemys (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Late Jurassic of Shar Teg, Mongolia, and Phylogenetic Definitions for Xinjiangchelyidae, Sinemydidae, and Macrobaenidae

    Márton Rabi;Vladimir B. Sukhanov;Vera N. Egorova;Igor Danilov

  • A Review of the Fossil Record of New World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae

    Natasha S. Vitek;Walter G. Joyce

  • The origin of turtles: A paleontological perspective

    Walter G. Joyce

  • A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Baenidae

    Walter G. Joyce;Tyler R. Lyson

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Parham
James F. Parham California State University, Fullerton
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Philip C. J. Donoghue
Philip C. J. Donoghue University of Bristol
Madelaine Böhme
Madelaine Böhme University of Tübingen
Randall B. Irmis
Randall B. Irmis University of Utah
Maria A. Gandolfo
Maria A. Gandolfo Cornell University
Donald B. Brinkman
Donald B. Brinkman University of Alberta
David W. Krause
David W. Krause Stony Brook University
Mark A. Norell
Mark A. Norell American Museum of Natural History
Ziheng Yang
Ziheng Yang University College London

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