Vertebrate Paleontology

Walter Joyce
Collections Manager
Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University

203.432.3748
walter.joyce@yale.edu
Division of Vertebrate Paleontology

Education

2004 Ph.D., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
2001 M.Phil, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
1999 Diplom., Geology and Paleontology, University of Erlangen, Germany
1995 Vordiplom, Geology and Paleontology, University of Erlangen, Germany

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Research Publications

W. G. Joyce. In Press. A phylogeny of Mesozoic turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Joyce, W.G., and H.-V. Karl. 2006. The world’s oldest fossil turtle: Fact versus fiction. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13, Supplement (Fossil Turtle Research 1):104–111.

Joyce, W.G., F. A. Jenkins, and T. Rowe. 2006. The presence of cleithra in the primitive turtle Kayentachelys aprix. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13, Supplement (Fossil Turtle Research 1):93–103.

Bever, G.S., and W. G. Joyce. 2005. 8. Dermochelyidae – Lederschildkröten, pp. 235–248. In: Fritz, U. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Volume IIIB, Aula, Wiebelsheim.

Joyce, W.G., and G. S. Bever. 7. Cheloniidae – Seeschildkröten, pp.13–24. In: Fritz, U. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Volume IIIB, Aula, Wiebelsheim.

Joyce, W.G., and M. A. Norell. 2005. Zangerlia ukhaachelys, new species, a NANHSIUNGCHELYID turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3481:1–19.

Joyce, W.G., J.F. Parham and J.A. Gauthier. 2004. Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles. Journal of Paleontology 78:989–1013.

Joyce, W.G. and C.J. Bell. 2004. A review of the comparative morphology of testudinoid turtles (Reptilia: Testudines). Asiatic Herpetological Research 10:53–109.

Joyce, W.G. and J.A. Gauthier. 2004. Paleoecology of Triassic stem turtles sheds new light on turtle origins. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 271(1534):1–5.

Joyce, W.G., N. Klein, T. Mörs. 2004. Carettochelyine turtle from the Neogene of Europe. Copeia 2004(2):405–410.

Joyce, W.G. 2003. A new Late Jurassic turtle specimen and the taxonomy of Palaeomedusa testa and Eurysternum wagleri. PaleoBios 23(3):1–8.

Joyce, W.G., D.K. Zelenitsky. 2002. Turtle egg pseudomorphs from the Late Jurassic of Schamhaupten, Germany. Archaeopteryx 20:57–62.

Joyce, W.G. 2000. The first complete skeleton of Solnhofia parsonsi (Cryptodira, Eurysternidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Germany and its taxonomic implications. Journal of Paleontology 74(4):684–700.

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