Peer-reviewed journal articles
[9] Ristevski, J., Molnar, R. E. & Yates, A. M. (2024). Reassessment of isolated reptilian teeth confirms the presence of ziphodont crocodylians during the Pliocene of New Guinea. Historical Biology, 1–24. Read the paper here.
[8] Lambrides, A. B. J., Ristevski, J., Mein, E., van Zoelen, J. D., McNiven, I. J., Leavesley, M., David, B., Ulm, S. & Weisbecker, V. (2024). Fishboneviz: enhancing the availability of zooarchaeological fish reference collections through an open access 3D database. Australian Archaeology, 90(2), 236–248. Read the paper here (Open Access).
[7] Yates, A. M., Ristevski, J. & Salisbury, S. W. (2023). The last Baru (Crocodylia: Mekosuchinae): A new species of ‘cleaver headed crocodile’ from central Australia and a turnover of crocodylians during the late Miocene in Australia. Papers in Palaeontology, 9(5), e1523. Read the paper here.
[6] Ristevski, J., Willis, P. M. A., Yates, A. M., White, M. A., Hart, L. J., Stein, M. D., Price, G. J. & Salisbury, S. W. (2023). Migrations, diversifications, and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 47(4), 370–415. Read the paper here (Open Access).
[5] Ristevski, J., Weisbecker, V., Scanlon, J. D., Price, G. J. & Salisbury, S. W. (2023). Cranial anatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993. The Anatomical Record, 306(2), 239–297. Read the paper here (Open Access).
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[4] Ristevski, J. (2022). Neuroanatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993. Journal of Anatomy, 241(4), 981–1013. Read the paper here (Open Access).
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[3] Ristevski, J., Price, G. J., Weisbecker, V. & Salisbury, S. W. (2021). First record of a tomistomine crocodylian from Australia. Scientific Reports, 11, 12158. Read the paper here (Open Access).
[2] Ristevski, J., Yates, A. M., Price, G. J., Molnar, R. E., Weisbecker, V. & Salisbury, S. W. (2020). Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886. PeerJ, 8, e10466. Read the paper here (Open Access).
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[1] Ristevski, J., Young, M. T., de Andrade, M. B. & Hastings, A. K. (2018). A new species of Anteophthalmosuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Goniopholididae) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, and a review of the genus. Cretaceous Research, 84, 340–383. Read the paper here.
Book chapter
Ristevski, J. (2019). Crocodilia morphology. In: Vonk J., Shackelford T. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. Read the chapter here.
Conference papers
[5] Ristevski, J., Yates, A. M. & Weisbecker, V. (2023). New material of the ziphodont mekosuchine crocodylian Quinkana timara elucidates its craniomandibular morphology. Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS), Program and Abstracts, 2023, 77.
[4] Price, G. J., Wilkinson, J. E., Louys, J. C., Ristevski, J., Pease, E., Duval, M., Herries A. I. R., De Santis, L., Leonard, N. D. & Zhao, J.-x. (2023). Reinvigorated excavations of the Chinchilla Sands: a remarkably diverse assemblage and snapshot of Pliocene ecosystems of eastern Australia. Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS), Program and Abstracts, 2023, 73.
[3] Ristevski, J. (2022). Inside the head of one of the smallest crocodylians: paleoecological insights from the neuromorphology of Trilophosuchus rackhami, and tracing the origins of Mekosuchinae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2022, 283–284. PDF available here.
[2] Ristevski, J., Price, G. J., Sobbe, I. H., Molnar, R. E., Louys, J., Cramb, J., Nguyen, A. D., Zhao, J.-x., Feng, Y-x. & Beirne, L. (2019). A new ziphodont eusuchian from the Pleistocene of Queensland, and implications for Australasia’s ziphodont crocodylian diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2019, 180.
[1] Price, G. J., Louys, J., Ristevski, J. & Molnar, R. E. (2019). Ecological fallout and turnover in the diversity of Late Quaternary terrestrial predators of Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2019, 173.
PhD thesis
Ristevski, J. (2022). New insights into the taxonomic diversity and evolution of crocodylians from the Cenozoic Era of Australia. PhD thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, 931 pp. Read the thesis here (Open Access).
Science communication articles
[2] Ristevski, J. (2022). An ancient gharial: The latest puzzle piece in Australian crocodylian evolution. Australian Age of Dinosaurs Journal, 19, 25–26.
[1] Ristevski, J. & Salisbury, S. W. (2021). “Prehistoric ‘river boss’ is the largest extinct croc species ever discovered in Australia”. The Conversation.
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