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Bibliography of Andrew J Bibliography of Andrew J. Ross Ross, A. J. 1993. The 'Piltdown Fly'. Palaeontology Newsletter, No. 20, p. 16. (abstract) Ross, A. J. & Briggs, D. E. G. 1993. Arthropoda (Euthycarcinoidea and Myriapoda). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London. 357-361. Ross, A. J. & Jarzembowski, E. A. 1993. Arthropoda (Hexapoda; Insecta). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London. 363-426. Jarzembowski, E. A. & Ross, A. J. 1994. Time flies: the geological record of insects. Geology Today, November-December, 1993, 218-223. Ross, A. J. 1994. Essential for the history of terrestrial faunas. G. O. Poinar, Jr. 1992. Life in amber. Biodiversity Letters, 1, 1993, 63-64. (book review) Jarzembowski, E. A. & Ross, A. J. 1994. Progressive palaeontology. Antenna, 18 (3), 123-126. Clifford, E., Coram, R., Jarzembowski, E. A. & Ross, A. J. 1994. A supplement to the insect fauna from the Purbeck Group of Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 115, 1993, 143-146. Grimaldi, D.A., Shedrinsky, A., Ross, A. & Baer, N. S. 1995. Forgeries of fossils in "amber": history, identification and case studies. Curator, 37 (4), 1994, 251-274. Coram, R., Jarzembowski, E. A. & Ross, A. J. 1995. New records of Purbeck fossil insects. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 116, 1994, 146-150. Ross, A. J. 1995. The stratigraphy of the Weald Clay and the position of the Hauterivian/Barrremian boundary. Second International Symposium on Cretaceous Stage Boundaries, Brussels, Abstract Volume, p. 179. (abstract) Ross, A. J. 1995. Flying away from extinctions. S.A. Elias. 1994. Quaternary insects and their environments. Journal of Biogeography, 21 (6), 667-668. (book review) 1 Ross, A. J. & Cook, E. 1995. The stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Upper Weald Clay (Barremian) at Smokejacks Brickworks, Ockley, Surrey, England. Cretaceous Research, 16 (6), 705-716. Ross, A. J. & Jarzembowski, E.A. 1996. A provisional checklist of fossil insects from the Purbeck Group of Wiltshire. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 89, 106-115. Ruffell, A., Ross, A. & Taylor, K. 1996. Early Cretaceous environments of the Weald. Geologists' Association Guide, No. 55, 81pp. Jarzembowski, E.A. & Ross, A. J. 1996. Insect origination and extinction in the Phanerozoic. In: Hart, M.B. (ed.) Biotic recovery from mass extinction events. Geological Society Special Publication, No. 102, 65-78. Cook, E. & Ross, A. J. 1996. The stratigraphy, sedimentology and palaeontology of the Lower Weald Clay (Hauterivian) at Keymer Tileworks, West Sussex, southern England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 107 (3), 231-239. Ross, A. J. 1996. October meeting- insects in amber. Geologists' Association Circular, No. 917, p. 3; No. 918, p. 4. (abstract) Ross, A. J. 1996. Gnatty evidence for expanding earth. L. Matile. 1990. Recherches sur la systématique et l'évolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloidea). Journal of Biogeography, 22(6), 1101-1104. (book review) Ross, A. J. 1996. Chasing hawkmoths. A.R. Pittaway. 1993. The hawkmoths of the western Palaearctic. Journal of Biogeography, 23(2), 265-267. (book review) Ross, A. J. 1997. Insects in amber. Geology Today, 13 (1), 24-28. Disney, R.H.L. & Ross, A. J. 1997. Abaristophora and Puliciphora (Diptera: Phoridae) from Dominican amber (Oligocene) and revisionary notes on modern species. European Journal of Entomology, 93, 1996, 127-135. Austin, J.J., Ross, A. J., Smith, A.B., Thomas, R.H. & Fortey, R.A. 1997. Problems of reproducibility-does geologically ancient DNA survive in amber-preserved insects? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 264, 467-474. Ross, A. J. 1997. Bibliography of fossil insects 1984-1991. Inclusion Wrostek, No. 25, 1996, 32 pp. Ross, A. J. 1998. Carcasson’s comprehensive catalogue. P.R. Ackery, C.R. Smith & R.I. Vane-Wright. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies. Journal of Biogeography, 25 (2), 405-406. 2 (book review) Ross, A. J. 1998. Amber: the natural time capsule. The Natural History Museum, London. 73pp. Ross, A. J. 1998. The amber collection at The Natural History Museum, London. World Congress on amber inclusions, Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1998, Program, p. 63. (abstract) Rasnitsyn, A.P., Jarzembowski, E.A. & Ross, A. J. 1998. Wasps (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Purbeck and Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England and their biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental significance. Cretaceous Research, 19, 329-391. Ross, A. J. 1999. The Crustacea of the Purbeck Limestone Group. Life and Environments in Purbeck Times, 19th-22nd March, Dorset County Museum, p. 50. (abstract) Ross, A. J. 1999. The cockroaches (Insecta: Blattodea) of the Purbeck Limestone Group. Life and Environments in Purbeck Times, 19th-22nd March, Dorset County Museum, p. 51. (abstract) Ross, A. 1999. Insects in amber. Gem & Jewellery News, 8 (3), 39. Ross, A. J. 1999. The fossils of the Hunsrück Slate: marine life in the Devonian. C. Bartels, D.E.G. Briggs & G. Brassel. 1998. The Palaeontological Association Newsletter, No. 41, 47-48. (book review) Ross, A. J. 2000. Amber. In: Oxford Companion to the Earth. Oxford University Press. Zherikhin, V.V. & Ross, A. J. 2000. A review of the history, geology and age of Burmese amber (Burmite). Bulletin of The Natural History Museum, Geology Series, 56 (1), 3-10. Ross, A. J. & York, P.V. 2000. A list of type and figured specimens of insects and other inclusions in Burmese amber. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum, Geology Series, 56 (1), 11-20. Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Ross, A. J. 2000. A preliminary list of arthropod families present in the Burmese amber collection at The Natural History Museum, London. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum,Geology Series, 56 (1), 21-24. 3 Ross, A. J., Jarzembowski, E.A. & Brooks, S.J. 2000. The Cretaceous and Cenozoic record of insects (Hexapoda) with regard to global change. In: Culver, S.J. & Rawson, P.F. (eds.). Biotic response to global change, the last 145 million years. Cambridge University Press. 288-302. Ross, A. J. 2000. The Purbeck and Wealden Blattodea - opening a can of cockroaches. The Palaeontological Association Newsletter, No. 45, 23. (abstract) Ross, A. J. 2001. The cockroaches (Blattodea) of the Purbeck Limestone Group and Wealden Supergroup (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England. 2nd International Congress on Palaeoentomology, Kraków, Poland, 5 – 9 September 2001, 59-60. (abstract) Vrsansky, P., Quicke, D.L.J., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Basibuyuk, H., Ross, A., Fitton, M. & Vidlicka, L. 2001. The oldest fossil insect sensilla. AMBA/B/21/01/3/ABS/D, 8 pp. Wass, G. & Ross, A. J. 2002. The Townshend Fossil Insect Collection at Wisbech and Fenland Museum. The Geological Curator, 7(7), 275-282. Ross, A. J. & Vannier, J. 2002. Crustacea (excluding Ostracoda) and Chelicerata of the Purbeck Limestone Group, southern England: A review. In: Milner, A. R. & Batten, D. J. (eds.) Life and Environments in Purbeck times. Special Papers in Palaeontology, No. 68, 71-82. Mostovsi, M.B., Ross, A. J., Szadziewski, R. & Krzeminski, W. 2003. The redescription of Simulidium priscum Westwood and Pseudosimulium humidum (Brodie) (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from the Purbeck Limestone Group (Lower Cretaceous) of England. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 1 (1), 59-64. Szwedo, J. & Ross, A. J.. 2003. Cedusa baylissae sp. nov. from Oligocene/Miocene Mexican amber (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae). Annals of the Silesian Museum, Entomology, 12, 37-46. Ross, A.J. 2004. The history of the Amber Collection at The Natural History Museum, London. In: Amber in Collections. Amberif 2004, 11th International Fair of Amber Jewellery and Gemstones, 11th Seminar, 6 March 2004, Gdańsk, 7-9. (abstract) Ross, A. J. & York, P.V. 2004. The Lower Cretaceous (Albian) arthropod fauna of Burmese amber, Myanmar: Forward. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2 (2), 95-100. Grimaldi, D.A. & Ross, A. J. 2004. Raphidiomimula, an enigmatic new cockroach in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Insecta: 4 Blattodea: Raphidiomimidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2 (2), 101-104. Ross, A. J. 2004. The Amber Collection at The Natural History Museum, London. Quekett Journal of Microscopy, 39, 723-728. Ross, A. J. & York, P.V. 2004. A catalogue of the type and figured specimens of Hexapoda from the Rhynie Chert (early Devonian) at The Natural History Museum, London. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences, 94, 391-395. Béthoux, O. & Ross, A. J. 2005. Mesacridites Riek, 1954 (Middle Triassic; Australia) transferred from Protorthoptera to Orthoptera: Locustavidae. Journal of Palaeontology, 79 (3), 607-610. Wichard, W., Chatterton, C. & Ross, A. 2005. Corydasialidae fam. n. (Megaloptera) from Baltic Amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 36(3), 279-283. Ross, A.J. 2007. The palaeoenvironment, palaeoecology and palaeoclimate of the Insect Limestone (Bembridge Marls), Isle of Wight, UK (latest Eocene or earliest Oligocene). IV International Congress of Palaeontomology, III World Congress on the amber inclusions, III International Meeting on Continental Palaeoarthropodology, Vitoria- Gasteiz, Spain, Abstract Book, p. 144. (abstract) Collins, J.S.H., Ross, A. J., Genzano, G. & Mianzan, H. 2007. Earleria gen. nov. & Gabriella gen. nov., replacement names for Foersteria Arai & Brinckmann-Voss, 1980 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Mitrocomidae) and Foersteria Wehner, 1988 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Prosopidae), junior homonyms of Foersteria Szépligeti, 1896 (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, No. 33, 2006, 125-126. Ross, A. J. & Ross, E. 2008. Caddisflies: The Underwater Architects by Glenn B. Wiggins, 2004. Ichnos, 15 (1), 46-48. (book review) Ross, A. J. 2008. Book review. What Bugged the Dinosaurs? By George Poinar Jr and Roberta Poinar 2008. Times Higher Education, No. 1841, 50-51. (book review) Published since commencing work at NMS (02/06/08): Nel, A., Prokop, J. & Ross, A. J. 2008. New genus of leaf-mimicking katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Late Eocene – Early Oligocene of France and England. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 7, 211-216. 5 Nye, E., Feist-Burkhardt, S., Horne, D.J., Ross, A. J.
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