Taxonomic diversity, morphology and evolution of extinct crocodylians from the Cenozoic of Australia

Researcher biography

Jorgo Ristevski joined the UQ Dinosaur Lab in 2018 as a PhD student where he investigated the taxonomic diversity, morphology, and evolution of extinct crocodylians from the Cenozoic Era of Australia. Jorgo completed his PhD in 2022, and his thesis was recognised with the Dean's Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses for making a substantial contribution to his field of research.

Peer-reviewed publications

Ristevski, J., Louys, J., O’Connor, S., Yates, A. M., Husdell, M., Price, G.J., Ulm, S., McNiven, I.J., Salisbury, S.W., Boivin, N. 2026. The late Quaternary crocodylian record from Australasia, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 207 (1,) https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag065

Ristevski, J., Willis, P.M.A., Yates, A.M., White, M.A., Hart, L.J., Stein, M.D., Price, G.J., and Salisbury, S.W. 2023. Migrations, diversifications and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2023.2201319. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2201319

Ristevski, J. 2022. Neuroanatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993. Journal of Anatomy. 0, 1–33 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13732.

Ristevski, J., Weisbecker, V., Scanlon, J.D., Price, G.J. and Salisbury, S.W., 2022. Cranial anatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993. The Anatomical Record. DOI: 10.1002/ar.25050.

Ristevski, J., Price, G.J., Weisbecker, V. and Salisbury, S.W. 2021. First record of a tomistomine crocodylian from Australia. Scientific Reports, 11, 12158 (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91717-y

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 DOI 10.7717/peerj.10466

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. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.008

Encyclopedia chapters

Ristevski, J. (2019). Crocodilia Morphology. In: Vonk J., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_955-2

Conference abstracts

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.

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.

 

Areas of research