Dr Lorna Steel

Publications

Brusatte SL, Muir A, Young MT, Walsh S, Steel L, Witmer LM (2016) The Braincase and Neurosensory Anatomy of an Early Jurassic Marine Crocodylomorph: Implications for Crocodylian Sinus Evolution and Sensory Transitions. The Anatomical Record, 299 (11) : 1511 - 1530. doi: 10.1002/ar.23462

Brewer P, Stevens L, Bernard E, Chapman S, Steel L, Smith D, Clery M (null) eMesozoic: digitising historical palaeontological collections. Lyell Meeting 2016 - Palaeoinformatics - The Geological Society, 93 3 - 9 3 3

Steel L, Buffetaut E (2016) Arthur Smith Woodward, Florentino Ameghino and the first Jurassic 'Sea Crocodile' from South America., In: Arthur Smith Woodward: His Life and Influence on Modern Vertebrate Palaeontology, Johanson Z, Barrett P, Richter M, Smith M (Eds). Geological Society of London : London. 311 - 319.

Rijsdijk KF, Hume JP, Louw PGBD, Meijer HJM, Janoo A, De Boer EJ, Steel L, De Vos J, Van Der Sluis LG, Hooghiemstra H, Florens FBV, Baider C, Vernimmen TJJ, Baas P, Van Heteren AH, Rupear V, Beebeejaun G, Grihault A, Van Der Plicht JH, Besselink M, Lubeek JK, Jansen M, Kluiving SJ, Hollund H, Shapiro B, Collins M, Buckley M, Jayasena RM, Porch N, Floore R, Bunnik F, Biedlingmaier A, Leavitt J, Monfette G, Kimelblatt A, Randall A, Floore P, Claessens LPAM (2015) A review of the dodo and its ecosystem: insights from a vertebrate concentration Lagerstätte in Mauritius. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (sup1) : 3 - 20. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1113803

Young MT, Rabi M, Bell MA, Foffa D, Steel L, Sachs S, Peyer K (2016) Big-headed marine crocodyliforms and why we must be cautious when using extant species as body length proxies for long-extinct relatives. PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA, 19 (3) :

Johnson MM, Young MT, Steel L, Lepage Y (2015) Steneosaurus edwardsi(Thalattosuchia: Teleosauridae), the largest known crocodylomorph of the Middle Jurassic. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115 (4) : 911 - 918. doi: 10.1111/bij.12525

zoologika@gmail.com M, Beatty B, Brusatte S, Steel L (null) First evidence of denticulated dentition in teleosaurid crocodylomorphs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, doi: 10.4202/app.00002.2013

Grellet-Tinner G, Codrea VA (2015) Thalassodromeus sebesensis, an out of place and out of time Gondwanan tapejarid pterosaur. Gondwana Research, 27 (4) : 1673 - 1679. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.06.002

Young MT, Hua S, Steel L, Foffa D, Brusatte SL, Thüring S, Mateus O, Ruiz-Omeñaca JI, Havlik P, Lepage Y, de Andrade MB (2015) Addendum to ‘Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia)’. Royal Society Open Science, 2 (2) : 150024 - 150024. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150024

Burney D, Hume J, Middleton G, Steel L, Burney L, Porch N (2015) Stratigraphy and Chronology of Karst Features on Rodriguez Island, Southwestern Indian Ocean. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 77 (1) : 37 - 51. doi: 10.4311/2013pa0132

Dyke G, Vremir M, Brusatte SL, Bever GS, Buffetaut E, Chapman S, Csiki-Sava Z, Kellner A, Martin E, Naish D, Norell M, Ősi A, Pinheiro FL, Prondvai E, Rabi M, Rodrigues T, Steel L, Tong H, Vila Nova BC, Witton M (2015) Thalassodromeus sebesensis — A new name for an old turtle. Comment on “Thalassodromeus sebesensis, an out of place and out of time Gondwanan tapejarid pterosaur”, Grellet-Tinner and Codrea (online July 2014 DOI 10.1016/j.gr.2014.06.002). Gondwana Research, 27 (4) : 1680 - 1682. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.08.004

Young MT, Steel L, Brusatte SL, Foffa D, Lepage Y (2014) Tooth serration morphologies in the genus Machimosaurus(Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Royal Society Open Science, 1 (3) : 140269 - 140269. doi: 10.1098/rsos.140269

Young MT, Steel L, Foffa D, Price T, Naish D, Tennant JP (2014) Marine tethysuchian crocodyliform from the ?Aptian-Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113 (3) : 854 - 871. doi: 10.1111/bij.12387

Young MT, Hua S, Steel L, Foffa D, Brusatte SL, Thüring S, Mateus O, Ruiz-Omeñaca JI, Havlik P, Lepage Y, De Andrade MB (2014) Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genusMachimosaurus(Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia). Royal Society Open Science, 1 (2) : 140222 - 140222. doi: 10.1098/rsos.140222

Young MT, Steel L, Middleton H (2014) Evidence of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph genusGeosaurusin the Lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England. Historical Biology, 26 (5) : 551 - 555. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2013.801468

Steel L, O'Sullivan M (2015) A Scottish pterosaur in London: the first record of Pterosauria from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Eathie (Ross and Cromarty), Scotland. Historical Biology, 27 (6) : 723 - 728. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2014.961063

Young MT, Steel L (2014) Evidence for the teleosaurid crocodylomorph genusMachimosaurusin the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England. Historical Biology, 26 (4) : 472 - 479. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2013.793320

Young MT, Brandalise de Andrade M, Cornée J-J, Steel L, Foffa D (2014) Re-description of a putative Early Cretaceous “teleosaurid” from France, with implications for the survival of metriorhynchids and teleosaurids across the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary. Annales de Paléontologie, 100 (2) : 165 - 174. doi: 10.1016/j.annpal.2014.01.002

Young MT, Steel L, Rigby MP, Howlett EA, Humphrey S (2015) Largest known specimen of the genusDakosaurus(Metriorhynchidae: Geosaurini) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England, and an overview ofDakosaurusspecimens discovered from this formation (including reworked specimens from the Woburn Sands Formation). Historical Biology, 27 (7) : 947 - 953. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2014.915822

Hume JP, Steel L, André AA, Meunier A (2015) In the footsteps of the bone collectors: nineteenth-century cave exploration on Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean. Historical Biology, 27 (2) : 265 - 286. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2014.886203

Hume JP, Steel L (2013) Fight club: a unique weapon in the wing of the solitaire,Pezophaps solitaria(Aves: Columbidae), an extinct flightless bird from Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110 (1) : 32 - 44. doi: 10.1111/bij.12087

STEEL L (2012) The Pterosaur Collection at the Natural History Museum, London, UK: an Overview and List of Specimens, with Description of Recent Curatorial Developments. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, 86 (6) : 1340 - 1355. doi: 10.1111/1755-6724.12004

Young MT, Brusatte SL, de Andrade MB, Desojo JB, Beatty BL, Steel L, Fernández MS, Sakamoto M, Ruiz-Omeñaca JI, Schoch RR (null) The Cranial Osteology and Feeding Ecology of the Metriorhynchid Crocodylomorph Genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe. PLoS ONE, 7 (9) : e44985 - e44985. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044985

Steel L (2011) Bones, beer and a fear of ladders in Rodrigues. 1.

Andres B, Howard L, Steel L (2011) PTEROSAURS, MODULES, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE PTERODACTYLOIDEA. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 31 : 62 - 62.

Steel L (null) Species of The Day: Crocodylus anthropophagus

Steel L (null) Species of The Day: Pinguinus impennis

Steel L (null) Species of The Day: Raphus cucullatus

Steel L (null) Species of The Day: Geochelone gigantea

Steel L (null) Species of The Day: Dimorphodon macronyx

STEEL L (2010) Species of the Day: Geochelone gigantea. 2010 : :

STEEL L (2010) Species of the Day: Raphus cucullatus. :

STEEL L (2010) The pterosaur collection at the Natural History Museum, London, UK: History, overview, recent curatorial developments and exciting new finds. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Pterosaurs. Acta Geoscientica Sinica, 31 : 59 - 61.

Steel L (2009) BONE HISTOLOGY AND SKELETAL PATHOLOGY OF TWO RECENTLY-EXTINCT FLIGHTLESS PIGEONS: RAPHUS CUCULLATUS AND PEZOPHAPS SOLITARIUS. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, 29 : 185A - 185A.

STEEL L (2008) The palaeohistology of pterosaur bone: an overview. Zitteliana, B 28 : 109 - 125.

STEEL L (2007) Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, 4-6 May 2007. Set in Stone, The NHM Palaeontology Department Newsletter, 5 : 5 - 6.

STEEL L (2007) The palaeohistology of pterosaur bone: an overview., In: Flugsaurier: The Wellnhofer Pterosaur Meeting. Abstracts, Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology : Munich.

Steel L (2006) Going Underground!. 8 - 9.

Steel L (2006) The joys of caving. 2006 (26) : 22 - 23.

STEEL L (2006) Bringing the dodo back to life. Set in Stone The Natural History Museum Palaeontology Department Newsletter, 4 : 5 - 6.

STEEL L (2006) The Joys of Caving.. Earth Heritage, 26 :

Steel L (2004) Studies on the palaeohistology of pterosaur bone.. PhD Thesis. (Supervisor(s)) Martill DM, Unwin DM, Frey E.

Steel L (2003) Petra: city carved from rock. 12 - 13.

Contributed Publications

Steel L, Buffetaut E (2016) Arthur Smith Woodward, Florentino Ameghino and the first Jurassic 'Sea Crocodile' from South America., In: Arthur Smith Woodward: His Life and Influence on Modern Vertebrate Palaeontology, Johanson Z, Barrett P, Richter M, Smith M (Eds). Geological Society of London : London. 311 - 319.

Steel L (2013) Women of the world: out in the field. 56 - 61.

Courses taught

Short course: Extinction
5/2013.

Invited and keynote speaker

eMesozoic: British Fossils in the Digital Age, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: Salt Lake City, 27/10/2016.

eMesozoic: an alternative approach to digitising palaeontological collections, SPNHC 2016: 22/6/2016.