Publications

Publications

Wang, B., Shi, G., Xu, C., Spicer, R.A., Perrichot, V., Schmidt, A.R., Feldberg, K., Heinrichs, J., Chny, C., Pang, H., Liu, X., Gao, T., Wang, Z., Slipinski, A., Solrzano-Kraemer, M.M., Heads, S.W., Thomas, M.J., Sadowski, E., Szwedo, J., Azar, D., Nel, A., Liu, Y., Chen, J., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Q., Luo, C., Yu, T., Zheng, D., Zhang, H., Engel, M.S. The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia. Science Advances, 7(18) eabg0625, 30 April, 2021 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg0625

Heads, S.W., Thomas, M.J. & Wang, Y. 2018. A new genus and species of Elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4527: 575–580.

Heads, S.W., Miller, A.N. & Crane, J.L. 2017. On the name of the oldest fossil mushroom. Mycological Progress 16: 11–12.

Swanson, D.R., Taylor, S.J. & Heads, S.W. 2017. Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly discovered in Illinois. Zootaxa 4269: 571–585.

Heads, S.W., Miller, A.N., Crane J.L., Thomas M.J., Ruffatto D.M., Methven A.S., et al. (2017) The oldest fossil mushroom. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0178327. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178327

Barling, N., Martill, D.M., Heads, S.W., Gallien, F. 2015. High fidelity preservation of fossil insects from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 52(B): 605-622. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.007

Jepson, J.E., Heads, S.W., Makarkin, V.N. & Ren, D. 2013. New fossil mantidflies (Insecta, Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from the Mesozoic of northeastern China. Palaeontology 56: 603–613. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12005

Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Heads, S.W., Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. & Engel, M.S. 2012. The first record of Protogryllinae from the Jurassic of India (Orthoptera: Grylloidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85: 53–58. doi: https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES111103.1

Delclòs, X., Nel, A., Azar, D. Bechly, G., Dunlop, J.A., Engel, M.S. & Heads, S.W. 2008. The enigmatic Mesozoic insect taxon Chresmodidae (Polyneoptera): new palaeobiological and phylogenetic data, with the description of a new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 247: 353–381.

Heads, S.W., Martill, D.M. & Loveridge, R.F. 2008. Palaeoentomological paradise: the Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Antenna 32: 91–98.

Heads, S.W. 2008. A new species of Yuripopovia (Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicidae) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight. British Journal of Entomology & Natural History 21: 247–254.

Martill, D.M., Bechly, G. & Heads, S.W. 2007. Appendix: species list for the Crato Formation, pp. 582–607 in: Martill, D.M., Bechly G. & Loveridge, R.F. (eds) The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press, xvi + 625 pp.

Menon, F., Heads, S.W. & Szwedo, J. 2007. Cicadomorpha: cicadas and relatives, pp. 283–297 in: Martill, D.M., Bechly G. & Loveridge, R.F. (eds) The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press, xvi + 625 pp.

Martins-Neto, R.G., Heads, S.W. & Bechly, G. 2007. Neuropterida: snakeflies, dobsonflies and lacewings, pp. 328–340 in: Martill, D.M., Bechly G. & Loveridge, R.F. (eds) The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press, xvi + 625 pp.

Heads, S.W. & Martins-Neto, R.G. 2007. Orthopterida; grasshoppers, crickets, locusts and stick insects, pp. 265–283 in: Martill, D.M., Bechly G. & Loveridge, R.F. (eds) The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press, xvi + 625 pp.

Menon, F. & Heads, S.W. 2005. New species of Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Cicadomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 357: 1–11. (PDF)

Posters

Mierzejewski, C.M., Thomas, M.J., Heads, S.W. 2017. Exceptionally Preserved Orthoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) from the Late Pennsylvanian Kinney Brick Quarry Lagerstatte of New Mexico. (PDF)

Nguy, W.N., Wittmer, J.M., Heads, S.W., Thomas, M.J. 2015. Rediscovery, Curation and Characterization of a Miocene rhinoceros (Perissodactlya: Rhinocerotidae ) hash from agate springs, Nebraska. 2015 SESE Research Review. (PDF)

Thomas, M.J., Nicholson, S.H., Best, M., Heads, S.W. 2014. The Milton Sanderson Dominican Amber Collection at the INHS. 2014 Prairie Lightning Symposium Poster Presentation. (PDF)