(*=Natural history notes, semi-popular articles)
2012, In press
60. Parham, J.F., P.C.J. Donoghue, C.J. Bell, T.D. Calway, J.J. Head, P.A. Holroyd, J.G. Inoue, R.B. Irmis, W.G. Joyce, D.T. Ksepka, J.S.L. Patané, N.D. Smith, J.E. Tarver, M. Van Tuinen, Z. Yang, K.D. Angielczyk, J. Greenwood, C.A. Hipsley, L. Jacobs, P.J. Makovicky, J. Müller, K.T. Smith, J.M. Theodor, R.C.M. Warnock, and M.J. Benton. 2012. Best practices for justifying fossil calibrations. Systematic Biology 61(2):346-359. [Link to OPEN ACCESS article]
59. Parham, J.F., B.L. Stuart, I.G. Danilov, and N.B. Ananjeva. 2012. Genetic characterization of CITES-listed Iranian tortoises (Testudo graeca) through the sequencing of topotypic samples and a 19th century holotype. Herpetological Journal 22:73-78. [download]
58. Otero, R.A., J.F. Parham, S. Soto-Acuña, P. Jimenez-Huidobro, and D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2012. Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous (early Maastrichtian) of Algarrobo, central Chile. Cretaceous Research 35:124-132. [download]
*Parham, J.F. In press. Fossils that tell tales. DIG.
2011
57. Parham, J.F., and J.E. Ebersole (Eds.). Paleontology Papers in Honor of Douglas E. Jones. Alabama Museum of Natural History, Tuscaloosa, AL.
56. Bauer, A.M., J.F. Parham, R.M. Brown, B.L. Stuart, L. Grismer, T.J. Papenfuss, W. Böhme, J.M. Savage, S. Carranza, J.L. Grismer, P. Wagner, A. Schmitz, N.B. Ananjeva,and R.F. Inger. 2011. On the availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 278:490-492.
55. Mozaffari, O., F. Ahmadzadeh, and J.F. Parham. 2011. Eremias papenfussi sp. nov., a new lacertid lizard (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Tehran Province, Iran. Zootaxa 3114:57-62.
*Ksepka, D.T., M.J. Benton, M.T. Carrano, M.A. Gandolfo, J.J. Head, E.J. Hermsen, W.G. Joyce, K.S. Lamm, J.S. Patané, M.J. Phillips, P.D. Polly, M. van Tuinen, J.L. Ware, R.C.M. Warnock, and J.F. Parham. 2011. Synthesizing and databasing fossil calibrations: divergence dating and beyond. Biology Letters 2011(7):801-803. [download]
*Parham, J.F. 2011. Book review for The Last Tortoise: A Tale of Extinction in Our Lifetime. Quarterly Review of Biology 86(3):239-240.
2010
54. Parham, J.F., and N.D. Pyenson. 2010. New sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the iterative evolution of feeding ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):231-247. [download]
53. Türkozan, O., F. Kiremit, J.F. Parham, K. Olgun, and E. Taskavak. 2010. A quantitative reassessment of morphology-based taxonomic schemes for Turkish tortoises. Amphibia-Reptilia 31(1):69-83. [download]
52. Papenfuss, T.J., T. Jackman, A. Bauer, B.L. Stuart, M.D. Robinson, and J.F. Parham. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships among species of Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos (Asaccus). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 61(13). [download]
51. He, B., Y. Liu, H. Shi, J. Zhang, M. Hu, Y. Ma, L. Fu, M. Hong, J. Wang, J.J. Fong, and J.F. Parham. 2010. Captive breeding of the four-eyed turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata). Asian Herpetological Research. [download]
2009
50. Parham, J.F., and T.J. Papenfuss. 2009. Evidence for high genetic diversity among fossorial lizard populations (Anniella pulchra) in a rapidly developing landscape (Central California). Conservation Genetics 10(1):169-176. [download]
* Rhodin, A.G.J., J.F. Parham, P.P. van Dijk, and J.B. Iverson. 2009. Turtles of the world: Annotated checklist of taxonomy and synonymy, 2009 update, with conservation status summary. Chelonian Research Monographs 5:000.39-000.84. [download]
49. Papenfuss, T.J., T. Jackman, A. Bauer, B.L. Stuart, M.D. Robinson, and J.F. Parham. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships among species in the sphaerodactylid genus Pristurus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 60(19).
2008
48. Parham, J.F.,
M. Outerbridge, B.L. Stuart, H. Erlenkeuser, D.B. Wingate, and T.J.
Papenfuss. 2008. Introduced delicacy or native species? A
natural Holocene origin of Bermudian terrapins revealed by fossil and
genetic data. Biology Letters 4(2):216-219. [download]
*Parham, J.F. 2008. Rediscovery of an “extinct” Galápagos tortoise. Proceedings of the National Academy of the USA 105(40):15227-15228. [download]
47. Parham, J.F., and R.B. Irmis. 2008. Caveats on the use of fossil calibrations for molecular dating. American Naturalist 171(1):132-136. [download]
46. Parham, J.F. 2008. Chelonian fauna. in D. Gifford-Gonzalez. Fauna from Adrar Bous and surrounding areas. Pp. 313-353 in J.D. Clark, E.A.A. Garcea, D. Gifford-Gonzalez, A.B. Smith, and M.A.J. Williamson (Eds.; D. Gifford-Gonzalez, General Ed.) The Archaeology of a Granitic Ring Complex in Central Sahara, Niger. Archaeology, Royal Africa Museum: Tervuren, Belgium.
45. Shi, H., J.F. Parham, Z. Fan, M. Hong, and F. Yin. 2008. Evidence for the massive scale of turtle farming in China. Oryx- International Journal for Conservation 42(1):147-150. [download]
44. Danilov, I.G., and J.F. Parham. 2008. A reassessment of some poorly known turtles from the Middle Jurassic of China with comments on the antiquity of extant turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):306-318. [download]
43. Shi, H., J.J. Fong, J.F. Parham, J. Pang, J. Wang, M. Hong, Y. Zhang. 2008. Mitochondrial variation of the "eyed" turtles (Sacalia) based on known locality and trade specimens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:1025-1029. [download]
42. Hong, M., H. Shi, L. Fu, S. Gong, J.J. Fong, and J.F. Parham. 2008. Scientific refutation of Traditional Chinese Medicine claims about turtles. Applied Herpetology 5(2):173-187. [download]
41. Rhodin, A.G.J., P.P. van Dijk, and J.F. Parham. 2008. Turtles of the world: Annotated checklist of taxonomy and synonymy. Chelonian Research Monographs 5:000.1-000.38. [download]
40. Arakelyan, M., and J.F. Parham. 2008. The geographic distribution of turtles in Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(1):70-77. [download]
*Arakelyan, M., J.F. Parham, O. Türkozan, and F. Danielyan. 2008.
Sympatrisches Vorkommen Zweier Formen von Testudo graeca in Armenien und der
Republik Nagorno -Karabakh. Marginata 2008:26-30. [in German]
*Shi, H., M. Hou, P. Pritchard, J. Peng, Z. Fan, F. Yin,
T. Chen, H. Liu, J. Wang, Y. Liu (Eds.). 2008. Identification Manual
for Traded Turtles in China. Contributors: P.P. van Dijk, J.F. Parham,
J. Fong, B. Horne, H. Zwartpoorte, C. Schaffer, J. Tucker, B. Devaux,
A. Cadi, S. Gong, G. Li. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House,
Beijing, 166 pp.
2007
39. Parham, J.F., and A.G.J. Rhodin (corresponding authors). Turtle Taxonomy Working Group. 2007. An annotated list of modern turtle terminal taxa (with comments on areas of instability and recent change). Chelonian Conservation and Biology Research Monographs 4:173-199.[download]
38. Shi H., J.F. Parham, M. Lau, and Chen T.-H. 2007. Farming endangered turtles to extinction in China. Conservation Biology 21(1):5-6. [download][This work was profiled by National Geographic]
37. Fong, J.J., J.F. Parham,
Shi H., B.L. Stuart, and R.L. Carter. 2007. A genetic survey of heavily
exploited, endangered turtles: Caveats on the conservation value of
trade animals. Animal Conservation. 10(4):452-460. [download][This work was profiled by the Society of Conservation Biology]
36. Stuart, B.L., and J.F. Parham. 2007. Recent hybrid origin of three rare Chinese turtles. Conservation Genetics 8:169-175. [download]
35. Danilov, I.G., and J.F. Parham. 2007. The type material of ‘Sinemys’ wuerhoensis, a problematic turtle from the Early Cretaceous of China, includes at least three taxa. Palaeontology 50(2):431-444. [download]
34. Mozaffari, O., and J.F. Parham. 2007. A new species of racerunner lizard (Lacertidae: Eremias) from Iran. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58(28):569-574. [download]
33. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group. 2007. Turtle Taxonomy: methodology, recommendations, and guidelines. Chelonian Conservation and Biology Research Monographs 4:73-84. [download]
2006
32. Parham, J.F., J.R. Macey, T.J. Papenfuss, C.R. Feldman, O. Türkozan, R. Polymeni, and J.L. Boore. 2006. The phylogeny of Mediterranean tortoises and their close relatives based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences from museum specimens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(1):50-64. [download]
31. Parham, J.F., C.R. Feldman, and J.L. Boore. 2006. The complete mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic bigheaded turtle (Platysternon): description of unusual genomic features and the reconciliation of phylogenetic hypotheses based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6(11):1-11. [download]
30. Parham, J.F., O. Türkozan, B.L. Stuart, M. Arakelyan, S. Shafei, J.R. Macey, and T.J. Papenfuss. 2006. Genetic evidence for premature taxonomic inflation in Middle Eastern tortoises. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57(33):955-964. [download]
29. Danilov, I.G., and J.F. Parham. 2006. A redescription of ‘Plesiochelys’ tatsuensis, a turtle from the Late Jurassic of China, and its bearing on the antiquity of the crown clade Cryptodira. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):573-580. [download]
28. Danilov, I.G., and J.F. Parham (Eds.). 2006. Fossil Turtle Research Volume 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 137 pp. [purchase]
27. Parmley, D., J.H. Hutchison, and J.F. Parham. 2006. A diverse turtle fauna from the Eocene of Georgia (USA) including the oldest records of aquatic testudinoids in southeastern North America. Journal of Herpetology 40(3):343-350. [download]
26. Lapparent de Broin, F. de, R. Bour, J.F. Parham, and J. Perälä. 2006. Eurotestudo, a new genus for the species Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789 (Chelonii, Testudinidae). Comptes Rendus Palevol 5:803-811. [download]
25. Macey, J.R., J.A. Schulte, J.L. Strasburg, J.A. Brisson, A. Larson, N.B. Ananjeva, Y. Wang, J.F. Parham, and T.J. Papenfuss. 2006. Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: New evidence from lizards and frogs. Biology Letters 2(3):242-245. [download]
24. Parham, J.F., 2005. A reassessment of the referral of sea turtle skulls to the genus Osteopygis (Late Cretaceous, New Jersey, USA). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):71-77. [download]
23. Shi, H., J.F. Parham, W.B. Simison, J. Wang, S. Gong, and B. Fu. 2005. A report on the hybridization between two species of threatened Asian box turtles (Testudines: Cuora) in the wild on Hainan Island (China) with comments on the origin of ‘serrata’-like turtles. Amphibia-Reptilia 26(3):377-381. [Cover] [download]
22. Diesmos, A.C., J.F. Parham, B.L. Stuart, and R. Brown. 2005. The phylogenetic position of the recently rediscovered Philippine forest turtle (Bataguridae: Heosemys leytensis). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56(3):31-41. [download]
21. Danilov, I.G., and J.F. Parham. 2005. A reassessment of the referral of an isolated skull from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan to the stem-testudinoid turtle genus Lindholmemys. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):784-791. [download]
20. Buskirk, J.R., J.F. Parham, and C.R. Feldman. 2005. On the hybridization of two distantly related Asian turtles (Sacalia x Mauremys). Salamandra 41(1/2):21-26. [download]
19. Holroyd, P.A., J.F. Parham, and J.H. Hutchison. 2005. A reappraisal of some Paleogene turtles from the southeastern United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):979-982. [download]
*Parham, J.F., and S.E. Rieboldt. 2005. Contia tenuis: Reproduction. Natural history note. Herpetological Review 36(4):456.
*Joyce, W.G., and J.F. Parham (Eds.). 2005. Fossil Turtle Newsletter Volume 2. [download]
*Shi H., D. O’Connell, J.F. Parham and K. Buley. 2005. An action plan for turtle conservation in China. Proceedings of the EAZA Conference, Kolmarden, Sweden 2004:47-57.
2004
18. Parham, J.F., B.L. Stuart, R. Bour, and U. Fritz. 2004. Evolutionary distinctiveness of the extinct Yunnan box turtle revealed by DNA from an old museum specimen. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biology Letters 271(1556[S6]):391-394. [download]
17. Stuart, B.L., and J.F. Parham. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the critically endangered Indochinese box turtle Cuora galbinifrons. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31:164-177. [download]
16. Joyce, W.G., J.F. Parham, and J. Gauthier. 2004. Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):989-1013. [download]
15. Feldman, C.R., and J.F. Parham. 2004. Molecular systematics of Old World stripe-necked turtles (Testudines: Mauremys). Asiatic Herpetological Research 10:28-37. [download]
*Joyce, W.G., and J.F. Parham (Eds.). 2004. Fossil Turtle Newsletter Volume 1. [download]
*Taskavak, E., M. Arakelyan, and J.F. Parham. 2004. Testudo [graeca] armeniaca Chkhikvadze & Bakradze, 1991. Manouria 7(22):7-8. [in French]
*Danilov, I.G., J.F. Parham, R, Hirayama, and G.O. Cherepanov. 2004. A report on the Symposium of Turtle Origins and Systematics held August 2003 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Herpetological Review 34(2):150. [also published in Paleontogicheskii Zhurnal]
2003
14. Parham, J.F., and J.H. Hutchison. 2003. A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4):783-798. [download]
13. Parham, J.F., R.P. Hilton, and E.S. Göhre. 2003. The oldest turtle from California and other new records of Late Cretaceous sea turtles from the Chico Formation. PaleoBios 23(1):24-28. [abstract]
12. Holroyd, P.A., and J.F. Parham. 2003. The antiquity of African tortoises. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):688-690. [download]
11. Lynch, S.C., and J.F. Parham. 2003. First report of cheloniid sea turtles from the Miocene of California including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters. PaleoBios 23(3):21-35. [download]
*Parham, J.F., and C.R. Feldman. 2003. Lampropeltis zonata: Diet. Natural history note. Herpetological Review 35(2):99-100.
*Shi H., Liu H., and J.F. Parham. 2003. The Status of Conservation, Captive Breeding, and Research of Turtles in China. China Nature 2003(1):37. [in Chinese]
2002
10. Feldman, C.R., and J.F. Parham. 2002. A molecular phylogeny for emydine turtles: taxonomic revision and the evolution of shell kinesis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22(3):388-398. [download]
9. Fong, J.J., J.F. Parham, and J. Fu. 2002. A reassessment of the distribution of Cuora flavomarginata Gray 1863 on Mainland China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(1):9-14. [download]
*Parham, J.F., and C.R. Feldman. 2002. Generic revisions of emydine turtles. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 6:28-30. [download]
*Parham, J.F., and T. Van Leuvan. 2002. Emys orbicularis: Distribution record for Turkey. Herpetological Review 33(2):147. [download]
1996-2001
8. Parham, J.F., W.B. Simison, K.H. Kozak, C.R. Feldman, and Shi, H. 2001. New Chinese turtles: Endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis, and known locality specimens. Animal Conservation 4(4):357-367. [download][This work was profiled by Nature]
7. Parham, J.F., and H. Shi. 2001. The discovery of Mauremys iversoni-like turtles at a turtle farm in Hainan Province, China: The counterfeit golden coin. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9:71-77. [download]
*Feldman, C.R., and J.F. Parham. 2001. Molecular systematics of emydine turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1):194-198.
*Shi H., and J.F. Parham. 2001. Preliminary observations of a large turtle farm in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 3:2-4. [online version]
*Parham, J.F., and Y. Wang. 2000. Palea steindachneri: Distribution record for China. Herpetological Review 31(2):111. [download]
6. Parham, J.F., and T.A. Stidham. 1999. Late Cretaceous sea turtles from the Chico Formation of California. PaleoBios 19(3):1-7. [abstract]
5. Parham, J.F., and D. Li. 1999. A new locality for Cuora pani Song 1984 with comments on its known range. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8:111-113. [download]
4. Parham, J.F., and G.R. Zug. 1997. Age and growth of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) of coastal Georgia: An assessment of skeletochronological age-estimates. Bulletin of Marine Science 61(2):287-304. [download]
3. Parham, J.F., and D.E. Fastovsky. 1997. The phylogeny of cheloniid sea turtles revisited. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(4):548-554. [download]
2. Parham, J.F., C.K. Dodd, Jr., and G.R. Zug. 1996. Skeletochronological age estimates for the Red Hills salamander Phaeognathus hubrichti. Journal of Herpetology 30(3):401-404.
1. Zug, G.R., andJ.F. Parham. 1996. Age and growth in leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea (Testudines: Dermochelyidae): A skeletochronological analysis. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(2):244-249.
*Parham, J.F., and G.R. Zug. 1996. Chelonia agassizii – valid or not? Marine Turtle Newsletter 72:2-5. [online version]