This is the list of my publications. Most are available in PDF format. For report a broken link or requesting more information, please email to: omateus@fct.unl.pt Myers, T. S., Tabor, N. J., Jacobs, L. L., & Mateus, O. (2012). Palaeoclimate of the Late Jurassic of Portugal: Comparison with the Western United States. Sedimentology, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01322.x 2011 Kullberg, J.C., Rocha, R.B., Soares, A.F., Rey, J., Terrinha, P., Azerêdo, A.C., Callapez, P., Duarte, L.V.,Kullberg, M.C., Martins, L., Miranda, J.R., Alves, C., Mata, J., Madeira, J., Mateus, O., Moreira, M., and Nogueira, C.R. (2011). A Bacia Lusitaniana: Estratigrafia, Paleogeografia e Tectónica. In: Dias, R. Araújo, A, Terrinha, P. and Kullberg, J. C. (Eds.), Geologia de Portugal no contexto da Ibéria, pp. 989-1141, Escolar Editora, Lisboa. Mannion, P.D., Upchurch, P., Mateus, O., Barnes, R.N. & Jones, M.E.H. 2011. New information on the anatomy and systematic position of Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal, with a review of European diplodocoids, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, DOI:10.1080/14772019.2011.595432 Mateus, O., Milàn, J., Romano, M., and Whyte, M.A. 2011. New finds of stegosaur tracks from the Upper Jurassic Lourinhã Formation, Portugal. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(1): 651-658. doi: 10.4202/app.2009.0055 PDFMartins, R.M.S., Beckmann, F., Castanhinha, R., Mateus, O. & Pranzas, P.K. 2011. Dinosaur and Crocodile Fossils from the Mesozoic of Portugal: Neutron Tomography and Synchrotron-Radiation Based Micro-Computed Tomography. MRS Proceedings (2011), 1319: mrsf10-1319-ww02-03. DOI: 10.1557/opl.2011.794 PDF website Smith, A.S., Araújo, R., and Mateus, O. 201X. Lusonectes sauvagei, a new plesiosauroid from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alhadas, Portugal. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 5X (X): xxx-xxx. doi: 10.4202/app.2011.0023 PDF Mateus, O., Araújo, R., Natário, C. & Castanhinha, R. 2011. A new specimen of the theropod dinosaur Baryonyx from the early Cretaceous of Portugal and taxonomic validity of Suchosaurus. Zootaxa 2827: 54–68. PDF Mateus, O., Jacobs, L. L., Schulp, A.S., Polcyn, M.J., Tavares, T., Buta Neto, A., Morais, M. L., Antunes, MT (2011) Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83: 1. 221-233 [PDF] Araújo, R., Castanhinha, R. and Mateus, O. 2011. Evolutionary major trends of ornithopod dinosaurs teeth. In: J.Calvo, J. Porfiri, B. Gonzalez Riga y D. Dos Santos (scientific editors), Dinosaurios y paleontología desde América Latina, EDIUNC, Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (ISBN 978-950-39-0265-3), Mendoza, 25-31 pp. PDF Steyer, J. S., Mateus, O., Butler, R. J., Brusatte, S. L. & Whiteside, J. H. 2011 in press. A new metoposaurid (temnospondyl) bonebed from the Late Triassic of Portugal. Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. PDF Araújo R., Polcyn M., Jacobs L.L., Mateus O., Schulp A. (2011, in press) Plesiosaur structural extreme from the Maastrichtian of Angola. Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. p. 63. Graf, J., Jacobs, L.L., Polcyn, M., Mateus,O. & Schulp, A.S. 2011. New fossil whales from Angola. Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. p. 119. PDF Mateus, O. 2011. Evolutionary importance of the nest, eggs, and embryos of the theropod dinosaur Lourinhanosaurus. Resumo das Comunicações do VII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva. Coimbra. p. 14. Marinheiro, J. & Mateus, O. 2011. Thalassemys turtle in the Late Jurassic of Oker, Germany. Resumo das Comunicações do VII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva. Coimbra. p.25. Martins, R.M.S., Beckmann, F., Castanhinha, R., Araújo, R., Mateus, O., Pranzas, P.K. 2011. Tomographic techniques for the study of exceptionally preserved dinosaur and crocodile fossils from the mesozoic of Portugal. Resumo das Comunicações do VII Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva. Coimbra. p.19 PDF 2010 Jacobs, L. L., M. J. Polcyn, O. Mateus, A. Schulp, K. Ferguson, C. Scotese, B. F. Jacobs, Strganac, C.; Vineyard, D.; Myers, T. S.; Morais, M. L. 2010. Tectonic Drift, Climate, and Paleoenvironment of Angola Since the Cretaceous. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 1:02. PDF Kasprak, A. H., J. H. Whiteside, F. M. Lopes, S. L. Brusatte, R. J. Butler, e O. Mateus. 2010. New Paleoenvironmental and Biotic Records from the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary Interval of the Algarve Basin, Portugal. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 1:0410. PDF Polcyn, M., Jacobs, L., Schulp, A.S., Mateus, O. 2010. The North African Mosasaur Globidens phosphaticus from the Maastrichtian of Angola. Historical Biology. 22 (1 – 3): 175–185 DOI: 10.1080/08912961003754978 PDF Brandão, J.M., Callapez, P.M., Mateus, O. & Castro, P. (editors). 2010. Colecções e museus de Geologia: missão e gestão. Ed. Universidade de Coimbra e Centro de Estudos e Filosofia da História da Ciência. Coimbra. 393 pp. ISBN 978-989-96564-0-6 Mateus, O. 2010. Paleontological collections of the Museum of Lourinhã (Portugal). in Brandão, J.M., Callapez, P.M., Mateus, O. & Castro, P. (editors). Colecções e museus de Geologia: missão e gestão. Ed. Universidade de Coimbra e Centro de Estudos e Filosofia da História da Ciência. Coimbra. pp. 121-126. ISBN 978-989-96564-0-6 PDF Adams, T.L., Polcyn, M.J., Mateus, O., Winkler, D.A. & Jacobs, L.L. 2010. New occurrence of the long-snouted crocodyliform, Terminonaris cf. T. robusta, from Woodine Formation (Cenomanian) ot Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30, 52A. Jacobs, L., Polcyn, M., Araújo, R., Strganac, C., Mateus, O. 2010. Physical drivers of evolution and the history of the marine tetrapod fauna of Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(suppl. to 3) Smith, A., Araújo, R., Mateus, O. (2010) A plesiosauroid skull from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Alhadas, Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(suppl. to 3): 166A. Araújo, R., Polcyn, M., Mateus, O., Schulp, A. (2010) Plesiosaurs from the Maastrichtian of Bentiaba, Namibe Province, Angola.Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(suppl. to 3): 55A. PDF POLCYN M. J., JACOBS L. L., SCHULP A. S., MATEUS O. & LINDGREN J. 2010. AN UPDATE ON THE MOSASAURS OF ANGOLA. Third Mosasaur Meeting, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 18-22 May 2010 PDF 2009 Mateus, O., S Maidment, N Christiansen. 2009. A new long-necked 'sauropod-mimic' stegosaur and the evolution of the plated dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 276: 1815-1821 doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1909 PDF (Main paper + Suppl. data) Mateus, O., Jacobs, L., Polcyn, M., Schulp, A.S., Vineyard, D., Buta Neto, A., and Telles Antunes, M. 2009. The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 (4): 581–588. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0063. PDF Mateus, O & J Milàn (2009 online; 2010 in paper). A diverse Upper Jurassic dinosaur ichnofauna from central-west Portugal Lethaia, 43, Issue2,2010, 245-257 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00190.x: PDF Jacobs, L.L. , Mateus, O., Polcyn, M.J., Schulp, A.S., Scotese, C.R., Goswami, A., Ferguson, K.M. 2009. Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean, Bull. Soc. géol. Fr. 180(4): 333-341. Mateus, O., G Dyke, N Motchurova-Dekova, P Ivanov, G D Kamenov (2009) The first record of a dinosaur from Bulgaria Lethaia, 43: 88-94. 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00174.x PDF
D. A. Eberth, Y. Kobayashi, Y.-N. Lee, O. Mateus, F. Therrien, D.K. Zelenitsky, M.A. Norell. 2009. Assignment of Yamaceratops dorngobiensis and Associated Redbeds at Shine Us Khudag (Eastern Gobi, Dorngobi Province, Mongolia) to the Redescribed Javkhlant Formation (Upper Cretaceous) . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):295–302, March 2009
Polcyn, M., Jacobs, L., Mateus, O., Schulp, A. 2009. New specimens of Angolasaurus bocagei and comments on the early radiations of plioplatecarpine mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(3): 165A. PDF R Araújo, O Mateus, A Walen, N Christiansen. 2009. Preparation techniques applied to a stegosaurian Dinosaur from Portugal. Journal of Paleontological Techniques 5: 1-24. PDF Mateus, O. (2009). Colecções paleontológicas do Museu da Lourinhã (Portugal) / Paleontological collections of the Museum of Lourinhã (Portugal). Journal of Paleontological Techniques, 6: 18-19. PDF R Araújo, O Mateus, A Walen, N Christiansen. 2009. Preparation techniques applied to a stegosaurian Dinosaur from Portugal: excavation, laboratory mechanical and chemical preparation, moulding and casting, 3D scanning. Journal of Paleontological Techniques 5: 22. PDF Tomás, C., Mateus, O., Abreu, C. 2009. Dinolourinhã – a integração dos jovens na paleontologia: o caso-estudo do Museu da Lourinhã. Journal of Paleontological Techniques 5: 28-29. PDF Brandão,
J., Callapez, P., Mateus, O., Castro, P. (eds) International Conference on the
Geological Collections and Museums: mission and management. Journal of
Paleontological Techniques 5 (special volume). PDF of entire volume
2008 Mateus, O. & Milàn, J. 2008. Sauropod forelimb flexibility deduced from deep manus tracks. 52th Paleontological Association Annual Meeting. 18th-21st December 2008, University of Glasgow, pp. 67-68. PDF POSTER F Rita, O Mateus, M Overbeeke (2008) Tomografia Computorizada na Detecção de Fraudes em Fósseis Acta Radiológica Portuguesa 80: 20. 83-84 PDF MATEUS, O. & MILÀN, J. 2008. Ichnological evidence for giant ornithopod dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Lourinhã Formation, Portugal. Oryctos, 8: 47-52. PDF O Mateus, M T Antunes 2008 Landmarks in the history of dinosaur paleontology in Portugal, focusing on skeletal remains. In:Abstract volume, Dinosaurs - A Historical Perspective, 6-7 may 2008, London. PDF Schulp, A.S., Polcyn, M.J., Mateus, O., Jacobs, L.L., and Morais, M.L. 2008. A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola, and the affinities of the mosasaur genus Liodon. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, pp. 1-12 PDF Mateus, O. and Castanhinha, R. 2008. PaleoAngola- Predadores de um oceano primitivo. National Geographic Portugal 8(91): 26-33. PDF Hayashi, S., K. Carpenter, M. Watabe, O. Mateus, and R. Barsbold. 2008. Defensive weapons of thyreophoran dinosaurs: histological comparisons and structural differences in spikes and clubs of ankylosaurs and stegosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3, Supplement), 89A-90A. PDF Mateus, O, Jacobs, L.L., Polcyn, M.J., Schulp, A.S., Neto, A.B., Antunes, M.T. 2008. Dinosaur and turtles from the Turonian of Iembe, Angola. Livro de Resumos de "Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados", Neuquén, Argentina. p.156. PDF Mateus, O., Maidment, S.C.R., Christiansen, N.A. 2008. A New Specimen aff. Dacentrurus armatus (Dinosauria: Stegosauridae) From The Late Jurassic Of Portugal. Livro de Resumos de "Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados", Neuquén, Argentina. p.157. PDF Araújo, R., Castanhinha, R. & Mateus, O. 2008. Major Trends In The Evolution Of Teeth And Mandibles In Ornithopod Dinosaurs. Livro de Resumos de "Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados", Neuquén, Argentina. p. 18. PDF Castanhinha, R., Araújo, R. and Mateus, O. 2008. Reptile Egg Sites From Lourinhã Formation, Late Jurassic, Portugal. Livro de Resumos de "Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología de Vertebrados", Neuquén, Argentina. p.54. PDF Mateus, O. 2008. Lista de répteis e anfíbios do Jurássico Superior de Portugal. Livro de Resumos do X Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia. Universidade de Coimbra. p. 55. PDF Mateus, O., Natário, C., Araújo, R., Castanhinha, R. 2008. A new specimen of spinosaurid dinosaur aff. Baryonyx from the Early Cretaceous of Portugal. Livro de Resumos do X Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia. Universidade de Coimbra. p. 51. PDF Mateus, O. 2008. Two ornithischian dinosaurs renamed: Microceratops Bohlin 1953 and Diceratops Lull 1905. Journal of Paleontology 82(2): 423. PDF MATEUS, O., DYKE, G., MOTCHUROVA-DEKOVA, N., IVANOV, P., & KAMENOV, G.D. 2008. The Bulgarian dinosaur: did it exist? European late Cretaceous ornithomimosaurs. 56th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Dublin, 2008, Abstracts: p. 47. PDF MATEUS, O., OVERBEEKE, M., RITA, F. 2008. Dinosaur Frauds, Hoaxes and “Frankensteins”: How to distinguish fake and genuine vertebrate fossils, Journal of Paleontological Techniques, 2: 1-5. PDF MATEUS,
O. 2008. Fósseis de transição, elos perdidos, fósseis vivos e espécies
estáveis, pp. 77-96, in
Levy et al. (eds.),
Evolução: História e Argumentos. ISBN: 978-989-8025-55-5. PDF 2007 GASPAR, A., AVELAR, T. & MATEUS, O. 2007. Criacionismo e Sociedade no Séc. XX. In pp.133-160, Evolução e Criacionismo: Uma Relação Impossível. Quasi ed. Lisboa. PDF HTML GASPAR, A., MATEUS, O. & ALMADA, F. 2007. Os argumentos criacionistas em face da evidência científica. In pp.197-237, Evolução e Criacionismo: Uma Relação Impossível. Quasi ed. Lisboa. PDF MATEUS, O. 2007. Notes and review of the ornithischian dinosaurs of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(suppl. to 3): 114A. PDF HTML CASTANHINHA, R. & MATEUS, O. 2007. Short review on the marine reptiles of Portugal: ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(suppl. to 3): 57A. PDF POLCYN, M., JACOBS, L.L., SCHULP, A., MATEUS, O. 2007. Halisaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(suppl. to 3): 130A. PDF POLCYN, M. W., JACOBS, L.L., SCHULP, A.S. & MATEUS, O. 2007. The mosasaurs of Angola. Second Mosasaur Meeting, Sternberg Museum, Hays, Kansas, p. 21. PDF POLCYN, M. W., JACOBS, L.L., SCHULP, A.S. & MATEUS, O. 2007. Morphology and systematic position of Angolasaurus bocagei and the evolution of the braincase in Plioplatecarpine mosasaurs. Second Mosasaur Meeting, Sternberg Museum, Hays, Kansas, p. 20. PDF
2006 SANDER, P.M., MATEUS, O., LAVEN, T. & KNÖTSCHKE, N. (2006). Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur. Nature, 441: 739-741. PDF (article) PDF (Suppl. material) MATEUS, O., MORAIS, M.L., SCHULP, A.S., JACOBS, L.L., POLCYN, M.J., (2006). The Cretaceous of Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (Suppl. To 3): 96A-97A. PDF SCHULP, A.S., MATEUS, O., POLCYN, M.J., JACOBS, L.L. (2006). A New Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Cretaceous of Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (Suppl. To 3): 122A.PDF CASTANHINHA, R. & MATEUS, O. (2006). On the left-right asymmetry in dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (Suppl. To 3): 48A. PDF JACOBS, L.L., MORAIS, M.L., SCHULP, A.S., MATEUS, O. & POLCYN, M.J. (2006). Systematic Position and Geological Context of Angolasaurus (Mosasauridae) and a New Sea Turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (Suppl. To 3): 81A. PDF
MATEUS, O. 2005. Dinossauros do Jurássico Superior de Portugal, com destaque para os saurísquios. Dissertação de Doutoramento, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 375 pp. MILÀN, J. & MATEUS, O. 2004. Jagten på Europas største dinosaur. Naturens Verden, 1/2004 [In danish. Title translation: The hunt for the biggest dinosaur in Europe]. PDF PDF
MILÀN, J. & MATEUS, O. 2003. Fra strandbred til museum på syv dage - Historien o et Gigantisk Dinosaur Fodspor. VARV, n.3: 8-14.PDF MATEUS, I., MATEUS, H., ANTUNES, M.T, MATEUS, O., TAQUET, P. RIBEIRO, V. & MANUPPELLA, G. (1998). Upper jurassic theropod dinosaur embryos from Lourinhã (Portugal). Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa. 37: 101-110.PDF MATEUS, O. (1998). Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a new Upper Jurassic allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã (Portugal). Academia de Ciências. Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa. 37: 111-124.PDF |
