Publications

79. Jiménez-Mejías et al. [1579 additional co-authors] (In press). Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: a collective international appeal. BioScience.

78. Foffa D, Young MT, Brusatte SL (In press). Comparative functional morphology indicates niche partitioning amongst sympatric marine reptiles. Royal Society Open Science.

77. Weryński Ł, Błażejowski B, Szczygielski T, Young MT. (2024). The first occurrence of machimosaurid crocodylomorphs from the Oxfordian of south-central Poland provides new insights into the distribution of macrophagous teleosauroids. PeerJ 12: e17153. LINK

76. Young MT, Wilberg EW, Johnson MM, Herrera Y, Andrade MB, Brignon A, Sachs S, Abel P, Foffa D, Fernández M, Vignaud P, Cowgill T, Brusatte SL. (2024). The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2): 547–617. LINK

75. Serafini G, Foffa D, Young MT, Friso G, Cobianchi M, Giusberti L. (2023). Reappraisal of the thalattosuchian crocodylomorph record from the Middle-Upper Jurassic Rosso Ammonitico Veronese of northeastern Italy: age calibration, new specimens and taphonomic biases. PLOS ONE 18 (10): e15781. LINK

74. Young MT, Zverkov NG, Arkhangelsky MS, Ippolitov AP, Meleshin IA, Mirantsev GV, Shmakov AS, Stenshin IM. (2023). Thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs from European Russia, and new insights into metriorhynchid tooth serration evolution and their palaeolatitudinal distribution. PeerJ 11: e15781. LINK

73. Young MT, Bowman CIW, Erb A, Schwab JA, Witmer LM, Herrera Y, Brusatte SL. (2023). Evidence for a novel cranial thermoregulatory pathway in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs. PeerJ 11: 15353. LINK

72. Cowgill T, Young MT, Schwab JA, Walsh S, Witmer LM, Herrera Y, Dollman KN, Choiniere JN, Brusatte SL. (2023). Cephalic salt gland evolution in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (3): 812–835. LINK

71. Dubois A, Aescht E, Aneesh PT, Ceríaco LMP, Daniels GM, de Prins J, Engel MS, Frétey T, Löbl I, Lorvelec O, Marinov M, Ohler A, Schmitt M, Whittington A, Young MT, Bauer AM. (2022). The Linz Zoocode project. Sixth report of activities (2022). Nomenclatural availability. 5. Optical disc publication. Bionomina 31: 24–45. LINK

70.  Johnson MM, Foffa D, Young MT, Brusatte SL. (2022). The ecological diversification and evolution of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), with insights into their mandibular biomechanics. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9484. LINK

69. Johnson MM, Young MT, Brignon A, Brusatte SL. (2022). Addition to ‘The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha; Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution’. Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature 1: 1-7. LINK

68. Bowman CIW, Young MT, Schwab JA, Walsh S, Witmer LM, Herrera Y, Choiniere J, Dollman K, Brusatte SL. (2022). Rostral neurovasculature indicates sensory trade-offs in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs. The Anatomical Record 305: 2654-2669. LINK

67. Cowgill T, Young MT, Schwab JA, Walsh S, Witmer LM, Herrera Y, Dollman K, Choiniere J, Brusatte SL. (2022). Paranasal sinus system and upper respiratory tract evolution in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs. The Anatomical Record 305: 2583-2603. LINK

66. Dubois A, Aneesh PT, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP, Daniels GM, de Prins J, Frétey T, Löbl I, Lorvelec O, Marinov M, Ohler A, Schmitt M, Whittington A, Young MT, Aescht E. (2022). The Linz Zoocode project. Fifth report of activities (2022). Nomenclatural availability. Work availability. 3. Electronic publications. Bionomina 28: 71–119. LINK

65. Schwab JA, Young MT, Walsh SA, Herrera Y, Timmons ZL, Butler IB, Walsh S, Witmer LM, Brusatte SL. (2022). 'Ear stones' in crocodylians: a cross-species comparative and ontogenetic survey of otolith structures. Royal Society Open Science 9 (3): 211633. LINK

64. Schwab JA, Young MT, Walsh SA, Witmer LM, Herrera Y, Brochu CA, Butler IB, Brusatte SL. (2022). Ontogenetic variation in the crocodylian vestibular system. Journal of Anatomy 240: 821-832. LINK

63. Dubois A, Aneesh PT, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP, Daniel GM, Dellapé P, Engel MS, Frétey T, Löbl I, Lorvelec O, Ohler A, Schmitt M, Whittington A, Young M, Aesht A. (2021). Optical discs in zoological nomenclature: problems and proposed solution. Bionomina 24:1-8. LINK

62. Engel MS, Ceríaco LMP, Daniel GM, Dellapé PM, Löbl I, Marinov M, Reis RE, Young MT, Dubois A, Agarwal I, Albornoz PL, Alvarado M, Alvarez N, Andreone F, Araujo-Vieira K, Ascher JS, Baêta D, Baldo D, Bandeira SA, Barden P, Barrasso DA, Bendifallah L, Bockmann FA, Böhme W, Borkent A, Brandão CRF, Busack SD, Bybee SM, Channing A, Chatzimanolis S, Christenhusz MJM, Crisci JV, D’Elía G, da Costa LM, Davis SR, de Lucena CAS, Deuve T, Elizalde SF, Faivovich J, Farooq H, Ferguson AW, Gippoliti S, Gonçalves FMP, Gonzalez VH, Greenbaum E, Hinojosa-Díaz IA, Ineich I, Jiang J, Kahono S, Kury AB, Lohrmann V, Lucinda PHF, Lynch JD, Malécot V, Marques MP, Marris JWM, McKellar RC, Mendes LF, Nihei SS, Nishikawa K, Ohler A, Orrico VGD, Ota H, Paiva J, Parrinha D, Pauwels OSG, Pereyra MO, Pestana LB, Pinheiro PDP, Prendini L, Prokop J, Rasmussen C, Rödel M-O, Rodrigues MT, Rodríguez SM, Salatnaya H, Sampaio Í, Sánchez-García A, Shebl MA, Santos BS, Solórzano-Kraemer MM, Sousa ACA, Stoev P, Teta P, Trape J-F, dos Santos CV-D, Vasudevan K, Vink CJ, Vogel G, Wagner P, Wappler T, Ware JL, Wedmann S, Zacharie CK, Ziegler T. (2021). The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (2): 381-387. LINK

61. Young MT, Sachs S. (2021). Evidence of thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs in the Portland Stone Formation (Late Jurassic) of England, and a discussion on Cretaceous teleosauroids. Historical Biology 33 (9): 1473-1476. LINK

60. Sachs S, Young MT, Abel P, Mallison H. (2021). A new species of Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) based upon a remarkably well-preserved  skeleton from the Upper Jurassic of Germany. Palaeontologia Electronica 24 (2): a24. LINK

59. Schwab JA, Young MT, Herrera Y, Witmer LM, Walsh S, Katsamenis OL, Brusatte SL. (2021). The braincase and inner ear of 'Metriorhynchus' cf. brachyrhynchus – implications  for aquatic sensory adaptations in crocodylomorphs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41 (1): e1912062. LINK

58. Young MT,  Brignon A, Sachs S, Hornung J, Foffa D, Kitson JJN, Johnson MM, Steel L. (2021). Cutting the Gordian knot: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph Metriorhynchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (2): 510-553. LINK

57. Madzia D, Sachs S, Young MT, Lukeneder A, Skupien P. (2021). Evidence of two lineages of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs in the Lower Cretaceous of the Czech Republic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (2): 357-367. LINK

56. Kean KJ, Foffa D, Johnson MM, Young MT, Greitens G, Brusatte SL. (2021). First and most northern occurrence of a thalattosuchian crocodylomorph from the Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 57 (1):  sjg2020-013. LINK

55. Johnson MM, Young MT,  Brusatte SL. (2020). The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution. PeerJ 8:e9808. LINK

54. Young MT, Sachs S, Abel P, Foffa D, Herrera Y, Kitson JJN. (2020). Convergent evolution and possible constraint in the posterodorsal retraction of the external nares in pelagic crocodylomorphs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (2): 494–520. LINK

53. Young MT, Steel L, Foffa D, Etches S. (2020). Macroevolutionary trends in the genus Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha, Metriorhynchidae) and discovery of a giant specimen from the Late Jurassic of Kimmeridge, UK. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (2): 483–493.  LINK

52. Johnson MM, Young MT, Brusatte SL. (2020). Re-description of two contemporaneous mesorostrine teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Bathonian of England, and insights into the early evolution of Machimosaurini. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (2): 449–482. LINK

51. Johnson MM, Young MT, Brusatte SL. (2020). Emptying the wastebasket: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph Steneosaurus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (2): 428–448. LINK

50. Puértolas-Pascual E, Young MT, Brochu CA. (2020). Introducing the First European Symposium on the Evolution of Crocodylomorpha. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (2): 419–427. LINK

49. Sachs S, Young MT, Hornung J. (2020). The enigma of Enaliosuchus, and a reassessment of the Early Cretaceous fossil record of Metriorhynchidae. Cretaceous Research 114: 104479. LINK

48. Schwab JA, Young MT, Neenan JM, Walsh SA, Witmer LM, Herrera Y, Allain R, Brochu C, Choiniere JN, Clark JM, Dollman KN, Etches S, Fritsch G, Gignac PM, Ruebenstahl A, Sachs S, Turner AH, Viganud P, Wilberg EW, Xing X, Zanno LE, Brusatte SL. (2020). Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to sea. PNAS 117 (19): 10422–10428.  LINK

47. Abel P, Sachs S, Young MT. (2020). Metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs  the lower Kimmeridgian of Southern Germany: evidence for a new large-bodied geosaurin lineage in Europe. Alcheringa 44 (2): 312–326. LINK

46. Séon N, Amiot R, Martin J, Young MT, Middleton H, Fourel F, Picot L, Valentin X, Lecuyer C. (2020). Thermophysiologies of Jurassic marine crocodylomorphs inferred from the oxygen isotope compositions of their tooth apatites. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190139. LINK

45. Sachs S, Johnson MM, Young MT, Abel P.  (2019). The mystery of Mystriosaurus Kaup, 1834: redescribing the poorly known Early Jurassic teleosauroid thalattosuchians Mystriosaurus laurillardi Kaup, 1834 and Steneosaurus brevior Blake, 1876. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (3): 565–579. LINK

44. Sachs S, Young MT, Abel P, Mallison H. (2019). A new species of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph Cricosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (2) 343–356.  LINK

43. Foffa D, Johnson MM, Young MT, Steel L, Brusatte SL. (2019). A revision of the deep-water teleosauroid crocodylomorph Teleosaurus megarhinus Hulke, 1871 from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England, UK. PeerJ 7:e6646. LINK

42. Johnson MM, Young MT, Brusatte SL, Thuy B, Weis R. (2019).  A catalogue of teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Toarcian and Bajocian of southern Luxembourg. Historical Biology 31 (9): 1179–1194. LINK

41. Foffa D, Young MT, Stubbs TL, Dexter KG, Brusatte SL. (2018). The long-term ecology and evolution of marine reptiles in a Jurassic seaway. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 1548–1555.  LINK

40. Foffa D, Young MT, Brusatte SL. (2018). Filling the Corallian gap: new information on the Late Jurassic marine reptile faunas of England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63 (2): 287–313. LINK

39. Ősi M, Young MT, Galácz A, Rabi M. (2018). A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adaptations in Metriorhynchoidea. PeerJ 6:e4668. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

38. Ristevski J, Young MT, Andrade MB, Hastings AK. (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. LINK

37. Foffa D, Young MT, Brusatte SL, Graham MR, Steel L. (2018). A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxford Clay Formation (Middle Jurassic) of England, with implications for the origin and diversification of Geosaurini. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 (13): 1123-1143. LINK

36. Johnson MM, Young MT, Steel L, Foffa D, Smith AS, Hua S, Havlik P, Howlett EA, Dyke G. (2018). Re-description of 'Steneosaurus' obustidens Andrews, 1909, an unusual macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of England. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182 (2): 385–418. LINK

35. Yi H, Tennant JP, Young MT, Challands TJ, Foffa D, Hudson JD, Ross DA, Brusatte SL. (2017). An unusual small-bodied crocodyliform from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland, UK, and potential evidence for an early diversification of advanced neosuchians. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107: 1–12. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

34. Young MT, Hastings AK, Allain R, Smith TJ. (2017). Revision of the enigmatic crocodyliform Elosuchus felixi de Lapparent de Broin, 2002 from the Lower–Upper Cretaceous boundary of Niger: potential evidence for an early origin of the clade Dyrosauridae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 377–403. LINK

33. Young MT, Rabi M, Bell MA, Steel L, Foffa D, 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 19.3.30A: 1–14. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

32. Brusatte SL, Muir A, Young MT, Walsh S, Witmer L, Steel L. (2016). The braincase and neurosensory anatomy of an Early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph: implications for crocodilian sinus evolution and sensory transitions. The Anatomical Record 299: 1511–1530. LINK

31. Young MT, Tennant JP, Brusatte SL, Challands TJ, Fraser NC, Clark NDL, Ross DA. (2016). The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (2): 443–462. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

30. Foffa D, Young MT, Brusatte SL. (2015). Evidence of macrophagous teleosaurid crocodylomorphs in the Corallian Group (Oxfordian, Late Jurassic) of the UK. PeerJ 3: e1497. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

29. Young MT, Beatty BL, Brusatte SL, Steel L. (2015). First evidence of denticulated dentition in teleosaurid crocodylomorphs. Acta Palaeontological Polonica 60: 661–671. LINK

28. Chiarenza A, Foffa D, Young MT, Insacco G, Cau A, Carnevale G, Catanzariti R. (2015). The youngest record of metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs, with implications for the extinction of Thalattosuchia. Cretaceous Research 56: 608–616. LINK

27. Johnson MM, Young MT, Steel L, Lepage Y. (2015). Steneosaurus edwardsi (Thalattosuchia, Teleosauridae), the largest crocodylomorph of the Middle Jurassic. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115 (4): 911–918. LINK

26. Young MT, Steel L, Rigby MP, Howlett EA, Humphrey S. (2015). Largest known specimen of the genus Dakosaurus (Metriorhynchidae: Geosaurini) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England, and an overview of Dakosaurus specimens discovered from this formation (including reworked specimens from the Woburn Sands Formation). Historical Biology 27 (7): 947–953. LINK

25. Brusatte SL, Young MT, Challands TJ, Clark NDL, Fischer V, Fraser NC, Liston JL, MacFadyen C, Ross DA, Walsh S, Wilkinson M. (2015). Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 51 (1): 43–55. LINK

24. Young MT, Hua S, Steel L, Foffa D, Brusatte SL, Thüring S, Mateus O, Ruiz-Omeñaca JI, Havlik P, Lepage Y, Andrade MB. (2015). Addendum to 'Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia)'.  Royal Society Open Science 2 (2): 150024. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

23. Palmer C, Young MT. (2015). Surface drag reduction and flow separation control in pelagic vertebrates, with implications for identifying such morphologies in fossil taxa. Royal Society Open Science 2 (1): 140163. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

22. 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. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

21. 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. LINK

20. Young MT, Hua S, Steel L, Foffa D, Brusatte SL, Thüring S, Mateus O, Ruiz-Omeñaca JI, Havlik P, Lepage Y, Andrade MB. (2014). Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia).  Royal Society Open Science 1 (2): 140222. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

19. Foffa D, Young MT. (2014). The cranial osteology of Tyrannoneustes lythrodectikos (Crocodylomorpha: Metriorhynchidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Europe. PeerJ 2: e608. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

18. Young MT, Steel L, Middleton H. (2014). Evidence of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph genus Geosaurus in the Lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England. Historical Biology 26 (5): 551–555. LINK

17. Young MT, Steel L. (2014). Evidence for the teleosaurid crocodylomorph genus Machimosaurus in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England. Historical Biology 26 (4): 472–479. LINK

16. Young MT, Andrade MB, 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 / Nouvelle description d'un "téléosauridé" hypothétique de France et implications sur la survie des métriorhynchidés et des téléosauridés au passage Jurassique-Crétacé. Annales de Paléontologie 100 (2): 165–174. LINK

15. Young MT. (2014). Filling the 'Corallian Gap': re-description of a metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Headington, England. Historical Biology 26 (1): 80–90. LINK

14. Young MT, Andrade MB, Etches S, Beatty BL. (2013). A new metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Lower Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) of England, with implications for the evolution of dermatocranium ornamentation in Geosaurini. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (4): 820–848. LINK

13. Buchy M-C, Young MT, Andrade MB. (2013). A new specimen of Cricosaurus saltillensis (Crocodylomorpha: Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Mexico: evidence for craniofacial convergence within Metriorhynchidae. Oryctos 10: 9–21. LINK

12. Young MT, Andrade MB, Brusatte SL, Sakamoto M, Liston J. (2013). The oldest known metriorhynchid super-predator: a new genus and species from the Middle Jurassic of England, with implications for serration and mandibular evolution in predacious clades. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 (4): 475–513.LINK

11. Parrilla-Bel J, Young MT, Moreno-Azanza M, Canudo JI. (2013). The first metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from the Middle Jurassic of Spain, with implication for  evolution of the subclade Rhacheosaurini. PLoS ONE  8 (1): e54275. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

10.  Parrilla-Bel J, Young MT, Puértolas E, Canudo JI, Cruzado-Caballero P, Gasca JM, Moreno-Azanza M. (2012). Descripción de un resto craneal de reptil marino de la Formación Blesa (Barremiense inferior) de la localidad de Josa (Teruel). Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología: 28: 241–243.

9. Young MT, Brusatte SL, Andrade MB, Desojo JB, Beatty BL, Steel L, Fernández MS, Sakamoto M, Ruiz-Omeñaca JI, Schoch RR. (2012). 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.LINK to OPEN-ACCESS

8. Young MT, Rayfield EJ, Holliday CM, Witmer LM, Button DJ, Upchurch P, Barrett PM. (2012). Cranial biomechanics of Diplodocus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda): testing hypotheses of feeding behaviour in an extinct megaherbivore. Naturwissenschaften 99 (8): 637–643. LINK

7. Young MT, Brusatte SL, Beatty BL, Andrade MB, Desojo JB. (2012). Tooth-on-tooth interlocking occlusion suggests macrophagy in the Mesozoic marine crocodylomorph Dakosaurus. The Anatomical Record 295 (7): 1147–1158. LINK

6. Young MT, Bell MA, Andrade MB, Brusatte SL. (2011). Body size estimation and evolution in metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs: implications for species diversification and niche partitioning. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4): 1199–1216. LINK

5. Young MT, Bell MA, Brusatte SL. (2011). Craniofacial form and function in Metriorhynchidae (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia): modelling phenotypic evolution with maximum likelihood methods. Biology Letters 7 (6): 913–916. LINK  Link to supplementary material

4. Andrade MB, Young MT, Desojo JB, Brusatte SL. (2010). The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) based on evidence from microscopic denticle morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (5): 1451–1465. LINK

3. Young MT, Brusatte SL, Ruta M, Andrade MB. (2010). The evolution of Metriorhynchoidea (Mesoeucrocodylia, Thalattosuchia): an integrated approach using geometrics morphometrics, analysis of disparity and biomechanics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (4): 801–859. LINK

2. Young MT, Andrade MB. (2009). What is Geosaurus? Redescription of Geosaurus giganteus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Bayern, Germany. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (3): 551–585. LINK  link to supplementary material

1. Wilkinson LE, Young MT, Benton MJ. (2008). A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK. Palaeontology 51 (6): 1307–1333. LINK

3. Young MT, Steel L. (2020). Chapter 7: Crocodiles. In: Martill DM & Etches S. (eds) Fossils of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation, volume two. Palaeontological Association Field Guide 16. 194 pp.

2. Young MT, Steel L. (2019). Chapter 19: Reptiles – Crocodylomorphs. In: Lord AR. (ed.) Fossils from the Lias of the Yorkshire Coast. Palaeontological Association Field Guide 15. 403 pp.

1. Young MT, Larvan MD. (2010). Chapter 11: Macroevolutionary trends in the skull of sauropodomorph dinosaurs - the largest terrestrial animals to have ever lived. In: Elewa AMT. (ed.) Morphometrics for Non-morphometricans. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 124, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg: 259–269. LINK

4. Abel P, Sachs S, Young MT. (2021). Das Drügendorfer Krokodil: ein fränkischer Riese mit europaweiter Verwandtschaft. Fossilien 5: 24–31.

3. Young MT. (2018). It's a sea change. The Biologist 65 (5): 12–15. LINK

2. Young MT, Sachs S, Abel P. (2018). Fossil Focus: Thalattosuchia. Palaeontology Online 8 (5): 1–13. LINK to OPEN-ACCESS   

1. Young MT, Sachs S, Abel P. (2018). Einblicke in die Evolution der Thalattosuchier – Meereskrokodile des Mesozoikums. Fossilien 3: 16–23.