Sam William Heads

Wang, B., Shi, G., Xu, C., Spicer, R. A., Perrichot, V., Schmidt, A. R., Feldberg, K., Heinrichs, J., Chény, C., Pang, H., Liu, X., Gao, T., Wang, Z., Ślipiński, A., Solórzano-Kraemer, M. M., Heads, S. W., Jared Thomas, M., Sadowski, E. M., Szwedo, J. & Azar, D. & 10 others, Nel, A., Liu, Y., Chen, J., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Q., Luo, C., Yu, T., Zheng, D., Zhang, H. & Engel, M. S., Apr 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 18, eabg0625.

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2020

A geochemical model for the preservation of insects in the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

Barling, N., Martill, D. M. & Heads, S. W., Dec 2020, In: Cretaceous Research. 116, 104608.

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Rescuing a lost damsel: a revised identity for the extinct true bug Miocoris fagi (Heteroptera)

Swanson, D. R. & Heads, S. W., Nov 1 2020, In: Palaeoentomology. 3, 6, p. 597-606 10 p.

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The first Orthoptera (Insecta) from the Triassic of China

Xu, C., Fang, Y., Heads, S., Zhang, Q., Jarzembowski, E. A. & Wang, B., Jan 2 2020, In: Alcheringa. 44, 1, p. 93-98 6 p.

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2019

The last batrachideine of Europe: A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Thomas, M. J., Skejo, J. & Heads, S. W., 2019, In: Zootaxa. 4686, 3, p. 435-445 11 p.

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2018

A fossil caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Eocene of Colorado

Robinson, J. L., Thomas, M. J. & Heads, S. W., Apr 4 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4403, 2, p. 389-394 6 p.

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A new genus and species of elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from cretaceous burmese amber

Heads, S. W., Jared Thomas, M. & Wang, Y., Dec 7 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4527, 4, p. 575-580 6 p.

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A systematic reappraisal of Araripeneuridae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea), with description of new species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil

Makarkin, V. N., Wedmann, S. & Heads, S. W., Apr 2018, In: Cretaceous Research. 84, p. 600-621 22 p.

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Comments on the neglected nymphs of mud crickets in the genus Mirhipipteryx (Caelifera: Tridactyloidea: Ripipterygidae)

Baena-Bejarano, N., Heads, S. W. & Taylor, S. J., Sep 27 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4486, 2, p. 180-188 9 p.

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First records of Dentridactylinae (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae) from Colombia, with description of two new species of Dentridactylus Günther

Baena-Bejarano, N. & Heads, S. W., Mar 29 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4402, 3, p. 575-584 10 p.

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The earliest Elcanidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) from the Upper Triassic of North America

Fang, Y., Muscente, A. D., Heads, S. W., Wang, B. & Xiao, S., Nov 1 2018, In: Journal of Paleontology. 92, 6, p. 1028-1034 7 p.

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The first Archelcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Liaoning, China

Fang, Y., Heads, S. W., Wang, H., Zhang, H. & Wang, B., Jun 2018, In: Cretaceous Research. 86, p. 129-134 6 p.

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2017

Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly-discovered in Illinois

Swanson, D. R., Taylor, S. J. & Heads, S. W., May 24 2017, In: Zootaxa. 4269, 4, p. 571-585 15 p.

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On the name of the oldest fossil mushroom

Heads, S. W., Miller, A. N. & Crane, J. L., Dec 1 2017, In: Mycological Progress. 16, 11-12, p. 1071-1072 2 p.

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Taxonomic study of the Cretaceous lacewing family Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea: Nymphidoidae), with description of new taxa

Makarkin, V. N., Heads, S. W. & Wedmann, S., Oct 2017, In: Cretaceous Research. 78, p. 149-160 12 p.

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The oldest fossil mushroom

Heads, S. W., Miller, A. N., Crane, J. L., Thomas, M. J., Ruffatto, D. M., Methven, A. S., Raudabaugh, D. B. & Wang, Y., Jun 2017, In: PloS one. 12, 6, e0178327.

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2016

The type specimen and generic placement of Tridactylus galla Saussure, 1895 (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tridactylidae)

Heads, S. W. & Hollier, J., Nov 15 2016, In: Zootaxa. 4193, 1, p. 195-196 2 p.

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2015

300 million years of diversification: Elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling

Song, H., Amédégnato, C., Cigliano, M. M., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Heads, S. W., Huang, Y., Otte, D. & Whiting, M. F., Dec 1 2015, In: Cladistics. 31, 6, p. 621-651 31 p.

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An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 6: The Rhaphidophoroidea, Stenopelmatoidea and Tettigonioidea

Hollier, J. & Heads, S. W., 2015, In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 122, 2, p. 307-323 17 p.

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High fidelity preservation of fossil insects from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

Barling, N., Martill, D. M., Heads, S. W. & Gallien, F., Jan 1 2015, In: Cretaceous Research. 52, PB, p. 605-622 18 p.

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Three new species of the genus ripipteryx from Colombia (Orthoptera, ripipterygidae)

Baena-Bejarano, N. & Heads, S. W., 2015, In: ZooKeys. 2015, 502, p. 129-143 15 p.

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2014

A remarkable new pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic

Heads, S. W., Thomas, M. J. & Yinan Wang, Y., Jul 30 2014, In: ZooKeys. 429, 30 July 2014, p. 87-100

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The type specimens of Orthoptera described by American entomologists in the collection of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève

Hollier, J. & Heads, S. W., Mar 2014, In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 121, 1, p. 63-76 14 p.

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2013

An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 5: Grylloidea

Hollier, J., Bruckner, H. & Heads, S. W., Sep 2013, In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 120, 3, p. 445-535 91 p.

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A new parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil: The first Mesozoic Pteromalidae

Barling, N., Heads, S. W. & Martill, D. M., Oct 2013, In: Cretaceous Research. 45, p. 258-264 7 p.

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2012

An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type specimens housed in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 1: The Tridactyloidea (Caelifera)

Hollier, J. & Heads, S. W., Jun 2012, In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 119, 2, p. 149-160 12 p.

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A new fossil cricket of the genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae)

Heads, S. W., Penney, D. & Green, D. I., 2012, In: ZooKeys. 229, p. 111-118 8 p.

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2011

On the placement of the Cretaceous orthopteran Brauckmannia groeningae from Brazil, withnotes on the relationships of Schizodactylidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera)

Heads, S. W. & Leuzinger, L., 2011, In: ZooKeys. 77, p. 17-30 14 p.

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2010

A new species of Ripipteryx from the Ecuadorian Andes (Orthoptera: Tridactyloidea: Ripipterygidae)

Heads, S. W., May 18 2010, In: Zootaxa. 2476, p. 23-29 7 p.

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New Tridactyloidea in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Caelifera)

Heads, S. W., 2010, In: Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France. 46, 1-2, p. 204-210 7 p.

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The first fossil spider cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Phalangopsinae): 20 million years of troglobiomorphosis or exaptation in the dark?

Heads, S. W., Jan 2010, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 158, 1, p. 56-65 10 p.

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2009

A new pygmy mole cricket in cretaceous amber from Burma (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae).

Heads, S. W., 2009, In: Denisia. 26, 2 April 2009, p. 75--82

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New pygmy grasshoppers in miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae).

Heads, S. W., 2009, In: Denisia. 26, 2 April 2009, p. 69--74

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Proposed conservation of the name Gastrimargus Saussure, 1884 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) threatened by an unused senior homonym

Heads, S. W. & Maehr, M. D., Oct 20 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2268, p. 65-68 4 p.

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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

Delclòs, X., Nel, A., Azar, D., Bechly, G., Dunlop, J. A., Engel, M. S. & Heads, S. W., 2008, In: Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen. 247, 3, p. 353-381 29 p.

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