Overview
Background
Gilbert Price is a Senior Lecturer in Palaeontology at The University of Queensland. He is a vertebrate palaeoecologist and geochronologist, particularly interested in the evolution and emergence of our planet’s unique ecosystems and fauna, and their response to prehistoric climatic changes. His major research focus has been on the development of palaeoecological models for Australia’s Cenozoic, especially the Quaternary megafauna. Critically, this also involves the production of reliably-dated records for the fossils that he studies. You can follow Gilbert on Twitter (@TheFatWombat) and read his reserach blog at www.diprotodon.com.
Availability
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor, Queensland University of Technology
- Bachelor (Honours), Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
Research impacts
Gilbert’s research is on track to have major impacts on and beyond the challenge of understanding megafaunal extinctions. His multidisciplinary studies span a wide breadth of distinctive research fields that include palaeoecology, geochronology, zoology and modern conservation. He already has and should continue to produce many more important, insightful publications that will significantly advance these fields as he continues to attract, and work with, a diverse range of national and international collaborators. The broad conclusions he is developing about the relationships between deep-time regional climate change and significant impacts on biodiversity have immediate relevance to some of the most worrying aspects of contemporary climate change.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Living on the edge: Abric Pizarro, a MIS 4 Neanderthal site in the lowermost foothills of the southeastern Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida, Iberian Peninsula)
Samper Carro, Sofia C., Vega Bolivar, Susana, Pizarro Barbera, Jezabel, Westbury, Eboni, Connor, Simon, Allué, Ethel, Benito-Calvo, Alfonso, Arnold, Lee J., Demuro, Martina, Price, Gilbert J., Martinez-Moreno, Jorge and Mora, Rafael (2024). Living on the edge: Abric Pizarro, a MIS 4 Neanderthal site in the lowermost foothills of the southeastern Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida, Iberian Peninsula). Journal of Archaeological Science, 169 106038, 106038. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106038
2024
Book Chapter
The material culture and heritage value of Lida Ajer Cave in West Sumatra
Price, Gilbert J., Drawhorn, Gerrell M., O’Connor, Sue, Zaim, Yahdi, Rizal, Yan, Puspaningrum, Mika R., Hascaryo, Agus Tri and Louys, Julien (2024). The material culture and heritage value of Lida Ajer Cave in West Sumatra. Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra. (pp. 281-294) Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/ta56.2024.13
2024
Book Chapter
Investigating super osteons in fossil Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) bone from Bangka Island, southeastern Sumatra
Basilia, Pauline, Miszkiewicz, Justyna J., Zaim, Jahdi, Rizal, Yan, Puspangingrum, Mika R., Hascaryo, Agus Tri, Price, Gilbert J. and Louys, Julien (2024). Investigating super osteons in fossil Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) bone from Bangka Island, southeastern Sumatra. Quaternary palaeontology and archaeology of Sumatra. (pp. 183-198) edited by Julien Louys, Paul C.H. Albers and Alexandra A.E. van der Geer. Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/ta56.2024.08
2024
Journal Article
The microstratigraphy and depositional environments of Lida Ajer and Ngalau Gupin, two fossil-bearing tropical limestone caves of west Sumatra
Anderson, Holly E., Morley, Mike W., McAdams, Conor, Zaim, Jahdi, Rizal, Yan, Aswan,, Puspaningrum, Mika R., Hascaryo, Agus T., Price, Gilbert J. and Louys, Julien (2024). The microstratigraphy and depositional environments of Lida Ajer and Ngalau Gupin, two fossil-bearing tropical limestone caves of west Sumatra. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 259, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50975-8
2024
Book Chapter
Geochronology and palaeoenvironments of Sibrambang and Djambu caves, western Sumatra
Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J., Higgins, Pennilyn, de Vos, John, Zaim, Jahdi, Riza, Yan, Aswan, Puspaningrum, Mika Rizki, Hascaryo, Agus Tri, Drawhorn, Gerrell M. and Albers, Paul C.H. (2024). Geochronology and palaeoenvironments of Sibrambang and Djambu caves, western Sumatra. Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra. (pp. 99-119) Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/TA56.2024
2023
Journal Article
Bone collagen from subtropical Australia is preserved for more than 50,000 years
Peters, Carli, Wang, Yiming, Vakil, Vikram, Cramb, Jonathan, Dortch, Joe, Hocknull, Scott, Lawrence, Rochelle, Manne, Tiina, Monks, Carly, Rössner, Gertrud E., Ryan, Helen, Siversson, Mikael, Ziegler, Tim, Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J., Boivin, Nicole and Collins, Matthew J. (2023). Bone collagen from subtropical Australia is preserved for more than 50,000 years. Communications Earth and Environment, 4 (1) 438, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-01114-8
2023
Journal Article
Conservation implications of a new fossil species of hopping-mouse, Notomys magnus sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae), from the Broken River Region, northeastern Queensland
Vakil, Vikram, Cramb, Jonathan, Price, Gilbert J., Webb, Gregory E. and Louys, Julien (2023). Conservation implications of a new fossil species of hopping-mouse, Notomys magnus sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae), from the Broken River Region, northeastern Queensland. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 47 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/03115518.2023.2210192
2023
Journal Article
Geologically oldest evidence of ‘lumpy jaw’ (Macropod Progressive Periodontal Disease) in kangaroos of Australia: implications for conservation management
Price, Gilbert J., Louys, Julien and Wilkinson, Joanne E. (2023). Geologically oldest evidence of ‘lumpy jaw’ (Macropod Progressive Periodontal Disease) in kangaroos of Australia: implications for conservation management. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 47 (4), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/03115518.2023.2207624
2023
Journal Article
Migrations, diversifications and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia
Ristevski, Jorgo, Willis, Paul M. A., Yates, Adam M., White, Matt A., Hart, Lachlan J., Stein, Michael D., Price, Gilbert J. and Salisbury, Steven W. (2023). Migrations, diversifications and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 47 (4), 1-46. doi: 10.1080/03115518.2023.2201319
2023
Journal Article
Urrayira whitei gen. et sp. nov.: a dasyuromorphian (Mammalia: Marsupialia) with incipient zalambdodonty from the Middle Pleistocene of Queensland, Australia
Cramb, Jonathan, Hocknull, Scott, Beck, Robin M. D., Kealy, Shimona and Price, Gilbert J. (2023). Urrayira whitei gen. et sp. nov.: a dasyuromorphian (Mammalia: Marsupialia) with incipient zalambdodonty from the Middle Pleistocene of Queensland, Australia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 47 (4), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/03115518.2023.2169351
2023
Conference Publication
Paleoecology of the Plio-Pleistocene of Queensland: Ecological Shifts Evidenced From Fauna at the Darling Downs
DeSantis, Larisa, Price, Gilbert and Louys, Julien (2023). Paleoecology of the Plio-Pleistocene of Queensland: Ecological Shifts Evidenced From Fauna at the Darling Downs. 2nd Conservation Paleobiology Symposium, Gainesville, FL United States, 16-19 February 2023. Gainesville, FL United States: Florida Museum of Natural History. doi: 10.58782/flmnh.xztv9346
2023
Journal Article
Interim report on the vertebrate deposits recovered from the Capricorn Caves, Rockhampton, Queensland
Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Ferguson, Kyle, Kemp, Justine, Wood, Rachel, Miszkiewicz, Justyna J., Dias Guimarães, Nathalia R., Higgins, Pennilyn, Travouillon, Kenny J., Hocknull, Scott A., Webb, Gregory E. and Price, Gilbert J. (2023). Interim report on the vertebrate deposits recovered from the Capricorn Caves, Rockhampton, Queensland. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 47 (4), 1-28. doi: 10.1080/03115518.2022.2157486
2022
Journal Article
Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae)
Louys, Julien, Duval, Mathieu, Beck, Robin M. D., Pease, Eleanor, Sobbe, Ian, Sands, Noel and Price, Gilbert J. (2022). Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae). Papers in Palaeontology, 8 (6) e1475, 1-21. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1475
2022
Journal Article
Cranial anatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993
Ristevski, Jorgo, Weisbecker, Vera, Scanlon, John D., Price, Gilbert J. and Salisbury, Steven W. (2022). Cranial anatomy of the mekosuchine crocodylian Trilophosuchus rackhami Willis, 1993. The Anatomical Record, 306 (2), 239-297. doi: 10.1002/ar.25050
2022
Journal Article
Wandering mastodons reveal the complexity of Ice Age extinctions
Price, Gilbert J. (2022). Wandering mastodons reveal the complexity of Ice Age extinctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (28) e2208044119, 1-2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2208044119
2022
Journal Article
Bone histology in a fossil elephant (Elephas maximus) from Pulau Bangka, Indonesia
Basilia, Pauline, Miszkiewicz, Justyna J., Nganvongpanit, Korakot, Zaim, Jahdi, Rizal, Yan, St, Aswan, Puspaningrum, Mika R., Trihascaryo, Agus, Price, Gilbert J., van der Geer, Alexandra A.E. and Louys, Julien (2022). Bone histology in a fossil elephant (Elephas maximus) from Pulau Bangka, Indonesia. Historical Biology, 35 (8), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2092850
2022
Journal Article
Speleological and environmental history of Lida Ajer cave, western Sumatra
Louys, Julien, Duval, Mathieu, Price, Gilbert J., Westaway, Kira, Zaim, Yahdi, Rizal, Yan, Aswan, , Puspaningrum, Mika, Trihascaryo, Agus, Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M., Kwiecien, Ola, Cai, Yanjun, Higgins, Penny, Albers, Paul C. H., de Vos, John and Roberts, Patrick (2022). Speleological and environmental history of Lida Ajer cave, western Sumatra. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377 (1849) 20200494, 20200494. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0494
2022
Journal Article
Author Correction: Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years
Groucutt, Huw S., White, Tom S., Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Andrieux, Eric, Clark-Wilson, Richard, Breeze, Paul S., Armitage, Simon J., Stewart, Mathew, Drake, Nick, Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J., Duval, Mathieu, Parton, Ash, Candy, Ian, Carleton, W. Christopher, Shipton, Ceri, Jennings, Richard P., Zahir, Muhammad, Blinkhorn, James, Blockley, Simon, Al-Omari, Abdulaziz, Alsharekh, Abdullah M. and Petraglia, Michael D. (2022). Author Correction: Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years. Nature, 602 (7895), E15-E15. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04289-2
2021
Journal Article
Palaeontological surveys in Central Sumatra and Bangka
Louys, Julien, Zaim, Yahdi, Rizal, Yan, Price, Gilbert J., Aswan, Puspaningrum, Mika Rizki, Smith, Holly and Trihascaryo, Agus (2021). Palaeontological surveys in Central Sumatra and Bangka. Berita Sedimentologi: Indonesian Journal of Sedimentary Geology, 47 (3), 50-56. doi: 10.51835/bsed.2021.47.3.358
2021
Journal Article
New chronological constraints for the late Pleistocene fossil assemblage and associated breccia from Ngalau Sampit, Sumatra
Duval, Mathieu, Westaway, Kira, Zaim, Jahdi, Rizal, Yan, Aswan, , Puspaningrum, Mika Rizki, Trihascaryo, Agus, Albers, Paul C. H., Smith, Holly E., Drawhorn, Gerrell M., Price, Gilbert J. and Louys, Julien (2021). New chronological constraints for the late Pleistocene fossil assemblage and associated breccia from Ngalau Sampit, Sumatra. Open Quaternary, 7 (1) 9. doi: 10.5334/oq.96
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Late Quaternary faunas and cave fossil deposits of north Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gregory Webb
Completed supervision
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Early evolution of the kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes) from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area: phylogeny, palaeoecology, diversification and extinction
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
The application of geochemical analyses to interpret the diagenetic history and provenance of fossilised remains from Australia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Gregory Webb
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Radiolarians during the Ordovician
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jonathan Aitchison
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
New insights into the taxonomic diversity and evolution of crocodylians from the Cenozoic Era of Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Steven Salisbury
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Using native rodents to understand mammalian evolution and shape diversity in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Diana Fisher
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Gilbert Price directly for media enquiries about:
- Australian fauna
- Climate change
- Extinction
- Fauna - prehistoric
- Fossils
- Marsupials - prehistoric
- Megafauna
- palaeontology
- Pleistocene era
- Prehistoric fauna
- Prehistoric studies
- Quaternary era
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