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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2021
Journal Article
Timing of Neanderthal occupations in the southeastern margins of the Massif Central (France): A multi-method approach
Richard, Maïlys, Pons-Branchu, Edwige, Genuite, Kim, Jaillet, Stéphane, Joannes-Boyau, Renaud, Wang, Ningsheng, Genty, Dominique, Cheng, Hai, Price, Gilbert J., Pierre, Monique, Dapoigny, Arnaud, Falguères, Christophe, Tombret, Olivier, Voinchet, Pierre, Bahain, Jean-Jacques and Moncel, Marie-Hélène (2021). Timing of Neanderthal occupations in the southeastern margins of the Massif Central (France): A multi-method approach. Quaternary Science Reviews, 273 107241, 107241. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107241
2021
Journal Article
Taxonomy, taphonomy and chronology of the Pleistocene faunal assemblage at Ngalau Gupin cave, Sumatra
Smith, Holly E., Price, Gilbert J., Duval, Mathieu, Westaway, Kira, Zaim, Jahdi, Rizal, Yan, Aswan, , Puspaningrum, Mika Rizki, Trihascaryo, Agus, Stewart, Mathew and Louys, Julien (2021). Taxonomy, taphonomy and chronology of the Pleistocene faunal assemblage at Ngalau Gupin cave, Sumatra. Quaternary International, 603, 40-63. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.05.005
2021
Journal Article
New ages of the world's largest-ever marsupial: Diprotodon optatum from Pleistocene Australia
Price, Gilbert J., Fitzsimmons, Kathryn E., Nguyen, Ai Duc, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Sobbe, Ian H., Godthelp, Henk, Archer, Michael and Hand, Suzanne J. (2021). New ages of the world's largest-ever marsupial: Diprotodon optatum from Pleistocene Australia. Quaternary International, 603, 64-73. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.06.013
2021
Journal Article
High-resolution high-throughput thermal neutron tomographic imaging of fossiliferous cave breccias from Sumatra
Smith, Holly E., Bevitt, Joseph J., Zaim, Jahdi, Rizal, Yan, Aswan, , Puspaningrum, Mika Rizki, Trihascaryo, Agus, Price, Gilbert J., Webb, Gregory E. and Louys, Julien (2021). High-resolution high-throughput thermal neutron tomographic imaging of fossiliferous cave breccias from Sumatra. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 19953, 19953. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99290-0
2021
Journal Article
Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting
Peters, Carli, Richter, Kristine K., Manne, Tiina, Dortch, Joe, Paterson, Alistair, Travouillon, Kenny, Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J., Petraglia, Michael, Crowther, Alison and Boivin, Nicole (2021). Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (10) 211229, 211229. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211229
2021
Journal Article
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. (2021). Multiple hominin dispersals into Southwest Asia over the past 400,000 years. Nature, 597 (7876), 376-380. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03863-y
2021
Journal Article
First record of a tomistomine crocodylian from Australia
Ristevski, Jorgo, Price, Gilbert J., Weisbecker, Vera and Salisbury, Steven W. (2021). First record of a tomistomine crocodylian from Australia. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 12158 , 12158. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91717-y
2021
Journal Article
The vertebrate fossil collection record from the Chinchilla Sand, South–East Queensland, 1844-2021
Wilkinson, Joanne E., Queensland Museum, Spring, Kristen D., Dunn, T. L., Price, Gilbert J. and Louys, J. (2021). The vertebrate fossil collection record from the Chinchilla Sand, South–East Queensland, 1844-2021. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, 63, 11-25. doi: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.63.2021.2020-07
2021
Journal Article
Space-time equivalence in the fossil record, with a case study from Pleistocene Australia
Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J. and Travouillon, Kenny J. (2021). Space-time equivalence in the fossil record, with a case study from Pleistocene Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 253 106764, 106764. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106764
2021
Journal Article
Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology of the Atambua Basin, West Timor, Indonesia
Hidayah, Ati Rati, Wibowo, Unggul Prasetyo, Purwoarminta, Ananta, Price, Gilbert J. and Noerwidi, Sofwan (2021). Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology of the Atambua Basin, West Timor, Indonesia. Quaternary International, 603, 82-89. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.01.023
2021
Journal Article
Crocodile tooth hstology from a Pliocene deposit in Chinchilla, Queensland
Campbell, Bryce, Price, Gilbert J., Louys, Julien and Miszkiewicz, Justyna J. (2021). Crocodile tooth hstology from a Pliocene deposit in Chinchilla, Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 129. doi: 10.53060/prsq.2021.2
2020
Journal Article
Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886
Ristevski, Jorgo , Yates, Adam M. , Price, Gilbert J. , Molnar, Ralph E. , Weisbecker, Vera and Salisbury, Steven W. (2020). Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886. PeerJ, 8 e10466, e10466. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10466
2020
Journal Article
Late quaternary fossil vertebrates of the broken river karst area, Northern Queensland, Australia
Price, Gilbert J., Cramb, Jonathan, Louys, Julien, Travouillon, Kenny J., Pease, Eleanor M.A., Feng, Yue-Xing, Zhao, Jian-Xin and Irvin, Douglas (2020). Late quaternary fossil vertebrates of the broken river karst area, Northern Queensland, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 72 (5), 193-206. doi: 10.3853/J.2201-4349.72.2020.1723
2020
Journal Article
Fossil uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from central Queensland, with a description of a new middle pleistocene species
Cramb, Jonathan, Hocknull, Scott A. and Price, Gilbert J. (2020). Fossil uromys (Rodentia: Murinae) from central Queensland, with a description of a new middle pleistocene species. Records of the Australian Museum, 72 (5), 175-191. doi: 10.3853/J.2201-4349.72.2020.1731
2020
Journal Article
Human footprints provide snapshot of last interglacial ecology in the Arabian interior
Stewart, Mathew, Clark-Wilson, Richard, Breeze, Paul S., Janulis, Klint, Candy, Ian, Armitage, Simon J., Ryves, David B., Louys, Julien, Duval, Mathieu, Price, Gilbert J., Cuthbertson, Patrick, Bernal, Marco A., Drake, Nick A., Alsharekh, Abdullah M., Zahrani, Badr, Al-Omari, Abdulaziz, Roberts, Patrick, Groucutt, Huw S. and Petraglia, Michael D. (2020). Human footprints provide snapshot of last interglacial ecology in the Arabian interior. Science Advances, 6 (38) eaba8940, eaba8940. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8940
2020
Journal Article
Sumatran orangutan diets in the late pleistocene as inferred from dental microwear texture analysis
Louys, Julien, Zaim, Yahdi, Rizal, Yan, Aswan, , Puspaningrum, Mika, Trihascaryo, Agus, Price, Gilbert J., Petherick, Ansley, Scholtz, Elinor and DeSantis, Larisa R.G. (2020). Sumatran orangutan diets in the late pleistocene as inferred from dental microwear texture analysis. Quaternary International, 603, 74-81. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.040
2020
Journal Article
Humerus midshaft histology in a modern and fossil wombat
Walker, Meg M., Louys, Julien, Herries, Andy I. R., Price, Gilbert J. and Miszkiewicz, Justyna J. (2020). Humerus midshaft histology in a modern and fossil wombat. Australian Mammalogy, 43 (1), 30-39. doi: 10.1071/AM20005
2020
Journal Article
Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration
Hocknull, Scott A., Lewis, Richard, Arnold, Lee J., Pietsch, Tim, Joannes-Boyau, Renaud, Price, Gilbert J., Moss, Patrick, Wood, Rachel, Dosseto, Anthony, Louys, Julien, Olley, Jon and Lawrence, Rochelle A. (2020). Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2250, 2250. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15785-w
2020
Journal Article
3D morphometric analysis reveals similar ecomorphs for early kangaroos (Macropodidae) and fanged kangaroos (Balbaridae) from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia
Butler, Kaylene, Travouillon, Kenny J., Evans, Alistair R., Murphy, Laura, Price, Gilbert J., Archer, Michael, Hand, Suzanne J. and Weisbecker, Vera (2020). 3D morphometric analysis reveals similar ecomorphs for early kangaroos (Macropodidae) and fanged kangaroos (Balbaridae) from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 28 (2), 199-219. doi: 10.1007/s10914-020-09507-8
2019
Journal Article
Somewhere beyond the sea: human cranial remains from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Alor Island, Indonesia) provide insights on Late Pleistocene peopling of Island Southeast Asia
Samper Carro, Sofía C., Gilbert, Felicity, Bulbeck, D., O'Connor, Sue, Louys, Julien, Spooner, N., Questiaux, Danielle, Arnold, Lee, Price, Gilbert J., Wood, Rachel and Mahirta, (2019). Somewhere beyond the sea: human cranial remains from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Alor Island, Indonesia) provide insights on Late Pleistocene peopling of Island Southeast Asia. Journal of Human Evolution, 134 102638, 102638. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.07.002
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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