Dr Gilbert Price
Dr

Gilbert Price

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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.

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Dr Gilbert Price is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Biological Sciences Earth Sciences Ecology Geochemistry Geochronology Geology Palaeoecology Palaeontology (incl. palynology) Sedimentology Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis)

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.

Search Professor Gilbert Price’s works on UQ eSpace

119 works between 2002 and 2025
All (119) Journal Article (102) Book Chapter (6) Conference Publication (7) Other Outputs (4)

101 - 119 of 119 works

2011

Journal Article

Invictokoala monticola gen. et sp. nov. (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia), a Pleistocene plesiomorphic koala holdover from Oligocene ancestor

Price, Gilbert J. and Hocknull, Scott A. (2011). Invictokoala monticola gen. et sp. nov. (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia), a Pleistocene plesiomorphic koala holdover from Oligocene ancestor. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 9 (2), 327-335. doi: 10.1080/14772019.2010.504079

Invictokoala monticola gen. et sp. nov. (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia), a Pleistocene plesiomorphic koala holdover from Oligocene ancestor

2011

Journal Article

Dating megafaunal extinction on the Pleistocene Darling Downs, eastern Australia: The promise and pitfalls of dating as a test of extinction hypotheses

Price, Gilbert J., Webb, Gregory E., Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing, Murray, Andrew S., Cooke, Bernard N., Hocknull, Scott A. and Sobbe, Ian H. (2011). Dating megafaunal extinction on the Pleistocene Darling Downs, eastern Australia: The promise and pitfalls of dating as a test of extinction hypotheses. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30 (7-8), 899-914. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.01.011

Dating megafaunal extinction on the Pleistocene Darling Downs, eastern Australia: The promise and pitfalls of dating as a test of extinction hypotheses

2011

Journal Article

Morphological variation within an individual Pleistocene Diprotodon optatum Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontinae; Marsupialia): Implications for taxonomy within diprotodontoids

Price, Gilbert J. and Sobbe, Ian H. (2011). Morphological variation within an individual Pleistocene Diprotodon optatum Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontinae; Marsupialia): Implications for taxonomy within diprotodontoids. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 35 (1), 21-29. doi: 10.1080/03115511003793553

Morphological variation within an individual Pleistocene Diprotodon optatum Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontinae; Marsupialia): Implications for taxonomy within diprotodontoids

2010

Journal Article

Heavy metal pollution recorded in Porites corals from Daya Bay, northern South China Sea

Chen, Tian-Ran, Yu, Ke-Fu, Li, Shu, Price, Gilbert J., Shi, Qi and Wei, Gang-Jian (2010). Heavy metal pollution recorded in Porites corals from Daya Bay, northern South China Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 70 (3-4), 318-326. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.06.004

Heavy metal pollution recorded in Porites corals from Daya Bay, northern South China Sea

2009

Journal Article

Gigantism of the Australian Diprotodon Owen 1838 (Marsupialia, Diprotodontoidea) through the Pleistocene

Price, G.J. and Piper, K.J. (2009). Gigantism of the Australian Diprotodon Owen 1838 (Marsupialia, Diprotodontoidea) through the Pleistocene. Journal of Quaternary Science, 24 (8), 1029-1038. doi: 10.1002/jqs.1285

Gigantism of the Australian Diprotodon Owen 1838 (Marsupialia, Diprotodontoidea) through the Pleistocene

2009

Journal Article

Twenty-five years of change in scleractinian coral communities of Daya Bay (northern South China Sea) and its response to the 2008 AD extreme cold climate event

Chen, TR, Yu, KF, Shi, Q, Li, S, Price, GJ, Wang, R, Zhao, MX, Chen, TG and Zhao, JX (2009). Twenty-five years of change in scleractinian coral communities of Daya Bay (northern South China Sea) and its response to the 2008 AD extreme cold climate event. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54 (12), 2107-2117. doi: 10.1007/s11434-009-0007-8

Twenty-five years of change in scleractinian coral communities of Daya Bay (northern South China Sea) and its response to the 2008 AD extreme cold climate event

2009

Journal Article

New Records of Plio-Pleistocene Koalas from Australia: Palaeoecological and Taxonomic Implications

Price, GJ, Zhao, JX, Feng, YX and Hocknull, SA (2009). New Records of Plio-Pleistocene Koalas from Australia: Palaeoecological and Taxonomic Implications. Records of the Australian Museum, 61 (1), 39-48. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1518

New Records of Plio-Pleistocene Koalas from Australia: Palaeoecological and Taxonomic Implications

2009

Journal Article

New U/Th ages for Pleistocene megafauna deposits of southeastern Queensland, Australia

Price, G. J., Zhao, J. X., Feng, Y. X. and Hocknull, S. A. (2009). New U/Th ages for Pleistocene megafauna deposits of southeastern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 34 (2), 190-197. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.04.008

New U/Th ages for Pleistocene megafauna deposits of southeastern Queensland, Australia

2009

Conference Publication

Pre-Human climatic forcing for late pleistocene megafaunal extinction: Evidence from the Darling Downs, Eastern Australia

Price, Gilbert, Webb, Gregory, Zhao, Jian-xin, Feng, Yue-xing and Hocknull, Scott (2009). Pre-Human climatic forcing for late pleistocene megafaunal extinction: Evidence from the Darling Downs, Eastern Australia. Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Fifty-Seventh Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Bristol, United Kingdom, 23-26 September 2009. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2009.10411818

Pre-Human climatic forcing for late pleistocene megafaunal extinction: Evidence from the Darling Downs, Eastern Australia

2008

Journal Article

Is the modern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) a derived dwarf of a Pleistocene giant? Implications for testing megafauna extinction hypotheses

Price, G. J. (2008). Is the modern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) a derived dwarf of a Pleistocene giant? Implications for testing megafauna extinction hypotheses. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27 (27-28), 2516-2521. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.026

Is the modern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) a derived dwarf of a Pleistocene giant? Implications for testing megafauna extinction hypotheses

2008

Journal Article

Taxonomy and palaeobiology of the largest-ever marsupial, Diprotodon Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia)

Price, G. J. (2008). Taxonomy and palaeobiology of the largest-ever marsupial, Diprotodon Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia). Zoological Journal of Linnean Society, 153 (2), 389-417.

Taxonomy and palaeobiology of the largest-ever marsupial, Diprotodon Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia)

2008

Journal Article

Taxonomy and palaeobiology of the largest-ever marsupial, Diprotodon Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia)

Price, Gilbert J. (2008). Taxonomy and palaeobiology of the largest-ever marsupial, Diprotodon Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 153 (2), 369-397. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00387.x

Taxonomy and palaeobiology of the largest-ever marsupial, Diprotodon Owen, 1838 (Diprotodontidae, Marsupialia)

2007

Journal Article

Cryptic meteoric diagenesis in freshwater bivalves: Implications for radiocarbon dating

Webb, Gregory E., Price, Gilbert J., Nothdurft, Luke D., Deer, Linda and Rintoul, Llew (2007). Cryptic meteoric diagenesis in freshwater bivalves: Implications for radiocarbon dating. Geology, 35 (9), 803-806. doi: 10.1130/G23823A.1

Cryptic meteoric diagenesis in freshwater bivalves: Implications for radiocarbon dating

2006

Journal Article

Late Pleistocene sedimentology, taphonomy and megafauna extinction on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland

Price, G. J. and Webb, G. E. (2006). Late Pleistocene sedimentology, taphonomy and megafauna extinction on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53 (6), 947-970. doi: 10.1080/08120090600880842

Late Pleistocene sedimentology, taphonomy and megafauna extinction on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland

2005

Journal Article

Pleistocene Palaeoecology and Environmental Change on the Darling Downs, Southeastern Queensland, Australia

Price, Gilbert J. and Sobbe, Ian H. (2005). Pleistocene Palaeoecology and Environmental Change on the Darling Downs, Southeastern Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 51 (1), 171-201.

Pleistocene Palaeoecology and Environmental Change on the Darling Downs, Southeastern Queensland, Australia

2005

Journal Article

Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia

Price, Gilbert J. (2005). Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2 (4), 347-356. doi: 10.1017/S1477201904001476

Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia

2005

Journal Article

A small adult Palorchestes (Marsupialia, Palorchestidae) from the Pleistocene of the Darling Downs, southeast Queensland

Price, G. J. and Hocknull, S. A. (2005). A small adult Palorchestes (Marsupialia, Palorchestidae) from the Pleistocene of the Darling Downs, southeast Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 51 (1), 202-202.

A small adult Palorchestes (Marsupialia, Palorchestidae) from the Pleistocene of the Darling Downs, southeast Queensland

2005

Journal Article

Pleistocene frogs from the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, and their palaeoenvironmental significance

Price, Gilbert J., Tyler, Michael J. and Cooke, Bernard N. (2005). Pleistocene frogs from the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Alcheringa, 29 (1), 171-182. doi: 10.1080/03115510508619566

Pleistocene frogs from the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, and their palaeoenvironmental significance

2002

Journal Article

Perameles sobbei, sp. nov. (Marsupialia, Peramelidae), a Pleistocene bandicoot from the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland

Price, Gilbert J. (2002). Perameles sobbei, sp. nov. (Marsupialia, Peramelidae), a Pleistocene bandicoot from the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 48 (1), 193-197.

Perameles sobbei, sp. nov. (Marsupialia, Peramelidae), a Pleistocene bandicoot from the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Human use of early tropical forest ecosystems (externally administered via Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Deep time extinctions and environments in Australian underwater caves (ARC Linkage administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023
    Dating Holocene tufa deposits, major climate change on the Darling Downs, Queensland
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Isotopic dating and geochemical characterization of calcite veins in the Tarim Bacin for paleo-fluid reconstructions
    Max Planck institute for Chemical Ecology
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Zooming In, Zooming Out: High-Definition Multi-Scalar Technologies in Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Environment
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2024
    Naracoorte Caves: a critical window on faunal extinctions and past climates (ARC Linkage Project administered by The University of Adelaide)
    University of Adelaide
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Genomic library infrastructure for ancient environmental samples (ARC LIEF grant administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry (CGMS) - Achieving excellence in isotope geochemistry and geochronology
    UQ Research Facilities Infrastructure Grants
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Using the fossil record to inform decisions related to threatened species recovery actions
    Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Next-generation multi-collector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) with laser-ablation capability for in situ high-throughput and high resolution isotope dating and characterizat
    UQ Major Research Facility Fund
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Confocal microscope for high-resolution microtopographic analysis of surfaces in historical, forensic and polymer sciences (ARC LIEF Grant administered by The Flinders University of South Australia)
    ARC LIEF Collaborating/Partner Organisation Contributions
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Developing reliable chronologies for extinct Australian Pleistocene megafauna from museum fossil collections
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    ResTeach Funding 2012 0.2 FTE School of Earth Sciences
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Understanding faunal responses to climate change and environmental perturbations through the Quaternary in northeastern Australia
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2011
    ResTeach 2011 0.2 FTE School of Earth Sciences
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Developing reliable chronologies for extinct Australian Pleistocene megafauna fossils from museum collections
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Environmental change in northern Cenozoic Australia: a multidisciplinary approach (ARC Linkage project administered by the University of NSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Establishing an AMS C-dated chronology for fossil faunas from Colosseum Cave, Mt Etna region, central eastern Queensland
    Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
    Open grant
  • 2009
    The future of palaeoclimate and archaeological research in Australia: next generation instrumentation for chronology and environmental reconstruction
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Determining the significance of Ned's Gully in the global megafauna extinction debate
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Constructing a temporally-constrained palaeoecological model of Quaternary faunal evolution and extinction in eastern Australia
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Constructing a temporally-constrained palaeoecological model of Quaternary faunal evoluation and extinction in eastern Australia
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Gilbert Price is:
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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Late Quaternary faunas and cave fossil deposits of north Queensland, Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Gregory Webb

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Late Quaternary faunas and cave fossil deposits of north Queensland, Australia

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Gregory Webb

Completed supervision

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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