Publications:

Will translated about 70 reports by Chinese paleontologists into English and posted them on the NAU server. Go to Translations for a list. If you can't download an article, email

Pete Winn

In addition, Will translated the following four reports that are not listed on the NAU server. If you can't find the original and want a copy, please email Pete Winn.

Li, Chuankuei; Wu, Wenyu and Qui, Zhuding. 1984. Chinese Neogene: Subdivision and Correlation. Vertebrata PalAsiatic, Vol 22, No. 3, July.

Sun, Ailin. 1980. Late Permian and Triassic Terrestrial Tetrapods of North China. Vertebrata PalAsiatic, Vol. 18, No.2, April.

Zheng, Shaohua; Wu, Wenyu; Yi; Li and Wang, Guodao. 1985. Late Cenozoic Mammalian Faunas of Guide and Gonghe Basins, Qinghai Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatic, Vol 23, No. 2, April.

Zong, Guanfu. 1984. Abundant Mammalian Fossils Discovered in the Hengduan Mountains Region. Vertebrata PalAsiatic, Vol 22, No. 2, April, pp 157-158.

Will is also one of the authors of the following articles. If you can't find the article, contact Jon A. Baskin at the Department of Biology of Texas A&M University-Kingsville (jon.baskin at tamuk.edu).

Badgley, Catherine; Downs, W. and Flynn, L. J. 1998. Taphonomy of small-mammal fossil assemblages from the middle Miocene Chinji Formation, Siwalik Group, Pakistan. IN: Y. Tomida, L.J. Flynn, L.L. Jacobs (eds.), Advances in Vertebrate Paleontology and Geochronology. National Science Museum Monograph 14: 145-166.

Brunet, Michel; Coppens, Y.; Pilbeam, D.; Djallo, Soba; Behrensmeyer, K.; Downs, W.; Duperon, M.; Ekodeck, G.; Flynn, L.; Heintz, E.; Hell, J.; Jehenne, Y.; Martin, L.; Mosser, C.; Salard-Cheboldaeff, M.; Wenz, S. et Wing, S. 1986. Les Formations sédimentaires continentales du Crétacé et du Cénozoïque camerounais: Premiers résultats d'une prospection paléontologique. C.R. Acad. Science, Paris, Sér. 2, 303:425-428.

Brunet, M., Dejax, J.; Brillanceau, A.; Congleton, J.; Downs, W.; Duperon-Ladoueneix, M.; Eisenmann, V.; Flanagan, K.; Flynn, L.; Heinz, É., Hell, J.; Jacobs, L.; Jehenne, Y.; Ndjeng, E.; Mouchelin, G.; and Pilbeam, D. 1988. Mise en évidence d'une sédimentation précoce d'âge Barrémien dans le fossé de la Bénoué en Afrique occidentale (Bassin du Mayo Oulo Léré, Cameroun), en relation avec l'ouverture de l'Atlantique sud. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, II 306: 1125-1130.

Clark J. M.; Jacobs, L.L. and Downs, W.R. 1989. Mammal-Like Dentition in a Mesozoic Crocodylian. Science 244: 1064-1066.

Flynn, Lawrence J.; Barry, John C.; Downs, Will; Harrison, Jessica A.; Lindsay, Everett H.; Morgan, Michele E.; Pilbeam, David. 1997. Only ochotonid from the Neogene of the Indian subcontinent. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17(3):627-628.

Flynn, L.J.; Downs, W.; Morgan, M.E.; Barry, J.C. and Pilbeam, D. 1998. High Miocene Richness in the Siwaliks of Pakistan. In Y.Tomida, L. Flynn, and L.L. Jacobs, eds.. Advances in vertebrate paleontology and geochronology. National Science Museum Monographs 14:167-180. National Science Museum.

Flynn, L.J.; Downs, W.; Opdyke, N.; Huang, K.; Lindsay, E.; et.al. 1999. Recent advances in the small mammal biostratrigraphy and magnetostratigraphy of Lanzhou Basin. Chinese Science Bulletin, 44: 150-118.

Flynn, Lawrence J.; Jacobs, Louis; Winkler, Alisa and Downs, Will. 2003. Tedford's gerbils from Afghanistan. IN: (Lawrence J. Flynn, ed.) Vertebrate Fossils and Their Context: Contributions in Honor of Richard H. Tedford. Bull. American Museum of Natural History 278: 603-624.

Flynn, Lawrence J.; Wu, Wenyu and Downs, William R. 1997. Dating vertebrate microfaunas in the late Neogene record of northern China. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimat. Palaeoecol., 133: 227-242.

Jacobs, Louis L.; Fejfar, O.; Flynn, L.J.; Kretzoi, M. and Downs, W. R. 1985. Small mammal composition of Rudabanya, Hungary: Comparison to Siwalik and African faunas. Abstr. 8th Congr. Regional Comm. Mediter. Neogene Stratig., p.274.

Jacobs, Louis L.; Flynn, L.J.; Downs, W.R. and Barry, J.C. 1990. Quo Vadis Antemus? The Siwalik muroid record. IN: E.H. Lindsay, V. Fahlbusch, and P. Mein (eds.), European Neogene Mammal Chronology. NATO ASI ser. A: Life Sciences, pp. 573-586, Plenum Press.

Jacobs, Louis L.; Flynn, L.J. and Downs, W.R.. 1989. Neogene rodents of southern Asia. IN: C.C. Black and M.R. Dawson (eds.), Papers on fossil rodents in honor of Albert Elmer Wood. Los Angeles County Museum, Sci. Ser. 33:157-177.

Jacobs, L.L.; Winkler, D.A. and Downs, W.R. 1992, Malawi's paleontological heritage, Occasional Papers of the Malawi Department of Antiquities, 1,5-22.

Jacobs, L.L.; Winkler, D.A.; Downs, W.R. and Gomani, E.M. 1993. New material of an Early Cretaceous titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur from Malawi, Palaeontology 36(3), 523-534.

Jenkins, F.A. Jr.; Crompton, A.W. and Downs, W. R. 1983. Mesozoic mammals from Arizona. New evidence of mammalian evolution. Science 222:1233­1235

Lindsay, Everett; Mou, Yun; Downs, Will; Pederson, Joel; Kelly, Tom; Henry, Chris and Trexler, Jim . 1999. Resolution of the Hemphillia/Blancan boundary in Nevada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19(SUPPL. 3):59A.

Lindsay, Everett; Mou, Yun; Downs, Will ; Pederson, Joel ; Kelly, Thomas S. ; Henry, Chris ; Trexler, Jim. 2002. Recognition of the Hemphillian/Blancan boundary in Nevada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22(2):429-442.

Jenkins, F.A.; Shubin, N.H.; Aamaral, W.W.; Gatesy, S.M.; Schaff, C.R.; Clemmensen, L.B.; Downs, W.R.; Davidson, A.R.; Bonde, N. and Osbaeck, F. 1994. Late Triassic continental vertebrates and depositional environments of the Fleming Fjord Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland. Geoscience. 32: 2-24.

Sherwood, Richard J.; Ward, Steve; Hill, Andrew; Duren, Dana L.; Brown, Barbara and Downs, Will. 2002 Preliminary description of the Equatorius africanus partial skeleton (KNM-TH 28860) from Kipsaramon, Tugen Hills, Baringo District, Kenya Journal of Human Evolution. 42(1-2):63-73.

Tedford, Richard H.; Flynn, L.J.; Qiu, Z.; Opdyke, N.D.; and Downs, W.R. 1991. Yushe Basin, China; paleomagnetically calibrated mammalian biostratigraphic standard from the late Neogene of eastern Asia. J. Vertebrate Paleontology 11(4): 519-526.

Wang, X.; Downs, W.; Xie, J. and Xie, G. 2001, Didymoconus (Mammalia:Didymoconidae) from Lanzhou Basin,China & its stratigraphic & ecological significance, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology vol 21 #3.

Wang, Xiaoming; Wang, Banyue; Qiu, Zhanxiang; Xie, Guangpu and Downs, Will. 2002. A new early Miocene mammalian fauna in Taben-Buluk area (Danghe, Western Gansu, China) and implications for the tectonics and paleoenvironments on the northern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22(3 Supplement):117A.

Wang, Xiaoming; Wang, Banyue; Qiu, Zhuding; Downs, Will and Xie, Guangpu . 2000. Revisit Tsaidam Basin (late Tertiary) in northern Tibetan Plateau Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20(3 Supplement):76A.

Ward, Steve; Brown, Barbara; Hill, Andrew; Kelley, Jay and Downs, Will. 1999. Equatorius: A new hominoid genus from the middle Miocene of Kenya. Science 285(5432):1382-1385.

Winkler, D.A.; Jacobs, L.L.; Congleton, J.D. and W.R. Downs. 1988. Taphonomy and paleontology of the Navajo Sandstone. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts 7(3):29A.

Winkler, D.A.,Jacobs, L.L.; Downs, W.R. and J.D. Congleton. 1988. The dinosaur beds of northern Malawi, Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts 8(3):29A.

Winkler, D.A., Jacobs, L.L.; Congleton, J.D. and Downs, W.R. 1991. Life in a sand sea: Biota from Jurassic interdunes. Geology, 19: 889-892.

Zhang, P.; Molnar, P. and Downs, W. Increased sedimentation rates and grain sizes 2-4 Myr ago due to the influence of climate changes on erosion rates. Nature, 410:891-897, 2001.

If you have any to add, please email the references to me.

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