Scott Thomson, also published as Scott A. Thomson (born 1966), Australian palaeontologist, taxonomist and herpetologist with an Interest in turtles.

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Authored taxa

• 9 taxon names authored by Scott Thomson (List may be incomplete)

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF Reference page. 

• Iverson, J., Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2001. The validity of the taxonomic changes for turtles proposed by Wells and Wellington. Journal of Herpetology 35, 361–368. Online and PDF download. Reference page. 

• McCord, W. & Thomson, S. 2002. A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from northern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 255–267. PDF Reference page. 

• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download

• Rhodin, A.G.J., Kaiser H., van Dijk, P.P., Wüster, W., O’Shea, M., Archer, M., Auliya, M., Boitani, L., Bour, R., Clausnitzer, V., Contreras-MacBeath, T., Crother, B.I., Daza, J.M., Driscoll, C.A., Flores-Villela, O., Frazier, J., Fritz, U., Gardner, A.L., Gascon, C., Georges, A., Glaw, F., Grazziotin, F.G., Groves, C.P., Haszprunar, G., Havaš, P., Hero, J.-M., Hoffmann, M., Hoogmoed, M.S., Horne, B.D., Iverson, J.B., Jäch, M., Jenkins, C.L., Jenkins, R.K.B., Kiester, A.R., Keogh, J.S., Lacher, T.R. Jr., Lovich, J.E., Luiselli, L., Mahler, D.L., Mallon, D., Mast, R., McDiarmid, R.W., Measey, J., Mittermeier, R.A., Molur, S., Mosbrugger, V., Murphy, R.W., Naish, D., Niekisch, M., Ota, H., Parham, J.F., Parr, M.J., Pilcher, N.J., Pine, R.H., Rylands, A.B., Sanderson, J.G., Savage, J.M., Schleip, W., Scrocchi, G.J., Shaffer, H.B., Smith, E.N., Sprackland, R., Stuart, S.N., Vetter, H., Vitt, L.J., Waller, T., Webb, G., Wilson, E.O., Zaher, H., Thomson, S. (corresponding author). 2015. Comment on “Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was published.” Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(1): 65–78. Online and PDF download. Reference page. 

• Thomson, S., Kennett, R. & Georges, A. 2000. A new species of long-necked turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) from the Arnhem Land Plateau, Northern Territory, Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(4): 675–685. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Thomson, S. 2000. A Revision of the Fossil Chelid Turtles (Pleurodira) Described by C.W. De Vis, 1897. Memoires of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 593–598. Online (with link to PDF). Reference page. 

• Thomson, S.A. 2000. The identification of the holotype of Chelodina oblonga (Testudines: Chelidae) with a discussion of taxonomic implications. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:745–749. download

• Thomson, S. A. 2006. Case 3351: Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890 (currently Macrochelodina rugosa; Reptilia, Testudines): proposed precedence over Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 63:3:187-193 download

• Thomson, SA. 2007. Comment on the proposed precedence of Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890 (currently Macrochelodina rugosa; Reptilia, Testudines) over Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841 (Case 3351). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 64(2):127-128. download

• Thomson, S. 2014. Comment on Spracklandus Hoser, 2009 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae): request for confirmation of the availability of the generic name and for the nomenclatural validation of the journal in which it was published (Case 3601). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 71(2):133-135. download

• Thomson, S. and Baggi, N. 2014. Comment on Terrapene putnami Hay, 1906 (Testudines, EMYDIDAE): replacement of the holotype by designation of a neotype (Case 3628; see BZN 70: 193–198) Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 03/2014; 71(1):29. download

• Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2009. Myuchelys gen. nov. —a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa 2053: 32–42. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

• Thomson, S., Lambertz, M. 2017. On the Nomenclatural Status of the Recently Described Snail-eating Turtle from Southeast Asia (Testudines, Geoemydidae): Malayemys khoratensis Ihlow et al. 2016 vs. Malayemys isan Sumontha et al. 2016. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. December 2017, 16(2):239-245. PDF

• Thomson, S. & Mackness, B. 1999. Fossil Turtles from the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, with a description of a new species of Elseya. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 123(3):101-105. download

• Thomson, S., Georges, A. & Limpus, C. 2006. A New Species of Freshwater Turtle in the Genus Elseya (Testudines Chelidae) from Central Coastal Queensland, Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5(1): 74–86. Online and PDF download. Reference page. 

• Thomson, S., Kennett, R. & Georges, A. 2000. A new species of long-necked turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) from the Arnhem Land Plateau, Northern Territory, Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(4): 675–685. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Thomson, S.A., White, A. & Georges, A. 1997. Re-evaluation of Emydura lavarackorum: identification of a living fossil. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 327–336. Online and PDF download. Reference page. 

• Thomson, S., Amepou, Y., Anamiato, J. & Georges, A. 2015. A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006(1): 59–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3 . Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

• Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2016. A new species of freshwater turtle of the genus Elseya (Testudinata: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from the Northern Territory of Australia. Zootaxa 4061(1): 018–028. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.1.2 PDF Reference page. 

• Vogt, R.C., Thomson, S.A., Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., Mittermeier, R.A., & Baggi, N. 2013. Case 3587 Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Reptilia,Testudines): proposed precedence over Emys cayennensis Schweigger, 1812. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(1):33-39. Download

• Thomson, S.A., Pyle, R.L., Ahyong, S.T., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Joe Ammirati, Araya, J.F., et al. 2018. Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLOS Biology 16(3): e2005075. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075 . Reference page. 

• Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P.D., Thomson, S., & Fritz, U. 2019. Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression. Scientific Reports (2019) 9:5841 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42310-x