Resources

• 1991. The Great Aussie Dinosaur Hunt. Reel Images (Brian Beaton). One-hour documentary about my dinosaur hunt with the Australian army -shown nationally in September 1992 on Ch. 7. My role was as a central character in the show.
• 1998. When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth. 5 part series, I worked on the episode about Australia- Antarctica, narrated by Jeff Goldblum For Discovery Channel (USA), put together by Wall to Wall TV, UK. Aired globally in 1999.
• 2001. November 17 & 24. The Dinosaur Dealers, by Alan Carter (Alley Kat Productions, Fremantle, co-produced with Andrew Ogilvie of Electric Pictures). JL was contracted in the 2 part TV series for SBS (Australia and overseas co-productions in UK, USA).
• 2002-2011. The Beast of the Nullarbor. Filming began 2002, completed 2004.Working as a presenter with Clay Bryce of the W. A. Museum documentary film unit to document the recovery of megafauna skeletons from the Nullarbor caves (July 2002). Screened in Japan, on August 23rd, 2003 (50 mins) in high definition format. Screened PBS Nova, USA in 2010; Australia as “Bone Diggers- Beast of the Nullarbor” on May 20, 2010.
• 2011. Channel 9 “Sixty Minutes”, Sept 18th, featured a 15 minute profile of my research work for national television (entitled “Sexual Evolution”), filming locations in Los Angeles, Utah, at Gogo fossil sites, at ANU and in The Western Australian Museum.
• 2018-2019. The Secret History of Our Evolution., Part 1. Life Underwater. Mona Lisa Productions, France. Director & Writer: Jean-Pierre Gaudry.

Books for Adults (non-fiction)

LONG, J. A. 1991. Dinosaurs of Australia, and other animals of the Mesozoic Era. Reed Books, Sydney, 88pp (B& W, HB).

LONG, J.A. & McNAMARA, K.J. 1991 Sea Monsters- Bizarre and unusual creatures from seas of the prehistoric past and present. Western Australian Museum, Perth, 40pp.

LONG, J.A. 1993. Dinosaurs of Australia and other animals of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods. Reed Books, Sydney, 88pp.( HB, updated edition).

LONG, J.A. (ed) Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography. Belhaven Press, UK. 369 pp.; also reissued in 1994 by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.

LONG, J.A. 1995. The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney; Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.1995. 230pp. (full colour, HB).

McNAMARA, K. J. and LONG, J. A. 1998. The Evolution Revolution. Wiley and Sons, London and New York. 299pp. HB, PB editions.

LONG, J. A. 1998. The Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand, and other animals of the Mesozoic Era. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney; Harvard University Press, MA. USA. 182pp. (full colour, HB).

BAYNES, A. & LONG, J. A. (eds). 1999. Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 57, 424pp.

LONG, J. A. 2000. Mountains of Madness – A Journey through Antarctica. Allen & Unwin ISBN 1865083704, 238 pp. PB. Also: LONG, J.A. 2000. Mountains of Madness – A Scientist’s Odyssey through Antarctica. Joseph Henry Press, USA (National Academies Press), ISBN 0309070775, HB, 260 pp.

BRETT-SURMAN, M. K. (ed): BROCHU, C., LONG, J., McHENRY, C., SCANLON, J. D. & WILLIS, P. 2000. The Time-Life Guides. Dinosaurs. Time-Life Books, Weldon Owen Publishing, Sydney. ISBN 0-7370-0081-3. 256pp, HB.

BRETT-SURMAN, M. K. (ed): BROCHU, C., LONG, J., McHENRY, C., SCANLON, J. D. & WILLIS, P. 2000. Dinosaurs. The ultimate guide to prehistoric life. Harper-Collins, London. ISBN 0007100841 256pp, HB.

MAWSON, R. TALENT, J.A. & LONG, J.A. (eds). 2001. Mid-Palaeozoic Biota and Biogeography. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 58, 420 pp.

LONG, J. A. 2002. The Dinosaur Dealers. Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 220 pp. ISBN 1 86508 829 3, PB; (several international editions, eg Orion, UK). Scholarly book, fully referenced.

LONG, J. A., ARCHER, M., FLANNERY, T.F. & HAND, S. 2002. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. University of New South Wales Press, NSW & Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. 244pp.(HB).

LONG, J. A. 2006. Swimming in Stone –the amazing Gogo fossils of the Kimberley. Fremantle Arts Centre Press, WA. 320pp. ISBN 1921064331. (2 page review in Nature)

McNAMARA, K. J. & LONG, J. A. 2007. The Evolution Revolution-Design without intelligence. MUP, Melbourne, 304pp.

LONG, J. A. & SCHOUTEN, P. 2008. Feathered Dinosaurs– From Dinosaurs to Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 200 pp.

LONG, J. A. 2011. The Rise of Fishes-500 Million years of Evolution, 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, USA. 284pp.

STILWELL, J. & LONG, J. A. 2011. Frozen in Time –prehistoric life of Antarctica. CSIRO Press, Collingwood. 250pp.

LONG, J. A. 2011. Hung Like an Argentine Duck-the prehistoric origins of intimate sex. Fourth Estate (HarperCollins). +278pp. Scientific book, fully referenced.

LONG, J. A. 2012. The Dawn of the Deed –The Prehistoric Origins of Sex. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. HB, 288pp. (PB issued in 2014). Scientific book, fully referenced.

LONG, J. A. 2019. The Rise of Fishes-500 Million years of Evolution, Chinese Language edition., Publishing House of the Electronic Industry, Beijing, China. PB, 282pp.

Books for Children (non-fiction)

LONG, J. A. 2004. Gogo Fish! The Story of the Western Australian State Fossil Emblem. The Western Australian Museum, Perth. 48pp. ISBN 1 920843 08 6. hardback and softback. (for primary kids).

LONG. J. A. 2004. Its True! Dinosaurs Never Died! Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 88pp.
(juvenile, non-fiction)

LONG, J. A. 2004. Skrivnost Vraze Jame. MIS, Zalozba, Slovenia. 133pp. Slovenian version of Mystery of Devils Roost.

LONG. J. A. 2005.The Big Picture Book. Allen & Unwin, Melbourne , 48 pp.

LONG. J. A. 2008.The Big Picture Book of Environments. Allen & Unwin, Melbourne, 48 pp.

LONG, J. A. 2009. The Short and Tragic Life of Leo, the Marsupial Lion. W A Museum, Perth. C. 48pp, illustrations by Jill Ruse.

LONG. J. A. 2009. The Big Picture Book of Human Civilization. Allen & Unwin, Melbourne, 48 pp.

Books for Children (fiction)

LONG, J. A. 1997. Mystery of Devil’s Roost. Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, Western Australia, 128 pp.

LONG, J. A. 1999. The Hermit of Hyde Park***. Gogo Press, Perth, WA. 148 pp.

LONG, J. A. 2003. The Journey to the Dawn of Time.. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. 152 pp.

LONG, J. A. 1982. The history of fishes on the Australian continent. In: The Fossil Vertebrate Record of Australasia, P.V. Rich and E. Thompson, Monash University off-set printing unit, Melbourne: 53-85.

RICH, P.V., LONG, J. A., RICH, T.H., WARREN, A., MOLNAR, R.E. & MOLNAR, B. 1982. An all too brief and superficial history of Australian vertebrate palaeontology. : 1-26.

LONG, J. A., TURNER, S. & KEMP, A. 1982. Contributions to Australian fossil fish biostratigraphy. 119-144.

LONG, J. A. & KEMP, N. 1982. Systematic and geographic index of Australian fossil vertebrates. Ibid. 700-714.

LONG, J. A. 1984a. The plethora of placoderms: the first vertebrates with jaws? In: Vertebrate Zoogeography and Evolution in Australasia. M. Archer & G. Clayton, Eds. Hesperian Press, Perth: 285-310.

LONG, J. A. & TURNER, S. 1984b. A checklist and bibliography of Australian fossil fishes. In: Vertebrate Zoogeography and Evolution in Australasia. M. Archer & G. Clayton, Eds. Hesperian Press, Perth: 335-354.

LONG, J. A. 1985. Bothriolepis cullodenensis. In: Extinct Vertebrates of Australia. P.V. Rich & G. Van Tets, Eds. Pioneer Design Studios, Lilydale, Victoria: 109-114.

LONG, J. A. 1989a. Phyllolepid placoderm fishes from the Late Devonian of eastern Victoria. In: Pathways in Geology, S. Hills Memorial Volume, R. Le Maitre, Ed. Blackwell Press, pp. 52-58.

TURNER, S. & LONG, J. A. 1989b. Edwin Sherbon Hills – Palaeontological Works. In: Pathways in Geology, S. Hills Memorial Volume, R. Le Maitre, Ed. Blackwell Press, pp. 41-51.

LONG, J. A. 1990. Chapter 11. Fishes. In “Evolutionary Trends” by K. J. McNamara, Belhaven Press, London, pp. 255-278.

RICH, T.H., RICH, P.V., McEWEN-MASON, J., WAGSTAFF, B., FLANNERY, T.F., ARCHER, M., MOLNAR, R.E. & LONG, J.A. 1992. Two possible chronological anomalies in the Early Cretaceous tetrapod assemblage of southeastern Australia. In: Aspects of nonmarine Cretaceous Geology, by N. J. Mateer and Chen Peiji, China Ocean Press, Nanjing. pp. 165-176.

LONG, J. A. Preface. In J. Long (ed), Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography, Belhaven Press, London, pp.

LONG, J. A. 1993a. Morphological guide to Palaeozoic vertebrates used in biostratigraphy. In J. Long (ed), Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography, Belhaven Press, London, pp. 3-24.

LONG, J. A. 1993b. Early-Middle Palaeozoic vertebrate extinction events. In J. Long (ed), Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography, Belhaven Press, London, pp. 54-63.

LONG, J. A. 1993c. Palaeozoic vertebrate biostratigraphy of South-East Asia and Japan. In J. Long (ed), Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography, Belhaven Press, London, 277-291.

YOUNG, G.C., LONG, J.A. & TURNER, S. Appendix 1. Faunal lists of eastern Gondwana Devonian macrovertebrate assemblages. In J. Long (ed.), Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography, Belhaven Press, London, pp. 246-251.

LONG, J. A. 1994. The enigmatic dinosaur faunas of Australia. In Rosenberg, G.D. & Wolberg, D.L. (eds), Dino Fest: Proceedings of the Paleontological Society Special Publication 7, University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, pp. 397-410.

LONG, J. A. & McNAMARA, K.J. 1995. Heterochrony in dinosaur evolution. In Evolutionary Change and Heterochrony, by K.J. McNamara, Wiley Press, London. pp 151-168.

LONG, J. A. & McNAMARA, K.J. 1997a. Heterochrony. In P. Currie & Padian (eds), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Academic Press, New York: 311-317.

LONG, J. A. & McNAMARA, K.J. 1997b. Heterochrony- the key to dinosaur evolution. In DinoFest 2 Symposium Volume, D. Wolberg et al. (eds), pp.155-166.

LONG, J.A. 2000. Gnathostomes. In Encyclopedia of Palaeontology, Singer (ed.), Vol. 1: 531-533.

LONG, J. A. 2000. In Encyclopedia of Palaeontology, R. Singer (ed.), Vol. 2: 915-919.

LONG, J. A. & BUFFETAUT, E. 2001. A biogeographic comparison of the dinosaurs and associated vertebrate faunas from the Mesozoic of Australia and Southeast Asia. Pp 97-103 in Faunal and Floral Migrations and Evolution in SE Asia-Australasia, Ian Metcalfe, Jeremy M.B. Smith, Mike Morwood & Iain Davidson (eds). A.A. Balkema (Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers) b.v., Lisse.

LONG, J. A. 2001. The rise of fishes. In Palaeobiology II, D.E. Briggs & P.R. Crowther (eds). Blackwell Press, Oxford. pp. 52-56.

LONG, J.A. 2003a. Chapter 6. Middle Devonian to Carboniferous. Section 6.11 Palaeontology.  Pp 190-193 in ‘Geology of Victoria’ ed by W. D. Birch, Geological Society of Victoria, Special Publication 23.

LONG, J. A. . 2003b. Chapter 22. Palaeontology, section 22.3.1 fish fossils. Pp.633-635 In ‘Geology of Victoria’ ed by W. D. Birch, Geological Society of Victoria, Special Publication 23.

LONG, J. A. 2004. Fossil Vertebrates- Fish. In ‘Encyclopedia of Geology’, Vol. 2., R.C. Selley, L.R.M. Cocks & I.R. Plimer (eds). pp 462-467. Elsevier, Netherlands.

LONG, J. A. 2008. Giant kangaroos and flightless birds: the origin of Australia’s special wildlife. In : The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Natural World. Ch 38, pp162-166. Thames & Hudson, London. M.J. Benton, Editor.

CLACK, J. A., SHARP, E. & LONG, J.A. 2010. The fossil record of lungfish. In The Biology of Lungfish, J. Jørgensen, A. Kemp and T. Wang, eds.  Science Publishers Inc. Enfield, New Hampshire, USA.Pp1-42.

LONG, J.A.2010. New holodontid lungfishes from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia. In “Fossil fishes and related Biota: Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography –In honour of Chang Meeman,”. Yu, X., Maisey, J. & Miao, D. Verlag Pfeil, Berlin.  Pp 277-300.

LONG, J. A. 2011. Evolution, missing links and climate change: recent advances in understanding transformational macroevolution.  Pp. 23-36 in Pragmatic Evolution, A. Poiani (ed.), Cambridge University Press, Melbourne.

LONG J. A. 2011.  Case Studies of Intangible Natural Heritage from Museum Collections. Pp. 43-55 in Intangible Natural Heritage: New Perspectives on Natural Objects, E. Dorfman (ed.), Routledge Press, New York.

McNAMARA, K. J. & LONG, J. A. Heterochrony and dinosaur evolution.   Pp. 761-784 in  The Complete Dinosaur , 2^nd ed. Edited by James Farlow and Mike Brett-Surman, Indiana University Press, Bloomington. Pp.  761-784.

LAURIE,, CHOO, B., MCLOUGHLIN, S., HAND, S., KERSHAW, P.,  BROCK, G., TRUSWELL, E., BOLES, W., & LONG, J. A.  2012.  Chapter 3. Living Australia,  pp 121-172 in Building of a Continent -Shaping a Nation: A Geology of Australia,  edited by: R. Blewett et al.,  Australian Government Printer&  ANU Press, Canberra.

LONG, J. A. 2018. A salute to our placoderm pioneers –the first time vertebrates had sex. Ch. 8 in Sydney Brenners’s 10-on-10: the Chronicles of Evolution. Sim, S. & Seet. B. (eds.). Wildtype books, Singapore, pp.96-107

LONG, J., CHOO, B. CLEMENT, A. 2019. The evolution of fishes through geological time. In “Evolution and Development of Fishes” Cambridge University Press ed. By Z. Johanson, M. Richter & C. Underwood. (submitted April 2017)

TRINAJSTIC, K., LONG, J. & Z. JOHANSON. 2019. Evolution of vertebrate reproduction In “Evolution and Development of Fishes” Cambridge University Press ed. By Z. Johanson, M.Richter & C. Underwood.

LONG, J. 2010. Once Upon an Ancient Reef. Science 329: 35-36.

LONG, J. A. 2011. The Dawn of the Deed. Scientific American (cover story, January issue), 34-39

LONG, J. A. 2013 (Jan. 1st). The Scientist magazine (USA), invited essay on origins of sex: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33762/title/Sex-and-the-Primordial-Ooze/ Vol 27, 1:

LONG, J. A. 2014. The first breath. Australasian Science, April 2014, pp 16-17.

LONG, J. A. 2014. The oldest fishes in the world. Australasian Science, April 2014, pp 16-17.

LONG, J. A. 2014. The Fossil Files – Scans Reveal our Fishy Ancestry Australasian Science, 35(4): p.4

LONG, J. A. 2014. The Fossil Files –The Rise of Arthropods. Australasian Science, 35(5): p.41.

LONG, J. A. 2014.The Fossil Files –World’s Oldest Sperm Found at Riversleigh. Australasian Science, 35(6): p.42

LONG, J. A. 2014.The Fossil Files –The Placoderm Renaissance. Australasian Science, 35(7): p.42

LONG, J. A. 2014.The Fossil Files –The Cutting Edge of Palaeontology. Australasian Science, 35(8): p.42

LONG, J. A. 2014.The Fossil Files –Celebrating our World Heritage Fossil Sites. Australasian Science, 35(9): p.42

LONG, J. A. 2014. The Fossil Files –The mystery of Deinocheirus solved. Australasian Science, 35 (10):

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files – The magic of finding fossils. Australasian Science, 36 (1): p.42

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files – An amazing year of record-breaking fossil discoveries. Australasian Science, 36 (2): p.42

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files – A Gold medal for the world’s oldest life. Australasian Science, 36 (3): p.42.

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files – The Birth of Filter-Feeding Giants. Australasian Science, 36 (4): p.42

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files –Lessons from the Chinese Palaeontology Boom. Australasian Science, 36 (5): p.42

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files – Developing Fossil Sites for Education and Employment. Australasian Science, 36 (6): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files –So You Wanna Become a Palaeontologist, Kid?. Australasian Science, 36 (7): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files – Australian Needs More State Fossil Emblems. Australasian Science, 36 (8): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files – Reflection on the Discovery of a new Fossil Human Species. Australasian Science, 36 (9): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2015. The Fossil Files – A New Cause for Three Global mass Extinction Events. Australasian Science, 36 (10): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files –Delving into Dinosaur Body Temperatures. Australasian Science, 37 (1): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – Solving the Mysteries of the Australian megafauna. Australasian Science, 37 (2): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – The Rise of High-Tech Palaoentology. Australasian Science, 37 (3): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – When Will Australia Get Its First Real Mounted Dinosaur? Australasian Science, 37 (4): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – The Heart of a Good Fossil. Australasian Science, 37 (5): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – The Best of Australian Palaeontology on Show. Australasian Science, 37 (6): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – Fossil Sites Can Co-exist with Tourism. Australasian Science, 37 (7): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – Footprints in Time. Australasian Science, 37 (8): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files –Explorer’s Tragic Burden Transformed Geology. Australasian Science, 37 (9): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – Footprints in Time. Australasian Science, 37 (8): p.43

LONG, J. A. 2016. The Fossil Files – Finding Frozen Fossils in Antarctica. Australasian Science, 37 (10): p.43

LONG. J. 2017. Getting a job in palaeontology in Australia. Australasian Science 38 (2): 43.

LONG, J. 2017. The Fossil File –Getting a Palaeontology Job in Australia. Australasian Science, 38 (2): p.43.

LONG. J. 2017. The amazing dinosaur tracks of Broome. Australasian Science 38 (3): 43.

LONG, J. 2017. Gliding Jurassic mammals, huge dinosaurs and Ice Age birds. Australasian Science 38 (5): 41.

LONG, J. 2017. When palaeontology and philosophy meet. Australasian Science, 38 (6): 41.

LONG, J. 2018. Fossil treasures in urban Australia. Australasian Science, 39 (1): 41.

LONG, J. A. 2018. The rise of spiders and roaches. The Fossil File, Australasian Science, 39 (2): 41.

LONG, J. 2018. Dinosaurs should rock older students too. The Fossil File, Australasian Science, 39 (3): 41.

LONG, J. A. 2018. The oldest lizards, salty amphibians and dandruffy dinosaurs. The Fossil File, Australasian Science, 39 (4): 41.

LONG J. A., 2018. Kangaroo teeth tell their story of evolution. Australasian Science, 39 (6): 41.

LONG, J. A. 2018. How palaeontology benefits Australia’s economic future. Australasian Science, 39 (5): 41.

LONG, J. A. & CLOUTIER, R. 2020. How a spectacular fossil fish revealed the origin of digits in vertebrates. Nature Ecology and Evolution, Behind the paper. https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/359495-john-long/posts/60910-how-a-spectacular-fosisl-fish-revealed-the-origin-of-digits-in-vertebrates

LONG, J. & CLOUTIER, R. 2020. The Unexpected Origin of Fingers. Scientific American, June 2020, 46-53.