UniversitiesUniversity of the WitwatersrandRoger M. H. Smith

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In paleontology and evolutionary biology

Roger M. H.
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“Research focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology and adjacent fields.”

University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa

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01 · About the work

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oger M. H. Smith is a researcher working on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology. A fuller summary will appear once they update their profile.

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Roger's work has been cited 9,477 times across 2 active years. Bars show publications per year; the line shows cumulative citation totals across publications first appearing in each year.

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Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology×139Evolution and Paleontology Studies×117Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils×59Ichthyology and Marine Biology×46Amphibian and Reptile Biology×26

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Affiliation on published researchUniversity of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaDrawn from the institution listed on this researcher’s published work.

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9 works

26 Aug 2026

A new deep bodied ray-finned fish (Osteichthyes/Actinopterygii) from the Permian Pedra de Fogo Formation (Northeastern Brazil) and its phylogenetic and paleogeographic affinities Publisher site

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

1 Jul 2026Open access

Micro‐ <scp>CT</scp> informed cranial anatomy of the early rhynchosaur Howesia browni , with implications for rhynchosaur skull evolution Publisher site

Papers in Palaeontology, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

6 Apr 2026Open access

First vertebrate assemblage from the middle member of the Fremouw Formation (Lower Triassic) of Antarctica Publisher site

Antarctic Science, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

19 Mar 2026Open access

Redescription of the Triassic cynodont <scp> Cistecynodon parvus </scp> and reassessment of its phylogeny Publisher site

The Anatomical Record, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

26 Feb 2026

Early synapsids from the Cisuralian (lower Permian) Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil: the first definitive South American “pelycosaurs”Publisher site

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

3 Jul 20244cites

Giant stem tetrapod was apex predator in Gondwanan late Palaeozoic ice age Publisher site

Nature, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

1 Jul 2024Open access4cites

Geometric morphometric analysis of an ontogenetic cranial series of the Permian dicynodont Diictodon felicepsPublisher site

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Morphological variations and asymmetry

30 May 20245cites

Taxonomic revision of the late Permian dicynodont genus Endothiodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia)Publisher site

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

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