Dirk Megirian

Dirk Megirian (1958–2009), Australian palaeontologist born in Switzerland. Studied the fossil Australian megafauna (mammals and reptiles) from the Neogene and the Quarternary.

Taxon names authored

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• 6 taxon names authored by Dirk Megirian

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1998

• Hand, S.J., Murray, P., Megirian, D., Archer, M. & Godthelp, H. 1998. Mystacinid bats (Microchiroptera) from the Australian Tertiary. Journal of Paleontology 72(3): 538–545. Abstract. JSTOR. Reference page. 

1999

• Megirian, D. & Murray, P. 1999. Chelid turtles (Pleurodira, Chelidae) from the Miocene Camfield Beds, Northern Territory of Australia, with a description of a new genus and species. Beagle 15: 75–130. Abstract and PDF. Reference page. 

2000

• Murray, P.F. & Megirian, D. 2000. Two new genera and three new species of Thylacinidae (Marsupialia) from the Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle 16: 145–162. BHL Reference page.