Principal publications
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Kemp, T.S. 2021. Amphibians: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press
Kemp, T.S. 2019. Reptiles: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kemp, T.S. 2017. Mammals in the age of dinosaurs. Capeia 20170510.006
Kemp, T.S. 2017. Mammals: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kemp, T.S. 2017. Non-mammalian synapsids: the beginning of the mammal line. In Clack, J.A., Fay, R.R. and Popper A.N. (eds) Evolution of the vertebrate ear-evidence from the fossil record. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research 59: 107-137.
Kemp, T.S. 2015. The origin of higher taxa: palaeobiological, developmental, and ecological perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kemp, T.S. 2011. The origin and radiation of therapsids. In The biology of nonmammalian therapsids: insights from bone microstructure Ed. A. Chinsamy-Turan. Indiana University Press: Bloomington. Pp3-28
Ruben, J., Hillenius, W. and Kemp, T.S. 2011. The physiology of nonmammalian therapsids and the evolution of endothemy. In The biology of nonmammalian therapsids: insights from bone microstructure. Ed. A. Chinsamy-Turan. Indiana University Press: Bloomington. Pp 273-286.
Kemp, T.S. 2010. New perspectives on the evolution of Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic terrestrial tetrapods. In New Aspects of Mesozoic Biodiversity (ed. S. Bandyopadhyay), Lecture Notes in Earth Science, vol. 132. Springer-Verlag. (PDF, 313 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2009. Phylogenetic interrelationships of therapsids: testing for polytomy. Palaeontologia africana 44: 1-12 (PDF, 333 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2009. The endocranial cavity of a nonmammalian cynodonts Chiniquodon theotenicus and its implications for the origin of the mammalian brain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4): 1188-1198. (PDF, 2,231 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2009. Essay Review of Major transitions in vertebrate evolution, by J.S. Anderson and H.-S. Sues (Editors). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 892-895.) (PDF, 79 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2007. Acoustic transformer function of the postdentary bones and quadrate of a nonmammalian cynodont. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2): 431-441. (PDF, 980 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2007. The concept of correlated progression as the basis of a model for the evolutionary origin of major new taxa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B274: 1667-1673. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2007.0288). (PDF, 230 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2007. The origin of higher taxa: macroevolutionary processes, and the case of the mammals. Acta Zoologica 88: 3-22. (doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00248.x) (PDF, 705 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2006. The origin and early radiation of the therapsid mammal-like reptiles: a palaeobiological hypothesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 1231-1247. (doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01076.x) (PDF, 421 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2006. The origin of mammalian endothermy: a paradigm for the evolution of complex biological structure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society147: 473-488. (doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00226.x) (PDF, 398 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 2006. An assessment of hearing function in a nonmammalian eucynodont. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26: 84A. (Abstract)
Kemp, T.S. 2005. The origin and evolution of mammals. Oxford University Press: Oxford. pp331
Kemp, T.S. 1999. Fossils and evolution Oxford University Press: Oxford. pp284
Kemp, T.S. 1991. The theriodonts to mammal transition. In Symposium on the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates Ed G. Ghiara. Mucchi Editore: Modena. pp351
Kemp, T.S. 1989. The problem of the palaeontological evidence. In Evolutionary studies: a centenary celebration of the life of Julian Huxley Eds M. Keynes and G.A. Harrison. Macmillan: London. pp80-95.
Kemp, T.S. 1988. Haemothermia or Archosauria? the interrelationships of mammals, birds and crocodiles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 67-104.
Kemp, T.S. 1988. Biopolitics and the philosophy of evolution. In Biopolitics: the bioenvironment Ed. A. Vlavanios-Arvanitis. Biopolitics International Organisation: Athens. pp58-65.
Kemp, T.S. 1988. Interrelationships of the Synapsida. In The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods Vol. 2. Ed M.J. Benton. Systematics Association Special Volume 35B: 1-22.
Kemp, T.S. 1988. A note on the Mesozoic mammals and the origin of therians. In The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods Vol. 2. Ed M.J. Benton. Systematics Association Special Volume 35B: 23-29.
Kemp, T.S. 1988. The origin of mammals: observed pattern and inferred process. In M. Marois (ed) L’évolution dans sa réalité et ses diverses modalités. Colloque international novembre 1985) organisé par la Fondation Singer-Polignac Masson: Paris. pp65-91.
Kemp, T.S. 1986. The skeleton of a baurioid therocephalian therapsid from the Lower Triassic (Lystrosaurus-zone) of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 6: 215-232. (PDF, 2,277 kB)
Kemp, T.S. 1985. Relationships between reptiles. Nature 317: 669.
Kemp, T.S. 1985. The origin of mammalian locomotion. In Principles of construction in fossil and recent reptiles Eds J. Reiss and E. Frey. University of Stuttgart and University of Tübingen. pp181-191.
Kemp, T.S. 1985. Synapsid reptiles and the origin of higher taxa. Special Papers in Palaeontology No. 33: 175-184.
Kemp, T.S . 1985. Models of diversity and phylogenetic reconstruction. Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology 2: 135-158.
Kemp, T.S. 1983. The relationships of mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 77: 353-384.
Kemp, T.S. 1982. Mammal-like reptiles and the origin of mammals Academic Press: London. pp xiv+363
Kemp, T.S. 1982. The reptiles that became mammals. New Scientist 93: 581-584.
Kemp, T.S. 1980. The primitive cynodont Procynosuchus: structure, function and evolution of the postcranial skeleton. Proceedings of the Royal Society B288: 217-258. (PDF 1.89 MB)
Kemp, T.S. 1980. Origin of the mammal-like reptiles. Nature 283: 378-380.
Kemp, T.S. 1980. Origin of mammals: reply to Reisz and Heaton. Nature</em> 288: 193.
Kemp, T.S. 1980. Aspects of the structure and functional anatomy of the Middle Triassic cynodont Luangwa. Journal of Zoology 191: 193-239.
Kemp, T.S. 1979. The primitive cynodont Procynosuchus: structure, functional morphology of the skull and relationships. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B285: 73-122. (PDF 2.97 MB)
Kemp, T.S. 1978. Stance and gait in the hindlimb of a therocephalian mammal-like reptile. Journal of Zoology 186: 143-161.
Evans, J. and Kemp, T.S. 1976. A new turtle skull from the Purbeckian of England and a note on the early dichotomies of cryptodire turtles. Palaeontology 19: 317-324.
Evans, J. and Kemp, T.S. 1975. The cranial morphology of a new Lower Cretaceous turtle from southern England. Palaeontology 18: 25-40.
Kemp, T.S. 1975. Vertebrate localities in the Karroo System of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Nature 254: 415-416.
Kemp, T.S. 1974. The braincase and associated structures of the cotylosaurs reptile Procolophon trigoniceps Owen. Annals of the South African Museum 64: 11-26.
Kemp, T.S. 1972. The jaw articulation and musculature of the whaitsiid Therocephalia. In Studies in vertebrate evolution. Eds K.A. Joysey and T.S. Kemp. pp213-230.
Joysey, K.A. and Kemp, T.S. (eds.) 1972. Studies in vertebrate evolution Oliver & Boyd: Edinburgh. pp284
Kemp, T.S. 1972. Whaitsiid Therocephalia and the origin of cynodonts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B264: 1-54. (PDF 1.90 MB)
Kemp, T.S. 1969. The atlas-axis complex of the mammal-like reptiles. Journal of Zoology159: 223-248.
Kemp. T.S. 1969. On the functional morphology of the gorgonopsid skull. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B256: 1-83. (PDF 3.14 MB)