{{Short description|Australian palaeontologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}} [[File:John Long with Gogo fish in the field 2005.jpg|thumb|John Long in the field with Gogo fossil fish, July 2005.]] '''John Albert Long''' (born 1957) is an Australian paleontologist who is currently Emeritus Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia, where he was previously the Strategic Professor in Palaeontology (2012-2025). Before then he was Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/07/burning-man.html |title=Burning Man |work=LA Times Magazine |date=13 August 2010 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> He is also an author of popular science books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=514&book=9781741143287 |title=The Big Picture Book |publisher=Allenandunwin.com |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> His main area of research is on the fossil fish of the Late Devonian Gogo Formation from northern Western Australia.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Late Devonian Gogo Formation Lägerstatte of Western Australia: Exceptional Early Vertebrate Preservation and Diversity – Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 38(1):255 |publisher=Annualreviews.org |date=1 February 2010 |doi=10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152416 |volume=38 |journal=Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences |pages=255–279 |bibcode=2010AREPS..38..255L | last1 = Long | first1 = John A.}}</ref> It has yielded many important insights into fish evolution, such as Gogonasus<ref>{{cite journal|author=Nature |title= An exceptional Devonian fish from Australia sheds light on tetrapod origins |journal=Nature |volume=444|issue=7116 |doi=10.1038/nature05243 |pmid=17051154 |pages=199–202|year=2006 |bibcode=2006Natur.444..199L |s2cid= 2412640 }}</ref> and Materpiscis,<ref>{{cite journal|author=Nature |title= Live birth in the Devonian period |journal=Nature |volume=453|issue=7195 |doi=10.1038/nature06966 |pmid= 18509443 |pages=650–652|year=2008 |bibcode=2008Natur.453..650L |s2cid= 205213348 }}</ref> the later specimen being crucial to our understanding of the origins of vertebrate reproduction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/themotherfish/ | title=The Mother Fish | work=Nature | access-date=19 January 2012}}</ref> Further research on Gogo fishes included a perfect new colecanth [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51238-4 ''Ngamugawi wirngarri''], which showed through detailed analysis how coelacanth evolution had been influenced by plate tectonic movements.
His love of fossil collecting began at age 7<ref>{{cite book |last=Clode |first=Danielle |author-link= |date=2021 |title=John Long: Fossil hunter |url=https://www.wilddingopress.com.au/shop/p/9781925893687 |location=Melbourne |publisher=Wild Dingo Press |pages=1–7 |isbn=}}</ref> and he graduated with PhD from Monash University in 1984, specialising in Palaeozoic fish evolution. He held postdoctoral positions at the Australian National University (1984–85, Rothmans Fellow), The University of Western Australia (1986–87, Queen Elizabeth II Award) and The University of Tasmania (1988–89, ARC Fellow) before taking up a position as Curator in Vertebrate Palaeontology at the Western Australian Museum (1989–2004),<ref>{{cite web |last=Russell |first=Bruce |url=http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/history/1008?PeopleGroup=7& |title=Books : Swimming in Stone: The Amazing Gogo Fossils of the Kimberley by John Long |publisher=Fremantle Press |access-date=13 February 2011 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706104143/http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/history/1008?PeopleGroup=7& |url-status=dead }}</ref> and then as Head of Sciences at Museum Victoria (2004–2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vicskeptics.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/museum-victoria-farewells-john-long/ |title=Museum Victoria Farewells John Long « Victorian Skeptics |publisher=Vicskeptics.wordpress.com |date=28 August 2009 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref>
==Paleontological research== Long's paleontological research has involved field work collecting and studying Palaeozoic fishes throughout Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061019093718.htm |title=West Australian Fossil Find Rewrites Land Mammal Evolution |publisher=Sciencedaily.com |date=19 October 2006 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> Antarctica,<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9848 |title=Mountains of Madness: A Scientist's Odyssey in Antarctica |year=2001 |publisher=Nap.edu |doi=10.17226/9848 |isbn=978-0-309-07077-5 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> South Africa,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Journal of African Earth Sciences : Devonian (Emsian-Eifelian) fish from the Lower Bokkeveld Group (Ceres Subgroup), South Africa |doi=10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00088-3 |volume=29 |journal=Journal of African Earth Sciences |pages=179–193 |year=1999 | last1 = Anderson | first1 = M.E.}}</ref> Iran,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1581038 |title=Abstract book, Isfahan meeting IGCP 421, 5–20 December 1998 / [edited: Ruth Mawson ... [et al.]] | National Library of Australia |publisher=Catalogue.nla.gov.au |date=20 December 1998 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> Vietnam,<ref>{{cite journal|title=A new bothriolepid antiarch (Pisces, Placodermi) from the Devonian of Do Son peninsula, northern Vietnam |journal= Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology }}</ref> Thailand<ref>{{cite journal |title= Late Devonian Chondrichthyans and Other Microvertebrate Remains from Northern Thailand|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |jstor=4523296 | volume=10 |issue=1 | pages=59–71|last1=Long |first1=John A. |year=1990 |doi=10.1080/02724634.1990.10011790 |bibcode=1990JVPal..10...59L }}</ref> and China.<ref>{{cite journal |title= On the Relationships of Psarolepis and the Onychodontiform Fishes|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |jstor=20062023 | volume=21 |issue=4 | pages=815–820|last1=Long |first1=John A. |year=2001 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0815:OTROPA]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=86232770 }}</ref> Long's early research led to the refinement of a new biostratigraphic scheme for dating Palaeozoic sequences in Victoria, Australia.
Most of his later research has focussed on collecting and describing the well-preserved 3-dimensional Devonian fishes from the Gogo Formation, Western Australia.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01194.x|title=A new camuropiscid arthrodire (Pisces: Placodermi) from Gogo, Western Australia |volume=94|issue=3 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|pages=233–258|year=1988 |last1=Long |first1=John }}</ref> His major discoveries from his field expeditions to the Gogo fossil sites (1986–2008) included the first complete skull of an osteolepiform fish, ''Gogonasus'',<ref>{{cite web|author=ABC Science Online |url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1768029.htm |title=News in Science – Ancient fish was advanced for its age – 19/10/2006 |publisher=Abc.net.au |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> and a new specimen showing that ''Gogonasus'' had large spiracles opening on top of its head.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00377.x|title=On the phylogenetic position of Gogonasus andrewsae Long 1985, within the Tetrapodomorpha |publisher=Wiley Online Library |date=10 September 2008|volume=90|journal=Acta Zoologica|pages=285–296 | last1 = Holland | first1 = Timothy}}</ref> Other discoveries include several new types of dipnoans<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/d4_22a.php#16 |title=Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes – Inhalt |publisher=Pfeil-verlag.de |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> and arthrodires,<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateer |first=John |url=http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/1008 |title=Books : Swimming in Stone: The Amazing Gogo Fossils of the Kimberley by John Long |publisher=Fremantle Press |access-date=13 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307073801/http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/1008 |archive-date= 7 March 2011 }}</ref> and the discovery of the first Devonian fishes showing embryos inside them. This later discovery, published in the journal ''Nature'' (May 2008) was the first time that reproduction by internal fertilisation was demonstrated in the extinct Class Placodermi, and the oldest evidence for vertebrate viviparity yet discovered. One of the specimens, named ''Materpiscis'', was also the only known fossil to show a mineralised umbilical structure linked to the unborn embryo. Nature magazine made a short documentary video about this discovery.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Other Gogo fish fossils have been found showing remarkable preservation of 3-D muscle tissues, nerve cells and microcapillaries,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/2/197.full |title=Exceptional preservation of nerve and muscle tissues in Late Devonian placoderm fish and their evolutionary implications – Biology Letters |journal=Biology Letters |publisher=Rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org |date=22 April 2007 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=197–200 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2006.0604 |access-date=13 February 2011|last1=Trinajstic |first1=Kate |last2=Marshall |first2=Carina |last3=Long |first3=John |last4=Bifield |first4=Kat |pmid=17284403 |pmc=2375963 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1237275 |title=Fossil Musculature of the Most Primitive Jawed Vertebrates {{!}} Science |journal=Science |year=2013 |doi=10.1126/science.1237275 |pmid=23765280 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408061916/http://science.sciencemag.org/content/341/6142/160 |archive-date=2016-04-08|last1=Trinajstic |first1=K. |last2=Sanchez |first2=S. |last3=Dupret |first3=V. |last4=Tafforeau |first4=P. |last5=Long |first5=J. |last6=Young |first6=G. |last7=Senden |first7=T. |last8=Boisvert |first8=C. |last9=Power |first9=N. |last10=Ahlberg |first10=P. E. |volume=341 |issue=6142 |pages=160–164 |s2cid=39468073 }}</ref> making this one of the world's most extraordinary sites for exceptional preservation of fossils of this age.
One of Long's discoveries, the placoderm ''Mcnamaraspis'',<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Late Devonian Gogo Formation Lägerstatte of Western Australia: Exceptional Early Vertebrate Preservation and Diversity |date=1 February 2010 |doi=10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152416 |volume=38 |journal=Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences |pages=255–279|last1=Long |first1=John A. |last2=Trinajstic |first2=Kate |bibcode=2010AREPS..38..255L }}</ref> made history by becoming Australia's first official state fossil emblem when it was declared by the Governor as the Western Australian fossil emblem on 5 December 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpc.wa.gov.au/GuidelinesAndPolicies/SymbolsOfWA/Pages/FossilEmblemGogoFish.aspx |title=Department of the Premier and Cabinet – Fossil Emblem – Gogo Fish |publisher=Dpc.wa.gov.au |access-date=13 February 2011 |archive-date=22 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522203124/https://www.dpc.wa.gov.au/GuidelinesAndPolicies/SymbolsOfWA/Pages/FossilEmblemGogoFish.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Science communication and books== In addition to his work as a palaeontologist John Long has been prominent as a key science communicator in Australia, mainly through his many popular science books, written for both adults and children, which include works of fiction as well as non-fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.det.wa.gov.au/education/cmis/eval/fiction/authors/at12.htm#jlong |title=Authors & Illustrators – L |publisher=Det.wa.gov.au |date=28 July 2001 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> His book ''The Rise of Fishes −500 Million Years of Evolution'' is widely used as a standard reference on fish evolution, and his books dealing with Australian dinosaurs<ref>{{cite book|title=Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand and Other Animals of the Mesozoic Era (9780674207677): John A. Long: Books |isbn = 067420767X|last1 = Long|first1 = John A.|year = 1998| publisher=Harvard University Press }}</ref> and Mesozoic faunas, and on Australian and New Guinean prehistoric mammals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu:80/ecom/MasterServlet/GetItemDetailsHandler?iN=9780801872235&qty=1&source=2&viewMode=3&loggedIN=false&JavaScript=y |title=Product Details |publisher=Jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu:80 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> were the first tomes to comprehensively cover these topics. His work collecting fossils in Antarctica was published as a book ''Mountains of Madness – A Scientist's Odyssey Through Antarctica'' that gave the first detailed account of a modern scientific expedition to Antarctica as told from the scientist's viewpoint.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pattanaik |first=Devdutt |url=http://www.flipkart.com/mountains-madness-john-long-foreword-book-0309070775 |title=Mountains of Madness: John Long, John Long, Foreword By Tim Bowden (9780309070775) |publisher=Flipkart.com |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref>
His work on the international fossil trade, which highlighted problems of fossil smuggling and ignorance of legislation, was made into a 2-part documentary series entitled ''The Dinosaur Dealers'', and published as a book of the same name. He has been active in Australia since the late 1990s dealing with issues of fossil repatriation, legislation and heritage. His books for children include two novels based on cutting-edge research that paint vivid pictures of travelling back in time to experience the varied landscapes of prehistoric Australia (''Mystery of Devils Roost, Journey to the Dawn of Time'')<ref>{{cite web|last=Verolme |first=Hetty |url=http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/911 |title=Books : Mystery of Devil's Roost by John Long |publisher=Fremantle Press |access-date=13 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307073941/http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/911 |archive-date= 7 March 2011 }}</ref><ref>tp://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/871</ref> as well as non-fiction works dealing mainly with dinosaurs<ref>{{cite book|title = Dinosaurs (Insiders) (9781416938576): John Long: Books|date = 24 July 2007|isbn = 978-1416938576|last1 = Long|first1 = John| publisher=Simon and Schuster |url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/dinosaurs00long}}</ref> and prehistory, but also with the environment and climate change<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741754605 |title=The Big Picture Book of Environments |publisher=Allenandunwin.com |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> and the development of human civilizations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=514&book=9781741757002 |title=The Big Picture Book of Human Civilisation |publisher=Allenandunwin.com |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref>
In 2024 he published the first popular book telling the 465 million year story of the evolution of sharks, [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714624/the-secret-history-of-sharks-by-john-long/ ''The Secret History of Sharks-The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators''], with chapters on living sharks and their plight included.
Since 2013 John Long has written or been involved in producing 55 articles for The Conversation website<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/john-long-98402 |title=John Long – The Conversation |publisher=Theconversation.com |date=2013-07-10 |access-date=2022-05-04}}</ref> which has had over 2.9 million hits. His work has been selected for the 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/best-australian-science-writing-2015/ |title=The Best Australian Science Writing 2015 |publisher=NewSouth Books |date= |access-date=2022-05-04}}</ref> and 2017 Anthology of Best Australian Science Writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/best-australian-science-writing-2017/ |title=The Best Australian Science Writing 2017 |publisher=NewSouth Books |date= |access-date=2022-05-04}}</ref>
==Professional service== John Long became the first Australian to hold the position of President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vertpaleo.org/the-Society/Leadership/SVP_Past_Presidents.aspx |title=SVP Past Presidents - vertpaleo |website=vertpaleo.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210184119/http://vertpaleo.org/The-Society/Leadership/SVP_Past_Presidents.aspx |archive-date=2014-02-10}}</ref> an office between 2016 and 2018.Between 2016 and 2019 he was President of the Royal Society of South Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rssa.org.au/about-the-society.html |title=About the Society - Royal Society of South Australia |website=www.rssa.org.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315183147/http://www.rssa.org.au/about-the-society.html |archive-date=2015-03-15}}</ref> John Long has also been an active participant in protecting Australian fossil heritage. He has actively participated in the campaign to update the Heritage status of the Beaumaris fossil site in Melbourne to protect it<ref>[http://www.nobeaumarismarina.com/national-heritage-listing-for-beaumaris/ National Heritage Listing for Beaumaris] nobeaumarismarina.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628104807/http://www.nobeaumarismarina.com/national-heritage-listing-for-beaumaris/ |date=28 June 2019 }}</ref> from future development.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Long |url=https://theconversation.com/we-need-to-protect-the-fossil-heritage-on-our-doorstep-42263 |title=We need to protect the fossil heritage on our doorstep |publisher=Theconversation.com |date=2015-07-26 |access-date=2022-05-04}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== Long's awards include the 2001 Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/7FD90459-CD2B-E62D-9D42E794287E6185 |title=Eureka: For exceptional performance in public promotion of science through a diverse range of activities |publisher=Eureka.australianmuseum.net.au |access-date=13 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310232349/http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/7FD90459-CD2B-E62D-9D42E794287E6185 |archive-date=10 March 2011 }}</ref> the 2003 Riversleigh Society Medal for promoting the understanding of Australian prehistory,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0907/S00030.htm |title=Award winning scientist to open lecture series | Scoop News |publisher=Scoop.co.nz |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> and the 2008 ''Australasian Science'' Prize, a prize awarded across all disciplines of science and medicine each year by ''Australasian Science'' magazine for excellence in peer-reviewed research. The 2008 Prize was awarded for the discovery of the world's oldest vertebrate embryos.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.control.com.au/bi2008/2910ASPrize.pdf |title=Mother fossil find awarded the Australasian Science Prize|access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311040909/http://www.control.com.au/bi2008/2910ASPrize.pdf |archive-date=11 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Long's literary awards include the 2006 Best Primary Reference book by the Australian Publishers Association for ''The Big Picture Book- Life on Earth Unfolding Through Time'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=94&book=9781741143287 |title=The Big Picture Book |publisher=Allenandunwin.com |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref> which also picked up the 2006 Environmental Award for Children's Literature (non-fiction) and was short-listed for the best information book (Eve Pownall Award of the Children's Book Council) and shortlisted for best children's book in the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 2006.
In 2007 his book ''Swimming in Stone-The Amazing Gogo Fossils of the Kimberley'' was shortlisted for the Science writing prize of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/99076b5cc51b47c6ca257335007d96a9!OpenDocument |title=Media Release: 2007 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Shortlist Announced |publisher=Legislation.vic.gov.au |date=10 August 2007 |access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref>
In 2011 Long and colleagues Kate Trinajstic, Gavin Young & Tim Senden were short-listed for the Eureka Prize for Scientific Research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/608A78C0-7561-11E0-A87E005056B06558?DISPLAYENTRY=true |title=2011 Finalist |publisher=Australian Museum |access-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008025031/http://eureka.australianmuseum.net.au/608A78C0-7561-11E0-A87E005056B06558?DISPLAYENTRY=true |archive-date= 8 October 2011 }}</ref> In December 2011 Long received the 2011 Research Medal of the Royal Society of Victoria (Category Earth Sciences).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencevictoria.org.au/images/newsletterjuly2011.pdf |title=Newsletter |publisher=Royal Society of Victoria |date=July 2011 |access-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095311/http://www.sciencevictoria.org.au/images/newsletterjuly2011.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>
In 2014 he was awarded the Verco Medal for research from the Royal Society of South Australia.<ref>{{cite web | author= flindersblogs | title=Flinders scientist wins coveted science prize – News | website=News | date=9 October 2014 | url=https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2014/10/09/flinders-scientist-wins-coveted-science-prize/ | access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
In 2016 he was part of Prof Ross Large's team TEPO (Trace Elements in Past Oceans) which won the 2016 Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research.<ref>{{cite web|website=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYE8fM6elxY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/wYE8fM6elxY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|format=video|title=TEPO, Winner 2016 Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research|date=16 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2019, he won the Jim Bettison and Helen James Award at the Adelaide Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Bettison & James Award | website=Adelaide Film Festival | date=8 June 2020 | url=https://adelaidefilmfestival.org/awards/the-bettison-james-award/ | access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>
In 2023 he was part of the team that [https://blog.publish.csiro.au/whitley-awards-2023/ won] the Whitley Medal<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.publish.csiro.au/whitley-awards-2023/ | title=Whitley Awards 2023: Showcasing the best Australasian zoological literature | date=11 October 2023 }}</ref> for their book on "Prehistoric Australasia- Visions of Evolution and Extinction".
Long was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Long |url=https://science.org.au/about-us/academy-fellows/discover-our-fellows/john-long |access-date=2026-05-22 |website=Australian Academy of Science}}</ref>
==Books== * Long, J. (1991) ''Dinosaurs of Australia, and other animals of the Mesozoic Era'', Reed Books: Sydney. {{ISBN|0-7301-0333-1}}. * Long, J. A.& McNamara, K.J. (1992) ''Sea Monsters'', Western Australian Museum: Perth. * Long, J. A. (ed) (1993) ''Palaeozoic Vertebrate Biostratigraphy and Biogeography'' Belhaven Press: UK.; (1994), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, US, {{ISBN|0-8018-4779-6}}. * Long, J. A. (1995) ''The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution'' University of New South Wales Press: Sydney; also (1995) Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore: US, {{ISBN|0-86840-078-5}}. * Long, J. A. 1997. "Mystery of Devil's Roost". Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA. 128 pp. * Mcnamara, K. J. and Long, J. A. 1998. "The Evolution Revolution". Wiley and Sons, London and New York. 299pp. {{ISBN|0-471-97406-4}}. * 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. US. 182pp. {{ISBN|0-86840-448-9}}. * Baynes, A. & Long, J. A. (eds). "Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology". Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 57, 424pp. {{ISBN|0-7307-1251-6}}. * Long, J. 2000. "Mountains of Madness- A Scientist's Odyssey through Antarctica". Joseph Henry Press, US (National Academies Press), {{ISBN|0-309-07077-5}}. * Brochu, C, Long, J.A., McHenry, C., Scanlon, J.D., Willis, P. 2000 Dinosaurs. The Time-Life Guides. Time Life Books, US. {{ISBN|0-7370-0081-3}}. * Long J. 2002. "The Dinosaur Dealers". Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 220 pp., {{ISBN|1-86508-829-3}} * 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, US. 244pp. {{ISBN|0-86840-435-7}}. * Long, J. 2003. "The Journey to the Dawn of Time". Fremantle Arts Centre Press. 152pp. {{ISBN|1-86368-357-7}}. * Long, J. 2004. "Gogo Fish! The story of the Western Australian State fossil emblem." The Western Australian Museum, Perth. 48pp. {{ISBN|1-920843-08-6}}. * Long, J. 2004. "Its True! Dinosaurs Never Died!" Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 88pp. {{ISBN|1-74114-274-1}}; {{ISBN|978-1-74114-274-7}} * Long. J. A. & Choo, B. 2005. "The Big Picture Book."Allen & Unwin, Melbourne. 48pp. {{ISBN|978-1-74114-328-7}} * Long, J. 2006. "Swimming in Stone – the Amazing Gogo Fossils of the Kimberley" Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle. 320pp. {{ISBN|1-921064-33-1}} * McNamara, K.J. & Long, J. 2007. "The Evolution Revolution-Design without intelligence". Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne 304pp. {{ISBN|0-522-85338-2}} * Brochu, C, Long, J.A., McHenry, C., Scanlon, J.D., Willis, P. 2007. Dinosaurs. Revised and Updated. The best-selling guide to understanding dinosaurs. Edited by: Brett-Surmann, Michael K., Fog City Press, San Francisco, 256pp. {{ISBN|978-1-74089-584-2}}. 1993. * Long, J. 2008. "The Big Picture Book of Environments". Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 48pp. {{ISBN|978-1-74114-328-7}} * Long, J. & Schouten, P. 2008. "Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds". CSIRO Press, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, UK, US. 194pp. {{ISBN|978-0-643-09434-5}}. * Long, J. 2009. "The Big Picture Book of Human Civilization". Allen & Unwin, Sydney. 48pp. {{ISBN|978-1-74175-700-2}} * Long, J. 2009. "The Short, Tragic Life of Leo the Marsupial Lion". Western Australian Museum, Perth.32pp. {{ISBN|978-1-920843-94-6}} * Long, J. 2010. "The Rise of Fishes −500 Million Years of Evolution" 2nd edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, US. {{ISBN|978-0-8018-9695-8}} (HB) 284pp. * Long, J. 2011. "Hung Like an Argentine Duck – The Prehistoric Origins of Sexual Intimacy". HarperCollins, Australia, {{ISBN|978-0-7322-9273-7}} (PB), 278pp.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Hung-Like-An-Argentine-Duck-A-Journey-Back-In-Time-To-The-Origins-Of-John-Long?isbn=978-0-7322-9273-7 | isbn=978-0-7322-9273-7 | title=Hung Like An Argentine Duck: A Journey Back in Time to the Origins of Sexual Intimacy | publisher=HarperCollins | access-date=19 January 2012 | year=2011 }}</ref> * Stilwell, J.D. & Long, J.A. 2011. ''Frozen in Time – Prehistoric Life in Antarctica''. C.S.I.R.O. Publishing, Melbourne, {{ISBN|978-0-643-09635-6}} (HB), 248pp.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/pid/6431.htm|title=Frozen in Time – Prehistoric Life in Antarctica|publisher=CSIRO|access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref> * Long J.A. 2012. "Dawn of the Deed -The Prehistoric Origins of Sex". University of Chicago Press, Illinois. 296pp, {{ISBN|9780226492544}}. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo13183022.html * Archer, M, Hand, S, Long, J, Worthy, T. 2023. ''Prehistoric Australasia -Visions of Evolution and Extinction''.C.S.I.R.O. Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, 264pp. ISBN 9780643108059. * Long J. 2024. "The Secret History of Sharks-The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators" Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House, New York, NY, USA. 480pp. {{ISBN|9780593598078}}.<ref>https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714624/the-secret-history-of-sharks-by-john-long/</ref>
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