Among Kermack's other significant contributions was the observation that Diplodocus could not have had an aquatic lifestyle because sheer water pressure alone on its chest would have prevented it breathing whilst submerged.[2][3]
He first described the early mammal Aegialodon dawsoni from a molar tooth[4][5] and the docodont Simpsonodon oxfordensis.[6][7]
He was also interested in astronomy, elected a member of the British Astronomical Association on 23 February 1966,[8] a member until his death in 2000.[9]
^Kermack, K. A. (1951). "LXXX.—A note on the habits of the Sauropods". Journal of Natural History. Series 12. 4 (44): 830–832. doi:10.1080/00222935108654213.
^David Lambert; Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff (1 April 2010). Dinosaur. Dorling Kindersley Limited. pp. 66–. ISBN978-1-4053-4540-8.
^Kermack, K. A.; Lee, A. J.; Lees, P. M.; Mussett, F. (1987). "A new docodont from the Forest Marble". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 89: 1–39. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1987.tb01342.x.