List of works - Massimo Delfino

A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela

scientific article published on 23 April 2021

A comparative atlas of selected skeletal elements of European urodeles (Amphibia: Urodela) for palaeontological investigations

scientific article published on 8 September 2022

A comparative atlas of the skull osteology of European lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) ⬇️

scientific article published on 4 July 2019

A complete skull ofAllodaposuchus precedensNopcsa, 1928 (Eusuchia) and a reassessment of the morphology of the taxon based on the Romanian remains

article by Massimo Delfino et al published 12 March 2008 in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

A latest Biharian small vertebrate fauna from the lacustrine succession of San Lorenzo (Sant’Arcangelo Basin, Basilicata, Italy)

scientific article published in January 2005

A revision of the trionychid turtle Procyclanorbis sardus Portis, 1901 from the late Miocene of Sardinia (Italy)

article

A thorny question: the taxonomic identity of the Pirro Nord cervical vertebrae revisited

scientific article published on 17 July 2014

African crocodylians in the Late Neogene of Europe: A revision of Crocodylus bambolii Ristori, 1890

scientific article published in 2008

An amphisbaenian skull from the European miocene and the evolution of Mediterranean worm lizards

scientific article published in 2014

An integrated study of the Homo -bearing Aalat stratigraphic section (Eritrea): An expanded continental record at the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition

scholarly article

An overview of the crocodylian fossil record from Sardinia (Italy)

article

An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy)

scientific article published in 2022

Biogeographic history of Palearctic caudates revealed by a critical appraisal of their fossil record quality and spatio-temporal distribution

scientific article published in 2022

Case 3743 — Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Crocodyliformes: Eusuchia: Allodaposuchidae): proposed designation of a neotype

Comparative cranial osteology of European gekkotans (Reptilia, Squamata)

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Comparative cranial osteology ofBlanus(Squamata: Amphisbaenia)

scientific article published on 15 December 2018

Correction to: Turtle remains from the late Miocene of the Cessaniti area, southern Italy—insights for a probable Tortonian chelonian dispersal from Europe to Africa

scientific article published in 2020

Descriptive osteology and patterns of limb loss of the European limbless skink Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Squamata, Scincidae)

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

Early Miocene herpetofaunas from the Greek localities of Aliveri and Karydia – bridging a gap in the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from the early Neogene of southeastern Europe

Early Pliocene anuran fossils from Kanapoi, Kenya, and the first fossil record for the African burrowing frog Hemisus (Neobatrachia: Hemisotidae).

scientific article published on 13 July 2017

Els Casots (Subirats, Catalonia), a key site for the Miocene vertebrate record of Southwestern Europe

scientific article published in 2022

Expansion after expansion: dissecting the phylogeography of the widely distributed spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca (Testudines: Testudinidae)

scientific article published on 2 March 2017

First cranial remains ofCheirogaster richardi(Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Late Miocene of Ecoparc de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications

article by Àngel H. Luján et al published 3 March 2014 in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

First description of a fossil chamaeleonid from Greece and its relevance for the European biogeographic history of the group.

scientific article

First fossil of Varanus Merrem, 1820 (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Miocene Siwaliks of Pakistan

scientific article published in 2022

First joint record of Mesopithecus and cf. Macaca in the Miocene of Europe.

scientific article

First record of Latonia gigantea (Anura, Alytidae) from the Iberian Peninsula

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from Tegelen (Province of Limburg) and the early Pleistocene palaeoclimate of The Netherlands

scholarly article

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene locality of Maramena (Greece), the most diverse European herpetofauna at the Miocene/Pliocene transition boundary

scientific article published in 2019

Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview

scientific article published in 2018

Giant extinct caiman breaks constraint on the axial skeleton of extant crocodylians

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

How to Render Species Comparable Taxonomic Units Through Deep Time: A Case Study on Intraspecific Osteological Variability in Extant and Extinct Lacertid Lizards

scientific article published in 2021

Italian natural history museums on the verge of collapse?

scientific article

Late Miocene Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from Tuscany (Italy): Evidence of terrapin persistence after a mammal turnover

article

Late Palaeocene eusuchian remains from Mont de Berru, France, and the origin of the alligatoroidDiplocynodon

article

Late Pleistocene fossils and the future distribution of Rana temporaria (Amphibia, Anura) along the Apennine Peninsula (Italy)

article

Latest Villafranchian climate and landscape reconstructions at Pirro Nord (southern Italy)

scholarly article by Hugues-Alexandre Blain et al published 19 June 2019 in Geology

New data on Early Pleistocene vertebrates from Monte Argentario (Central Italy). Paleoecological and biochronological implications

article

New material of Laophis crotaloides, an enigmatic giant snake from Greece, with an overview of the largest fossil European vipers

New remains of Diplocynodon (Crocodylia: Diplocynodontidae) from the Early Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula

article by José Luis Díaz Aráez et al published January 2017 in Comptes Rendus Palevol

New specimens ofAllodaposuchus precedensfrom France: intraspecific variability and the diversity of European Late Cretaceous eusuchians

article

Old African fossils provide new evidence for the origin of the American crocodiles

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Osteology and affinities of Dollo's goniopholidid (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Early Cretaceous of Bernissart, Belgium

article

Osteology of the Italian endemic spectacled salamanders, Salamandrina spp. (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae): selected skeletal elements for palaeontological investigations

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Osteology, fossil record and palaeodiversity of the European lizards

scientific article published in 2017

Palaeobatrachus eurydices, sp. nov. (Amphibia, Anura), the last Western European palaeobatrachid

Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental context of the Early Pleistocene hominins from Dmanisi (Georgia, Lesser Caucasus) inferred from the herpetofaunal assemblage

scholarly article

Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula

scientific article published on 12 November 2021

Phylogenetic value of jaw elements of lacertid lizards (Squamata: Lacertoidea): a case study with Oligocene material from France

scientific article published in 2021

Pleistocene environments and human presence in the middle Atbara valley (Khashm El Girba, Eastern Sudan)

scientific article published in 2010

Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroidDiplocynodon deponiae(Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen

scholarly article by Massimo Delfino & Thierry Smith published November 2012 in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Remains of Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at Mid-Late Holocene archaeological sites in coastal Oman: clues of past worlds

scientific article published on 17 December 2018

Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European monitor lizards.

scientific article published on 5 December 2018

Revision of the crocodilians from the Oligocene of Monteviale, Italy, and the diversity of European eusuchians across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary

article

Revision of the extinct Pleistocene tortoise Testudo lunellensis Almera and Bofill, 1903 from Cova de Gràcia (Barcelona, Spain)

article

Shell Morphology of the Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883, the Osteologically Least-Known Testudo Species ⬇️

scientific article published in November 2009

Skull osteology and osteological phylogeny of the Western whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata, Colubridae)

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

Skull osteology of Vipera walser (Squamata, Viperidae): Description, variability, ontogeny, and diagnostic characters in comparison to other Italian vipers

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Structural and environmental constraints on reduction of paired appendages among vertebrates ⬇️

scientific article published on 28 July 2019

Taxonomical assessment of ‘Bavaricordylus’ Kosma, 2004 (Reptilia, Squamata)

Taxonomy of subgenus Temnoclemmys Bergounioux, 1958 (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Ptychogasterinae) based on new material from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)

scientific article published in 2014

The Miocene tortoiseTestudo catalaunicaBataller, 1926, and a revised phylogeny of extinct species of genusTestudo(Testudines: Testudinidae)

article

The first fossils of Timon (Squamata: Lacertinae) from Sardinia (Italy) and potential causes for its local extinction in the Pleistocene

article

The last European varanid: demise and extinction of monitor lizards (Squamata, Varanidae) from Europe

The last amphisbaenian (Squamata) from continental Eastern Europe

The last of the large-sized tortoises of the Mediterranean islands

journal article from 'Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society' published in 2022

The latest Early Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles from Kaiafas (Greece) and the first record of fossil Ophiomorus (Squamata, Scincidae)

scientific article published in 2020

The role of coastal areas in the Neogene-Quaternary mammal island populations of the central Mediterranean

scientific article published on 11 January 2017

The upper Messinian assemblages of fossil vertebrate remains of Verduno (NW Italy): Another brick for a latest Miocene bridge across the Mediterranean

article

Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Turtle Extinctions Working Group ⬇️

Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians

Turtle remains from the late Miocene of the Cessaniti area, southern Italy—insights for a probable Tortonian chelonian dispersal from Europe to Africa

scientific article published in 2020

List of works by Massimo Delfino

A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela

A comparative atlas of selected skeletal elements of European urodeles (Amphibia: Urodela) for palaeontological investigations

A comparative atlas of the skull osteology of European lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) ⬇️

A complete skull ofAllodaposuchus precedensNopcsa, 1928 (Eusuchia) and a reassessment of the morphology of the taxon based on the Romanian remains

A latest Biharian small vertebrate fauna from the lacustrine succession of San Lorenzo (Sant’Arcangelo Basin, Basilicata, Italy)

A revision of the trionychid turtle Procyclanorbis sardus Portis, 1901 from the late Miocene of Sardinia (Italy)

A thorny question: the taxonomic identity of the Pirro Nord cervical vertebrae revisited

African crocodylians in the Late Neogene of Europe: A revision of Crocodylus bambolii Ristori, 1890

An amphisbaenian skull from the European miocene and the evolution of Mediterranean worm lizards

An integrated study of the Homo -bearing Aalat stratigraphic section (Eritrea): An expanded continental record at the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition

An overview of the crocodylian fossil record from Sardinia (Italy)

An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy)

Biogeographic history of Palearctic caudates revealed by a critical appraisal of their fossil record quality and spatio-temporal distribution

Case 3743 — Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Crocodyliformes: Eusuchia: Allodaposuchidae): proposed designation of a neotype

Comparative cranial osteology of European gekkotans (Reptilia, Squamata)

Comparative cranial osteology ofBlanus(Squamata: Amphisbaenia)

Correction to: Turtle remains from the late Miocene of the Cessaniti area, southern Italy—insights for a probable Tortonian chelonian dispersal from Europe to Africa

Descriptive osteology and patterns of limb loss of the European limbless skink Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Squamata, Scincidae)

Early Miocene herpetofaunas from the Greek localities of Aliveri and Karydia – bridging a gap in the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from the early Neogene of southeastern Europe

Early Pliocene anuran fossils from Kanapoi, Kenya, and the first fossil record for the African burrowing frog Hemisus (Neobatrachia: Hemisotidae).

Els Casots (Subirats, Catalonia), a key site for the Miocene vertebrate record of Southwestern Europe

Expansion after expansion: dissecting the phylogeography of the widely distributed spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca (Testudines: Testudinidae)

First cranial remains ofCheirogaster richardi(Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Late Miocene of Ecoparc de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications

First description of a fossil chamaeleonid from Greece and its relevance for the European biogeographic history of the group.

First fossil of Varanus Merrem, 1820 (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Miocene Siwaliks of Pakistan

First joint record of Mesopithecus and cf. Macaca in the Miocene of Europe.

First record of Latonia gigantea (Anura, Alytidae) from the Iberian Peninsula

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from Tegelen (Province of Limburg) and the early Pleistocene palaeoclimate of The Netherlands

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene locality of Maramena (Greece), the most diverse European herpetofauna at the Miocene/Pliocene transition boundary

Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview

Giant extinct caiman breaks constraint on the axial skeleton of extant crocodylians

How to Render Species Comparable Taxonomic Units Through Deep Time: A Case Study on Intraspecific Osteological Variability in Extant and Extinct Lacertid Lizards

Italian natural history museums on the verge of collapse?

Late Miocene Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from Tuscany (Italy): Evidence of terrapin persistence after a mammal turnover

Late Palaeocene eusuchian remains from Mont de Berru, France, and the origin of the alligatoroidDiplocynodon

Late Pleistocene fossils and the future distribution of Rana temporaria (Amphibia, Anura) along the Apennine Peninsula (Italy)

Latest Villafranchian climate and landscape reconstructions at Pirro Nord (southern Italy)

New data on Early Pleistocene vertebrates from Monte Argentario (Central Italy). Paleoecological and biochronological implications

New material of Laophis crotaloides, an enigmatic giant snake from Greece, with an overview of the largest fossil European vipers

New remains of Diplocynodon (Crocodylia: Diplocynodontidae) from the Early Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula

New specimens ofAllodaposuchus precedensfrom France: intraspecific variability and the diversity of European Late Cretaceous eusuchians

Old African fossils provide new evidence for the origin of the American crocodiles

Osteology and affinities of Dollo's goniopholidid (Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Early Cretaceous of Bernissart, Belgium

Osteology of the Italian endemic spectacled salamanders, Salamandrina spp. (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae): selected skeletal elements for palaeontological investigations

Osteology, fossil record and palaeodiversity of the European lizards

Palaeobatrachus eurydices, sp. nov. (Amphibia, Anura), the last Western European palaeobatrachid

Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental context of the Early Pleistocene hominins from Dmanisi (Georgia, Lesser Caucasus) inferred from the herpetofaunal assemblage

Past, present, and future climate space of the only endemic vertebrate genus of the Italian peninsula

Phylogenetic value of jaw elements of lacertid lizards (Squamata: Lacertoidea): a case study with Oligocene material from France

Pleistocene environments and human presence in the middle Atbara valley (Khashm El Girba, Eastern Sudan)

Reappraisal of the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the middle Eocene alligatoroidDiplocynodon deponiae(Frey, Laemmert, and Riess, 1987) based on a three-dimensional specimen

Remains of Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at Mid-Late Holocene archaeological sites in coastal Oman: clues of past worlds

Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European monitor lizards.

Revision of the crocodilians from the Oligocene of Monteviale, Italy, and the diversity of European eusuchians across the Eocene-Oligocene boundary

Revision of the extinct Pleistocene tortoise Testudo lunellensis Almera and Bofill, 1903 from Cova de Gràcia (Barcelona, Spain)

Shell Morphology of the Egyptian Tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883, the Osteologically Least-Known Testudo Species ⬇️

Skull osteology and osteological phylogeny of the Western whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata, Colubridae)

Skull osteology of Vipera walser (Squamata, Viperidae): Description, variability, ontogeny, and diagnostic characters in comparison to other Italian vipers

Structural and environmental constraints on reduction of paired appendages among vertebrates ⬇️

Taxonomical assessment of ‘Bavaricordylus’ Kosma, 2004 (Reptilia, Squamata)

Taxonomy of subgenus Temnoclemmys Bergounioux, 1958 (Testudines: Geoemydidae: Ptychogasterinae) based on new material from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)

The Miocene tortoiseTestudo catalaunicaBataller, 1926, and a revised phylogeny of extinct species of genusTestudo(Testudines: Testudinidae)

The first fossils of Timon (Squamata: Lacertinae) from Sardinia (Italy) and potential causes for its local extinction in the Pleistocene

The last European varanid: demise and extinction of monitor lizards (Squamata, Varanidae) from Europe

The last amphisbaenian (Squamata) from continental Eastern Europe

The last of the large-sized tortoises of the Mediterranean islands

The latest Early Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles from Kaiafas (Greece) and the first record of fossil Ophiomorus (Squamata, Scincidae)

The role of coastal areas in the Neogene-Quaternary mammal island populations of the central Mediterranean

The upper Messinian assemblages of fossil vertebrate remains of Verduno (NW Italy): Another brick for a latest Miocene bridge across the Mediterranean

Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene

Turtle Extinctions Working Group ⬇️

Turtle remains from the late Miocene of the Cessaniti area, southern Italy—insights for a probable Tortonian chelonian dispersal from Europe to Africa