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List of works by Francisco Ortega

A Nestling Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: Implications for Avian Skull and Neck Evolution

scientific article published in Science

A New Freshwater Basal Eucryptodiran Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Spain

scientific article

A New Sail-Backed Styracosternan (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Morella, Spain

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A New Titanosaurian Braincase from the Cretaceous "Lo Hueco" Locality in Spain Sheds Light on Neuroanatomical Evolution within Titanosauria

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A bizarre, humped Carcharodontosauria (Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain

scientific article published on September 9, 2010

A diminutive perinate European Enantiornithes reveals an asynchronous ossification pattern in early birds.

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

A diverse Late Triassic tetrapod fauna from Manzanera (Teruel, Spain)

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A juvenile allosauroid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal

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A new Crocodyloidea from the middle Eocene of Zamora (Duero Basin, Spain)

scientific article published on 5 March 2024

A new and complete peirosaurid (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia) from Sierra Barrosa (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

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A new basal sauropod dinosaur from the middle Jurassic of Niger and the early evolution of sauropoda

scientific article published in 2009

A new carcharodontosaurian theropod from the Lusitanian Basin: evidence of allosauroid sympatry in the European Late Jurassic

scientific article published on 2 January 2020

A new dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Lower Cretaceous (Mulichinco Formation, Valanginian, Neuquén Basin) of Argentina

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A new dryosaurid ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal

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A new genus of Bothremydidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the Cretaceous of Southwestern Europe

scientific article published in 2012

A new macronarian sauropod from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal

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A new placodont from the Upper Triassic of Spain provides new insights on the acquisition of the specialized skull of Henodontidae

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A new species of Araripesuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the lower Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina)

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A new species of Brodiechelys (Testudines, Pan-Cryptodira) from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: Systematic and palaeobiogeographic implications

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A new species of the turtle Hylaeochelys (Eucryptodira) outside its known geographic and stratigraphic ranges of distribution

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A new spinosaurid theropod (Dinosauria: Megalosauroidea) from the late Barremian of Vallibona, Spain: Implications for spinosaurid diversity in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article 2019

A new spinosaurid theropod (Dinosauria: Megalosauroidea) from the upper Barremian of Vallibona, Spain: Implications for spinosaurid diversity in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula

A new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain)

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A preliminary note on the first tetrapod trackways from the lithographic limestones of Las Hoyas (Lower Cretaceous, Cuenca, Spain)

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A review of the upper Campanian vertebrate site of Armuña (Segovia Province, Spain)

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A revision of the crocodyliformAllodaposuchus precedensfrom the Upper Cretaceous of the Hateg Basin, Romania. Its relevance in the phylogeny of Eusuchia

scholarly article by Angela D. Buscalioni et al published 26 March 2001 in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

A unique multitoothed ornithomimosaur dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain

scientific article published in Nature

Ampliación de la distribución geográfica y temporal de Elochelys convenarum (Chelonii, Bothremydidae) en el Cretácico Superior de la Península Ibérica

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An Early Cretaceous bird from Spain and its implications for the evolution of avian flight

scientific article published in Nature

An Early Cretaceous, medium-sized carcharodontosaurid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Mulichinco Formation (upper Valanginian), Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina

scientific article published in July 2020

An articulated hindlimb of a basal iguanodont (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Early Cretaceous Las Hoyas Lagerstätte (Spain)

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An early Cretaceous pellet

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Analysis and phylogenetic status of the eusuchian fragmentary material from Western Europe assigned to Allodaposuchus precedens

scholarly article by Iván Narváez et al published June 2017 in Journal of Iberian Geology: an international publication of earth sciences

Analysis of diversity, stratigraphic and geographical distribution of isolated theropod teeth from the Upper Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal

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Analysis of the Anomalies in a Middle Eocene Shell of Neochelys (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) from the Duero Basin (Zamora, Spain)

scientific article published on 21 February 2023

Appendicular osteology of Concavenator corcovatus (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauridae; Early Cretaceous; Spain)

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Axial osteology of Concavenator corcovatus (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain

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Biotic association and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the “Loma del Pterodaustro” fossil site (Early Cretaceous, Argentina)

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Brain and pneumatic cavities of the braincase of the basal alligatoroid Diplocynodon tormis (Eocene, Spain)

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Carcharodontosaurian remains (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal

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

Cenomanian vertebrates from Algora (central Spain): New data on the establishment of the European Upper Cretaceous continental faunas

scientific article published in November 2020

Cranial variability of the European Middle Triassic sauropterygian Simosaurus gaillardoti

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Crocodyliformes and Testudines from the Eocene of the Duero Basin (northwestern Spain): an update of their diversity and stratigraphic context

scientific article published on 22 March 2022

Did all theropods have chicken-like feet? First evidence of a non-avian dinosaur podotheca

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Elementos de la Armadura Dérmica del Dinosaurio AnquilosaurioPolacanthusOwen, 1865, en el Cretácico Inferior de Morella (Castellón, España)

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Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the first pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe

article published in 2014

First Triassic tetrapod (Sauropterygia, Nothosauridae) from Castilla y León: evidence of an unknown taxon for the Spanish record

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First occurrences of non-neosauropod eusauropod procoelous caudal vertebrae in the Portuguese Upper Jurassic record

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Fossil assemblages and palaeoenvironments in the Cenomanian vertebrate site of Nazaré (West Central Portugal)

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Geological and Palaeontological context of three new Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) vertebrate sites in the Iberian Peninsula (Cuenca Province, Central Spain)

scientific article

High browsing skeletal adaptations in Spinophorosaurus reveal an evolutionary innovation in sauropod dinosaurs

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

High sauropod diversity in the upper Barremian Arcillas de Morella Formation (Maestrat Basin, Spain) revealed by a systematic review of historical material

scientific article published in 2017

Identification of the French Upper Cretaceous bothremydid turtle Foxemys mechinorum in the Spanish record

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Inner skull cavities of the basal eusuchian Lohuecosuchus megadontos (Upper Cretaceous, Spain) and neurosensorial implications

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Isolated theropod teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Niger and the early dental evolution of Spinosauridae

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Las Hoyas

scientific book chapter

Late cretaceous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages from the Laño quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update

scientific article published in 2015

Loss of carpal elements in crocodilian limb evolution: morphogenetic model corroborated by palaeobiological data

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Lourinhasaurus n. gen. Novo dinossáurio saurópode do Jurássico superior (Kimeridgíano superior-Titoniaiio inferior) de Portugal

scientific article published on 20 November 1998

Neurocranial osteology and neuroanatomy of a late Cretaceous titanosaurian sauropod from Spain (Ampelosaurus sp.)

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

New Crocodyliforms from Southwestern Europe and Definition of a Diverse Clade of European Late Cretaceous Basal Eusuchians

scientific article

New Data on the Poorly Known Jurassic Record of the Turtle Hylaeochelys (Thalassochelydia), Based on New Finds from Portugal

scientific article published in 2023

New Spanish Late Cretaceous eusuchian reveals the synchronic and sympatric presence of two allodaposuchids

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New and exceptional discovery in the Upper Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula: the palaeontological site of “Lo Hueco”, Cuenca, Spain

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New crocodiles (Eusuchia: Alligatoroidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Europe

New data of the Portuguese brachiosaurid Lusotitan atalaiensis (Sobral Formation, Upper Jurassic)

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New data on Late Jurassic sauropods of central and northern sectors of the Bombarral Sub-basin (Lusitanian Basin, Portugal)

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New data on the anatomy of Torvosaurus and other remains of megalosauroid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal

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New data on the mammalian fauna from the late middle Eocene ( MP 15–16) of Mazaterón (Soria, Spain): The youngest presence of the genus Prodissopsalis (Hyaenodonta, Hyaenodontidae) in Europe

New data on the shell anatomy of Selenemys lusitanica, the oldest known pleurosternid turtle in Europe

scientific article published on 23 January 2024

New diagnosis for Allodaposuchus precedens, the type species of the European Upper Cretaceous clade Allodaposuchidae

scientific article published in 2019

New evidence of shared dinosaur across Upper Jurassic Proto-North Atlantic: Stegosaurus from Portugal

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New evidence ofCeratosaurus(Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal

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New finds of the turtle <i>Plesiochelys</i> in the Upper Jurassic of Portugal and evaluation of its diversity in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published in 2021

New hadrosauriform cranial remains from the Arcillas de Morella Formation (lower Aptian) of Morella, Spain

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New highly pachyostotic nothosauroid interpreted as a filter-feeding Triassic marine reptile

New remains from the Spanish Cenomanian shade light on the Gondwanan origin of European Early Cretaceous titanosaurs

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New spinosaurid (Theropoda, Megalosauroidea) remains from the Arcillas de Morella Formation (upper Barremian) of Morella, Spain

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New theropod remains from the Tiourarén Formation (?Middle Jurassic, Niger) and their bearing on the dental evolution in basal tetanurans

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On the validity of the Middle Triassic sauropterygian ‘ Partanosaurus zitteli ’ and the diversity of Simosauridae

scientific article published on 3 September 2019

Ontogenetic similarities between giraffe and sauropod neck osteological mobility

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Pelecanimimus (Theropoda: Ornithomimosauria) postcranial anatomy and the evolution of the specialized manus in Ornithomimosaurs and sternum in maniraptoriforms

scientific article published on 7 May 2021

Pelvic and femoral anatomy of the Allodaposuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain)

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Phylogenetic reassessment ofLourinhasaurus alenquerensis, a basal Macronaria (Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal

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Plesiosauria remains from the Barremian of Morella (Castellón, Spain) and first identification of Leptocleididae in the Iberian record

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Preliminary taphonomic approach to “Lo Hueco” palaeontological site (Upper Cretaceous, Cuenca, Spain)

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Primera cita de cocodrilos zifodontos en el Cenozoico de Asturias: Royo Gómez y los supuestos dientes de dinosaurio del Eoceno de Llamaquique

scientific article published in 2012

Redescription and phylogenetic placement of the Spanish middle Eocene eusuchian Duerosuchus piscator (Crocodylia, Planocraniidae)

scientific article published on 4 May 2021

Reinterpretation and new denominationof Atacisaurus crassiproratus (Middle Eocene; Issel, France) as cf. Iberosuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Metasuchia)

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Sauropod tooth morphotypes from the Upper Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal)

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Selenemys lusitanica, gen. et sp. nov., a new pleurosternid turtle (Testudines: Paracryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal

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Shell characterization of the youngest valid species of the European Eocene genus Neochelys (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae): The Spanish Bartonian Neochelys salmanticensis

scientific article published on 18 April 2023

Squamate finding in “Lo Hueco” (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian, Cuenca Province, Spain): the second non-marine pythonomorph lizard

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Systematic study of the historical material of Upper Cretaceous reptiles from the Tremp Basin (Catalonia, Spain) housed at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid)

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Taxonomy, systematics, and diversity of the European oldest testudinids

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The Iberian Triassic fossil record of Sauropterygia: an update

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

The Upper Jurassic maniraptoran theropodLisboasaurus estesi(Guimarota, Portugal) reinterpreted as a crocodylomorph

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The biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of “Lo Hueco” (Cuenca, Spain)

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The birds from Las Hoyas

scientific article published in January 2002

The birds from Las Hoyas

article published in 2002

The braincase of the basal sauropod dinosaur Spinophorosaurus and 3D reconstructions of the cranial endocast and inner ear

scientific article

The cranial osteology of Concavenator corcovatus (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain

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The eosauropterygian fossils from the Middle Triassic of Canales de Molina (Guadalajara, Spain)

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The fish trace fossil Undichna from the Cretaceous of Spain

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The internal anatomy of titanosaur osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain is compatible with a role in oogenesis

scientific article published on 07 February 2017

The oldest turtle from Portugal corresponding to the only pre-Kimmeridgian plesiochelyid (basal Eucryptodira) recognized at the generic level

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The placodonts (Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Canales de Molina (Central Spain), and an update on the knowledge about this clade in the Iberian record

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

Titanosaur osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Lo Hueco (Spain) and their implications on the armor of Laurasian titanosaurs

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Titanosaurian teeth from the Upper Cretaceous of “Lo Hueco” (Cuenca, Spain)

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Turiasauria-like teeth from the Upper Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal

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Two Synchronic and Sympatric Bothremydidae Taxa (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the Late Cretaceous Site of “Lo Hueco” (Cuenca, Spain)

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Upper Jurassic sauropod record in the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): Geographical and lithostratigraphical distribution

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Use of turbulence generators as stall-delaying devices in flight at low Reynolds numbers

Vertebrate fauna at the Allosaurus fossil-site of Andrés (Upper Jurassic), Pombal, Portugal

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