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  1. Holocene amphibians and reptiles from Voroncha (Belarus): Comparative osteology, paleopathology and paleobiogeography

    Article • Historical Biology, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Dr. Viatcheslav Yurievich Ratnikov

  2. Variation in the ilium of central European water frogs Pelophylax (Amphibia, Ranidae) and its implications for species-level identification of fragmentary anuran fossils

    Article • Zoological Studies, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

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

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  4. Middle to Late Pleistocene herpetofauna from Scladina and Sous-Saint-Paul caves (Namur, Belgium)

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, November 2014, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  5. Biochronological data inferred from the Early Pleistocene small mammals of the Barranc de la Boella site (Tarragona, north‐eastern Spain)

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  6. Fish fauna of the Camp dels Ninots locality (Pliocene; Caldes de Malavella, province of Girona, Spain) – first results with notes on palaeoecology and taphonomy

    Article • Historical Biology, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  7. Environment and climate during MIS 7 and their implications for the late Middle Pleistocene hominins: The contribution of Mollet cave, Serinyà, Girona, northeastern Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Quaternary International, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  8. Climate and environments during Marine Isotope Stage 11 in the central Iberian Peninsula: the herpetofaunal assemblage from the Acheulean site of Áridos-1, Madrid

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  9. Biochronology of the first hominid remains in Europe using the voleMimomys savini: Fuente Nueva 3 and Barranco León D, Guadix-Baza Basin, south-eastern Spain

    Article • Historical Biology, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  10. Environmental and climatic context of Neanderthal occupation in southwestern Europe during MIS3 inferred from the small-vertebrate assemblages

    Article • Quaternary International, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  11. Manzanares Valley (Madrid, Spain): A good country for Proboscideans and Neanderthals

    Article • Quaternary International, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, jose yravedra

  12. The early Middle Pleistocene archeopaleontological site of Wadi Sarrat (Tunisia) and the earliest record of Bos primigenius

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Kamel Maalaoui

  13. Climate and landscape during Heinrich Event 3 in south-western Europe: the small-vertebrate association from Galls Carboners cave (Mont-ral, Tarragona, north-eastern Iberia)

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  14. Mimomys savini size evolution in the Early Pleistocene of south-western Europe and possible biochronological implications

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  15. Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the late Miocene (Vallesian) of eastern Morocco (Guefaït-1, Jerada Province)

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  16. Pleistocene evolutionary trends in dental morphology of Mimomys savini (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Iberian peninsula and discussion about the origin of the genus Arvicola

    Article • Quaternaire, June 2013, OpenEdition

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  17. Reconstitution paléoenvironnementale et paléoclimatique du Pléistocène supérieur ancien (MIS 5a) dans le centre de l’Espagne : les petits vertébrés (Amphibia, Reptilia & Mammalia) des gisements de Hat et Preresa (sud-est de Madrid)

    Article • Quaternaire, June 2013, OpenEdition

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  18. Un assemblage de petits vertébrés hautement diversifié de la fin du MIS 5 dans un environnement montagnard au centre de l’Espagne (Cueva del Camino, Pinilla del Valle, Communauté autonome de Madrid)

    Article • Quaternaire, June 2013, OpenEdition

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  19. MIS 5/4 transition in a mountain environment: herpetofaunal assemblages from Cueva del Camino, central Spain

    Article • Boreas, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  20. The small mammals of Sima del Elefante (Atapuerca, Spain) and the first entrance of Homo in Western Europe

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  21. Early Pleistocene environments and vertebrate dispersals in Western Europe: The case of Barranco de los Conejos (Guadix-Baza Basin, SE Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  22. Climatic conditions for the last Neanderthals: Herpetofaunal record of Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  23. Early Pleistocene palaeoenvironments at the time of the Homo antecessor settlement in the Gran Dolina cave (Atapuerca, Spain)

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, April 2013, Wiley

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  24. New data on Sicilian prehistoric and historic evolution in a mountain context, Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Italy)

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, February 2013, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Dr Andreu Ollé

  25. Youngest agamid lizards from Western Europe (Sierra de Quibas, Spain, late Early Pleistocene)

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, January 2013, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  26. Ancient habitats for the Neanderthals of central Spain from El Camino cave

    Article • Quaternary International, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero

  27. Biochronological data inferred from the early Pleistocene Arvicolinae (Mammalia, Rodentia) of the El Chaparral site (Sierra del Chaparral, Cádiz, southwestern Spain)

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  28. Characterization of a rapid climate shift at the MIS 8/7 transition in central Spain (Valdocarros II, Autonomous Region of Madrid) by means of the herpetological assemblages

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  29. A multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing the chronology and environment of southwestern European Neanderthals: the contribution of Teixoneres cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  30. Chronological and environmental context of the Middle Pleistocene human tooth from Mollet Cave (Serinyà, NE Iberian Peninsula)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  31. Palaeoecology of Neanderthals during Dansgaard–Oeschger cycles in northeastern Iberia (Abric Romaní): From regional to global scale

    Article • Quaternary International, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  32. Neanderthal Landscapes and Their Home Environment: Flora and Fauna Records from Level J

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  33. Climate and landscape during the Last Glacial Maximum in southwestern Iberia: The small-vertebrate association from the Sala de las Chimeneas, Maltravieso, Extremadura

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, January 2012, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  34. Palaeoenvironment of the Xaragalls cave based on multiproxy data

    Article • Boreas, November 2011, Wiley

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero

  35. Earliest evidence for human consumption of tortoises in the European Early Pleistocene from Sima del Elefante, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  36. The Early Pleistocene paleontological site in the Sierra del Chaparral (Villaluenga del Rosario, Cádiz, Southwestern Spain)

    Article • Quaternary International, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  37. The late Neogene-early Quaternary small vertebrate succession from the Almenara-Casablanca karst complex (Castellón, Eastern Spain): Chronologic and paleoclimatic context

    Article • Quaternary International, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  38. Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic proxies to the Early Pleistocene hominids of Barranco León D and Fuente Nueva 3 (Granada, Spain) by means of their amphibian and reptile assemblages

    Article • Quaternary International, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  39. A coastal reservoir of terrestrial resources for neanderthal populations in north‐eastern Iberia: palaeoenvironmental data inferred from the small‐vertebrate assemblage of Cova del Gegant, Sitges, Barcelona

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  40. Palaeoenvironment for the mosuterian-aurignacian transition in Asturias based on faunal assemblages

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero

  41. A very diverse amphibian and reptile assemblage from the late Middle Pleistocene of the Sierra de Atapuerca (Sima del Elefante, Burgos, Northwestern Spain)

    Article • Geobios, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  42. Small vertebrates (Amphibia, Squamata, Mammalia) from the late Pleistocene-Holocene of the Valdavara-1 cave (Galicia, northwestern Spain)

    Article • Geobios, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  43. First report of a green toad (Bufo viridis sensu lato) in the Early Pleistocene of Spain: Palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, December 2010, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  44. Climate and environment of the earliest West European hominins inferred from amphibian and squamate reptile assemblages: Sima del Elefante Lower Red Unit, Atapuerca, Spain

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  45. The early Pleistocene small vertebrate succession from the Orce region (Guadix-Baza Basin, SE Spain) and its bearing on the first human occupation of Europe

    Article • Quaternary International, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  46. Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the latest Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Blasi 2 (Huesca, Spain)

    Article • Cretaceous Research, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  47. First fossil evidence of an “interglacial refugium” in the Pyrenean region

    Article • The Science of Nature, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Dr F. Xavier Oms Arias

  48. Palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the Latest Pleistocene of El Portalón Site, Sierra de Atapuerca, northwestern Spain

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  49. Biochronology of Spanish Quaternary small vertebrate faunas

    Article • Quaternary International, February 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  50. Early Pleistocene hominin dispersals in Eurasia: East-West or North-South? The small vertebrate approach

    Article • Communication on Contemporary Anthropology, January 2010, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  51. Climate forcing of first hominid dispersal in Western Europe

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  52. Première mise en évidence fossile du chioglosse portugais Chioglossa lusitanica (Amphibia, Caudata) et son implication pour l’histoire biogéographique de l’espèce

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, December 2009, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  53. Nuevas fechas radiométricas para la Prehistoria del noroeste de la Península Ibérica: la cueva de Valdavara (Becerreá, Lugo)

    Article • Trabajos de Prehistoria, June 2009, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  54. Estudio transdisciplinar de la fosa EE1 de la Cova Colomera (Prepirineo de Lleida): implicaciones domésticas y paleoambientales en el Bronce Antiguo del noreste de la Península Ibérica

    Article • Trabajos de Prehistoria, June 2009, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Dr F. Xavier Oms Arias

  55. Long-term climate record inferred from early-middle Pleistocene amphibian and squamate reptile assemblages at the Gran Dolina Cave, Atapuerca, Spain

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  56. Chronological, environmental, and climatic precisions on the Neanderthal site of the Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona, Spain)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  57. The Early–Middle Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental change based on the squamate reptile and amphibian proxies at the Gran Dolina site, Atapuerca, Spain

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, April 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  58. Faunes de reptiles et changements climatiques en Europe occidentale autour de la limite Plio-Pléistocène

    Article • Quaternaire, March 2007, OpenEdition

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  59. Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the early Upper Pleistocene of Bois Roche Cave (Charente, southwestern France)

    Article • Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia - Series A Vertebrata, June 2006, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain

  60. Les amphibiens et les reptiles des couches du Pléistocène supérieur ancien du gisement d'Artenac (Charente, France)

    Article • Quaternaire, January 2003, PERSEE Program

    Dr Hugues-Alexandre Blain