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  1. New records of Neogene Xenarthra (Mammalia) from eastern Puna (Argentina): diversity and biochronology

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, September 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  2. Identification of guinea pig remains in the Pucará de Tilcara (Jujuy, Argentina): Evidence in favour of the presence of the Andean breed in the Quebrada de Humahuaca

    Article • International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  3. Los Alisos, a new fossiliferous locality for Guanaco Formation (late Miocene) in Jujuy (Argentina), and a first approach of its paleoecological and biochronology implications

    Article • Journal of South American Earth Sciences, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  4. Sciuromorphy outside rodents reveals an ecomorphological convergence between squirrels and extinct South American ungulates

    Article • Communications Biology, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  5. Systematic and morphogeometric analyses of Pachyrukhinae (Mammalia, Hegetotheriidae) from the HuayquerÍas, Mendoza (Argentina): biostratigraphic and evolutionary implications

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  6. Comparative myology of the ankle of Leopardus wiedii and L. geoffroyi (Carnivora: Felidae): functional consistency with osteology, locomotor habits and hunting in captivity

    Article • Zoology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  7. AN EVALUATION OF DENTAL FEATURES USED TO DISTINGUISH TYPOTHERIOPSIS CABRERA AND KRAGLIEVICH 1931, FROM PSEUDOTYPOTHERIUM AMEGHINO 1904 (MESOTHERIIDAE, NOTOUNGULATA): REAPPRAISALS AND PROPOSALS ABOUT THEIR SYSTEMATIC VALUE

    Article • Ameghiniana, January 2018, Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  8. Why pacaranas never say no: analysis of the unique occipitocervical configuration of †Tetrastylus intermedius Rovereto, 1914, and other dinomyids (Caviomorpha; Dinomyidae)

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  9. Dental shape variation of Neogene Pachyrukhinae (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Hegetotheriidae): systematics and evolutionary implications for the late Miocene Paedotherium species

    Article • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  10. Morphology and diet of extinct metatherian predators

    Article • Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Lic. Sebastian Echarri, Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  11. Integrating locomotion, postures and morphology: The case of the tayra, Eira barbara (Carnivora, Mustelidae)

    Article • Mammalian Biology, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli, Dr Dionisios Youlatos

  12. A novel series of forepaw muscles for mammals observed in the Patagonian weaselLyncodon patagonicus

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  13. Myology of the Head, Neck, and Thoracic Region of the Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja) in Comparison with the Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) and Other Carnivorans: Phylogenetic and Functional Implications

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather F. Smith, Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  14. Morpho-functional analysis of the mastoid region of the extinct South American mustelid †Stipanicicia pettorutii

    Article • Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, December 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  15. Tracing the origin of the panda’s thumb

    Article • The Science of Nature, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Juan Abella, Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  16. The More, the Better: The Use of Multiple Landmark Configurations to Solve the Phylogenetic Relationships in Musteloids

    Article • Systematic Biology, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  17. Patterns of morphological variation of the vertebral column in dolphins

    Article • Journal of Zoology, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  18. Muscular Anatomy of the Forelimbs of the Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja), and a Functional and Phylogenetic Overview of Mustelidae and Other Caniformia

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  19. Locomotion in some small to medium-sized mammals: a geometric morphometric analysis of the penultimate lumbar vertebra, pelvis and hindlimbs

    Article • Zoology, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  20. The Structure of the Mammalian Predator Guild in the Santa Cruz Formation (Late Early Miocene)

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  21. The Functional and Phylogenetic Implications of the Myology of the Lumbar Region, Tail, and Hind Limbs of the Lesser Grison (Galictis cuja)

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lic. Sebastian Echarri, Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  22. Form and function within a phylogenetic framework: locomotory habits of extant predators and some Miocene Sparassodonta (Metatheria)

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  23. Estimación de Masa de las Especies de Sparassodonta (Mammalia, Metatheria) de Edad Santacrucense (Mioceno Temprano) a Partir del Tamaño del Centroide de los Elementos Apendiculares: Inferencias Paleoecológicas

    Article • Ameghiniana, December 2011, Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli

  24. Mandible shape in marsupial and placental carnivorous mammals: a morphological comparative study using geometric morphometrics

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, November 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Marcos D. Ercoli