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

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Massimo Delfino

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

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

    Massimo Delfino, Andrej Čerňanský

  3. 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

    Article • Historical Biology, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Massimo Delfino

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

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, November 2014, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino, Professor Lorenzo Rook

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

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, May 2014, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Massimo Delfino

  6. 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 • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, March 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Massimo Delfino

  7. A giant crocodile in the Dubois Collection from the Pleistocene of Kali Gedeh (Java)

    Article • Integrative Zoology, March 2014, Wiley

    Massimo Delfino

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

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, February 2014, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino

  9. Gross morphology and microstructure of type locality ossicles ofPsephophorus polygonusMeyer, 1847 (Testudines, Dermochelyidae)

    Article • Geological Magazine, February 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Massimo Delfino

  10. The oldest herpetological collection in the world: the surviving amphibian and reptile specimens of the Museum of Ulisse Aldrovandi

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2013, Brill

    Massimo Delfino, Dr Alessandro Ceregato

  11. Fossil crocodylid remains from Scontrone (Tortonian, Southern Italy) and the late Neogene Mediterranean biogeography of crocodylians

    Article • Geobios, January 2013, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino

  12. Stratigraphic context and paleoenvironmental significance of minor taxa (Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Rodentia) from the late Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, January 2013, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino, Dr Mauro Papini, Professor Lorenzo Rook, Clément Zanolli

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

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

    Massimo Delfino

  14. Three Ways to Tackle the Turtle: Integrating Fossils, Comparative Embryology, and Microanatomy

    Article • September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Massimo Delfino

  15. Synonymization of the Miocene varanid lizard Iberovaranus Hoffstetter, 1969 with Varanus Merrem, 1820

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, January 2012, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Massimo Delfino

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

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2012, Brill

    Massimo Delfino

  17. The Late Pliocene amphibians and reptiles from “Capo Mannu D1 Local Fauna” (Mandriola, Sardinia, Italy)

    Article • Geodiversitas, June 2011, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

    Massimo Delfino

  18. Recent advances in the comprehension of the biogeography of Cretaceous European eusuchians

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, July 2010, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino

  19. A survey of the rock record of reptilian ontogeny

    Article • Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino

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

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino

  21. Evolutionary and developmental aspects of phalangeal formula variation in pig-nose and soft-shelled turtles (Carettochelyidae and Trionychidae)

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Massimo Delfino

  22. A revision of the Dubois crocodylians, Gavialis bengawanicus and Crocodylus ossifragus , from the Pleistocene Homo erectus beds of Java

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, March 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Massimo Delfino

  23. An integrative approach to examining a homology question: shell structures in soft-shell turtles

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Massimo Delfino

  24. A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of ‘Crocodylus’depressifronsBlainville, 1855 (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, May 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Massimo Delfino

  25. Late MioceneMauremys(Testudines, Geoemydidae) from Tuscany (Italy): Evidence of terrapin persistence after a mammal turnover

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, May 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Massimo Delfino

  26. A new species of Acynodon (Crocodylia) from the upper cretaceous (Santonian–Campanian) of Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy

    Article • Palaeontology, September 2008, Wiley

    Massimo Delfino

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

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, March 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Massimo Delfino

  28. NEW DATA ON THE VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE OF FIUME SANTO (NORTH‐WEST SARDINIA, ITALY), AND OVERVIEW ON THE LATE MIOCENE TUSCO‐SARDINIAN PALAEOBIOPROVINCE

    Article • Palaeontology, March 2008, Wiley

    Massimo Delfino

  29. Recent shrinkage of the range of the Eastern Spadefoot Toad,Pelobates syriacus(Amphibia: Anura): archaeological evidence from the Bronze Age in Israel

    Article • Zoology in the Middle East, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Massimo Delfino

  30. Marine reptiles (Thalattosuchia) from the Early Jurassic of Lombardy (northern Italy)

    Article • Geobios, May 2006, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino

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

    Article • Quaternary International, January 2005, Elsevier

    Massimo Delfino

  32. Herpetological paleodiversity: General considerations about the Italian fossil record of modern species

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Massimo Delfino

  33. A Pleistocene amphisbaenian from Sicily

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2003, Brill

    Massimo Delfino