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New footprints from Laetoli (Tanzania) provide evidence for marked body size variation in early hominins by Masao, Fidelis T, Ichumbaki, Elgidius B, Cherin, Marco, Barili, Angelo, Boschian, Giovanni, Iurino, Dawid A, Menconero, Sofia, Moggi-Cecchi, Jacopo, Manzi, Giorgio

“…Laetoli is a well-known palaeontological locality in northern Tanzania whose outstanding record includes the earliest hominin footprints in the world (3.66…”
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A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe by Iurino, Dawid A., Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Moscarella, Alfio, Strani, Flavia, Bona, Fabio, Gaeta, Mario, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Here, we describe a partial cranium of a large canid dated at 406.5 ± 2.4 ka from the Middle Pleistocene of Ponte Galeria (Rome, Italy). The sample represents…”
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A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy) by Cherin, Marco, Breda, Marzia, Esattore, Bruno, Hart, Vlastimil, Turek, Jiří, Porciello, Francesco, Angeli, Giovanni, Holpin, Sofia, Iurino, Dawid A.

“…Here, we report on the exceptionally well-preserved deer record from the locality of Pantalla (central Italy), dated in the Early Pleistocene (ca. 2.1–2.0…”
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Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur by Ibrahim, Nizar, Sereno, Paul C., Sasso, Cristiano Dal, Maganuco, Simone, Fabbri, Matteo, Martill, David M., Zouhri, Samir, Myhrvold, Nathan, Iurino, Dawid A.

“…We describe adaptations for a semiaquatic lifestyle in the dinosaur Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. These adaptations include retraction of the fleshy nostrils to a…”
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Old African fossils provide new evidence for the origin of the American crocodiles by Delfino, Massimo, Iurino, Dawid A., Mercurio, Bruno, Piras, Paolo, Rook, Lorenzo, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Molecular and morphological phylogenies concur in indicating that the African lineages formerly referred to Crocodylus niloticus are the sister taxon the four…”
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The wolf from the Middle Pleistocene site of Ostiense (Rome): the last occurrence of Canis mosbachensis (Canidae, Mammalia) in Italy by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iurino, Dawid A., Profico, Antonio, Rosa, Carlo, Sardella, Raffaele

“…The phyletic relationship between Canis lupus and the Early-Middle Pleistocene Canis mosbachensis is widely accepted among scholars, although the taxonomy of…”
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Synchrotron radiation reveals the identity of the large felid from Monte Argentario (Early Pleistocene, Italy) by Cherin, Marco, Iurino, Dawid A., Zanatta, Marco, Fernandez, Vincent, Paciaroni, Alessandro, Petrillo, Caterina, Rettori, Roberto, Sardella, Raffaele

“…We describe here a partial skull with associated mandible of a large felid from Monte Argentario, Italy (Early Pleistocene; ~1.5 million years). Propagation…”
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On the trail of medieval wolves: ancient DNA, CT-based analyses and palaeopathology of a 1000-year-old wolf cranium from the Po Valley (northern Italy) by Iurino, Dawid A., Cilli, Elisabetta, Caniglia, Romolo, Fabbri, Elena, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Ciucani, Marta Maria, Sardella, Raffaele, Persico, Davide

“…The Middle Ages represented a crucial period for the evolutionary history of wolves (Canis lupus), marked by both significant ecosystem changes, especially…”
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Late Pleistocene Mediterranean lynx remains from Avenc del Marge del Moro (NE Iberian Peninsula) by Tura-Poch, Clàudia, Prat-Vericat, Maria, Sorbelli, Leonardo, Rufí, Isaac, Boscaini, Alberto, Iurino, Dawid A., Madurell-Malapeira, Joan

“…During 2011, an international team of scientists successfully obtained for the first-time paleoDNA data from different samples of Lynx remains from the Iberian…”
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Digital Cranial Endocasts of the Extinct Sloth Glossotherium robustum (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina: Description and Comparison with the Extant Sloths by Boscaini, Alberto, Iurino, Dawid A., Sardella, Raffaele, Tirao, German, Gaudin, Timothy J., Pujos, François

“…The internal cranial morphology of the terrestrial sloth Glossotherium robustum is described here based on a neurocranium from the late Pleistocene of the…”
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Exceptional soft tissue fossilization of a Pleistocene vulture (Gyps fulvus): new evidence for emplacement temperatures of pyroclastic flow deposits by Iurino, Dawid A., Bellucci, Luca, Schreve, Danielle, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Volcanic sediments are often unsuitable for the fossilization of both hard and soft organic tissues, however, in some circumstances, they can provide unusual…”
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Braincase With Natural Endocast of a Juvenile Rhinocerotinae From the Late Middle Pleistocene Site of Melpignano (Apulia, Southern Italy) by Iurino, Dawid A., Conti, Jacopo, Mecozzi, Beniamino, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Cranial remains of juvenile fossil rhinoceroses are rarely described in literature and very few is known about the ontogenetic development of their inner…”
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The Thorny Issue of African Porcupines: a New Mandible of Hystrix makapanensis from Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) and Rediagnosis of the Species by Azzarà, Beatrice, Cherin, Marco, Adams, Justin, Boschian, Giovanni, Crotti, Marco, Denys, Christiane, Fressoia, Lorenzo, Kimambo, Jackson S., Kwekason, Amandus, Iurino, Dawid A., Manzi, Giorgio, Masao, Fidelis T., Melaku, Sahleselasie, Menconero, Sofia, Mori, Emiliano, Zipfel, Bernhard

“…Several porcupine taxa are reported from the middle Miocene to the early Holocene in the Old World. Among these, five species of the subfamily Hystricinae…”
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Cranial Anatomy and Paleoneurology of the Extinct Sloth Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) From the Late Pleistocene of Oruro, Southwestern Bolivia by Boscaini, Alberto, Iurino, Dawid A., Mamani Quispe, Bernardino, Andrade Flores, Rubén, Sardella, Raffaele, Pujos, François, Gaudin, Timothy J.

“…Extinct scelidotheriine sloths are among the most peculiar fossil mammals from South America. In recent decades, the external cranial anatomy of Pleistocene…”
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The Late Pleistocene European badger Meles meles from Grotta Laceduzza (Brindisi, Apulia, Southern Italy): the analysis of the morphological and biometric variability by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Coppola, Donato, Iurino, Dawid A., Sardella, Raffaele, De Marinis, Anna M.

“…In the last decades, many studies have focused on the description of fossil badger materials from Eurasia and several evolutionary hypotheses have been…”
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Phylogenetic and functional implications of the ear region anatomy of Glossotherium robustum (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Argentina by Boscaini, Alberto, Iurino, Dawid A., Billet, Guillaume, Hautier, Lionel, Sardella, Raffaele, Tirao, German, Gaudin, Timothy J., Pujos, François

“…Several detailed studies of the external morphology of the ear region in extinct sloths have been published in the past few decades, and this anatomical region…”
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New material of Sus strozzii (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Early Pleistocene of Italy and a phylogenetic analysis of suines by Cherin, Marco, Sorbelli, Leonardo, Crotti, Marco, Iurino, Dawid A., Sardella, Raffaele, Souron, Antoine

“…Sus strozzii is the only species of Suinae occurring in the first part of Early Pleistocene in Europe and western Asia. It is characterized by a large body…”
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The tale of a short-tailed cat: New outstanding Late Pleistocene fossils of Lynx pardinus from southern Italy by Mecozzi, Beniamino, Sardella, Raffaele, Boscaini, Alberto, Cherin, Marco, Costeur, Loïc, Madurell-Malapeira, Joan, Pavia, Marco, Profico, Antonio, Iurino, Dawid A.

“…The pardel lynx Lynx pardinus is today restricted to small populations living in southern Iberian Peninsula. However, this endangered species was widely spread…”
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A pathological Late Pleistocene badger from San Sidero (Apulia, Southern Italy): Implications for developmental pathology and feeding behaviour by Iurino, Dawid A., Fico, Rosario, Sardella, Raffaele

“…Among fossil vertebrates, oral pathologies are of particular interest, because of their considerable effect on teeth and maxillary/dentary bones and, as a…”
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The dawn of the Late Villafranchian: Paleoenvironment and age of the Pantalla paleontological site (Italy; Early Pleistocene) by Cherin, Marco, Basilici, Giorgio, Duval, Mathieu, Shao, Qingfeng, Sier, Mark J., Parés, Josep M., Gliozzi, Elsa, Mazzini, Ilaria, Magri, Donatella, Di Rita, Federico, Iurino, Dawid A., Azzarà, Beatrice, Margaritelli, Giulia, Pazzaglia, Fausto

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