SELECTED RECENT PAPERS
_ DELFINO M. & DE VOS J., 2010. A revision of Dubois crocodylians, Gavialis bengawanicus and Crocodylus ossifragus, from the Pleistocene Homo erectus beds of Java. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(2): 427-441 + Supplementary Data 1 (30 pp.) and 2 (1 p.)
_ DELFINO M., SCHEYER T.M., FRITZ U. & SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA M.R., 2010. An integrative approach to examining a homology question: shell structures in soft-shell turtles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 99: 462-476.
_ DELFINO M. & SMITH T., 2009. A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of ‘Crocodylus’ depressifrons Blainville, 1855 (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 156: 140-167.
_ DELFINO M., KOTSAKIS T., ARCA M., TUVERI C., PITRUZZELLA G. & ROOK L., 2008. Agamid lizards from the Plio-Pleistocene of Sardinia (Italy) and an overview of the European fossil record of the family. Geodiversitas, 30(3): 641-656.
_ DELFINO M., MARTIN J. & BUFFETAUT E., 2008. A new species of Acynodon (Crocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) of Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy. Palaeontology, 51(5): 1091-1106.
_ DELFINO M., CODREA V., FOLIE A., DICA P., GODEFROIT P. & SMITH T., 2008. A complete skull of Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Eusuchia) and a reassessment of the morphology of the taxon based on the Romanian remains. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(1):111-122.
_ DELFINO M. & ROOK L., 2008. African crocodylians in the Late Neogene of Europe. A revision of Crocodylus bambolii Ristori, 1890. Journal of Paleontology, 82(2): 336-343.
_ DELFINO M. & SALA B., 2007. Late Pliocene Albanerpetontid (Lissamphibia) from Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(3): 716-719.
_ DELFINO M., BÖHME M. & ROOK L., 2007. First European evidence for transcontinental dispersal of Crocodylus (late Neogene of southern Italy). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 149: 293-307.
_ DELFINO M., PIRAS P. & SMITH T., 2005. Anatomy and phylogeny of the gavialoid crocodylian Eosuchus lerichei from the Paleocene of Europe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 50(3): 565-580.
_ DELFINO M., 2004. The middle Pleistocene herpetofauna of Valdemino Cave (Liguria, North-Western Italy). The Herpetological Journal, 14: 113-128.
COMPLETE LIST
Papers in press
_ DELFINO M., in press. Palaeontology. In: Corti C., Capula M., Luiselli L., Razzetti E. & Sindaco R. (Eds.). Fauna d’Italia, Reptilia. Calderini, Bologna. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., in press. Fossil Reptiles from Italy. In: Corti C., Capula M., Luiselli L., Razzetti E. & Sindaco R. (Eds.). Fauna d’Italia, Reptilia. Calderini, Bologna. [in Italian]
_DELFINO M., PITRUZZELLA G. & BAILON S., in press. The Late Pliocene amphibians and reptiles from the “Capo Mannu D1 Local Fauna” (Mandriola, Sardinia, Italy). Geodiversitas.
Published papers and book chapters
2010
_ DELFINO M. & RAGAZZINI S., 2010. Fossil amphibians and reptiles from Abruzzi and Molise: old data and new evidences. Pp. 515-519. In: Di Tizio L., Di Cerbo A.R., Di Francesco N., Cameli A. (Eds). Atti VIII Congresso Nazionale Societas Herpetologica Italica (Chieti, 22-26 settembre 2010), Ianieri Edizioni, Pescara, 584 pp.
_ DELFINO M. & DE VOS J., 2010. A revision of Dubois crocodylians, Gavialis bengawanicus and Crocodylus ossifragus, from the Pleistocene Homo erectus beds of Java. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(2): 427-441 + Supplementary Data 1 (30 pp.) and 2 (1 p.)
_ DELFINO M.& SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA M.R., 2010. A survey of the rock record of reptilian ontogeny. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 21: 432-440.
_ DELFINO M., FRITZ U. & SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA M.R., 2010. Evolutionary and developmental aspects of phalangeal formula variation in pig-nose and soft-shelled turtles (Carettochelyidae and Trionychidae). Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 10: 69-79.
_ DELFINO M., SCHEYER T.M., FRITZ U. & SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA M.R., 2010. An integrative approach to examining a homology question: shell structures in soft-shell turtles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 99: 462–476.
_ ABBATE E., ALBIANELLI A., AWAD A., BILLI P., BRUNI P., DELFINO M., FERRETTI M.P., FILIPPI O., GALLAI G., GHINASSI M., LAURITZEN S.-E., LO VETRO D., MARTÍNEZ-NAVARRO B., MARTINI F., NAPOLEONE G., BEDRI O., PAPINI M., ROOK L. & SAGRI M., 2010. Pleistocene environments and human presence in the middle Atbara valley (Khashm El Girba, Eastern Sudan). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 292: 12-34.
_ CARMONA R., ALBA D.M., DELFINO M., ROBLES J.M., ROTGERS C., BERTÓ MENGUAL J.V., BALAGUER J., GALINDO J. & MOYÀ-SOLÀ S., 2010. Snake fossil remains from the Middle Miocene stratigraphic series of Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia, Spain). Cidaris, 30:77-84.
_ DOGLIO S., SEGLIE D., SLIMANI T., ELMOUDEN E.H., KABIRI L. & DELFINO M., 2010. The Brongersma’s toad (Bufo brongersmai, Hoogmoed 1972): a summary of the new data on morphology, ecology, distribution and population dynamics. P. 183-188. In: Di Tizio L., Di Cerbo A.R., Di Francesco N., Cameli A. (Eds). Atti VIII Congresso Nazionale Societas Herpetologica Italica (Chieti, 22-26 settembre 2010), Ianieri Edizioni, Pescara, 584 pp.
_ LUJÁN Á.H., ALBA D.M., FORTUNY J., CARMONA R. & DELFINO M., 2010. Cranial remains of Cheirogaster Bergounioux 1963 (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the late Miocene of Ecoparc de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain). Cidaris, 30:163-168.
_MARTIN J. & DELFINO M., 2010. Recent advances on the comprehension of the biogeography of Cretaceous European Eusuchians. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 293(3-4): 406-418.
2009
_ DELFINO M. & GÖHLICH U.B., 2009. The early Vallesian vertebrates of Atzelsdorf (Late Miocene, Austria). 4. Testudines. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 111A: 499-508.
_ DELFINO M. & SMITH T., 2009. A reassessment of the morphology and taxonomic status of ‘Crocodylus’ depressifrons Blainville, 1855 (Crocodylia, Crocodyloidea) based on the Early Eocene remains from Belgium. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 156: 140-167.
_ DELFINO M., CHESI F. & FRITZ U., 2009. Shell morphology of the Egyptian tortoise, Testudo kleinmanni Lortet, 1883, the osteologically least-known Testudo species. Zoological Studies, 48(6): 850-860.
_ DELFINO M., DOGLIO S., ROCEK Z., SEGLIE D. & KABIRI L., 2009. Osteological peculiarities of Bufo brongersmai (Anura, Bufonidae) and their possible relation to a life in an arid environment. Zoological Studies, 48(1): 108-119.
_ CHESI F., DELFINO M. & ROOK L., 2009. Late Miocene Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from Tuscany (Italy): evidence of terrapin persistence after a mammal turnover. Journal of Paleontology, 83(3): 379-388.
_ BONA F., LAURENTI B. & DELFINO M., 2009. Climatic fluctuations during the Last Glacial in the North-western Lombardian Prealps: the Upper Pleistocene faunal assemblages of the Caverna Generosa (Como, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 15(2): 253-267.
2008
_ DELFINO M., 2008. New remains of Crocodylus checchiai Maccagno, 1947 (Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) from the Late Miocene of As Sahabi, Libya. In: Boaz N.T., El-Arnauti A., Pavlakis P. & Salem M. (eds). Circum-Mediterranean geology and biotic evolution during the Neogene Period: the perspective from Libya. Garyounis Scientific Bulletin, Special Issue, 5: 111-118.
_ DELFINO M., 2008. Late Neogene crocodylian faunas from Libya and the Mediterranean area. Pp. 291-296. In: Salem M.J., El-Arnauti A. & El Sogher Saleh A. (eds.), The Geology of East Libya. Vol. III, Third Symposium on the Sedimentary Basins of Libya. Binghazi, November 11-13 2004. Earth Science Society of Libya, Tripoli, Libya. 334 pp.
_ DELFINO M., MARTIN J. & BUFFETAUT E., 2008 a. A new species of Acynodon (Crocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) of Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy. Palaeontology, 51(5): 1091-1106.
_ DELFINO M., MARTIN J. & BUFFETAUT E., 2008 b. I coccodrilli del Villaggio del Pescatore: una panoramica generale. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, 53(suppl.): 277-284.
_ DELFINO M., CODREA V., FOLIE A., DICA P., GODEFROIT P. & SMITH T., 2008. A complete skull of Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928 (Eusuchia) and a reassessment of the morphology of the taxon based on the Romanian remains. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(1):111–122.
_ DELFINO M., KOTSAKIS T., ARCA M., TUVERI C., PITRUZZELLA G. & ROOK L., 2008. Agamid lizards from the Plio-Pleistocene of Sardinia (Italy) and an overview of the European fossil record of the family. Geodiversitas, 30(3): 641-656.
_ DELFINO M. & CEREGATO A., 2008. Herpetological iconography in 16th century: the tempera paintings of Ulisse Aldrovandi. Bibliotheca Herpetologica, 7(2): 4-12.
_ DELFINO M. & ROOK L., 2008. African crocodylians in the Late Neogene of Europe. A revision of Crocodylus bambolii Ristori, 1890. Journal of Paleontology, 82(2): 336-343.
_ ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., GALLAI G., TREBINI L. & ROOK L., 2008. New data on the vertebrate assemblage of Fiume Santo (North-western Sardinia, Italy), and overview on the Late Miocene Tusco-Sardinia paleobioprovince. Palaeontology, 51(2): 425-451.
_ ABBAZZI L., CARBONI S., DELFINO M., GALLAI G., LECCA L. & ROOK L., 2008. Fossil vertebrates (Mammalia and Reptilia) from Capo Mannu (Late Pliocene, Western Sardinia, Italy) with description of a new Testudo (Chelonii, Testudinidae) species. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 114(1): 119-132.
_ ROOK L., ABBAZZI L., CHESI F., DELFINO M., FERRETTI M.P. & GALLAI, G., 2008. The Italian record of latest Miocene continental vertebrates. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 47(2): 191-194.
_ DELFINO M. & CHESI F., 2008. A critical overview of the fossil record and its bearing on the origin of the extant Italian tortoises. Pp. 188-191. In: Corti C. (ed), Herpetologia Sardiniae. Societas Herpetologica Italica / Edizioni Belvedere, “le scienze” 8, 504 pp.
_ DELFINO M. & ROOK L., 2008. The fossil amphibians and reptiles of Sardinia: a summary. Pp. 192-195. In: Corti C. (ed), Herpetologia Sardiniae. Societas Herpetologica Italica / Edizioni Belvedere, “le scienze” 8, 504 pp.
_ DELFINO M., BACCIOTTI M., BON M., PITRUZZELLA G., SALA B. & ROOK L., 2008. A general overview on the Plio-Quaternary herpetofauna of Veneto. Pp. 196-199. In: Corti C. (ed), Herpetologia Sardiniae. Societas Herpetologica Italica / Edizioni Belvedere, “le scienze” 8, 504 pp.
_ CHESI F., DELFINO M. & ROOK L., 2008. The Italian fossil record of chelonians. Pp. 134-137. In: Corti C. (ed), Herpetologia Sardiniae. Societas Herpetologica Italica / Edizioni Belvedere, “le scienze” 8, 504 pp.
_ CHESI F., DELFINO M., PILLOLA G.L., ROOK L. & VILLANI M., 2008. A Pleistocene European pond turtle from Sardinia. Pp. 138-141. In: Corti C. (ed), Herpetologia Sardiniae. Societas Herpetologica Italica / Edizioni Belvedere, “le scienze” 8, 504 pp.
_ PITRUZZELLA G., DELFINO M., BÖHME M. & ROOK L., 2008. Osteology of genus Salamandrina: preliminary observations from a palaeontological perspective. Pp. 412-415. In: Corti C. (ed), Herpetologia Sardiniae. Societas Herpetologica Italica / Edizioni Belvedere, “le scienze” 8, 504 pp.
2007
_ DELFINO M., 2007. Palaeontology. Pp. 31-35. In: Lanza B., Andreone F., Bologna M.A., Corti C. & Razzetti E. (Eds.). Fauna d’Italia, Vol. XLII, Amphibia. Calderini, Bologna, XI + 537 pp. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., 2007. Fossil Amphibians from Italy. Pp. 35-40. In: Lanza B., Andreone F., Bologna M.A., Corti C. & Razzetti E. (Eds.). Fauna d’Italia, Vol. XLII, Amphibia. Calderini, Bologna, XI + 537 pp. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., 2007. A small treasure for the herpetologists. Pp. 103-106. In: A. Alessandrini & A. Ceregato (eds), Natura Picta - Ulisse Aldrovandi. Casa Editrice Compositori Bologna, 672 pp., 500 fig. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., 2007. An African crocodile in Italy. National Geographic Magazine Italia, 19(4): 114-117. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., 2007. Living fossils? National Geographic Magazine (Italy), 20(5): 1 page. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M. & SALA B., 2007. Late Pliocene Albanerpetontid (Lissamphibia) from Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(3): 716-719.
_ DELFINO M., BÖHME M. & ROOK L., 2007. First European evidence for transcontinental dispersal of Crocodylus (late Neogene of southern Italy). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 149: 293-307.
_ DELFINO M., BAR-OZ G. & WEISSBROD L., 2007. Archaeological evidence for the recent shrinkage of the range of the eastern spadefoot toad: Bronze Age anuran remains from Israel. Zoology in the Middle East, 40: 45-52.
_ CHESI F., DELFINO M., VAROLA A. & ROOK L., 2007. Fossil sea turtles (Chelonii, Dermochelyidae and Cheloniidae) from the Miocene of Pietra Leccese (Late Burdigalian - Early Messinian) of Southern Italy. Geodiversitas, 29(2): 321-333.
_ CHESI F., DELFINO M., ABBAZZI L., CARBONI S., LECCA L. & ROOK L., 2007. New fossil vertebrates from San Giovanni in Sinis (Late Pleistocene, Sardinia): the last Mauremys (Reptilia, Testudines) from the central Mediterranean area. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 113(2): 287-297.
_ CHESI F. & DELFINO M., 2007. The Italian fossil record of the sea turtles. Pp. 95-116. In: Bologna M.A., Capula M., Carpaneto G.M., Luiselli L., Marangoni C. & Venchi A. (eds.), Atti VI Congresso Nazionale della Societas Herpetologica Italica (Roma, 27 September – 1 October 2006). Edizioni Belvedere, Latina, 208 pp.
_ PIRAS P., DELFINO M., DEL FAVERO L. & KOTSAKIS T., 2007. Phylogenetic position of the crocodylian Megadontosuchus arduini (de Zigno, 1880) and tomistomine palaeobiogeography. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 52(2): 315-328.
_ ROOK L., DELFINO M., FERRETTI M.P. & ABBAZZI L., 2007. Vertebrate records. Early Pleistocene. Pp. 3132-3139. In: Elias S.A. (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Quaternary Sciences, Vol. 4. Elsevier, Oxford.
_ ROOK L. & DELFINO M., 2007. The prehistoric fauna from Brisighella and the Late Miocene continental faunas of the Mediterranean area. pp. 97-121. In: Sami A. (ed) The geological parc and museum of Cava Monticino, Brisighella. A guide and a story. Carta Bianca, Faenza. 224 pp. [in Italian]
2006
_ DELFINO M., 2006. Fossil records of modern reptile and amphibian species in Italy / Il registro fossile della moderna erpetofauna italiana. Pp. 96-119. In: Sindaco R., Doria G., Razzetti E. & Bernini F. (eds), Atlas of Italian Amphibians and Reptiles / Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d'Italia. Societas Herpetologica Italica, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 789 pp.
_ DELFINO M. & DAL SASSO C., 2006. Marine reptiles (Thalattosuchia) from the Early Jurassic of Lombardy (northern Italy). Geobios,39: 346-354.
_ ROOK L., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., GALLAI G. & TREBINI L., 2006. Il giacimento paleontologico di Fiumesanto. Stato delle ricerche e prospettive a dieci anni dalla scoperta. International Journal of Archaeology - Sardinia, Corsica, Baleares antiquae, 4: 9-17.
_ RAZZETTI E., BADER T., BILEK K., DELFINO M., DI CERBO A.R., DUDA M., HILL J., RATHBAUER F., RIEGLER C. & SACCHI R., 2006. A contribution to the knowledge of the herpetofauna of the Greek island of Corfu. Pp. 207-216. Zuffi M.L. (ed.), Societas Herpetologica Italica: Atti del V convegno nazionale, Calci (Pisa), 29 settembre-3 ottobre 2004. Florence University Press, 270 pp.
2005
_ DELFINO M., 2005. Letters to the Editor: The past and future of extant amphibians. Science, 308: 49-50.
_ DELFINO M., PIRAS P. & SMITH T., 2005. Anatomy and phylogeny of the gavialoid crocodylian Eosuchus lerichei from the Paleocene of Europe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 50(3): 565-580.
_ DELFINO M., RAZZETTI E. & SALVIDIO S., 2005. European Pletodontids: fossil record and biogepgraphic considerations. Atti Museo civico Storia naturale G. Doria Genova, 97: 45-58.
_ MASINI F., GIANNINI T., ABBAZZI L., FANFANI F., DELFINO M., MAUL L.C., TORRE D., 2005 A Latest Biharian small Vertebrate fauna from the lacustrine succession of San Lorenzo (Santarcangelo basin, Basilicata, Italy). Quaternary International, 131: 79-83.
_ DALLA VECCHIA, BARBERA C., BIZZARINI F., BRAVI S., DELFINO M., GIUSBERTI L., GUIDOTTI G., MIETTO P., PAPAZZONI G., ROGHI G., SIGNORE M. & SIMONE O., 2005. [The Marine Cretaceous]. Pp. 101-116. In: Bonfiglio L. (ed.), Paleontologia dei vertebrati in Italia. Evoluzione biologica, significato ambientale e paleogeografia. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, serie 2, Sezione di Scienze della Terra 6, Verona, 238 pp. [in Italian]
_ KOTSAKIS A., ARGENTI P., BARISONE G., DELFINO M., PALOMBO M.R., PAVIA M. & PIRAS P., 2005. [Paleogene. Continental vertebrates]. Pp. 131-137. In: Bonfiglio L. (ed.), Paleontologia dei vertebrati in Italia. Evoluzione biologica, significato ambientale e paleogeografia. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, serie 2, Sezione di Scienze della Terra 6, Verona, 238 pp. [in Italian]
_ ROOK L. ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., FERRETTI M.P., MAZZA P. & TORRE D., 2005. [Miocene. Continental vertabrates]. Pp. 157-162. In: Bonfiglio L. (ed.), Paleontologia dei vertebrati in Italia. Evoluzione biologica, significato ambientale e paleogeografia. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, serie 2, Sezione di Scienze della Terra 6, Verona, 238 pp.[in Italian]
_ ROOK L. ABBAZZI L. & DELFINO M., 2005. [Messinian continental vertebrates associations]. Pp. 163-165. In: Bonfiglio L. (ed.), Paleontologia dei vertebrati in Italia. Evoluzione biologica, significato ambientale e paleogeografia. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, serie 2, Sezione di Scienze della Terra 6, Verona, 238 pp.[in Italian]
_ PALOMBO M.R., ABBAZZI L., ANGELONE C., BEDETTI C., DELFINO M., KOTSAKIS T., MARCOLINI F. & PAVIA M., 2005. [Insular vertebrates. Sardinia]. Pp. 223-226. In: Bonfiglio L. (ed.), Paleontologia dei vertebrati in Italia. Evoluzione biologica, significato ambientale e paleogeografia. Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, serie 2, Sezione di Scienze della Terra 6, Verona, 238 pp.[in Italian]
2004
_ DELFINO M., 2004. Herpetological paleodiversity: general considerations about the Italian fossil record of modern species. Italian Journal of Zoology, 71 (suppl. 2): 13-16.
_ DELFINO M., 2004. The middle Pleistocene herpetofauna of Valdemino Cave (Liguria, North-Western Italy). The Herpetological Journal, 14: 113-128.
_ DELFINO M., 2004. Paleoherpetofaunas from Lombardy. Pp. 43-48. In: Atlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili della Lombardia, Bernini F., Bonini L., Ferri V., Gentili A., Razzetti E. & Scali S. (a cura di), Monografie di Pianura, 5, Provincia di Cremona, Cremona. [in Italian] English abstract
_ DELFINO M., SEGID A., YOSIEF D., SHOSHANI J., ROOK L. & LIBSEKAL Y., 2004. Fossil reptiles from the Pleistocene Homo-bearing locality of Buia (Eritrea, Northern Danakil Depression). Pp. 51-60. In: Abbate E., Woldehaimanot B., Libsekal Y., Tecle T.M. & Rook L. (eds.), A step towards human origins. The Buia Homo one-million-years ago in the Eritrean Danakil Depression (East Africa). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 110 (supplement), 144 pp.
_ KOTSAKIS A., DELFINO M. & PIRAS P., 2004. Italian Cenozoic crocodiles: taxa, timing and palaeobiogeographic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 210: 67-87.
_ ABBAZZI A., ANGELONE C., ARCA M., BARISONE G., BEDETTI C., DELFINO M., KOTSAKIS T., MARCOLINI F., PALOMBO M.R., PAVIA M., PIRAS P., ROOK L., TORRE D., TUVERI C. & VALLI A.M.F. & WILKENS B., 2004. Plio-Pleistocene fossil vertebrates of Monte Tuttavista (Orosei, E Sardinia, Italy), an overview. Rivista Italiana Paleontologia Stratigrafia, 110(3): 681-706.
2003
_ DELFINO M., 2003. A Pleistocene amphisbaenian from Sicily. Amphibia-Reptilia, 24(4): 407-414. Abstract.
_ DELFINO M. & SZYNDLAR Z., 2003. Coluber etruriae Portis, 1890 (Serpentes: Colubridae), a redescription. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Mh., 2003(2): 65-72. Abstract
_ DELFINO M., RAGE J.-C. & ROOK L., 2003 Tertiary mammal turnover phenomena: what happened to the herpetofauna? Deinsea, 10: 153-161. Abstract.
_ ROOK L., ABBAZZI A., ANGELONE C., ARCA M., BARISONE G., BEDETTI C., DELFINO M., KOTSAKIS T., MARCOLINI F., PALOMBO M.R., PAVIA M., PIRAS P., TORRE D., TUVERI C., VALLI A. & WILKENS B., 2003. Preliminary observations of the Plio-Pleistocene fossil vertebrates of Monte Tuttavista (Orosei, Sardegna). International Journal of Archaeology - Sardinia, Corsica et Baleares Antiquae, 1: 11-29. [in Italian]
_ ROOK L. & DELFINO M., 2003. Fossil vertebrates of Brisighella in the frame of the Mediterranean continental faunas during the Neogene. Ravenna Studi e Ricerche, 10(1): 179-207. [in Italian]
2002
_ MASINI F., BONFIGLIO L., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., FANFANI F., FERRETTI M., KOTSAKIS T., MARRA A.C. & TORRE D., 2002. Vertebrate assemblages of the central-western Mediterranean islands during the Pliocene and Quaternary: reflecting on extinction events. Vth Deia International Conference of Prehistory - World Island in Prehistory: 2001, British Archaeological Research Reports, International Series n. 1095, 437-444.
_ MASINI F., BONFIGLIO L., MARRA A.C., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., FANFANI F. & TORRE D., 2002. The role of coastal areas in the Neogene-Quaternary mammal island population of the central Mediterranean. Biogeographia, 23: 165-189. Abstract
2001
_ DELFINO M., 2001a. Italian Crocodiles. Pianura, 13: 47-49. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., 2001b. Early Pleistocene Lacerta remains from Southern Italy (Apricena, Foggia): is it Lacerta siculimelitensis? Pp. 21-26. In: Viciente L. & Crespo E.G. (eds.). Mediterranean Basin Lacertid Lizards - A biological approach. ICN. Portugal. 147 pp.
_ BON M., TRABUCCO R. & DELFINO M., 2001. The fauna of the Roman pit of Lova (Laguna di Venezia, I cent. b.C - I cent. a.D.). Boll. Mus. civ. St. Nat. Venezia, 51 (2000): 159-185. [in Italian]
_ CANTALAMESSA G., DI CELMA C., BIANUCCI G., CARNEVALE G., COLTORTI M., DELFINO M., FICCARELLI G., MORENO ESPINOSA M., NALDINI D., PIERUCCINI P., RAGAINI L., ROOK L., ROSSI M., TITO G., TORRE D., VALLERI G. & LANDINI W., 2001. A new vertebrate fossiliferous site from the Late Quaternary at San Josè on the north coast of Ecuador: prelimiary note. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 14: 331-334.
2000
_ DELFINO M., 2000. Reptiles and nets: october 1996. In: Giacoma C. (ed.). Proceedings of the "First national Societas Herpetologica Italica congress (Turin, October 2-6 1996). Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino, 317-320. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M. & BAILON S., 2000. Early Pleistocene herpetofauna from Cava Dell'Erba and Cava Pirro (Apulia, Southern Italy). The Herpetological Journal, 10: 95-110. Abstract
_ DELFINO M. & BRESSI N., 2000. The Holocene herpetofauna from the Edera Cave (Trieste). In: Quaderni Società Preistoria Protostoria Regione Friuli-Venezia Giulia, VIII, "Scritti sul Paleolitico, Mesolitico e Neolitico del Bacino dell'Adriatico in Ricordo di Mario Radmilli": 115-125. [in Italian] Abstract
pre 2000
_ CORTI C., MASSETI M., DELFINO M. & PÉREZ-MELLADO V., 1999. Man and herpetofauna of the mediterranean islands. Rev. Esp. Herp., 13: 83-100.
_ CORTI C., BÖHME W., DELFINO M. & MASSETI M., 1999. Man and Lacertids on the Mediterranean Islands: conservation perspectives. Nat. Croat., 8(3): 1-14.
_ DELFINO M., 1997. Blanus from the Early Pleistocene of Southern Italy: another small tessera from a big mosaic. Pp. 89-97. In: Böhme W., Bischoff W. & Ziegler T. (eds.): Herpetologia Bonnensis, Bonn (SEH), 416 pp. Abstract
_ RUSTIONI M., MAZZA P., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., ROOK L., PETRUCCI S. & VIANELLO F., 1994. The Würmian fauna from Sternatia (Lecce, Apulia, Italy). Boll. Soc. Pal. Italiana, 33(2): 279-288, 3pls., Pisa.
Submitted abstracts
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Published abstracts
2010
_ DELFINO M. & RAGAZZINI S., 2010. Fossil amphibians and reptiles from Abruzzi and Molise: old data and new evidences. Pp. 81-82. In: Di Tizio L., Di Cerbo A.R., Di Francesco N. & Cameli A. (eds), Programm and Abstracts VIII National Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica (Chieti, September 22-26 2010). 92 pp.
_DOGLIO S., SEGLIE D., SLIMANI T., ELMOUDEN E.H., KABIRI L. & DELFINO M., 2010. The Brongersma’s toad (Bufo brongersmai, Hoogmoed 1972): a summary of the new data on morphology, ecology, distribution and population dynamics. P. 34. In: Di Tizio L., Di Cerbo A.R., Di Francesco N. & Cameli A. (eds), Programm and Abstracts VIII National Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica (Chieti, September 22-26 2010). 92 pp.
2009
_ DOGLIO S., SEGLIE D., KABIRI L. & DELFINO M., 2009. Description of the advertisement call and release calls of Bufo (Epidalea) brongersmai Hoogmoed 1972, new distribution records and an attempt of “total” bibliography. 15th European Congress of Herpetology, Kusadasi (Turkey), 28 September–2 October 2009.
_ MAZZA P., DELFINO M., HOEK OSTENDE LARS W. VAN DEN, MASINI F., PAVIA M., RINALDI P.M. & RUSTIONI M., 2009. How, when and where from of the Abruzzo-Apulian paleofauna. Pp. 57-60. International Conference on Vertebrate Palaeobiogeography and continental bridges across Tethys, Mesogea, and Mediterranean Sea. 28-29 September 2009, Bologna (Italy). 96 pp.
_ SCHEYER T.M., HUGI J., DELFINO M. & SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA M.R., 2009. Fossilized ontogenies: osteological and bone microstructural case studies of fossil marine reptiles from the Unesco World Heritage site of Monte San Giorgio, Ticino, Switzerland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29 (Supplement to No. 3): 177A.
_ SCHEYER T.M., WERNEBURG I., MITGUTSCH C., DELFINO M. & SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA M.R., 2009. Three ways to tackle the turtle: integrating evolutionary, developmental, and bone histological data to elucidate a highly peculiar body plan. Pp. 154-161. In: Braman D.R. (ed.), Gaffney Turtle Symposium Abstracts and Program, Royal Tyrrell Museum Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, October 17-18. 2009.
2008
_ DELFINO M. & ROOK L., 2008. Italian Pliocene herpetofaunas. Pp. 82. Abstracts “VII Giornate di Paleontologia della Società Paleontologica Italiana”, 9-12 September, Siena. 152 pp.
_ BRUIJN H. de, ROOK L., DELFINO M., GALLAI G. & TREBINI L., 2008. Oschiri revisited, 40 years after its discovery. Pp. 77-78. Abstracts “VII Giornate di Paleontologia della Società Paleontologica Italiana”, 9-12 September, Siena. 152 pp.
_ ROOK L., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., GALLAI G. & TREBINI L., 2008. The Oreopithecus-bearing site of Fiume Santo (Late Miocene, Sardinia, Italy). Pp. 143-144. Abstracts “VII Giornate di Paleontologia della Società Paleontologica Italiana”, 9-12 September, Siena. 152 pp.
2007
_ DELFINO M., BACCIOTTI M., BON M., PITRUZZELLA G., ROOK L. & SALA B., 2007. Erpetofauna quaternaria del Veneto. Pp. 25-26. In: Tintori A. & Boccaletti M. (eds.), Abstracts “VII Giornate di Paleontologia della Società Paleontologica Italiana”, 6-10 June, Barzio-Pasturo, Italy, 83 pp.
_ DELFINO M. & SMITH T., 2007. On the basal European crocodyloids. P. 24. In: Tintori A. & Boccaletti M. (eds.), Abstracts “VII Giornate di Paleontologia della Società Paleontologica Italiana”, 6-10 June, Barzio-Pasturo, Italy, 83 pp.
_ ABBATE E., BILLI P., DELFINO M., GHINASSI M., MARTINEZ NAVARRO B., MARTINI F., BEDRI ALI O., PAPINI M., ROOK L. & SAGRI M., 2007. Human frequentation in the Pleistocene of the middle Atbara valley (Kashm el Ghirba, Eastern Sudan): paleoenvironmental insights. Geoitalia 2007 (12-14 September 2007, Rimini, Italy). Epitome, 2: 309.
_ ALISI A., DELFINO M., LOCATELLI E., LO VETRO D., MARTINI F., MAZZA P., PAVIA M. & SALA B., 2007. On the Pleistocene fauna from Isolidda 3 (Trapani, Sicily). Geoitalia 2007 (12-14 September 2007, Rimini, Italy). Epitome, 2: 390-391.
_ CHESI F., DELFINO M. & INSACCO G., 2007. Middle Pleistocene giant tortoises from Sicily. P. 19. In: Tintori A. & Boccaletti M. (eds.), Abstracts “VII Giornate di Paleontologia della Società Paleontologica Italiana”, 6-10 June, Barzio-Pasturo, Italy, 83 pp.
_ CHESI F., DELFINO M. & ROOK L., 2007. Late Miocene chelonians from Tuscany and Sardinia. Pp. 20-21. In: Tintori A. & Boccaletti M. (eds.), Abstracts “VII Giornate di Paleontologia della Società Paleontologica Italiana”, 6-10 June, Barzio-Pasturo, Italy, 83 pp..
2006
_ DELFINO M. & VOS DE. J., 2006. A revision of Dubois crocodylians: Gavialis bengawanicus and Crocodylus ossifragus from the Early Pleistocene Homo-beds of Java. Abstract 66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 18-21 October 2006, Ottawa, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(3, supplement): 55A.
_ DELFINO M. & BUFFETAUT E., 2006. A preliminary description of the crocodylian remains from the Late Cretaceous of Villaggio del Pescatore (northeastern Italy). P. 33. Abstract "Giornate di Paleontologia" - Italian Palaeontological Society, 8-11 June 2006, Trieste, Italy.
_ BON M., DELFINO M., GIROD A., PAVIA M. & TRABUCCO U., 2006. The fauna of the Roman well of the Zuccarello estate (Marcon, Venice). p. 58. Abstracts "V Convegno Nazionale di Archeozoologia", Rovereto (Italy), 10-12 November 2006, 116 pp.
_ CODREA V., FOLIE A., SMITH T. & DELFINO M., 2006. A complete skull of Allodaposuchus precedens NOPCSA, 1928 (Eusuchia) and a reassessment of the morphology of the taxon based on the Romanian remains. Abstract 66th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 18-21 October 2006, Ottawa, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(3, supplement): 51A.
_ CHESI R. & DELFINO M., 2006. Fossil sea turtles from Italy. P. 81. In: Bologna M.A., Capula M., Carpaneto G.M., Luiselli L., Marangoni C. & Venchi A. (eds.), Abstracts of the VIth Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica (Roma, September 27 - October 1 2006), Stilgrafica, Roma, 240 pp.
_ CHESI R. & DELFINO M., 2006. On the extinction of Mauremys in the central Mediterranean area. Pp. 89-90. In: Bologna M.A., Capula M., Carpaneto G.M., Luiselli L., Marangoni C. & Venchi A. (eds.), Abstracts of the VIth Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica (Roma, September 27 - October 1 2006), Stilgrafica, Roma, 240 pp.
2004
_ DELFINO M., 2004. Late Miocene crocodylian faunas from Libya and the Mediterranean area. Abstract Volume 3rd Symposium Geology of East Libya, Sedimentary Basins of Libya, 21-23 November 2004, Bingazi, Libya: p. 31.
_ DELFINO M., 2004. The Cenozoic evolution of the Italian herpetofauna. Abstract 32nd International Congress of Geology, 20-28 August 2004, Firenze, Italy, Abstract Volume pt. 1, abs. 150-7, p. 704. Abstract
_ DELFINO M., BÖHME M. & DOUKAS C.S., 2004. First Balkan fossil amphisbaenian: further evidence for a past circum-Mediterranean distribution? Pp. 24-25. In: Program and Abstracts of the Vth Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica, September 29 - October 3 2004, Calci (Pisa), 73 pp. A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF)
_ DELFINO M. & SZYNDLAR Z., 2004. Miocene snakes of Italy. Pp. 19-20. In: Program and Abstracts of the Vth Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica, September 29 - October 3 2004, Calci (Pisa), 73 pp. A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF)
_ DELFINO M. & BERGÒ P.E., 2004. Rana dalmatina & Strix aluco: taphonomic implications for anuran assemblages in palaeontological sites. P. 24. In: Program and Abstracts of the Vth Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica, September 29 - October 3 2004, Calci (Pisa), 73 pp. [in Italian] A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF)
_ DELFINO M., CHESI F., VAROLA A. & ROOK L., 2004. New remains of Psephophorus polygonus (Chelonii: Dermochelyidae) from the Miocene of Southern Italy. Abstract 32nd International Congress of Geology, 20-28 August 2004, Firenze, Italy, Abstract Volume pt. 1, abs. 77-15, pp. 379-380. Abstract
_ DELFINO M., GENTILI S. & KOTSAKIS T., 2004. The last occurence of Latonia (Anura: Discoglossidae) and the Early Pleistocene herpetofauna of Pietrafitta (Central Italy). Abstract 32nd International Congress of Geology, 20-28 August 2004, Firenze, Italy, Abstract Volume pt. 1, abs. 150-24, p. 707. Abstract
_ RAZZETTI E., BADER T., BILEK K., DELFINO M., DI CERBO A.R., DUDA M., HILL J., RATHBAUER F., RIEGLER C. & SACCHI R., 2004. A contribution to the knowledge of the herpetofauna of the Greek island of Corfu. P. 22. In: Program and Abstracts of the Vth Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica, September 29 - October 3 2004, Calci (Pisa), 73 pp. A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF)
_ ABBAZZI L., CARBONI S., DELFINO M., GALLAI G., LECCA L. & ROOK L., 2004. Fossil vertebrates (reptiles and artiodactyls) from Capo Mannu (Late Pliocene, Western Sardinia, Italy). Abstract 32nd International Congress of Geology, 20-28 August 2004, Firenze, Italy, Abstract Volume pt. 1, abs. 150-21, p. 706. Abstract
_ ROOK L., AMAHA S., DELFINO M., YOSIEPH D., FERRETTI M.P., LIBSEKAL Y. & MARTINEZ-NAVARRO B., 2004. Fossil vertebrates from Dandero Basin (Buya, Northern Danakil Depression, Eritrea): biochronology and paleoenvironment. Abstract 32nd International Congress of Geology, 20-28 August 2004, Firenze, Italy, Abstract Volume pt. 1, abs. 7-3, p. 42. Abstract
2003
_ DELFINO M., 2003. The Cenozoic record of the Italian Palaeoherpetofauna. In: Pavia M. & Violanti D. (eds.): Abstracts and Programme of the "Giornate di Paleontologia 2003 (SPI), Alessandria, Italy, May 22-25 2003: p. 14. [in Italian] A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF - 460 k)
_ DELFINO M. & DAL SASSO C., 2003. Marine "crocodiles" (Thalattosuchia) from the Early Jurassic of Lombardy (northern Italy). Abstracts "1st Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology", July 15-20 2003, Basel, Switzerland: 43. Abstract
_ DELFINO M., PACINI M., VAROLA A. & ROOK L., 2003. The crocodiles of the "Pietra Leccese" (Miocene of southern Italy). Abstracts "1st Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology", July 15-20 2003, Basel, Switzerland: 18. Abstract
_ MASINI F., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M. & ROOK L., 2003. Space, time and evolution in insular environments: the fossil vertebrates of the Mediterranean islands. Abstracts "11th Italian Meeting of Evolutionary Biology", Asti, Italy, February 19-21 2003: 38-40. [in Italian]
_ ABBAZZI A., ANGELONE C., ARCA M., BARISONE G., BEDETTI C., DELFINO M., KOTSAKIS T., MARCOLINI F., PALOMBO M.R., PAVIA M., PIRAS P., ROOK L., TORRE D., TUVERI C. & VALLI A., 2003. The Plio-Pleistocene fossil vertebrates of Monte Tuttavista (Orosei, Sardinia). In: Pavia M. & Violanti D. (eds.): Abstracts and Programme of the "Giornate di Paleontologia 2003 (SPI), Alessandria, Italy, May 22-25 2003: p. 2. [in Italian] A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF - 460 k)
_ RIGHI D. & DELFINO M., 2003. Erymnochelys sp.: a "Malgasy" turtle in the Sardinian Palaeogene. In: Pavia M. & Violanti D. (eds.): Abstracts and Programme of the "Giornate di Paleontologia 2003 (SPI), Alessandria, Italy, May 22-25 2003: p. 44. [in Italian] A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF - 460 k)
_ PALOMBO M.R., ABBAZZI L., ANGELONE C., ARCA M., BARISONE G., BEDETTI C., DELFINO M., KOTSAKIS T., MARCOLINI F., PAVIA M., PIRAS P., ROOK L., TORRE D., TUVERI C., VALLI A.M.F. & WILKENS B., 2003. Plio-Pleistocene fossil vertebrate of Monte Tuttavista (Orosei, Eastern Sardinia, Italy): new perspectives for insular ecosystem evolution. Abstract Book "Insular vertebrate evolution: the paleontological approach". Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands (Spain), September 16- 19 2003.
2002
_ DELFINO M., 2002. Biodiversity and paleobiodiversity: some critical considerations. Abstracts "IV National Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica", Ercolano, Napoli, June 18-22 2002: 19. [in Italian] A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF - 366 k)
_ DELFINO M., RAZZETTI E. & SALVIDIO S., 2002. European Pletodontids: fossil record and biogepgraphic considerations. In: Salvidio S. & Pastorino M.V. (eds.), Programme and abstracts "I National Meeting "Biology of the European Pletodontids - Genus Speleomantes ", Genova and Busalla, Italy, 26-27 October 2002: 12. [in Italian]
_ KOTSAKIS A., DELFINO M. & PIRAS P., 2002. Elements of palaeobiogeography of Italian Cenozoic crocodiles. Abstracts "IV National Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica", Ercolano, Napoli, June 18-22 2002: 18-19. A link to the Congress Abstracts (PDF - 366 k)
2001
_ DELFINO M., 2001. The fossil record of the Italian Crocodylomorpha. Abstracts "6th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology", Florence-Montevarchi, Italy, September 19-22 2001: 28. Abstract
_ DELFINO M., RAGE J.-C. & ROOK L., 2001. Tertiary mammal turnover phenomena: what happened to the herpetofauna? In: Reumer J.W.F. et al. (eds.), Distribution and migration of Tertiary Mammals in Eurasia. A three-day international conference in honour of Hans De Bruijn. 17-19 May 2001, the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, Abstract volume: 13-15.
_ MASINI F., BONFIGLIO L., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., FANFANI F., FERRETTI M., KOTSAKIS T., MARRA A. C., TORRE D. & STUART A., 2001. Vertebrate assemblages of centralwestern Mediterranean Islands during the Pliocene and Quaternary: Reflecting on extinction events. Abstracts "Islands in Prehistory - International insular investigations", Mallorca, Spain, 3-18 September 2001: 5 unnumbered pages.
_ BUFFETAUT E., DELFINO M. & PINNA G., 2001. The crocodilians, pterosaurs and dinosaurs from the Campanian-Santonian of Villaggio del Pescatore (northeastern Italy): a preliminary report. Abstracts "6th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology", Florence-Montevarchi, Italy, September 19-22 2001: 22. Abstract
_ MASINI F., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., FANFANI F., FERRETTI M., PAVIA M. & TORRE D., 2000. Mosaic and parallel evolution: the palaeobiologic datum. Abstracts "8th Italian Meeting of Evolutionary Biology", Turin, Italy, February 10-12 2000: 21-22.
2000
_ DELFINO M., 2000a. The potential contribute of the herpetofauna to the Late Miocene palaeogeography of the Central Mediterranean. Abstacts "I National Workshop of Vertebrate Palaeontology", Reggio Calabria-Messina-Acque Dolci-S. Vito Lo Capo, Italy, May 4-6 2000: 3. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., 2000b. Italian crocodiles. Abstracts "Third National Congress of the Societas Herpetologica Italica", Pavia, Italy, September 14-16 2000: 13. [in Italian]
_ MASINI F., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., FANFANI F., FERRETTI M., PAVIA M. & TORRE D., 2000. Mosaic and parallel evolution in Palaeobiology. Abstracts "5th European Workshop on vertebrate paleontology", Karlsruhe, Germany, June 7 - July 1 2000: 51.
_ MASINI F., GIANNINI T., ABBAZZI L., FANFANI F., DELFINO M. & TORRE D., 2000. A small mammal fauna from the lacustrine succession of San Lorenzo (Santarcangelo Basin, Basilicata) and remarks on Pleistocene rodent chronology. Riassunti SEQS Meeting "The Plio-Pleistocene boundary and the lower-middle Pleistocene transition: type areas and sections", Bari, Italy, September 25-29 2000: 2.
_ TORRE D., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., FANFANI F., FERRETTI M., FICCARELLI G., MAZZA P., ROOK L. & RUSTIONI M., 2000. The mammal paleobioprovinces in the Italian late Upper Miocene. Abstracts "I National Workshop of vertebrate Palaeontology", Reggio Calabria-Messina-Acque Dolci-S. Vito Lo Capo, Italy, May 4-6 2000: 2.
_ TORRE D., ABBAZZI L., DELFINO M., FANFANI F., FERRETTI M., FICCARELLI G., MAZZA P., RUSTIONI M. & ROOK L., 2000. Mammal paleobioprovinces in the Italian Late Miocene. Abstracts "XIth Congress of Regional Committee on Mediterranean Neogene Stratigraphy", September 27-30 2000, Fes, Morocco: 42.
pre 2000
_ CORTI C., BÖHME W., DELFINO M. & MASSETI M., 1998. Man and Lacertids on the Mediterranean Islands. In: Janev et al. (eds), Abstracts "Third International Symposium on the Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin". Cres, Croatia, May 25-29 1988: 50.
_ DELFINO M., 1997. Italian paleoerpetofauna database: Neogene-Quaternary. Herpetology '97. Abstract III WCH, Prague, Czech Rep., 2-10 August 1997: 51-52.
_ AIMAR A. & DELFINO M., 1997. Archaeozoological analysis of the faunistic remains coming from the medieval site of Santa Vittoria d'Alba and "Via Gioberti", Alba (CN). Abstracts "Second National Meeting of Archaeozoology". Asti, Italy, November 14-16 1997: 1. [in Italian] Abstract
_ CORTI C., MASSETI M. & DELFINO M., 1997. The herpetofauna of anthropochorous origin of the Mediterranean Islands. Herpetology '97. Abstract III WCH, Prague, Czech Rep., August 2-10 1997: 44.
_ DELFINO M., 1996. Reptiles and nets: october 1996. In: GIACOMA C. (ed.). Abstracts of the "First national Societas Herpetologica Italica congress (Turin, October 2-6 1996). Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino, 317-320. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., 1995a. Early Pleistocene Lacerta remains from Southern Italy (Apricena, Foggia). Is it Lacerta siculimelitensis? Abstracts "The 2nd International symposium on the lacertids of the mediterranen basin", Algarve, Portugal, April 25-30, 1995: 13. Abstract
_ DELFINO M., 1995b. Blanus (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia) from the Pleistocene of Southern Italy: another small tessera from a big mosaic. Abstracts "8th OGM SEH", Bonn, Germany, August 23-27, 1995: 49. Abstract
Doctoral thesis
_ DELFINO M., 2002. Neogene and Quaternary herpetofaunas of Italy. Doctoral thesis, Modena e Reggio Emilia Universty. 382 pp., 15 fig., 13 tab. + 43 pl. [in Italian]
Master thesis
_ DELFINO M., 1996. Late Villafranchian herpetofauna from Cava Dell'Erba and Cava Pirro (Foggia, Apulia, Italy). Turin University, unpublished, 194 pp, 83 fig. [in Italian]
Short dissertations
_ DELFINO M., 1996. A revision of the Bivalvia collection from the Eocene Basin of Paris. Turin University, unpublished, 34 pp. + catalogue. [in Italian]
_ DELFINO M., 1996. Analysis of the calls of Rana dalmatina Bonaparte (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae). Turin University, unpublished, 29 pp., 69 fig., 7 tab. [in Italian]
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