• ​​Scientific Papers

2024

   Desojo, J.B., von Baczko, M.B., Ezcurra, M. D., Fiorelli, L.E., Martinelli, A. G., Bona, P., Trotteyn, M. J., & Lacerda, M. Cranial osteology and paleoneurology of Tarjadia ruthae: An erpetosuchid pseudosuchian from the Triassic Chañares Formation (late Ladinian‐? early Carnian) of Argentina. The Anatomical Record 307, 890-924.

   Farias Macedo, B.D., Desojo, J.B. Cerda, I.A., Ribeiro, A.M., Ferigolo, J., Carlisbino, T., Schultz, C.L., Mastrantonio, B.M., y M. Bentos Soares. (2023).  Bone histology supports gregarious behavior and an early ontogenetic stage to Decuriasuchus quartacolonia (Pseudosuchia: Loricata) from the Middle-Late Triassic of Brazil. The Anatomical Record.

   Martinelli, A.G., Ezcurra, M.D., Fiorelli, L.E., Escobar, J., Hechenleitner, E.M., von Baczko, M.B., Taborda, J. R. A., & Desojo, J.B. (2024). A new early‐diverging probainognathian cynodont and a revision of the occurrence of cf. Aleodon from the Chañares Formation, northwestern Argentina: New clues on the faunistic composition of the latest Middle–? earliest Late Triassic Tarjadia Assemblage Zone. The Anatomical Record 307, 818-850.

   von Baczko, M.B., Cardillo, A.F., Ulloa‐Guaiquin, K., Desojo, J.B., & Paulina‐Carabajal, A. (2024). Paleoneurology and neuroanatomical notes on the South American “rauisuchian” Saurosuchus galilei from the Ischigualasto formation, San Juan, Argentina. The Anatomical Record 307, 1239-1253.

   von Baczko, M.B., Zariwala, J., Ballentine, S. E., Desojo, J.B., & Hutchinson, J. R. (2024). Biomechanical modeling of musculoskeletal function related to the terrestrial locomotion of Riojasuchus tenuisceps (Archosauria: Ornithosuchidae). The Anatomical Record 2024, 1-25.

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2023

   Escobar, J., Martinelli, A., Ezcurra, M., Fiorelli, L., von Baczko, M.B., Novas, F., Desojo, J. (2023). A reassessment of the mandibular anatomy of Dinodontosaurus brevirostris (Synapsida, Dicynodontia) from the Ladinian-early Carnian Chañares Formation (northwestern Argentina), and its taxonomic and phylogenetic significance. Ameghiniana, 60(2):178-201.  

   Fernandez Blanco, M.V., Cassini, G.H. &; Bona, P. (2023. A three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis of the morphological transformation of Caiman lower jaw during post-hatching ontogeny. PeerJ 11:e15548.

   Hechenleitner, E.M., Fernandez Blanco, M.V., Núñez-Campero, S.R., Fiorelli, L.E., Bona, P. 2023. Unexpected morphological variability in the eggshells of the South American caimans Caiman latirostris and Caiman yacare. Scientific Reports 13: 4894.

   Ponce, D.A., Scheyer, T.M., Cerda, I.A. & Desojo, J.B. (2023). Palaeobiological inferences of “rauisuchians” Fasolasuchus tenax (Los Colorados Fm., Argentina) and Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Santa Maria Super sequence, Brazil) from the Middle–Upper Triassic of South America based on microstructural analyses. Journal of Anatomy, 243: 893–909.

   Taborda, J.R.A., von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B. (2023). Biomechanical analysis and new trophic hypothesis for Riojasuchus tenuisceps, a bizarre-snouted Late Triassic pseudosuchian from Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68(3), 415-425.

   

2022

   Bona, P., Fernández-Blanco, M.V., Ezcurra, M.D., von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B., Pol, D. 2022. On the homology of crocodylian post-dentary bones and their macroevolution throughout Pseudosuchia. The Anatomical Record, 305(10), 2980-3001.

   Bona, P., Barrios, F., Ezcurra, M.D. & Fernandez Blanco, M.V. 2022. The taxonomic status of Notocaiman stromeri (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and the early diversity of South American caimanines. Ameghiniana 59: 210–220.

   Gentil, A. R., & Ezcurra, M. D. 2022. Skull osteology of the holotype of the rhynchosaur Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis (Sill, 1970) from the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. The Anatomical Record, 305(5), 1168-1200.

   Ezcurra, M. D., & Sues, H. D. 2022. A re-assessment of the osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic, large-headed reptile Sphodrosaurus pennsylvanicus (Late Triassic, Pennsylvania, USA) indicates archosauriform affinities. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 1-35.

   von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B., Gower, D.J., Ridgely, R., Bona, P., Witmer, L.M. (2022). New digital braincase endocasts of two species of Desmatosuchus and neurocranial diversity within Aetosauria (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). The Anatomical Record, Special 305(10), 2415-2434.

   von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B., Trotteyn, M.J., & Stocker, M.R. (2022). Paleoneurology of the Early Diversification of Triassic Archosauriforms and Pseudosuchians. In: Dozo, M.T., Paulina-Carabajal, A., Macrini, T.E., Walsh, S. (eds.), Paleoneurology of Amniotes: New Directions in the Study of Fossil Endocasts (pp. 179-211). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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2021

   Escobar, J.A., Martinelli, A.G., Ezcurra, M.D., Fiorelli, L.E., Desojo, J.B. 2021. A new stahleckeriid dicynodont record from the late Ladinian-? early Carnian levels of the Chañares Formation (Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin) of northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 109, 103275.

   Paes Neto, V.D., Desojo, J.B., Brust, A.C., Ribeiro, A.M., Schultz, C.L., & Soares, M.B. 2021. The first braincase of the basal aetosaur Aetosauroides scagliai (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic of Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41(2), e1928681.

   Paes Neto, V.D., Desojo, J.B., Brust Bianchi, A.C.B., Ribeiro, A.M., Schultz, C.L. y Soares Bento, M. 2021. Skull osteology of Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela, 1960 (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Late Triassic of Brazil: New insights into the paleobiology of aetosaurs. Palaeontologia Electronica, 24(3):a33.

   Paes-Neto, V.D., Desojo, J.B., Brust, A.C.B., Schultz, C.L., Da-Rosa, A.A.S., & Soares, M.B. 2021. Intraspecific variation in the axial skeleton of Aetosauroides scagliai (Archosauria: Aetosauria) and its implications for the aetosaur diversity of the Late Triassic of Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 93.

   Ponce, D.; Trotteyn, M.J.; Cerda. I.; Fiorelli, L., J.B. Desojo. 2021. Osteohistology and palaeobiological inferences of proterochampsids (Eucocropoda: Proterochampsia) from Chañares Formation (late Ladinian, Upper Triassic), La Rioja, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology41(2).

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2020

   Bona, P., Ezcurra, M.D., Barrios, F., Fernandez Blanco, M.V. 2020. A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0843

   Clarac, F., Scheyer, T. M., Desojo, J. B., Cerda, I. A., Sanchez, S. 2020. The evolution of dermal shield vascularization in Testudinata and Pseudosuchia: phylogenetic constraints versus ecophysiological adaptations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375(1793), 20190132.

   Desojo, J.B., Fiorelli, L.E., Ezcurra, M.D., Martinelli, A. G., Ramezani, J., Da Rosa, Á. A., von Baczko, M.B., Trotteyn, M.J., Montefeltro, F.C., Ezpeleta, M., Langer, M.C. 2020. The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-34.

   Desojo, J.B., von Baczko, M.B., Rauhut, O.W.M. 2020. Anatomy, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the original collection of von Huene, Middle-Late Triassic of southern Brazil. Palaeontologia Electronica, 23(1):a04. https://doi.org/10.26879/1026

   Ezcurra, M. D., Fiorelli, L. E., Trotteyn, M. J., Martinelli, A. G., & Desojo, J. B. (2020). The rhynchosaur record, including a new stenaulorhynchine taxon, from the Chañares Formation (upper Ladinian–? lowermost Carnian levels) of La Rioja Province, north-western Argentina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 1-38. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2020.1856205

   Ezcurra, M. D., Jones, A. S., Gentil, A. R., & Butler, R. J. (2020). Early Archosauromorphs: The Crocodile and Dinosaur Precursors.

   Fernandez Blanco, M.V., Ezcurra, M.D., Bona, P. 2020. New embryological and palaeontological evidence sheds light on the evolution of the archosauromorph ankle. Scientific Reports 10: 5150. DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-62033-8

   Fernandez Blanco, M.V. Witmer, L. M. 2020. A clearing-and-staining procedure for the study of the chondrocranium and other aspects of skeletal development in crocodilian embryos. Vertebrate Zoology 70: 447–454.

   Lecuona, A., Desojo, J. B., Cerda, I. A. 2020. New information on the anatomy and histology of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Chañares Formation (early Carnian), Argentina. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 19(3), 40-62.

   Martinelli, A.G., Escobar, J.A., Francischini, H., Kerber, L., Müller, R.T., Rubert, R., Schultz, C.L, Da-Rosa, Á.A.S, 2020. New record of a stahleckeriid dicynodont (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil and biostratigraphic remarks on the Riograndia Assemblage Zone. Historical Biology, 1-10. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1850715 

   Müller, R.T., von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B., Nesbitt, S.J. 2020. The first ornithosuchid from Brazil and its macroevolutionary and phylogenetic implications for Late Triassic faunas in Gondwana. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65. DOI: 10.4202/app.00652.2019

   von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B. Ponce, D. 2020. Postcranial anatomy and osteoderm histology of Riojasuchus tenuisceps and a phylogenetic update on Ornithosuchidae (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39(5).DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1693396

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2019

   Brown E., Butler R.J., Ezcurra M.D., Bhullar B.-A., Lautenschlager S. 2019. Endocranial anatomy and life habits of the Early Triassic archosauriform Proterosuchus fergusi. Palaeontology 63(2).

   Butler R.J., Ezcurra M.D., Liu J., Sookias R.B., Sullivan C. 2019. The anatomy and phylogenetic position of the erythrosuchid archosauriform Guchengosuchus shiguaiensis from the earliest Middle Triassic of China. PeerJ: e6435.

   Butler R.J., Sennikov A.G., Dunne E.M., Ezcurra M.D., Hedrick B., Maidment S.C.R, Meade L.E., Raven T.J., Gower D.J. 2019. Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform Vjushkovia triplicostata Huene, 1960 from the Early Triassic of European Russia. Royal Society Open Science 6: 191289.

   Butler R.J., Sennikov A.G., Ezcurra M.D., Gower D. J. 2019. The last erythrosuchid? A revision of Chalishevia cothurnata Ochev, 1980 from the late Middle Triassic of European Russia. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 64: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00648.2019.

   Ezcurra M.D., Agnolin F.L. 2019. The validity of Lagosuchus talampayensis Romer, 1971 (Archosauria, Dinosauriformes): implications for early dinosauriform systematics. Breviora 565: 1–21.

   Ezcurra, M.D., von Baczko, M.B., Trotteyn, M.J., & Desojo, J.B. 2019. New proterochampsid specimens expand the morphological diversity of the rhadinosuchines of the Chañares Formation (Lower Carnian, Northwestern Argentina). Ameghiniana, 56(2), 79-115.

   Ezcurra, M.D., Nesbitt, S.J., Fiorelli, L.E., & Desojo, J.B. 2019. New specimen sheds light on the anatomy and taxonomy of the early Late Triassic dinosauriforms from the Chañares Formation, NW Argentina. The Anatomical Record 303(5).

   Ezcurra M.D., Gower D.J., Sennikov A.G., Butler R.J. 2019. The osteology of the holotype of the early erythrosuchid Garjainia prima Ochev, 1958 (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the upper Lower Triassic of European Russia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185: 717–783.

   Fernandez Blanco, M.V. 2019. Development of the chondrocranium of two caiman species, Caiman latirostris and C. yacare. Journal of Anatomy 234: 899–916.

   Mastrantonio, B., von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B., & Schultz, C.L. 2019. The skull anatomy and cranial endocast of the pseudosuchid archosaur Prestosuchus chiniquensis from the Triassic of Brazil. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 64(1).

   Nesbitt S.J., Langer M.C., Ezcurra M.D. 2019. The anatomy of Asilisaurus kongwe, a dinosauriform from the Lifua Member of the Manda Beds (~Middle Triassic) of Africa. The Anatomical Record, 303(4): 813-873.

   Paulina−Carabajal A., Ezcurra M.D., Novas F.E. 2019. New information on the braincase and endocranial morphology of the Late Triassic neotheropod Zupaysaurus rougieri using CT scans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39: e1630421.

   Tolchard, F., Nesbitt, S. J., Desojo, J. B., Viglietti, P., Butler, R. J., & Choiniere, J. N. 2019. ‘Rauisuchian’ material from the lower Elliot Formation of South Africa and Lesotho: Implications for Late Triassic biogeography and biostratigraphy. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 160, 103610.

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​2018

   Brust, A.C.B., Desojo, J.B., Schultz, C.L., Paes Neto, V.D., A.A.S.Da-Rosa. 2018. Osteology of the first skull of Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela 1960 (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil (Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone) and its phylogenetic importance. Plos One. 13(8):e0201450.

   Bona, P., Ezcurra, M., Barrios, F. & Fernandez Blanco, M.V. 2018. A new Palaeocene crocodylian from southern Argentina sheds light on the early history of caimanines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285: 20180843. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2018.0843.

   Brust, A. C. B., Desojo, J. B., Schultz, C. L., Paes-Neto, V. D., & Da-Rosa, Á. A. S. 2018. Osteology of the first skull of Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela 1960 (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil (Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone) and its phylogenetic importance. PloS one, 13(8), e0201450.

   Cerda, I.A., Desojo, J.B., Scheyer, T. M. 2018. Novel data on aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) osteoderm microanatomy and histology: palaeobiological implications. Palaeontology 61(5): 721-745. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12363

   Ezcurra M.D., Butler R.J. 2018. The rise of the ruling reptiles and ecosystem recovery from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 285: 20180361.

   Fernandez Blanco, M.V., Cassini, G.H., Bona, P. 2018. Skull ontogeny of extant caimans: a three-dimensional geometric morphometric approach. Zoology 129: 69–81. DOI:10.1016/j.zool.2018.06.003

   Fiorelli, L.E., Rocher, S., Martinelli, A.G., Ezcurra, M.D., Hechenleitner, E.M., Ezpeleta, M. 2018. Tetrapod burrows from the Middle–Upper Triassic Chañares Formation (La Rioja, Argentina) and its palaeoecological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 496, 85-102.

   Mastrantonio, B., von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B., Schultz, C.L. 2018. The skull anatomy and cranial endocast of the pseudosuchid archosaur Prestosuchus chiniquensis from the Triassic of Brazil. Palaeontologia Polonica 64 (1)

   Loinaze, V.S.P., Vera, E.I., Fiorelli, L.E., Desojo, J.B. 2018. Palaeobotany and palynology of coprolites from the Late Triassic Chañares Formation of Argentina: implications for vegetation provinces and the diet of dicynodonts. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 502, 31-51.

   von Baczko, M.B.. 2018. Rediscovered cranial material of Venaticosuchus rusconii enables the first jaw biomechanics in Ornithosuchidae (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). Ameghiniana 55(4), 365-379.

   von Baczko, M.B., Taborda, J.R.A., & Desojo, J.B. 2018. Paleoneuroanatomy of the aetosaur Neoaetosauroides engaeus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its paleobiological implications among archosauriforms. PeerJ 6:e5456

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2017

   Basilici, G.; Hechenleitner, E.M.; Fiorelli, L.E.; Dal Bó, P.F.; Mountney, N.P. 2017. Preservation of titanosaur egg clutches in Upper Cretaceous cumulative palaeosols (Los Llanos Formation, La Rioja, Argentina). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 482, 83–102. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.05.034

   Basilici, G.; Dal’bo, P.; Fiorelli, L.E. 2017. Comment on “Evolution and palaeoenvironment of the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous, Brazil)” by Luiz Alberto Fernandes & Claudia Maria Magalhaes Ribeiro. Journal of South American Earth Sciences

   Bona, P., Carabajal, A. P., & Gasparini, Z. 2017. Neuroanatomy of Gryposuchus neogaeus (Crocodylia, Gavialoidea): a first integral description of the braincase and endocranial morphological variation in extinct and extant gavialoids. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 106(4), 235-246.

   Bona, P., Fernandez Blanco, M.V., Torsten, M.S., Foth, C. 2017. Shedding light on the taxonomic diversity of the South American Miocene caimans: the status of Melanosuchus fisheri Medina, 1976 (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea). Ameghiniana 54: 681–687.

   Ezcurra, M.D.; Fiorelli, L.E.; Martinelli, A.G.; Rocher, S.; von Baczko, M.B.; Ezpeleta, M.; Taborda, J.R.A.; Hechenleitner, E.M.; Trotteyn, M.J.; Desojo, J.B. 2017. Deep faunistic turnovers preceded the rise of dinosaurs in southwestern Pangaea. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI:10.1038/s41559-017-0305-5

   Foth, C., Fernandez Blanco, M.V., Bona, P., Torsten, M.S. 2017. Cranial shape variation in jacarean caimanines (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and its implications in the taxonomic status of extinct species: the case of Melanosuchus fisheri. Journal of Morphology 1–15. DOI:10.1002/jmor.20769

   Gouiric-Cavalli, S.; Desojo, J.B.; Ezcurra, M.D.; Fiorelli, L.; Martinelli, A.G. 2017. First fish remains from the earliest Late Triassic of the Chañares Formation (La Rioja, Argentina) and their paleobiogeographic implications. Ameghiniana 54: 137–150.

   Lecuona, A., Desojo, J. B., & Pol, D. 2017. New information on the postcranial skeleton of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum (Archosauria: Suchia) and reappraisal of its phylogenetic position. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlx011.

   Martinelli, A.G., C.F. Kammerer, T.P. Melo, V.D. Paes Neto, A.M. Ribeiro, Á.A. S. Da-Rosa, C.L.Schultz & M.B. Soares. 2017. The African cynodont Aleodon (Cynodontia, Probainognathia) in the Triassic of southern Brazil and its biostratigraphic significance. Plos One 12(6): e0177948.

   Martinelli, A.G., Soares, M.B., Oliveira, T.V, Rodrigues, P.G., & Schultz, C.L. 2017. The Triassic eucynodont Candelariodon barberenai revisited and the early diversity of stem prozostrodontians. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 (3), 2017: 527-542.

   Martinelli, A.G., Eltink, E., Da-Rosa, Á.A.S. & Langer, M.C. 2017. A new cynodont (Therapsida) from the Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone (upper Carnian-Norian) of southern Brazil improves the Late Triassic probainognathian diversity. Papers in Palaeontology 3(3): 401-423. DOI:10.1002/spp2.1081

   Martinelli, A.G., Francischini, H., Dentzien-Dias, P., Soares, M.B. & Schultz, C.L. 2017. The oldest archosauromorph from South America: postcranial remains from the Guadalupian (mid-Permian) Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná Basin), southern Brazil. Historical Biology  29(1): 76-84. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2015.1125897

   Melo, T.P., A.G. Martinelli & M.B. Soares. 2017. A new gomphodont cynodont (Traversodontidae) from the Middle-Late Triassic Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone of the Santa Maria Supersequence, Brazil. Palaeontology 60(4): 571-582. DOI:10.1111/pala.12302

   Nesbitt, S., & Desojo, J. B. 2017. The Osteology and Phylogenetic Position of Luperosuchus fractus (Archosauria: Loricata) from the Latest Middle Triassic or Earliest Late Triassic of Argentina. Ameghiniana, 54(3), 261-282.

   Nesbitt S.J., Butler R.J., Ezcurra M.D., Charig A.J., Barrett P.M. 2017. The anatomy of Teleocrater rhadinus, an early avemetatarsalian from the lower portion of the Lifua Member of the Manda Beds (~Middle Triassic). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 17: 142–177.

   Pacheco, C.P., Martinelli, A.G., Pavanatto, A.E.B., Soares, M.B. & Dias-da-Silva, S. 2017. Prozostrodon brasiliensis, a probainognathian cynodont from the Late Triassic of Brazil: second record and improvements on its dental anatomy. Historical Biology. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2017.1292423

   Ponce, D., Cerda, I.A., Desojo, J.B. & Nesbitt, S.J. In press. The osteoderm microstructure of Doswellia kaltenbachi, Vancleavea campi, and Chanaresuchus bonapartei and its implications for palaeobiology of stem archosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.

   Romo-de-Vivar-Martínez, P.R., Martinelli, A.G., Paes Neto, V.D. & Soares, M.B. 2017. Evidence of osteomyelitis in the dentary of the late Triassic rhyncocephalian Clevosaurus brasiliensis (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from southern Brazil and behavioral implications. Historical Biology 29(3): 320-327. Doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1158258

   Sengupta S., Ezcurra M.D., Bandyopadhyay S. 2017. A new horned and long−necked herbivorous stem−archosaur from the Middle Triassic of India. Scientific Reports 7: 8366.

   Sérgio Dias-da-Silva, S., F. Pinheiro, Á.A.S. Da-Rosa, A.G. Martinelli, C.L. Schultz, E. Silva Neves & S.P. Modesto. 2017. Biostratigraphic review of the Lower Triassic Sanga do Cabral Supersequence from South America, with a description of new material attributable to the parareptile genus Procolophon. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 79: 281-296.  DOI:10.1016/j.jsames.2017.07.012

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2016

   Desojo, J.B., Ezcurra, M.D. 2016. Triassic pseudosuchian archosaurs of South America. En: Historia Evolutiva y Paleobiogeografica de los vertebrados de América del Sur. Contribuciones del MACN, Número 6: 57-66.

   Ezcurra, M.D., Desojo, J.B. 2016. Non-archosaurian archosauromorphs from Argentina. En: Historia Evolutiva y Paleobiogeografica de los vertebrados de América del Sur. Contribuciones del MACN, Número 6: 49-56

   Ezcurra, M.D. 2016. The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms. PeerJ, 4, e1778. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1778

   Ezcurra, M.D. 2016. Can social and sexual selection explainthe bizarre snout of proterosuchid archosauriforms?, Historical Biology. DOI:10.1080/08912963.2016.1161033

   Ezcurra M.D., Montefeltro F., and Butler R.J. 2016. The Early Evolution of Rhynchosaurs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3:142. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00142

   Fiorelli, L.E., Leardi, J.M., Hechenleitner, E.M., Pol, D., Basilici, G., & Grellet-Tinner, G. 2016. A new Late Cretaceous crocodyliform from the western margin of Gondwana (La Rioja Province, Argentina). Cretaceous Research, 60, 194-209. DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.003

   Foth C., Ezcurra M.D., Sookias R.B., Brusatte S.L., Butler R.J. 2016. Unappreciated diversification of stem archosaurs during the Middle Triassic predated the dominance of dinosaurs. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 188.

   Hechenleitner, E.M., Fiorelli, L.E., Grellet‐Tinner, G., Leuzinger, L., Basilici, G., Taborda, J.R.A., De La Vega, S.R. & Bustamante, C.A. 2016. A new Upper Cretaceous titanosaur nesting site from La Rioja (NW Argentina), with implications for titanosaur nesting strategies. Palaeontology 59(3), 433-446. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12234

   Hechenleitner, E.M., Grellet-Tinner, G., Foley, M., Fiorelli, L.E., & Thompson, M.B. 2016. Micro-CT scan reveals an unexpected high-volume and interconnected pore network in a Cretaceous Sanagasta dinosaur eggshell. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 13(116), 20160008. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0008

   Lecuona, A., Ezcurra, M. D., & Irmis, R. B. 2016. Revision of the early crocodylomorph Trialestes romeri (Archosauria, Suchia) from the lower Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina: one of the oldest‐known crocodylomorphs. Papers in Palaeontology, 2(4), 585-622.

   Martinelli, A.G., Soares, M.B. & Schwanke, C. 2016. Two new cynodonts (Therapsida) from the Middle-early Late Triassic of Brazil and comments on South American probainognathians. Plos ONE 11(10): e0162945. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0162945

   Martinelli, A.G. & Soares, M.B. 2016. Evolution of South American cynodonts. Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” 6: 183-197.

   Martinelli, A.G., Soares, M.B. & Schoch, R.R. 2016. Owenettids and procolophonids from the Lower Keuper shed new light on the diversity of parareptiles in the German Middle Triassic. Journal of Paleontology 90(1): 92-101.

   Schoch, R. and Desojo, J.B. 2016. Cranial anatomy of the aetosaur Paratypothorax andressorum Long & Ballew, 1985, from the Upper Triassic of Germany and its bearing on aetosaur phylogeny. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 279(1). DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2016/0542

   Trotteyn, M. J., & Paulina-Carabajal, A. 2016. Braincase and neuroanatomy of Pseudochampsa ischigualastensis and Tropidosuchus romeri (Archosauriformes, Proterochampsia). Ameghiniana, 53(5), 527-542.

   von Baczko, M.B. & Desojo, J.B. 2016. Cranial anatomy and palaeoneurology of the archosaur Riojasuchus tenuisceps from the Los Colorados Formation, La Rioja, Argentina. PLoS ONE 11(2):e0148575. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148575

   von Baczko, M. B. & Ezcurra, M. D. 2016. Taxonomy of the archosaur Ornithosuchus: reassessing Ornithosuchus woodwardi Newton, 1894 and Dasygnathoides longidens (Huxley 1877). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 106(3), 199-205.

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2015

   Bernardi M., Klein H., Petti F.M., Ezcurra M.D. 2015. The origin and early radiation of archosauriforms: integrating the skeletal and footprint record. PLOS ONE 10(6): e0128449, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128449

   Butler R.J., Ezcurra M.D., Montefeltro F.C., Samathi A., Sobral G. 2015. A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the origin and early evolution of Rhynchosauria. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174: 571-588

   Cerda, I. A.; Desojo, J. B.; Trotteyn, M. J. and Scheyer,T. M. 2015. Osteoderm histology of proterochampsids and doswelliids (stem Archosauria): paleobiological implications. Journal of Morphlogy DOI 10.1002/jmor.20348.

   Ezcurra M.D., Butler R.J. 2015. Taxonomy of the proterosuchid archosauriforms (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the earliest Triassic of South Africa, and implications for the early archosauriform radiation. Palaeontology 58:141-170

   Ezcurra M.D., Butler, R.J. Post-hatchling cranial ontogeny in the Early Triassic diapsid reptile Proterosuchus fergusi. Journal of Anatomy: 226: 387-402

   Ezcurra M.D., Velozo P., Meneghel M., Piñeiro G. 2015. Early archosauromorph remains from the Permo-Triassic Buena Vista Formation of northeastern Uruguay. PeerJ 3: e776

   Ezcurra M.D., Desojo J.B., Rauhut O.W.M. 2015. Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of the proterochampsid Rhadinosuchus gracilis (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the early Late Triassic of southern Brazil. Ameghiniana 52(4):391-417

   Ezcurra M.D., Martinelli A.G., Fiorelli L.E., Da-Rosa A.A.S, Desojo J.B. 2015. Archosauromorph remains from the Tarjados Formation (Early—Middle Triassic, NW Argentina). Ameghiniana 52(5):475-486

   Fernandez Blanco, M.V.; Bona, P.; Olivares, A.I.; Desojo, J.B. Ontogenetic variation in the skulls of Caiman: the case of Caiman latirostris and Caiman yacare (Alligatoridae, Caimaninae). Herpetological Journal 25:65-73

   Hechenleitner, E.M.; Grellet-Tinner, G.; Fiorelli, L.E. 2015. What do giant titanosaur dinosaurs and modern Australasian megapodes have in common? PeerJ 3: e1341. DOI 10.7717/peerj.1341

   Liu J., Butler R.J., Sullivan C., Ezcurra M.D. 2015. ‘Chasmatosaurus ultimus’, a putative proterosuchid archosauriform from the Middle Triassic, is an indeterminate crown archosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e965779.

   Manfroi, J., Uhl, D., Guerra-Sommer, M., Francischini, H., Martinelli, A.G., Soares, M.B. & Jasper, A. 2015. Extending the database of Permian palaeo-wildfire on Gondwana: charcoal remains from the Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná basin), Middle Permian, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 436: 77-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.07.003

   Taborda, J.R.A; Heckert, A.B; Desojo, J.B. Intraspecific variation in Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of Argentina and Brazil: An example of sexual dimorphism?. Ameghiniana 50(2)

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2014

   Butler R.J., Sullivan C., Ezcurra M.D., Liu J., Lecuona A., Sookias R.B. 2014. New clade ofenigmatic early archosaurs yields insights into early pseudosuchian phylogeny and the biogeography of the archosaur radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 128.

   Da-Silva, L.R., Desojo, J.B., Cabreira, S.F., Aires, A.S., Müller, R.T., Pacheco, C.P. y Dias Da-Silva, S. 2014. A new aetosaur from the Upper Triassic of the Santa Maria Formation, southern Brazil. Zootaxa 3764: 240-278

   Ezcurra, M. D. 2014. The osteology of the basal archosauromorph Tasmaniosaurus triassicus from theLower Triassic of Tasmania, Australia. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86864. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086864

   Ezcurra, M. D., Scheyer, T., and Butler, R.J. 2014. The origin and early evolution of Sauria: reassessing the Permian saurian fossil record and the timing of the crocodile-lizard divergence. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89165. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089165

   Fernandez Blanco, M.V.; Cassini, G.H.; Bona, P. 2014. Cranial morphological variation in Caiman (Alligatoridae, Caimaninae): a geometric morphometrics study of the ontogeny in the species Caiman latirostris and Caiman yacare. Revista Ciencias Morfológicas 16: 16-30.

   Grellet-Tinner, G.; Thompson, M.; Fiorelli, L.E.; Argañaraz, E.; Codorniú, L.; Hechenleitner, E.M. 2014. The first 3-D egg of the Gondwanan pterosaur Pterodaustro guinazui from Argentina. Goescience Frontiers 5: 759-765.

   Hechenleitner, E.M.; Fiorelli, L.E.; Larrovere, M.A.; Grellet-Tinner, G.; Carignano, A.P. 2014. Comment on "Dynamic topography in South America" by Federico M. Dávila & Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 50: 93-94.

   Scheyer, T., Desojo, J.B., and Cerda, I. 2014. Bone histology of phytosaur, aetosaur, and other archosauriform osteoderms (Eureptilia, Archosauromorpha). Anatomical Record 297(2)

   Soares, M.B., Martinelli, A.G. & Oliveira, T.V. 2014. A new prozostrodontian cynodont (Therapsida) from the Late Triassic Riograndia Assemblage Zone (Santa Maria Supersequence) of Southern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 86(4): 1673-1691. DOI: 10.1590/0001-37652014864

   Trotteyn M.J., Ezcurra M.D. 2014. Osteology of Pseudochampsa ischigualastensis gen. et comb. nov. (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsidae) from the Early Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of Northwestern Argentina. PLoS ONE 9(11): e111388. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111388

   von Baczko, M.B., Desojo, J.B., and Pol, D. 2014. Anatomy and phylogenetic position of Venaticosuchus rusconii Bonaparte, 1970 (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) from the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic), La Rioja, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(6)

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2013​

   ​Bona, P., Degrange, F. J., Fernández, M.S. 2013. Skull Anatomy of the Bizarre Crocodylian Mourasuchus nativus (Alligatoridae, Caimaninae). Anatomical Record 296: 227–239.

   ​Bona P., A. Paulina Carabajal. 2013. Caiman gasparinae sp. nov., a huge alligatorid (Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Paraná, Argentina. Alcheringa 37(4).

   Cerda, I., Desojo, J. B., Scheyer, T., Schultz, C. 2013. Osteoderm microstructure of "rauisuchian" archosaurs from South America. Geobios 46(4):273-283.

   Desojo, J. B., Heckert, A. B., Martz, J. W., Parker, W. G., Schoch, R. R., Small, B. J. y Sulej, T. 2013. Aetosauria: a clade of armoured pseudosuchians from the Late Triassic continental beds. In S. J. Nesbitt, J. B. Desojo and R. B. Irmis (eds.) Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 379.

   Ezcurra, M. D., Butler, R. J., Gower, D. J. 2013. ‘Proterosuchia’: the origin and early history of Archosauriformes. In Nesbitt, S. J., Desojo, J. B. and Irmis, R. B. (eds). Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 379.

   Ezcurra, M.D., Trotteyn, M. J., Fiorelli, L. E., von Baczko, M. B., Taborda, J. R. A., Iberlucea, I., Desojo, J. B. 2013. The oldest rhynchosaur from Argentina: a Middle Triassic rhynchosauroid from the Chañares Formation (Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, La Rioja Province). Paläontologische Zeitschrift.

   Fiorelli, L. E., Ezcurra, M. D., Hechenlietner, E. M., Argañaraz, E., Taborda, J. R. A., Trotteyn, M. J., von Baczko, M. B., Desojo, J. B. 2013. The oldest known communal latrines provide evidence of gregarism in Triassic megaherbivores. Scientific Reports 3:3348.

   Foth, C., Desojo, J. B., Bona, P. 2013. Intraspecific variation in the skull morphology of the “Black Caiman” Melanosuchus niger (Alligatoridae, Caimaninae). Acta Zoologica

   Mastrantonio, B., Schultz, C. L., Desojo, J. B., Bittencourt Garcia, J. 2013. The braincase of Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Archosauria: Suchia). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 379.

   ​​Nesbitt, S. J., Brusatte, S., Desojo, J. B., Liparini, A., de Franca, M., Weinbaum, J., Gower, D. 2013. Rauisuchia. In S.J. Nesbitt, J.B. Desojo and R.B. Irmis (eds.) Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 379.​​

   ​​​Sues, H-D., Desojo, J. B., Ezcurra, M. D. 2013. Doswelliidae: a clade of unusual armoured archosauriforms from the Middle and Late Triassic. In S. J. Nesbitt, J. B. Desojo and R. B. Irmis (eds.) Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 379.

   ​Taborda, J. R. A., Cerda, I. A., Desojo, J. B. 2013. Growth curve of Aetosauroides scagliai Casamiquela 1960 (Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) inferred from osteoderm histology. In S. J. Nesbitt, J. B. Desojo and R. B. Irmis (eds.) Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 379.

   ​​Trotteyn, M. J., Arcucci, B. A.,, Raugust, T. 2013. Proterochampsia: an endemic archosauriform clade from South America. In S. J. Nesbitt, J. B. Desojo and R. B. Irmis (eds.) Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 379.

   von Baczko, M.B., Ezcurra, M.D. 2013. Ornithosuchidae: a group of Triassic archosaurs with a unique ankle joint. In S.J. Nesbitt, J.B. Desojo and R.B. Irmis (eds.) Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and their Kin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 379.

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2012
   Desojo, J.B., Ezcurra, M.D., Kischlat, E. 2012. A new aetosaur genus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the early Late Triassic of southern Brazil. Zootaxa 3166: 1-33.

   Lecuona, A., Desojo, J.B. 2012. Hind limb osteology of Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum (Archosauria: Suchia). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102, 105–128.

​   Novas, F. E., Kundrat, M., Agnolín, F. L., Ezcurra, M. D., Ahlberg, P. E., Isasi, M. P., Arriagada, A. and Chafrat, P. 2012. A new large pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32: 1147-1452.

   ​​Trotteyn, M.J. and Haro, J.A. 2012. The braincase of Chanaresuchus ischigualastensis (Archosauriformes) from the Late Triassic of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32: 867-882.

   ​Young, M.T., Brusatte, S.L., Beatty, B.L., Brandalise De Andrade, M. y Desojo, J.B. 2012. Tooth-On-Tooth Interlocking Occlusion Suggests Macrophagy in the Mesozoic Marine Crocodylomorph Dakosaurus. The Anatomical Record 295: 1147-1158.

​   Young, M.T., Brusatte, S.L., Brandalise de Andrade, M., Desojo, J.B., Beatty, B.L., Steel, L., Fernández, M.S., Sakamoto, M., Ruiz-Omeñaca, J.I., Schoch, R.R. 2012. The cranial osteology and feeding ecology of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph genera Dakosaurus and Plesiosuchus from the Late Jurassic of Europe. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44985. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044985​

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2011​

​   Bona, P. and Desojo, J. B. 2011. Osteology and cranial musculature of Caiman latirostris (crocodylia: Alligatoridae). Journal of Morphology 272: 780–795.

   Cerda, I.A. and Desojo, J.B. 2011. Dermal amour histology of Aetosauroides Casamiquela, 1960 (Diapsida:Aetosauria) from the Upper Triassic of Argentina and Brazil. Lethaia 44 (4): 417-428.

   Desojo, J.B., Ezcurra, M.D. and Schultz, C.L. 2011. An unusual new archosauriform from the Middle-Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the monophyly of Doswelliidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 839-871.

   Desojo, J.B. and Ezcurra, M.D. 2011. A reappraisal of the taxonomic status of Aetosauroides (Archosauria: Aetosauria) specimens from the Late Triassic of South America and their proposed synonymy with Stagonolepis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31: 596-609.

   ​Lautenschlager, S. and Desojo, J.B. 2011. Reassessment of the Middle Triassic “rauisuchian” archosaurs Ticinosuchus ferox and Stagonosuchus nyassicus. Paläontologische Zeitsch. 85: 357-381.

   ​Scheyer, T. and Desojo, J.B. 2011. Palaeohistology and microanatomy of Rauisuchian osteoderms (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). Palaeontology 54(6):1289–1302.

   Trotteyn, M.J., Desojo, J.B., and Alcober, O. 2011. Nuevo material postcraneano de Saurosuchus galilei Reig (Archosauria: Crurotarsi) del Triásico Superior del centro-oeste de Argentina. Ameghiniana 48(1), 13-27.

   Trotteyn, M.J. and Haro, J.A. 2011. The braincase of a specimen of Proterochampsa Reig (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsidae) from the Late Triassic of Argentina. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 85, 1-17.

   Trotteyn, M.J. 2011. Material postcraneano de Proterochampsa barrionuevoi Reig 1959 (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) del Triásico Superior del centro–oeste de Argentina. Ameghiniana 48, 424-446.
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2010-2006

​   Andrade, M., Young, M., Desojo, J.B., Brusatte, S. 2010. The evolution of extreme hypercarnivory in Metriorhynchidae (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia): evidence from microscopic denticle morphology and a new tri-faceted Kimmeridgian tooth from Germany. USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5), 1451-1465.

   Brusatte, S., Benton, M.J., Desojo, J.B., Langer, M. 2010. The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida). Journal of Systematic Paleontology 8 (1): 3-47.

   Desojo, J.B., Ezcurra, M.D., Rauhut, O.W.M. 2010. Revision of the holotype of Rhadinosuchus gracilis (Archosauriformes: Proterochampsidae) from the early Late Triassic of southern Brazil. Zitteliana, Series B, 29: 28.

   Ezcurra, M.D. 2010. Biogeography of Triassic tetrapods: evidence for provincialism and driven sympatric cladogenesis in the early evolution of modern tetrapod lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 277: 2547-2552.

   Ezcurra, M.D. 2010. A review of the macroevolutionary patterns involved in the early radiation of dinosaurs during the early Mesozoic. Zitteliana, Series B, 29: 35.

   ​Ezcurra, M. D., Lecuona, A., Martinelli, A. 2010. A new basal archosauriform diapsid from the Early Triassic of Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 1433-1450.

   ​Desojo, J.B., Arcucci, A. 2009. New material of the earliest known rauisuchian Luperosuchus fractus (Diapsida: Archosauria), from South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (4): 1311-1315.

   Desojo, J.B., Vizcaino, S. 2009. The jaw biomechanics of the South American aetosaur Neoaetosauroides engaeus Bonaparte. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83: 499-510.

   ​Bona, P. 2007. Una nueva especie de Eocaiman Simpson 1933 (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) del Paleoceno Inferior de Patagonia. Ameghiniana 44 (2): 435-445.

   Desojo, J.B., Báez, A.M. 2007. Cranial morphology of the Late Triassic South American archosaur Neoaetosauroides engaeus: evidence for aetosaurian diversity. Palaeontology 50 (1): 267-276.

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2005-2001​

   Desojo, J.B., Báez, A. M. 2005. El esqueleto postcraneano de Neoaetosauroides (Archosauria: Aetosauria) del Triásico Superior del centro-oeste de Argentina. Ameghiniana 42: 115-126.

   Desojo, J.B., Heckert, A. 2004. New information on the braincase and mandible of Coahomasuchus (Archosauria: Aetosauria) from the Otischalkian (Carnian) of Texas. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 2004, 605–616.

   Desojo, J.B. 2003. Redescripción del aetosaurio Chilenosuchus forttae Casamiquela (Diapsida: Arcosauria): presencia de Triásico continental en el norte de Chile. Revista Geológica de Chile 30: 53-63.

   Desojo, J.B., Arcucci, A., Marsicano, C. 2002. Reassessment of Cuyosuchus huenei, a Middle-Late Triassic archosauriform from the Cuyo Basin, west-central Argentina. New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 21: 143–148.

   Desojo, J.B. 2001. Dermal scutes from the Potrerillos Formation (Middle-Late Triassic) of Mendoza Province: evidence for aetosaurs?. Argentina. Ameghiniana 38(3): 349-352.

   Gasparini Z., de la Fuente, M., Fernández, M., Bona, P. 2001. Reptiles from the Late Cretaceous coastal enviroments of northern Patagonia. Asociación Paleontológica Argentina. Publicación especial 7: 101- 105. Buenos Aires, Argentina.