White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae). Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(1), Article a4
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Cautionary tales on the use of proxies to estimate body size and form of extinct animals. Ecology and Evolution, 14(9), Article e70218
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An explainable Convolutional Neural Network approach to fossil shark tooth identification. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 63, in press
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A puzzling occurrence of the bite mark ichnogenus Linichnus from the Lower Miocene Chilcatay Formation of Peru. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 308(2), 171–180
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Quaternary records of Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) in Tuscany (central Italy): implications for the palaeobiology of Mediterranean white sharks. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 309(1), 65–76
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Alopias grandis (Leriche, 1942) from the Miocene of Italy: insights on a rare species of giant thresher shark. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 309(2), 93–103
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Did the smalleye hammerhead ever inhabit the Mediterranean Sea? A reappraisal of the only Italian record of Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822). Acta Adriatica, 64(1), 45–51
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The Palaeobiology of the False Mako Shark, Parotodus benedenii (Le Hon, 1871): A View from the Pliocene Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(10), Article 1990
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The Deep Past of the White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in the Mediterranean Sea: A Synthesis of Its Palaeobiology and Palaeoecology. Life, 13, Article 2085
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Re-discovery of bramble shark dermal denticles in the marine Pliocene of Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 310(1), 25–32
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Erratum: Merella, M., Collareta, A., Casati, S., Di Cencio, A. & Bianucci, G. (2021): An unexpected deadly meeting: deep- water (hexanchid) shark bite marks on a sirenian skeleton from Pliocene shoreface deposits of Tuscany (Italy). – Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 301 (3): 295–305. doi: 10.1127/njgpa/2021/1012 Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 303(2), 239–241
Dental Morphology, Palaeoecology and Palaeobiogeographic Significance of a New Species of Requiem Shark (Genus Carcharhinus) from the Lower Miocene of Peru (East Pisco Basin, Chilcatay Formation). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(10), Article 1466
Sperm whales (Physeteroidea) from the Pisco Formation, Peru, and their trophic role as fat sources for late Miocene sharks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 289(1977), Article 20220774
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Ultrastructure, composition, and Sr-87/Sr-86 dating of shark teeth from lower Miocene sediments of southwestern Peru. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 118, Article 103909
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Smoking guns for cold cases: the find of a Carcharhinus tooth piercing a fossil cetacean rib, with notes on the feeding ecology of some Mediterranean Pliocene requiem sharks. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 305(2), 145–152
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Remarkable multicuspid teeth in a new elusive skate (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes) from the Mediterranean Pliocene. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 95, 117–128
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First fossils of the extant blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus from Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 301(1), 109–118
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A cetotheriid whale from the upper Miocene of the Mediterranean. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 301(1), 9–16
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Until Panama do us part: new finds from the Pliocene of Ecuador provide insights into the origin and palaeobiogeographic history of the extant requiem sharks Carcharhinus acronotus and Nasolamia velox. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 300(1), 103–115
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Another thermophilic "Miocene survivor" from the Italian Pliocene: A geologically young occurrence of the pelagic eagle ray Aetobatus in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Carnets de Géologie, 21(10), 203–214
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Taphonomy of marine vertebrates of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru): Insights into the origin of an outstanding Fossil-Lagerstatte. PLoS ONE, 16(7), Article e0254395
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An unexpected deadly meeting: deep-water (hexanchid) shark bite marks on a sirenian skeleton from Pliocene shoreface deposits of Tuscany (Italy). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 301(3), 295–305
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Vertebrate Palaeoecology of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru): Glimpses into the Ancient Humboldt Current Ecosystem. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(11), Article 1188
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The extinct catshark Pachyscyllium distans (Probst, 1879) (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes) in the Pliocene of the Mediterranean Sea. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 295(2), 129–139
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A rhinopristiform sawfish (genus Pristis) from the middle Eocene (Lutetian) of southern Peru and its regional implications. Carnets de Géologie, 20(5), 91-105
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Did titanic stingrays wander the Pliocene Mediterranean Sea? Some notes on a giant-sized myliobatoid stinger from the Piacenzian of Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 298(2), 155–164
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Ginglymostomatid-like multicuspid teeth in an elusive rajid skate from the Tuscan Pliocene [Abstract]. In 64th Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, 16–18 December 2020, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Programme and Abstracts: 63
The origin of biogeographic segregation in the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus): an integrative reconstruction based on neontological and paleontological data. Vie et Milieu, Life & Environment, 70(2), 117–132
The early Miocene elasmobranch assemblage from Zamaca (Chilcatay Formation, Peru). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 91, 352–371
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Allostratigraphy and paleontology of the lower Miocene Chilcatay Formation in the Zamaca area, East Pisco basin, southern Peru. Journal of Maps, 15(2), 393–405
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Trace fossils on a trace fossil: a vertebrate-bitten vertebrate coprolite from the Miocene of Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 293(2), 117–126
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The porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes), from the late Pliocene of the central Mediterranean Basin. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 287(3), 307–316
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Facies analysis, stratigraphy and marine vertebrate assemblage of the lower Miocene Chilcatay Formation at Ullujaya (Pisco basin, Peru). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 257–268
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Taphonomy and palaeoecology of the lower Miocene marine vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (Chilcatay Formation, East Pisco Basin, southern Peru). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 511, 256–279
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The Pliocene elasmobranch collection at the Palaeontological Exhibition of G.A.M.P.S. (Badia a Settimo, Tuscany, Italy). Poster Abstract 1st Virtual Congress of Palaeontology "A new way to make Science", 01-15 December 2018, Web.
Did the giant extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon target small prey? Bite marks on marine mammal remains from the late Miocene of Peru. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 469, 84–91
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A well preserved skeleton of the fossil shark Cosmopolitodus hastalis from the late Miocene of Peru, featuring fish remains as fossilized stomach contents. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 123(1), 11–22
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The late Miocene elasmobranch assemblage from Cerro Colorado (Pisco Formation, Peru). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 73, 168–190
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First record of the knifetooth sawfish Anoxypristis (Elasmobranchii: Rhinopristiformes) from the Pliocene of Tuscany (central Italy). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 284(3), 289–297
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A secondary nursery area for the copper shark Carcharhinus brachyurus from the late Miocene of Peru. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 78, 164–174
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Distribution of fossil marine vertebrates in Cerro Colorado, the type locality of the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan melvillei (Miocene, Pisco Formation, Peru). Journal of Maps, 12(3), 543–557
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Fossil marine vertebrates of Cerro Los Quesos: Distribution of cetaceans, seals, crocodiles, seabirds, sharks, and bony fish in a late Miocene locality of the Pisco Basin, Peru. Journal of Maps, 12(5), 1037–1046
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