Hoffmeister, C. & Felipe, M. & Villafaña, J.A. (2022)
The Neogene Record of Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) from Northern Chile: A Review and Identification Guide. SSRN, Article 4261936
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4261936

Villafaña, J.A. & Kindlimann, R. & Chavez-Hoffmeister, M. (2022)
The confi rmed fossil record of the blue shark Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) from the South Eastern Pacific. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, Article 25576
DOI: 10.7203/sjp.25576

Guicharrousse-Vargas, M. & Villafaña, J.A. & Carrillo-Briceño, J.D. & Oyanadel-Urbina, P. & Figueroa, R. & Pérez-Marín, J.R. & Rivadeneira, M.M. & Kriwet, J. (2021)
The first fossil record of the sawshark Pliotrema (Pristiophoridae) from the Neogene of the south-eastern Pacific (Chile). Ameghiniana, 58(2), 122–131
DOI: 10.5710/AMGH.01.03.2021.3389

Carrillo-Briceño, J.D. & Villafaña, J.A. & de Gracia, C. & Flores-Alcívar, F.F. & Kindlimann, R. & Abella, J. (2020)
Diversity and paleoenvironmental implications of an elasmobranch assemblage from the Oligocene–Miocene boundary of Ecuador. PeerJ, 8, Article e9051
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9051

Villafaña, J.A. & Hernandez, S. & Alvarado, A. & Shimada, K. & Pimiento, C. & Rivadeneira, M.M. & Kriwet, J. (2020)
First evidence of a palaeo-nursery area of the great white shark. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 8502
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65101-1

Villafaña, J.A. & Marramà, G. & Klug, S. & Pollerspöck, J. & Balsberger, M. & Rivadeneira, M. & Kriwet, J. (2020)
Sharks, rays and skates (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Marine Molasse (middle Burdigalian, early Miocene) of the Simssee area (Bavaria, Germany), with comments on palaeogeographic and ecological patterns. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 94, 725–757
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-020-00518-7

Villafaña, J.A. & Marramà, G. & Hernandez, S. & Carrillo-Briceño, J.D. & Hovestadt, D. & Kindlimann, R. & Kriwet, J. (2019)
The Neogene Fossil Record of Aetomylaeus (Elasmobranchii, Myliobatidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39(1), Article e1577251
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1577251

Villafaña, J.A. & Nielsen, S.N. & Klug, S. & Kriwet, J. (2019)
Early Miocene cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali, Elasmobranchii) from Chile: Diversity and palaeobiogeographic implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 96, Article 102317
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102317

Villafaña, J.A. & Rivadeneira, M.M. (2018)
The modulating role of traits on the biogeographic dynamics of chondrichthyans from the Neogene to the present. Paleobiology, 44(2), 251–262
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2018.7

Partarrieu, D. & Villafaña, J.A. & Pinto, L. & Mourgues, F.A. & Oyanadel-Urbina, P.A. & Rivadeneira, M.M. & Carrillo-Briceño, J.D. (2018)
Neogene ‘horn sharks’ Heterodontus (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Southeastern Pacific and their paleoenvironmental significance. Ameghiniana, 55(6), 651–667
DOI: 10.5710/AMGH.19.10.2018.3202

Staig, F. & Hernández, S. & López, P. & Villafaña, J.A. & Varas, C. & Soto, L.P. & Carrillo-Briceño, J.D. (2015)
Late neogene elasmobranch fauna from the Coquimbo formation, Chile. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia, 18(2), 261–272
DOI: 10.4072/rbp.2015.2.07

Villafaña, J.A. & Rivadeneira, M.M. (2014)
Rise and fall in diversity of Neogene marine vertebrates on the temperate Pacific coast of South America. Paleobiology, 40(4), 659–674
DOI: 10.1666/13069

Villafaña, J.A. & Rivadeneira, M.M. (2013)
Cambios Paleobioegeograficos de Elasmobranquios del Neogeno en el Pacifico de Sudamerica [Abstract]. Libro de resumenes: XXXIII Congreso de CIencias del Mar, Antofagasta, Chile