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One Step Beyond by Davide Bonadonna - Nemegt Special Issue Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
One Step Beyond by Davide Bonadonna - Nemegt Special Issue Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

 2024

  1. Muscioni, M., Chiarenza, A. A., Fernandez, D. B. H., Dreossi, D., Bacchia, F., & FANTI, F., 2024. Cranial anatomy of Acynodon adriaticus and extreme durophagous adaptations in Eusuchia (Reptilia: Crocodylomorpha). The Anatomical Record, 1–32.
  2. Kimitsuki, R., Rodriguez, M., Sullivan, C., Zonneveld, J. P., Sissons, R., Bell, P. R., Campione, N. E., FANTI, F., Gingras, M. K., 2024. Enigmatic vertebrate swimming trace fossils from the Wapiti Formation, Alberta, Canada, and their implications for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Ichnos, 1–18. 
  3. FANTI, F., Cantelli, L., Currie, P.J., Funston, G.F., Cenni, N., Catellani, S., Chinzorig, T., Tsogtbaatar, K.H., Barsbold, R., 2024. High-resolution UAV maps of the Gobi Desert provide new insights into the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Cretaceous Research 161, 105916.
  4. Giamborino, A., 2024. Quel volo per il Gobi. Geologicamente 13, pp 58-59.

    2023
  5. Contessi, M., Fiorillo, A., FANTI, F., 2024. Giovanni Capellini's lost 1863 exploration of three of North America's important geological sites. In: Clary, R., Pyle, E., Sndrews, W (Eds.) Geology's Significant Sites and their Contributions to Geoheritage. Geological Society Special Publications, volume 543, 2024.
  6. Hamilton, S., Paparella, I., Bell, P., Campione, N., FANTI, F., Larson, D., Sissons, R., Vavrek, M., Balsai, M., Sullivan, C. 2023. New Lizard Specimens from the Campanian Wapiti Formation of Alberta, Canada. Geosciences 2023, 13, 337.
  7. Muscioni, M., Chiarenza, A., Delfino, M., Fabbri, M., Milocco, K., FANTI, F., 2023. Acynodon adriaticus from Villaggio del Pescatore (Campanian of Italy): anatomical and chronostratigraphic integration improves phylogenetic resolution in Hylaeochampsidae (Eusuchia). Cretaceous Research 151, 105631.
  8. Giamborino, A., 2023. Progetto Dinosauri del Nord dell’Alberta. Geologicamente 11, pp 60-61.
  9. Giamborino, A., 2023. Progetto Dinosauri del Sud dell’Alberta. Geologicamente 10 pp 68-69.

    2022
  10. Takasaki, R., Chiba, K., Fiorillo, A., Brink, K., Evans, D., FANTI, F., Saneyoshi, M., Maltese, A., Ishigaki, S., 2022. Description of the first definitive Corythosaurus (Dinosauria, Hadrosauridae) specimens from the Judith River Formation in Montana, USA and their paleobiogeographical significance. The Anatomical Record 2022;1-21
  11. Fiorillo, A., FANTI, F., Baucon, A., Chiarenza, A., 2022. Permian lobed Zoophycos as the product of the terrestrialization process: behavioral innovation in the Tahkandit Limestone Formation (Yukon River, Alaska, USA). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 593, 110931
  12. FANTI, F., Bell, P., Vavrek, M., Larson, D., Koppelhus, E., Sissons, R., Langone, A., Campione, N., Sullivan, C., 2022. Filling the Bearpaw gap: evidence for palaeoenvironment-driven taxon distribution in a diverse, non-marine ecosystem from the late Campanian of west-central Alberta, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 592, 110923.
  13. D’Anastasio, R., Cilli, J., Bacchia, F., FANTI, F., Gobbo, G., Capasso, L., 2022. Author Correction: Histological and chemical diagnosis of a combat lesion in Triceratops. Sci Rep 12, 6931.
  14. D’Anastasio, R., Cilli, J., Bacchia, F., FANTI, F., Gobbo, G., Capasso, L., 2022. Combat lesion in Triceratops: histological and chemical diagnosis. Scientific Reports 12(1) 1-1.
  15. Scott, E., Chiba, K., FANTI, F., Beverly, S., Evans, D., Ryan, M., 2022. Taphonomy of a monodominant Gryposaurus sp. bonebed from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.
  16. Enriquez, N., Campione, N., White, M., FANTI, F., Sissons, R., Sullivan, C., Vavrek, M., Bell, P., 2022. The dinosaur tracks of Tyrants Aisle: an Upper Cretaceous ichnofauna from Unit 4 of the Wapiti Formation (upper Campanian), Alberta, Canada. PLoS ONE 17(2): e0262824.
  17. Forti, P., De Waele, J., FANTI, F., Piastra, S., et al., 2022. Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines. Nomination Dossier for Inscription on the UNESCO Natural World Heritage List. Regione Emilia-Romagna Ed.

    2021
  18. Chiarenza, A., Fabbri, M., Consorti, L., Muscioni, M., Evans, D., Cantalapiedra, J., FANTI, F., 2021. An italian dinosaur lagerstätte reveals the tempo and mode of hadrosauriform body size evolution. Scientific Reports 11, 23295.  Top 100 in Earth Science in 2021
  19. Consorti, L., Arbulla, D., Bonini, L., Fabbi, S., FANTI, F., Franceschi, M., Frijia, G., Pini, G.A. 2021. The Mesozoic paleoenvironmental richness of the Trieste Karst. Field Trip N° 4 – Pre congress 11-09-2021. Geological Field Trips and Maps.
  20. Jerzykiewicz, T., Currie, P., FANTI, F., Lefeld, J., 2021. Lithobiotopes of the Nemegt Gobi Basin. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 58: 829–851.
  21. Holland B, Bell PR, FANTI, F., Hamilton S, Larson DW, Sissons R, Sullivan C, Vavrek MJ, Wang Y, Campione NE. 2021. Taphonomy and taxonomy of a juvenile lambeosaurine (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae) bonebed from the late Campanian Wapiti Formation of northwestern Alberta, Canada. PeerJ 9:e11290.
  22. Zubalich, R., Capozzi, R., FANTI, F., Catuneanu, O., 2021. Evolution of the Western Interior Seaway in west-central Alberta (late Campanian, Canada): implications for hydrocarbon exploration. Marine and Petroleum Geology 124, 104779.

    2020
  23. Enriquez, N., Campione, N., White, M., FANTI, F., Sullivan, C., Vavrek, M., Brougham, T., Sissons, R., Bell, P., 2020. Exploring possible ontogenetic trajectories in tyrannosaurids using tracks from the Wapiti Formation (upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(6).
  24. Larocca Conte, G., Trevisani, E., Guaschi, P., FANTI, F., 2020. New specimen of the rare requiem shark Eogaleus bolcensis (Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae) from the Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(3) 547-560.
  25. Vanni, V., FANTI, F., Belcastro, G., 2020. The South American Mammal collection at the Museo Geologico Giovanni Capellini (Bologna, Italy). Colligo 3(3).
  26. Cullen, T., Longstaffe, F., Wortmann, U., Huang, L., FANTI, F., Goodwin, M., Ryan, M., Evans, D., 2020. Large-scale stable isotope characterization of a Late Cretaceous dinosaur-dominated ecosystem. Geology 48, 546-551.

    2019
  27. Barbi, M., Bell, P., FANTI, F., Dynes, J., Kolaceke, A., Buttigieg, J., Currie, P., 2019: Integumentary structure and composition in an exceptionally well-preserved hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) PeerJ 7:e7875.
  28. FANTI, F., Mazzuferi, G., Marramà, G., 2019. Egg preservation in an Eocene stingray (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatidae) from Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
  29. Larocca Conte, G., FANTI, F., Trevisani, E., Guaschi, P., Barbieri, R., Bazzi, M., 2019. Reassessment of a large lamniform shark from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Italy. Cretaceous Research 99, 156-168.
  30. Bell, P., FANTI, F., Hart, L., Milan, L., Craven, S., Brougham, T., Smith, E. 2019. Revised geology, age, and vertebrate diversity of the dinosaur-bearing Griman Creek Formation (Cenomanian), Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 514, 655-671.

    2018
  31. FANTI, F., Bell, P., Currie, P., Tsogtbaatar, K., 2018. The Nemegt Basin – one of the best field laboratories for interpreting Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 494, 1-4.
  32. Currie, P., Wilson, J., FANTI, F., Mainbayar, B., Tsogtbaatar, K., 2018. Rediscovery of the type localities of the Late Cretaceous Mongolian sauropods Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis and Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii: Stratigraphic and taxonomic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 494, 5-13.
  33. FANTI, F., Cantelli, L., Angelicola, 2018. High-resolution maps of Khulsan and Nemegt localities (Nemegt Basin, southern Mongolia): Stratigraphic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 494, 14-28.
  34. FANTI, F., Bell, P., Milan, L., Tighe, M., Dinelli, E., 2018. Geochemical fingerprinting as a tool for repatriating poached dinosaur fossils in Mongolia: A case study for the Nemegt Locality, Gobi Desert. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 494, 51-64.
  35. Bell, R., Evans, D., Eberth, D., FANTI, F., Tsogtbaatar, K., Ryan, M., 2018. Sedimentological and Taphonomic Observations on the "Dragon's Tomb" Saurolophus (Hadrosauridae) bonebed, Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Mongolia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 494, 75-90.
  36. Chiba, K., Ryan, M.J., FANTI, F., Loewen, M.A., Evans, D.C., 2018. New material and systematic re-evaluation of Medusaceratops lokii (Dinosauria, Ceratopsidae) from the Judith River Formation (Campanian, Montana). Journal of Paleontology 92, 272-288.

    2016
  37. FANTI, F., Miyashita, T., Minelli, D., Larocca Conte, G., 2016. An exceptionally preserved Eocene shark and the rise of modern predator-prey interactions in the coral reef food web. Zoological Letters 2:9.
  38. Bell. P., Cau, A., FANTI, F., Smith, E. 2016. New theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of New South Wales supports an Australian origin for the enigmatic Megaraptoridae (Dinosauria: Tetanurae). Gondwana Research 36, 473-487.
  39. FANTI, F., Larocca Conte, G., Angelicola, L., Cau, A., 2016. Why so many dipnoans? A multidisciplinary approach on the Lower Cretaceous lungfish record from Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 449, 255-265.
  40. FANTI, F., Miyashita, T., Cantelli, L., Mnasri, F., Dridi, M., Contessi, M., Cau, A., 2016. The largest Thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) supports Teleosaurid survival across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary. Cretaceous Research 61, 263-274.
  41. Cullen, T., FANTI, F., Capobianco, C., Ryan M.J., Evans, D.C., 2016. A vertebrate microsite spanning the marine-terrestrial transition in the Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, and the use of faunal assemblage data in palaeoenvironmental interpretations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 444, 101-114.
  42. FANTI, F., Cau, A., Panzarin, L., Cantelli, L., 2016. Evidence of iguanodontian dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Tunisia. Cretaceous Research 60, 267-274.

    2015
  43. FANTI, F., Cau, A., Cantelli, L., Hassine, M., Auditore, M., 2015. New information on Tataouinea hannibalis from the early Cretaceous of Tunisia and implications for the tempo and mode of Rebbachisaurid sauropod evolution. PLoS ONE 10 (4): e0123475.
  44. FANTI, F., Currie, P.J., Burns, M.E., 2015. Taphonomy, age, and palaeoecological implications of a new Pachyrhinosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) bonebed from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Wapiti Formation of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52, 250-260.
  45. Cau, A., FANTI F., 2015. High evolutionary rates and North European origin for the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation (Middle-Upper Jurassic of Italy) reptiles. Historical Biology, 952-962.

    2014
  46. Cau, A., FANTI, F., 2014. A pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Rosso Ammonitico Veronese Formation of Italy. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(3), 643-650.
  47. Fiorillo, A.R., FANTI, F., Hults, C., Hasiotis, S., 2014. New ichnological, palaeobotanical and detrital zircon data from an unnamed rock unit in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (Cretaceous: Alaska): stratigraphic implications for the region. Palaios 29(1), 16-26.
  48. FANTI, F., Cau, A., Martinelli, A., Contessi, M., 2014. Integrating palaeoecology and morphology in theropod diversity estimation: a case study from the Aptian-Albian of Tunisia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 410, 39-57.
  49. FANTI, F., Cau, A., Negri, A. 2014. A giant mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) with an unusually twisted dentition from the Argille Scagliose Complex (late Campanian) of northern Italy. Cretaceous Research 49, 91-104.
  50. Bell, P.R., FANTI, F., Mitchell, MT., Currie, PJ. 2014. Marine reptiles (Plesiosauria and Mosasauridae) from the Puskwaskau Formation (Santonian-Campanian), West-Central Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 88, 187-194.
  51. FANTI, F., Cau, A., Hassine, M., 2014. Evidence of titanosauriforms and rebbachisaurids (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. Journal of African Earth Sciences 90, 1-8.
  52. Bell, P., FANTI, F., Currie, P., Arbour, V., 2014. A mummified duck-billed dinosaur with a soft-tissue cock's comb. Current Biology 24, 1-6. COVER ARTICLE

    2013
  53. FANTI, F., Cau, A., Hassine, M., Contessi, M. 2013. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia with extreme avian-like pneumatisation. Nature Communication 4:2080.
  54. Rubinato, G., Sami, M., FANTI, F., Marabini, S., Sala, B., Vai, G.B. 2013. Terrestrial vertebrates in MIS 6 to MIS 5 deposits of the Zannona Quarry (Faenza, Italy). Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 26(1), 55-63.
  55. FANTI, F., Contessi, M., Nigarov, A., Esenov, P., 2013: New data on two large dinosaur tracksites from the Upper Jurassic of Eastern Turkmenistan (Central Asia). Ichnos 20, 54-71.
  56. Bell, P., FANTI, F., Sissons, R., 2013: A possible pterosaur manus track from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta. Lethaia 46, 274-279.
  57. FANTI, F., Bell, P., Sissons, R., 2013: A diverse, high-latitude ichnofauna from the Late Cretaceous Wapiti Formation, Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research41, 256-269.
  58. Bell, P.R., FANTI, F., Acorn, J., Sissons, R.L. 2013. Fossil mayfly larvae (Ephemeroptera, cf. Heptageniidae) from the Late Cretaceous Wapiti Formation, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 87(1), 146-149.

    2012
  59. Contessi, M., FANTI, F, 2012: Vertebrate tracksites assemblages in the Middle Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous of South Tunisia. Ichnos 19, 1-17.
  60. Contessi, M., FANTI, F., 2012: First record of bird tracks in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Tunisia. Palaios 27, 455-464.
  61. FANTI, F., Contessi, M., Franchi, F., 2012: The ‘Continental Intercalaire’ of southern Tunisia: stratigraphy, palaeontology, and palaeoecology. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 73-74, 1-23.
  62. Candeiro, R., Cau, A., FANTI, F., Nava, W., Novas, F., 2012: First evidence of an unenlagiid (Dinosauria, Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Bauru Group, Brazil. Cretaceous Research 37, 223-226.
  63. FANTI, F., Currie, P., Badamgarav, D., 2012: New specimens of Nemegtomaia from the Baruungoyot and Nemegt formations (Late Cretaceous) of Mongolia. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31330.

    2011
  64. Candeiro, R., FANTI, F., Therrien, F., Lamanna, M., 2011: Continental fossil vertebrates from the mid-Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian) Alcântara Formation, Brazil, and their relationship with contemporaneous faunas from North Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 60, 79-92.
  65. Cau, A., and FANTI, F. 2011: The oldest known metriorhynchid crocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of North-eastern Italy: Neptunidraco ammoniticus gen. et sp. nov. Gondwana Research, 19, 550-516.

    2010
  66. Nydam, R. Caldwell, M. and FANTI, F. 2010: Upper Campanian Borioteiioidean lizards from Kleskun Hill, west-central Alberta (Wapiti Formation). Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 30(4), 1090-1099.
  67. FANTI, F. and Catuneanu, O. 2010: Fluvial sequence stratigraphy: the Wapiti Formation, west-central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Sedimentary Research 80, 320-338. COVER ARTICLE

    2009
  68. FANTI, F. and Catuneanu, O. 2009: Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Wapiti Formation, west-central Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46, 263-283.
  69. FANTI, F. 2009. Bentonite chemical features as proxy of Late Cretaceous provenance changes: a case study from the Western Interior Basin of Canada. Sedimentary Geology 217, 112-127.
  70. FANTI, F. and Miyashita, T. 2009. A high latitude vertebrate fossil assemblage from the Late Cretaceous of west-central Alberta, Canada: evidence for dinosaur nesting and vertebrate latitudinal gradient. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 275, 37-53.

    2007
  71. FANTI, F. and Therrien, F. 2007. Theropod tooth assemblages from the Late Cretaceous Maevarano Formation and the possible presence of dromaeosaurids in Madagascar. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52, 155-166.