Evolutionary Morphology / Palaeobiology of Vertebrates / Cultural Macroevolution
The research group around Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra

Lab Publication List

Peer reviewed papers/Book chapters

2026 - 2025 - 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - pre Zürich

Aguilera O, Andrade Silva GO, Lopes RT, Machado AS, dos Santos TM, Marques G, Bertucci T, Aguiar T, Carrillo-Briceño JD, Rodriguez F, Jaramillo C (2017) Neogene Proto-Caribbean porcupinefishes (Diodontidae). Plos One 12 (7):e0181670 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181670].
Aguilera O, Luz Z, Carrillo-Briceño JD, Kocsis L, Vennemann TW, de Toledo PM, Nogueira A, Amorim KB, Moraes-Santos H, Polck MR, Ruivo MdL, Linhares AP, Monteiro-Neto C (2017) Neogene sharks and rays from the Brazilian ‘Blue Amazon’. Plos One 12 (8):e0182740 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182740].
Aguirre-Fernández G, Carrillo-Briceño JD, Sánchez R, Amson E, Sánchez-Villagra MR (2017) Fossil Cetaceans (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Neogene of Colombia and Venezuela. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 24(1): 71–90 [doi: 10.1007/s10914-016-9353-x].
Aguirre-Fernández G, Mennecart B, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Sánchez R, Costeur L (2017) A dolphin fossil ear bone from the northern Neotropics–insights into habitat transitions in iniid evolution. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology:e1315817 [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1315817].
Argyriou T, Romano C, Carrillo-Briceño JD, Brosse M, Hofmann R (2017) The oldest record of gnathostome fossils from Greece: Chondrichthyes from the Lopingian of Hydra Island. Palaeontologia Electronica 20 (1):1-9.
Bickelmann C, van der Vos W, de Bakker MAG, Jiménez R, Maas S, Sánchez-Villagra MR (2017) Hox gene expression in the upper limbs of a highly specialized mammal, the Iberian mole (Talpa occidentalis). Evolution & Development 19:3-8.
Bona P, Fernandez Blanco MV, Scheyer TM, 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(6):681-687 [doi: 10.5710/AMGH.08.06.2017.3103].
Carrillo JD, Asher RJ (2017) An exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of Thomashuxleya externa (Mammalia, Notoungulata), from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Palaeontologia Electronica 20 (2):1-33.
Crofts SB, Neenan JM, Scheyer TM, Summers AP (2017) Tooth occlusal morphology in the durophagous marine reptiles, the Placodontia (Reptilia, Sauropterygia). Paleobiology 43(1):114-128 [doi: 10.1017/pab.2016.27].
Davies TG, Rahman IA, Lautenschlager S, Cunningham JA, Asher RJ, Barrett PM, Bates KT, Bengtson S, Benson RBJ, Boyer DM, Braga J, Bright JA, Claessens LPAM, Cox PG, Dong X-P, Evans AR, Falkingham PL, Friedman M, Garwood RJ, Goswami A, Hutchinson JR, Jeffery NS, Johanson Z, Lebrun R, Martínez-Pérez C, Marugán-Lobón J, O’Higgins PM, Metscher B, Orliac M, Rowe TB, Rücklin M, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Shubin NH, Smith SY, Starck JM, Stringer C, Summers AP, Sutton MD, Walsh SA, Weisbecker V, Witmer LM, Wroe S, Yin Z, Rayfield EJ, PCJ (2017) Open data and digital morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 284:20170194 [doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0194].
De Los Arcos S, Partarrieu D, Carrillo-Briceño JD, Amson E (2017) The southernmost occurrence of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Tardigrada) in two new Pliocene localities in Chile. Ameghiniana 54 (4):351-369 [doi: 10.5710/AMGH.29.12.2016.3004].
Geiger M, Evin A, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Gascho D, Mainini C, Zollikofer CPE (2017) Neomorphosis and heterochrony of skull shape in dog domestication. Scientific Reports 7 (1):13443 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12582-2].
Heck L, Clauss M, Sánchez-Villagra MR (2017) Gestation length variation in domesticated horses and its relation to breed and body size diversity. Mammalian Biology 84:44-51 [doi: 10.1016/j.mambio.2017.01.002].
Jaquier VP, Fraser NC, Furrer H, Scheyer TM (2017) Osteology of a new specimen of Macrocnemus aff. M. fuyuanensis (Archosauromorpha, Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Europe: implications for species recognition and paleogeography of tanystropheid protorosaurs. Frontiers in Earth Science 5:91 [doi: 10.3389/feart.2017.00091].
Jaquier VP, Scheyer TM (2017) Bone histology of the Middle Triassic long-necked reptiles Tanystropheus and Macrocnemus (Archosauromorpha, Protorosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37:e1296456 (6 pages) [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1296456].
Jaramillo C, Romero I, D’Apolito C, Bayona G, Duarte E, Louwye S, Escobar J, Luque J, Carrillo-Briceño JD, Zapata V, Mora A, Schouten S, Zavada M, Harrington G, Ortiz J, Wesselingh FP (2017) Miocene flooding events of western Amazonia. Science Advances 3 (5): e1601693 [doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1601693].
Klein N, Scheyer TM (2017) Microanatomy and life history in Palaeopleurosaurus (Rhynchocephalia: Pleurosauridae) from the Early Jurassic of Germany. The Science of Nature 104:4 [doi: 10.1007/s00114-016-1427-3].
Latimer AE, Loza CM, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Carlini AA (2017) Supplemental information for "Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals". MorphoMuseuM 3(4)-e7 [doi: 10.18563/m3.3.4.e7].
Loza CM, Latimer AE, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Carlini AA (2017) Sensory anatomy of the most aquatic of carnivorans: the Antarctic Ross seal, and convergences with other mammals. Biology Letters 13 (10):20170489 [doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0489].
Mautner A-K, Latimer AE, Fritz U, Scheyer TM (2017) 3D data and models related to the publication: An updated description of the osteology of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri (Testudines: Testudinidae) with special focus on intraspecific variation. MorphoMuseuM 2 (2)-e4 [doi: 10.18563/m3.2.2.e4].
Mautner A-K, Latimer AE, Fritz U, Scheyer TM (2017) An updated description of the osteology of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri (Testudines: Testudinidae) with special focus on intraspecific variation. Journal of Morphology 278 (3):321-333 [doi: 10.1002/jmor.20640].
Nakajima Y, Danilov IG, Hirayama R, Sonoda T, Scheyer TM (2017) Morphological and histological evidence for the oldest known softshell turtles from Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1278606 (11 pages) [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1278606].
Pimiento C, Griffin JN, Clements CF, Silvestro D, Varela S, Uhen MD, Jaramillo C (2017) The Pliocene marine megafauna extinction and its impact on functional diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution:1 [doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0223-6].
Romano C, Jenks JF, Jattiot R, Scheyer TM, Bylund KG, Bucher H Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from Elko County (Nevada, USA): implications for the Smithian equatorial vertebrate eclipse. Journal of Paleontology 91(5):1025-1046 [doi: 10.1017/jpa.2017.36].
Romano C, Jenks JF, Jattiot R, Scheyer TM, Bylund KG, Bucher H (2017) 3D model related to the publication: Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from Elko County (Nevada, USA): implications for the Smithian equatorial vertebrate eclipse. MorphoMuseuM 3 (3)-e1 [doi: 10.18563/m3.3.3.e1].
Sánchez-Villagra MR (2017) Book review of W. Maier 2017 Der Weg zum Menschen. Ausgewählte Schriften zur Evolutionsbiologie der Wirbeltiere. Scidinge Hall Tübingen 2017, 549 pages. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 136:373–375 [doi: 10.1007/s13358-017-0135-8].
Sánchez-Villagra MR, Aguirre-Fernández G, Chinsamy-Turan A, Badgley C (2017) The environmental and socially engaged palaeontologist - suggestions for action at conferences and beyond. Palaeontologia Electronica:20.3.4E [palaeo-electronica.org/content/2017/1994-commentary-environmentally-engaged].
Sánchez-Villagra MR, Forasiepi AM (2017) On the development of the chondrocranium and the histological anatomy of the head in perinatal stages of marsupial mammals. Zoological Letters 3(1) [doi: 10.1186/s40851-017-0062-y].
Sánchez-Villagra MR, Segura V, Geiger M, Heck L, Veitschegger K, Flores D (2017) On the lack of a universal pattern associated with mammalian domestication: differences in skull growth trajectories across phylogeny. Royal Society Open Science 4 (10):170876 [doi: 10.1098/rsos.170876].
Scheyer TM, Neenan JM, Bodogan T, Furrer H, Obrist C, Plamondon M (2017) 3D model(s) related to the publication: A new, exceptionally preserved juvenile specimen of Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi (Diapsida) and implications for Mesozoic marine diapsid phylogeny. MorphoMuseuM 3 (3)-e2 [doi: 10.18563/m3.3.3.e2].
Scheyer TM, Neenan JM, Bodogan T, Furrer H, Obrist C, Plamondon M (2017) A new, exceptionally preserved juvenile specimen of Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi (Diapsida) and implications for Mesozoic marine diapsid phylogeny. Scientific Reports. 7: 4406 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04514-x].
Scheyer TM, Syromyatnikova EV, Danilov IG (2017) Turtle shell bone and osteoderm histology of Mesozoic and Cenozoic stem-trionychian Adocidae and Nanhsiungchelyidae (Cryptodira: Adocusia) from Central Asia, Mongolia, and North America. Fossil Record 20:69-85 [doi:10.5194/fr-20-69-2017].
Schweizer AV, Lebrun R, Wilson LAB, Costeur L, Schmelzle T, Sánchez-Villagra MR (2017) 3D models related to the publication: Size variation under domestication: Conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes. MorphoMuseuM 3 (4)-e1 [doi: 10.18563/m3.3.4.e1].
Schweizer AV, Lebrun R, Wilson LAB, Costeur L, Schmelzle T, Sánchez-Villagra MR (2017) Size variation under domestication: Conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes. Scientific Reports 7 (1):13330 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13523-9].
Tanaka Y, Abella J, Aguirre-Fernández G, Gregori M, Fordyce RE (2017) A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, Santa Elena, Ecuador. Plos One 12 (12):e0188380 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188380].