This paper brings a comprehensive review of the main petrophysical and mechanical
properties of calcarenite rocks used from time immemorial in Apulia (south Italy), with load …

The evolution of high-crowned teeth, hypsodonty, is a defining characteristic of many
terrestrial herbivores. To date, the most prominent focus in the study of the teeth of grazing …

The Pre-Messinian land mammal localities of Italy contribute substantial information for
reconstructing the complex history of the land masses of the central Mediterranean. At the …

The Pirro Nord palaeontological and archaeological locality has been the object of recent
field research to investigate the fossil content of its Early Pleistocene vertebrate …

The analysis of the distribution of small mammals in the Italian mainland during the Plio-
Pleistocene and their immigration in the Peninsula indicates the presence of many species …

An overview of the population histories of three insular realms (Gargano palaeo-
archipelago, Sardinia–Maritime Tuscany palaeo-bioprovince and the Sicilian insular …

Up to several kilometers deep sedimentary basins of Neogene to Quaternary age are found
in the south Adriatic between the Apennines and the Dinarides/Albanides. They are the …

After forty years from its discovery, the history of the field surveys and of the researches on
the fossiliferous deposits of Gargano is briefly reported. The Gargano fauna belongs to the …

The clearest examples of dwarfism and gigantism on islands are found in the fossil record.
They form part of unbalanced faunas, which attest that only a few non-volant mammals were …

A systematic revision of Italian Messinian Prolagus findings has been performed, evidencing
the presence of four different species. Comparative analyses allowed their separation in two …