Dr. hab. Georgios Georgalis

Georgalis G.L. , Villa A., Ivanov M., Delfino M.

New diverse amphibian and reptile assemblages from the late Neogene of northern Greece provide novel insights into the emergence of extant herpetofaunas of the southern Balkans.

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143: 34.

Mayr G., Göhlich U.B., Roček Z., Lemierre A., Ziller V., Georgalis G.L.

Reinterpretation of tuberculate cervical vertebrae of Eocene birds as an exceptional anti-predator adaptation against the mammalian craniocervical killing bite.

Journal of Anatomy, 244: 402–410.

Ming K.M., Le Verger K., Geiger M., Schmelzle T., Georgalis G.L. , Shimbo G., Sasaki M., Ohdachi S.D., Sánchez-Villagra M.R.

Insular dwarfism in horses from the Aegean Sea and the Japanese archipelago.

Mammalian Biology, vol. 104: 345–361.

Georgalis G.L.

First potential occurrence of the large aquatic snake Pterosphenus (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) from Nigeria, with further documentation of Pterosphenus schweinfurthi from Egypt.

Alcheringa, 47: 327–335.

Georgalis G.L. , Čerňanský A., Göktaş F., Alpagut B., Şarbak A., Mayda S.

The antiquity of Asian chameleons – first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42: e2160644.

Georgalis G.L. , E. Prendini E., Roček Z.

New information on the Eocene frog Thaumastosaurus (Anura, Pyxicephalidae) from the Phosphorites du Quercy, France.

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 199: 744–770.

Georgalis G.L. , Mennecart B., Smith K.T.

First fossil record of Varanus (Reptilia, Squamata) from Switzerland and the earliest occurrences of the genus in Europe.

Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 116: 9.

Szyndlar Z. , Georgalis G.L.

An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column.

Vertebrate Zoology, 73: 717–886.

Zoboli D., Georgalis G.L. , Arca M., Tuveri C., Carboni S., Lecca L., Pillola G.L., Rook L., Villani M., Chesi F., Delfino M.

An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy).

Historical Biology, 35: 1484–1513.

Georgalis G.L. , Delfino M.

The fossil record of crocodylians (Reptilia: Crocodylia) in Greece.

Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 237–243.

[In:] Vlachos, E. (ed.), Fossil vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1 - Basal Vertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Afrotherians, Glires, and Primates.

Georgalis G.L. , Delfino M.

The fossil record of lizards and snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) in Greece.

Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 205–235.

[In:] Vlachos, E. (ed.), Fossil vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1 - Basal Vertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Afrotherians, Glires, and Primates.

Smith, K.T., Georgalis G.L.

The diversity and distribution of Palaeogene snakes: a review with comments on vertebral sufficiency.

Cambridge University Press, pp. 55–84.

[In:] Gower, D., Zaher H. (eds.), The Origin and Early Evolution of Snakes.

Delfino M., Georgalis G.L.

The fossil record of amphibians (Amphibia: Urodela and Anura) in Greece.

Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 185–203.

[In:] Vlachos, E. (ed.), Fossil vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1 - Basal Vertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Afrotherians, Glires, and Primates.

Brachaniec T., Środek D., Surmik D., Niedźwiedzki R., Georgalis G.L. , Płachno B.J., Duda P., Lukeneder A., Gorzelak P., Salamon M.A.

Comparative actualistic study hints at origins of alleged Miocene coprolites of Poland.

PeerJ 10: e13652.

Georgalis G.L. , Scheyer T.M.

Crushed but not lost: a colubriform snake (Serpentes) from the Miocene Swiss Molasse, identified through the use of micro-CT scanning technology.

Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 115: 15.

Georgalis G.L. , Szyndlar Z.

First occurrence of Psammophis (Serpentes) from Europe witnesses another Messinian herpetofaunal dispersal from Africa – biogeographic implications and a discussion of the vertebral morphology of psammophiid snakes.

The Anatomical Record, 305:3263–3282.

Seghetti S.M., Georgalis G.L. , Tschopp E., Delfino M.

A historical overview of the reptile fauna from the Eocene Bolca Fossil-Lagerstätte (Italy).

Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 61: 119–143.

Valenti P., Vlachos E., Kehlmaier C., Fritz U., Georgalis G.L. , Luján À.H., Miccichè R., Sineo L., Delfino M.

The last of the large-sized tortoises of the Mediterranean islands.

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 196: 1704–1717.

Carrillo-Briceño J.D., Sánchez R., Scheyer T.M., Carrillo J.D., Delfino M., Georgalis G.L. , Kerber L., Ruiz-Ramoni D., Birindelli J.L.O., Cadena E.-A., Rincón A.F., Chavez-Hoffmeister M., Carlini A.A., Carvalho M.R., Trejos-Tamayo R., Vallejo F., Jaramillo C., Jones D.S., Sánchez-Villagra M.R.

A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela.

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 140: 9.

Georgalis G.L.

First pan-trionychid turtle (Testudines, Pan-Trionychidae) from the Palaeogene of Africa.

Papers in Palaeontology, 7:1919–1926.

Georgalis G.L. , Čerňanský A., Klembara J.

Osteological atlas of new lizards from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France), based on historical, forgotten, fossil material.

Geodiversitas, 43(9): 219–293.

Georgalis G.L. , Čerňanský A., Mayda S.

Late Paleogene herpetofaunas from the crossroads between two continents – new amphibian and reptile remains from the Oligocene of southern Balkans and Anatolia.

Comptes Rendus Palevol, 20(15):253–275.

Georgalis G.L. , Delfino M.

The Scontrone turtles – A new insular testudinoid fauna from the late Miocene of the Central Mediterranean.

Geobios, 68: 71–81.

Georgalis G.L. , Guinot G., Kassegne K.E., Amoudji Y.Z., Johnson A.K.C., Cappetta H., Hautier L.

3D data related to the publication: An assemblage of giant aquatic snakes (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of Togo.

MorphoMuseuM, 7:154.

Georgalis G.L. , Guinot G., Kassegne K.E., Amoudji Y.Z., Johnson A.K.C., Cappetta H., Hautier L.

An assemblage of giant aquatic snakes (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of Togo.

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 140: 20.

Georgalis G.L. , Macaluso L., Delfino M.

A review of the fossil record of Afro-Arabian turtles of the clade Testudinoidea.

Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 62:43–78.

Georgalis G.L. , Rabi M., Smith K.T.

Taxonomic revision of the snakes of the genera Palaeopython and Paleryx (Serpentes, Constrictores) from the Paleogene of Europe.

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 140: 18.

Georgalis G.L. , Scheyer T.M.

Lizards and snakes from the earliest Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France: an anatomical and histological approach of some of the oldest Neogene squamates from Europe.

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21:144.

Joyce W.G., Anquetin J., Cadena E.-A., Claude J., Danilov I.G., Evers S.W., Ferreira G.S., Gentry A.D., Georgalis G.L. , Lyson T.R., Pérez-García A., Rabi M., Sterli J., Vitek N.S., Parham J.F.

A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names.

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 140: 5.

Georgalis G.L. , AbdelGawad M.K., Hassan S.M., El-Barkooky A.N., Hamdan M.A.

Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa—first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt.

PeerJ 8:e9092.

Georgalis G.L. , Del Favero L., Delfino M.

Italy’s largest snake: Redescription of Palaeophis oweni from the Eocene of Monte Duello, near Verona.

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 65:523–533.

Georgalis G.L. , Insacco G., Rook L., Spadola F., Delfino M.

Turtle remains from the late Miocene of the Cessaniti area, southern Italy—insights for a probable Tortonian chelonian dispersal from Europe to Africa.

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 139:1.

Georgalis G.L. , Mayda S., Alpagut B., Şarbak A., Güler G.

The westernmost Asian record of pythonids (Serpentes): the presence of Python in a Miocene hominoid locality of Anatolia.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40:e1781144.

Georgalis G.L. , Smith K.T.

Constrictores Oppel, 1811 – the available name for the taxonomic group uniting boas and pythons.

Vertebrate Zoology, 70:291–304.

Georgalis G.L. , Zoboli D., Pérez-García A., Pillola G.L., Delfino M.

The occurrence of Eocenochelus (Testudines, Pleurodira) from Sardinia supports palaeogeographic reconstruction of the proximity of the island to continental Western Europe during the Eocene.

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 126:833–846.

Loréal E., Villa A., Georgalis G.L. , Delfino M.

Amphibians and reptiles from the late Miocene and early Pliocene of the Ptolemais area (Western Macedonia, Greece).

Annales de Paléontologie, 106:102407.

Villa A., Georgalis G.L. , Delfino M.

The latest Early Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles from Kaiafas (Greece) and the first record of fossil Ophiomorus (Squamata, Scincidae).

Geobios, 62:79–90.

Vlachos E., Georgalis G.L. , Roussiakis S., Böhme M., Theodorou G.

The Pikermian tortoises (Testudines, Testudinidae) from the late Miocene of the South Balkans.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39:e1711520.

Vlachos E., Pérez-García A., Roussiakis S., Georgalis G.L. , Kear B.P.

Late Miocene tortoises from Samos, Greece: implications for European Neogene testudinid systematics and distributions.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39:e1722950.

Georgalis G.L.

Poor but classic: The squamate fauna from the late Miocene of Pikermi, near Athens, Greece.

Comptes Rendus Palevol, 18:801–815.

Georgalis G.L. , Arca M., Rook L., Tuveri C., Delfino M.

A new colubroid snake (Serpentes) from the early Pleistocene of Sardinia, Italy.

Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 58:277–294.

Georgalis G.L. , Scheyer T.M.

3D data related to the publication: A new species of Palaeopython (Serpentes) and other extinct squamates from the Eocene of Dielsdorf (Zurich, Switzerland).

MorphoMuseuM 5:e93.

Georgalis G.L. , Scheyer T.M.

A new species of Palaeopython (Serpentes) and other extinct squamates from the Eocene of Dielsdorf (Zurich, Switzerland).

Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 112:383–417.

Georgalis G.L. , Villa A., Ivanov M., Roussiakis S., Skandalos P., Delfino M.

Early Miocene herpetofaunas from the Greek localities of Aliveri and Karydia – bridging a gap in the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from the early Neogene of southeastern Europe.

Historical Biology, 31:1045–1064.

Georgalis G.L. , Villa A., Ivanov M., Vasilyan D., Delfino M.

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene locality of Maramena (Greece), the most diverse European herpetofauna at the Miocene/Pliocene transition boundary.

Palaeontologia Electronica, 22.3.68: 1–99.

Syromyatnikova E., Georgalis G.L. , Mayda S., Kaya T., Saraç G.

A new early Miocene herpetofauna from Kilçak, Turkey.

Russian Journal of Herpetology, 26:205–224.

Georgalis G.L. , Halaçlar K., Mayda S., Kaya T., Ayaz D.

First fossil find of the Blanus strauchi complex (Amphisbaenia, Blanidae) from the Miocene of Anatolia.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38:e1437044.

Georgalis G.L. , Rage J.-C., de Bon L., Koufos G.

Lizards and snakes from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Ravin de la Pluie (Axios Valley, Greece).

Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 111:169–181.

Georgalis G.L. , Villa A., Delfino M.

The last amphisbaenian (Squamata) from continental Eastern Europe.

Annales de Paléontologie, 104:155–159.

Čerňanský A., Vasilyan D., Georgalis G.L. , Joniak P., Mayda S., Klembara J.

First record of fossil anguines (Squamata; Anguidae) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Turkey.

Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 110:741–751.

Georgalis G.L.

Necrosaurus or Palaeovaranus? Appropriate nomenclature and taxonomic content of an enigmatic fossil lizard clade (Squamata).

Annales de Paléontologie, 103:293–303.

Georgalis G.L. , Joyce W.G.

A review of the fossil record of Old World turtles of the clade Pan-Trionychidae.

Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 58:115–208.

Georgalis G.L. , Villa A., Delfino M.

Fossil lizards and snakes from Ano Metochi – a diverse squamate fauna from the latest Miocene of northern Greece.

Historical Biology, 29:730–742.

Georgalis G.L. , Villa A., Delfino M.

The last European varanid: demise and extinction of monitor lizards (Squamata, Varanidae) from Europe.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37:e1301946.

Georgalis G.L. , Zoboli D., Pillola G.L., Delfino M.

A revision of the trionychid turtle Procyclanorbis sardus Portis, 1901 from the late Miocene of Sardinia (Italy).

Annales de Paléontologie, 103:127–134.

Vasileiadou K., Böhme,M., Neubauer T.A., Georgalis G.L. , Syrides G.E., Papadopoulou L., Zouros N.

Early Miocene gastropod and ectothermic vertebrate remains from the Lesvos Petrified Forest (Greece).

Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 91:541–564.

Villa A., Tschopp E., Georgalis G.L. , Delfino M.

Osteology, fossil record and palaeodiversity of the European lizards.

Amphibia-Reptilia, 38:79–88.

Georgalis G.L. , Szyndlar Z. , Kear B.P., Delfino M.

New material of Laophis crotaloides, an enigmatic giant viperid snake from the Pliocene of Megalo Emvolon, northern Greece.

Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 109(1): 103-116.

Georgalis G.L. , Szyndlar Z. , Kear B.P., Delfino M.

New material of Laophis crotaloides, an enigmatic giant snake from Greece, with an overview of the largest fossil European vipers.

Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 109:103–116.

Georgalis G.L. , Villa A., Delfino M.

First description of a fossil chamaeleonid from Greece and its relevance for the European biogeographic history of the group.

The Science of Nature, 103:12.

Georgalis G.L. , Villa A., Vlachos E., Delfino M.

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from Plakias, Crete: a glimpse into the earliest late Miocene herpetofaunas of southeastern Europe.

Geobios, 49:433–444.

Rhodin, G.J.A., Thomson S., Georgalis G.L. , Karl H.-V., Danilov I.G., Takahashi A., De La Fuente M.S., Bourque J.S., Delfino M., Bour R., Iverson J.B., Shaffer H.B., Van Dijk P.P.

Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians.

Chelonian Research Monographs 5:1–66.

Kear B.P., Ekrt B., Prokop J., Georgalis G.L.

Turonian marine amniotes from the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic.

Geological Magazine, 151:183–198.

Senut B., Georgalis G.L.

Brevirhynchocyon gen. nov., a new name for the genus Brachyrhynchocyon Senut, 2008 (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) preoccupied by Brachyrhynchocyon Loomis, 1936 (Mammalia, Carnivora).

Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia, 15:69.

Georgalis G.L. , Velitzelos E., Velitzelos D., Kear B.P.

Nostimochelone lampra gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic new podocnemidoidean turtle from the Lower Miocene of Northern Greece.

Springer Nature, pp. 277–287.

[In:] Brinkman D., Holroyd P., Gardner J. (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles: Papers in Honor of Eugene S. Gaffney. Volume 3. Pleurodires. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology.

Georgalis G.L. , Kear B.P.

The fossil turtles of Greece: an overview of taxonomy and distribution.

Geobios, 46:299–311.