Published papers

 

Scientific papers by Prof. Silvio Claudio Renesto 

  1. Tintori A. & Renesto S. 1983. The Macrosemiidae (Pisces Actinopterygii) from the Upper Triassic of Lombardy (N. Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 89(2): 209-222

  2. Renesto S. 1984. A new Lepidosaur (Reptilia) from the Norian beds of the Bergamo Prealps. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 90(2): 156-167.

  3. Tintori, A., and S. Renesto. 1990. A new Lariosaurus from the Kalkschieferzone (Uppermost Ladinian) of Valceresio (Varese, Northern Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 29: 309-319

  4. Renesto S. 1992. The anatomy and relationships of Endennasaurus acutirostris (Reptilia, Neodiapsida), from the Norian (Late Triassic of Lombardy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 97 (3-4): 409-430.

  5. Renesto S. 1993. A  Cretaceous  plesiosaur remain (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Argille Varicolori of Varzi  (Pavia, Lombardy, Northern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 99 (3-4): 101-106. PDF

  6. Renesto S. 1993. An isolated sternum of Eudimorphodon (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of the Bergamo Prealps (Lombardy, Northern Italy). rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 99 (3): 415-422. PDF

  7. Renesto, S. 1993.  A juvenile Lariosaurus (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Kalkschieferzone (Uppermost Ladinian) near Viggiù (Varese, Northern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 99: 199-212. PDF

  8. Renesto S. 1994a. Megalancosaurus, a possibly arboreal archosauromorph (Reptilia) from the Upper Triassic of Northern Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1): 38-52.

  9. Renesto S. 1994b. The shoulder girdle and anterior limb of Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus (Reptilia Neodiapsida) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Northern Italy. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 111 (3): 247-264.

  10. Renesto S. 1994c. A new Prolacertiform reptile from the Late Triassic of Northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 100(2): 285-306

  11. Renesto S. 1995. A sphenodontid from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy): A preliminary note. Modern Geology. v. 20 pp. 149-158.

  12. Renesto S. 1995. Ecology and Taphonomy of the Reptiles from the Calcare di Zorzino (Norian, Late Triassic, N.Italy). Extended abstract of II International Symposium on Lithographic Limestones, p. 123-130, July 1995, Cuenca.

  13. Renesto S. & Paganoni A. 1995. A new Drepanosaurus from The late Triassic of Northern Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paleontologie Abhandlungen.v. 197, n. 1, pp.87-99.

  14. Renesto S. & Tintori A. 1995. Functional morphology and mode of life of the Late Triassic placodont Psephoderma alpinum, Meyer from the Calcare di Zorzino (Lombardy, N. Italy). Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. v 101 n. 1. pp. 37-48.

  15. Tintori A., Renesto S., Lombardo C., Manarolla G., Manenti M. & Vendico M. 1996. An exceptional reptile find in the Norian (Late Triassic) Lagerstätten of Endenna (Zogno, Bergamo, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 102/1: 131-134.

  16. Renesto S. & Paganoni A. 1998. A phytosaur skull from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 104/1:115-122. PDF

  17.  Renesto S., Tintori A., Lombardo C. & Marazzi B. (1999) A complete phytosaur (Reptilia, Archosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy). Extended abstracs of the Third International Symposium on Lithographic Limestones, Riv.Mus. Civ. S.N. ‘E.Caffi’, suppl. v.20: 127-130, Bergamo

  18. Renesto S. & Lombardo C. (1999) Structure of the tail of a phytosaur (Reptilia, Archosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy). Riv.It.Paleont.Strat., 105: 135-144. PDF

  19. Renesto S. & Dalla Vecchia F. 2000. The unusual dentition and feeding habits of the prolacertiform reptile Langobardisaurus (Late Triassic, Northern Italy). Journal of VertebratePaleontology, 20(3): 622-627.

  20. Renesto S. (2000) Bird-like head on a chameleon body: new specimens of the enigmatic diapsid reptile Megalancosaurus from the Late Triassic of Northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 106(2):157-180. PDF

  21. Renesto S. and M. Avanzini., 2002. Skin remains in a juvenile Macrocnemus bassanii Nopcsa (Reptilia, Prolacertiformes) from the Middle Triassic of Northern Italy. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 224 (1): 31-48

  22. Renesto S., F. M. Dalla Vecchia & D. Peters 2002 Morphological evidence for bipedalism in the Late Triassic Prolacertiform reptile Langobardisaurus. Senckembergiana Lethaea 82(1): 95-106

  23.  Renesto S., M. Felber & A. Tintori (2002) Nota sul ritrovamento di una vertebra di Ittiosauro (Leptopterygiidae indet.) del Giurassico Inferiore nelle Cave di Arzo (Ticino Meridionale, Svizzera). Geologia Insubrica 7/1: 43-46.

  24. Avanzini M. & Renesto S. 2002. A review of Rhynchosauroides tyrolicus Abel, 1926 ichnospecies (Middle Triassic: Anisian-Ladinian) and some inferences on Rhynchosauroides trackmaker. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 108 (1): 51-66. PDF

  25. Renesto S. and N. C. Fraser (2003) Drepanosaurid (Reptilia: Diapsida) remains from a Late Triassic fissure infilling at Cromhall Quarry (Avon, Great Britain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23(3): 703-705.

  26. Renesto S. and R.Posenato (2003) A new lepidosauromorph reptile from the Middle Triassic of the Dolomites. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 109 (463-474). PDF

  27. Renesto S. Lombardo C. Tintori A. and G. Danini  (2003) Nothosaurid embryos from the Middle Triassic of Northern Italy, an insight on the viviparity of nothosaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4): 957-960. .

  28. Gozzi E. and Renesto S. (2003) A complete specimen of Mystriosuchus (Reptilia, Phytosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 109 (475-498) PDF

  29. Renesto S., Confortini F., Gozzi E., Malzanni M. and Paganoni A. (2003). A possible rauisuchid (Reptilia, Archosauria) tooth from the Carnian (Late Triassic) of  Lombardy (Italy). Rivista Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "E. Caffi" Bergamo 22: 109-114. PDF

  30. Renesto S., Pareo M., Lombardo C. (2004) A new specimen of the sauropterygian reptile Lariosaurus from the Kalkschieferzone (Uppermost Ladinian) of Valceresio (Varese N. Italy). Neues Jahrbuech Geologie Und Palaeontologie Monatshefte. 6:351-359.

  31. Mueller J. , Renesto S. and Evans S. E., (2005) - The marine diapsid reptile Endennasaurus from the Upper Triassic of Italy: Palaeontology, v. 48, p. 15-30

  32. Renesto  S. (2005) - A possible find of Endennasaurus (Reptilia, Thalattosauria) with a comparison between Endennasaurus and Pachystropheus: Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie Monatshefte 2005:118-128.

  33. Fraser N. C. and Renesto S. (2005) - Additional drepanosaur elements from the Triassic Fissure Infills of Cromhall Quarry, England: Jeffersoniana, v. 15, p. 1-16.

  34. Renesto S. and Dalla Vecchia F. M. (2005) - The skull and lower jaw of the holotype of Megalancosaurus preonensis (Diapsida, Drepanosauridae) from the Upper Triassic of Northern Italy: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 111, 247-257. PDF

  35. Renesto S. (2005) – A new specimen of Tanystropheus (Reptilia, Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland and the ecology of the genus Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, v. 111, 377-393. PDF

  36. Renesto S., Gozzi E. and Tintori A. (2005) - Archosaur (possibly theropod) teeth from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Lombardy (Northern Italy) Neues jahrbuch fuer Geologie und palaeontology Monatshefte 2005: 529-546.

  37. Renesto S. & Binelli G., (2006), Vallesaurus cenensis Wild 1991, a drepanosaurid (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Late Triassic of Northern Italy: Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 112: 77-94. PDF

  38. Lombardo C., Renesto S., Tintori A. (2006). Primi Vertebrati fossili dalla Formazione di Cunardo (Ladinico Inferiore,Triassico Medio) della Valtravaglia (Varese). GEOLOGIA INSUBRICA. vol. 8, pp. 5-9 .

  39. Renesto S. (2006). Un nuovo esemplare di Tanystropheus (Reptilia Protorosauria) del Triassico Medio del Cantone Ticino. GEOLOGIA INSUBRICA. vol. 8, pp. 1-4.

  40. Renesto S. (2006). Peculiar preservation of a juvenile pachypleurosaurid from Besano (Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 112: 373-382. PDF

  41. Renesto S. (2006). A reappraisal of the diversity and biogeographic significance of the Norian (Late Triassic) reptiles from the Calcare di Zorzino. Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 37: 445-456.

  42. Spielmann J. A., Renesto S. and Lucas S. G. (2006). The utility of claw curvature in assessing the arboreality of fossil reptiles.Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 37: 365-368.

  43. Renesto S. and F. Dalla Vecchia (2007). A revision of Langobardisaurus rossii Bizzarrini and Muscio 1995 from the Late Triassic of Friuli.Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 113: 191-201. PDF

  44. Renesto S. and Felber M. (2007). Un pachipleurosauride dai livelli centrali del Calcare di Meride in Canton Ticino (Svizzera) Geologia Insubrica 10: 9-12 .PDF

  45. Renesto S. (2008) Remains of a juvenile phytosaur from the Late Triassic of Northern Italy.  Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114: 155-160. PDF

  46. Renesto S. Spielmann J.A. and Lucas S. G. (2009). The oldest record of drepanosaurids (Reptilia Diapsida)  from the Placerias quarry, Arizona, USA, and the stratigraphic range of the Drepanosauridae. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie. 252(3):315-325.

  47. Renesto S. and Lucas S: G. (2009). Therapsid teeth from the Carnian (Late Triassic) of northern Italy. Acta Paleontologica Polonica  54 (2), 2009: 357-360. PDF

  48. Renesto S. and Stockar R. (2009) . Exceptional preservation of embryos in the actinopterygian fish Saurichthys from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Geosciences  102: 323-330.

  49. Renesto S., Spielmann J. A. , Lucas S. G., and Tarditi Spagnoli G. (2010). The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian.Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha). Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 46: 1-81.

  50. Renesto S. (2010). A new specimen of Nothosaurus from the Anisian (Middle Triassic) Besano Formation (Grenzbitumenzone) of Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 116 (2): 145-160. PDF

  51. Renesto S. (2010). Diversity, functional morphology and mode of life of the Late Triassic drepanosaur reptiles.  Zitteliana 29:86 (Abstract for the  80th meeting  of the German Paleontological Society).

  52. Renesto S. and Stockar R. (2010). Stratigraphic significance of a new finding  of Neusticosaurus from the Meride Limestone (Ladinian, Middle Triassic, Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland). Zitteliana 29:87 (Abstract for the  80th meeting  of the German Paleontological Society).

  53.   Hitiji T., Renesto S.. (2010). Plazilci strelovske formacije. SCOPOLIA. SUPPLEMENTUM 5. 132.140.
  54.Hittiji T., Kriznar M., Zalohar J., Renesto S., Tintori A.. (2010) Horizont velike planine-dom triasnih morskih posasti - horizont velike planine, home to triassic sea      monsters. SCOPOLIA. SUPPLEMENTUM 5. 68-81.
55. Stockar R., Renesto S.. (2011) Co-occurrence of Neusticosaurus edwardsii and N. peyeri (Reptilia) in the Lower Meride Limestone (Middle Triassic, Monte San Giorgio). SWISS JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 104. 167-178.
56. Scheyer, T. M., J. M. Neenan, S. Renesto, F. Saller, H. Hagdorn, H. Furrer, O. Rieppel, and A. Tintori. (2011). Revised paleoecology of placodonts - with a comment on 'The shallow marine placodont Cyamodus of the central European Germanic Basin: its evolution, paleobiogeography and paleoecology' by C.G. Diedrich (Historical Biology, iFirst article, 2011, 1-19, doi: 10.1080/08912963.2011.575938). Historical Biology [doi: 10.1080/08912963.2011.621083]
 57. M. Balini and S. Renesto (2012) Cymbospondylus vertebrae (Ichthyosauria, Shastasauridae) from the Late Anisian Prezzo Limestone (Middle Triassic, Southern Alps) with an overview of the chronostratigraphic distribution of the group. Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 118:155-172.
           58. Saller F. Renesto S. and Dalla Vecchia F. M. (2013) First record of Langobardisaurus (Diapsida, Protorosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Austria, and a
         revision of the genus. Neues   Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen 268(1): 83-95
   

 

 

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