Igor G. Danilov

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Academic degree: Candidate of Biological Sciences
Position: Deputy Director, Senior Researcher
E-mail: Igor.Danilov@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 328-03-11
Educational background:
  • 2001: Candidate Degree in Biology (Ph.D) on “Fossil turtles of the family Lindholmemydidae and phylogenetic relationships of cryptodiran turtles (Cryptodira)”, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
  • 1996: Master Degree in Biology, St. Petersburg State University
  • 1994: Bachelor Degree in Biology, St. Petersburg State University
Dissertations:
  • “Fossil turtles of the family Lindholmemydidae and phylogenetic relationships of cryptodiran turtles (Cryptodira)”, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (PhD)
Research interests: herpetology; vertebrate paleontology; morphology, phylogeny, systematics and biogeography of turtles.
Field studies: Middle Asia and Kazakhstan, Olkhon Island.
Professional membership:
Editorial activity:
Teaching and expertise:
  • Member of the Scientific Council of ZIN RAS,
  • Supervision of 8 Bachelor and Master and 1 PhD dissertations.
Scientific projects and grants:
  • Russian Science Foundation 14-14-00015, Evolution of Late Cretaceous biota of Central Asia, 2014–2016, executor;
  • Russian Science Foundation 14-14-00015п, Evolution of Late Cretaceous biota of Central Asia, 2017–2018, executor;
  • Russian Science Foundation 19-14-00020, Dinosaurs and accompanying vertebrates of the Mesozoic of Russia, 2019–2021, executor;
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 04-05-65000, Morphology, systematics and directions of evolution of some groups of Mesozoic turtles (families 'Heckerochelyidae', Xinjiangchelyidae, Macrobaenidae, Lindholmemydidae, Adocidae and Carettochelyidae), 2004–2006, head;
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 11-04-92000, Structure and formation of biodiversity of molluscs, fishes, amphibians and reptiles of Baikal based on analysis of recent and fossil forms, 2011–2012, executor;
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 14-04-00416, Early trionychoid turtles of Asia: morphology, systematics, phylogeny and distribution, 2014–2016, head;
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 14-04-01507, Development of the vertebrate exoskeleton in ontogenesis and phylogenesis, 2014–2016, executor;
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 18-04-01082, Neogene vertebrates of Pribaikalie as a key to evolution of terrestrial biota of Northern Eurasia, 2014–2016, executor;
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 18-04-01082, Morphogenetic and evolutionary regularities of development and variability of turtle shell, 2018–2020, executor;
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 19-04-00057, Radiation of placental mammals in Paleogene, 2019–2021, executor;
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 20-04-00222, Key morphological transformations of the skull in the evolution of turtles, 2020–2022, head.
Selected Publications:
  • Kovalenko E.E., Danilov I.G. 1994. Rare variants of abnormal structure of vertebral column in anuran amphibians. Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta 3(3): 10–24. [Russian]. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Kovalenko_and_Danilov_1994.pdf
  •  Averianov A.O., Danilov I.G. 1996. Agamid lizards (Reptilia, Sauria, Agamidae) from the early Eocene of Kyrgyzstan. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 12: 739–750. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Averianov_and_Danilov_1996.pdf
  • Tyler M.J., Danilov I.G., Calaby J. 1996. Nineteenth century collections of australian frogs in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science. Russian Journal of Herpetology 3(2): 119–121. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1996-3-2-119-121
  • Danilov I.G., Averianov A.O. 1997. New data on the turtles from the early Eocene of Kirghizia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 4(1): 40–45. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1997-4-1-40-45
  • Averianov A.O., Danilov I.G. 1997. A varanid lizard (Squamata: Varanidae) from the early Eocene of Kirghizia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 4(2): 143–147. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1997-4-2-143-147
  • Danilov I.G., Averianov A.O. 1998. A new species of Calamagras Cope, 1873 (Serpentes, Boidae, Erycinae) from the early Eocene of Kirghizia. Geodiversitas 21(1): 85–91. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Danilov_and_Averianov_1999.pdf
  • Danilov I.G. 1999a. A new lindholmemydid genus (Testudines: Lindholmemydidae) from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. Russian Journal of Herpetology 6(1): 63–71. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1999-6-1-63-71
  • Danilov I.G. 1999b. The ecological types of turtles in the Late Cretaceous of Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Instutute RAS 281: 107–112. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Danilov_1999b.pdf
  • Sukhanov V.B., Danilov I.G., Narmandakh P. 1999. A new lindholmemydid turtle (Testudines: Lindholmemydidae) from the Bayn Shire Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Mongolia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 6(2): 147–152. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1999-6-2-147-152
  • Hirayama R., Brinkman D., Danilov I. 2000. Distribution and biogeography of non-marine Cretaceous turtles. Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(3): 181–198. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2000-7-3-181-198
  • Danilov I.G., Sukhanov V.B. 2001. New data on lindholmemydid turtle Lindholmemys from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(1): 125–131. https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app46-125.html
  • Danilov I.G., Bolotsky Yu.L., Averianov A.O., Donchenko I.V. 2002. A new genus of lindholmemydid turtle (Testudines: Testudinoidea) from the Late Cretaceous of the Amur River Region, Russia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 155–168. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2002-9-2-155-168
  • Danilov I.G. 2003. Gravemys Sukhanov et Narmandakh, 1983 (Testudinoidea: Lindholmemydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Asia: new data. Paleobios 23(3): 9–19. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Danilov_2003.pdf
  • Danilov I.G. 2005. Die fossilen Schildkröten Europas. In Fritz U. (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/IIIB: Schildkröten II. Wiebelsheim (Aula): 329–441. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Danilov_2005.pdf
  • Danilov I.G., Parham J.F. 2005. A reassessment of the referral of an isolated skull from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan to the stem-testudinoid turtle genus Lindholmemys. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4): 784–791. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0784:AROTRO]2.0.CO;2
  • Danilov I.G., Sukhanov V.B. 2006. Redescription of ‘Sinemysefremovi, a problematic turtle from the Early Cretaceous of China, with comments on the basal eucryptodiran genus Wuguia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(1): 105–110. https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app51-105.html
  • Danilov I.G., Averianov A.O., Skutchas P.P., Rezvyi A.S. 2006. Kirgizemys (Testudines: 'Macrobaenidae): new material from the Lower Cretaceous of Buryatia (Russia) and taxonomic revision. In: Danilov I.G., Parham J.F. (Eds.), Fossil Turtle Research, Vol. 1, Russian Journal of Herpetology 13 (Suppl.): 46–62. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Danilov_et_al_2006a.pdf
  • Kovalenko E.E., Danilov I.G. 2006. Diversity of the sacral-urostyle region in the family Bufonidae (Amphibia, Anura). 1. Actual diversity of sacrum in Bufonidae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 85(4): 500–516. [Russian]. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Kovalenko_and_Danilov_2006b.pdf
  • Kovalenko E.E., Danilov I.G. 2006. Diversity of the sacral-urostyle region in the family Bufonidae (Amphibia, Anura). 2. Analysis of the diversity using method of spectra. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 85(6): 725–740. [Russian]. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Kovalenko_and_Danilov_2006b.pdf
  • Danilov I.G., Parham J.F. 2006. A redescription of Plesiochelys tatsuensis from the Late Jurassic of China, with comments on the antiquity of the crown clade Cryptodira. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3): 573–580. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[573:AROPTF]2.0.CO;2
  • Titov V.V., Tesakov A.S., Danilov I.G., Danukalova G.A., Mashchenko E.N., Panteleev A.V., Sotnikova M.V., Sychevskaya E.K. 2006. The First Representative Vertebrate Fauna from the Late Miocene of Southern European Russia. Doklady Biological Sciences 411: 508–509. [Russian].
  • Danilov I.G., Syromyatnikova E.V., Sukhanov V.B. 2007. Turtles of the genus Shachemys from the Upper Cretaceous of Asia. In: Rozanov A.Yu., Lopatin A.V., Parkhaev P.Yu. (Eds.). Modern Paleontology: Classical and New Methods – 2007. Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow: 59–72, pls. III–VIII. [Russian]. https://www.zin.ru/labs/herplab/doc/Danilov_et_al_2007.pdf
  • Danilov I.G., Parham J.F. 2007. The type material of ‘Sinemyswuerhoensis, a problematic turtle from the Early Cretaceous of China, includes at least three taxa. Palaeontology 50(2): 431–444. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00632.x
  • Rage J.-C., Danilov I.G. 2008. A new Miocene fauna of snakes from eastern Siberia, Russia. Was the snake fauna largely homogenous in Eurasia during the Miocene? C.R. Palevol 7: 383–390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.004
  • Danilov I.G., Parham J.P. 2008. A reassessment of some poorly known turtles from the Middle Jurassic of China with comments on the antiquity of extant turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2): 306–318. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[306:AROSPK]2.0.CO;2
  • Danilov I.G., Syromyatnikova E.V. 2008. New materials on turtles of the family Nanhsiungchelyidae from the Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and Mongolia, with a review of the nanhsiungchelyid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 312(1/2): 3–25. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_312_1_2/TZ_312_1_2_Danilov.pdf
  • Sukhanov V.B., Danilov I.G., Syromyatnikova E.V. 2008. The description and phylogenetic position of a new nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(4): 601–614. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2008.0405
  • Syromyatnikova E.V., Danilov I.G. 2009. New material and a revision of turtles of the genus Adocus (Adocidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 313(1): 74–94. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_313_1/TZ_313_1_Syromyatnikova.pdf
  • Joyce W.G., Revan A., Lyson T.R., Danilov I.G. 2009. Two new plastomenine softshell turtles from the Paleocene of Montana and Wyoming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 50(2): 307–325. https://doi.org/10.3374/014.050.0202
  • Danilov I.G., Averianov A.O., Yarkov A.A. 2010. Itilochelys rasstrigin gen. et sp. nov, a new hard-shelled sea turtle (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Lower Paleocene of Volgograd Province, Russia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 314(1): 24–41. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_314_1/TZ_314_1_Danilov.pdf
  • Vitek N.S., Danilov I.G. 2010. New material and a reassessment of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2): 383–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724631003617548
  • Danilov I.G., Sukhanov V.B., Syromyatnikova E.V. 2011. New Asiatic materials on turtles of the family Adocidae with a review of the adocid record in Asia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 315(2): 101–132. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_315_2/TZ_315_2_Danilov.pdf
  • Danilov I.G., Zvonok E.A., Syromyatnikova E.V., Udovichenko N.I. 2011. A new species of soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae) from the Middle Eocene of Ukraine. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 315(4): 399–411. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_315_4/TZ_315_4_Danilov.pd
  • Tong H., Danilov I., Ye Y., Ouyang H., Peng G. 2012. Middle Jurassic turtles from the Sichuan Basin, China: a review. Geological Magazine 149(4): 675–695. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756811000859
  • Tong H., Danilov I., Ye Y., Ouyang H., Peng G. 2012. A revision of xinjiangchelyid turtles from the Late Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, China. Annales de Paleontologie 98: 73–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annpal.2012.01.001
  • Vitek N.S., Danilov I.G. 2012. New data on the soft-shelled turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Kyrkkuduk I locality of Southern Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 316(1): 50–56. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_316_1/TZ_316_1_Vitek.pdf
  • Parham J.F. Stuart B.L., Danilov I.G., Ananjeva N.B. 2012. A genetic characterization of CITES-listed Iranian tortoises (Testudo graeca) through the sequencing of topotypic samples and a 19th century holotype. Herpetological Journal 22: 73–78.
  • Danilov I.G., Sukhanov V.B., Syromyatnikova E.V. 2012 (2013). Chapter 22. Redescription of Zangerlia dzamynchondi (Testudines: Nanhsiungchelyidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, with a Reassessment of the Phylogenetic Position and Relationships of Zangerlia. In: Brinkman D.B. et al. (Eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht: 407–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_23
  • Danilov I.G., Vitek N.S. 2012 (2013). Chapter 23. Cretaceous trionychids of Asia: an expanded review of their record and biogeography. In: Brinkman D.B. et al. (Eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht: 419–438. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_23
  • Danilov I.G., Claude J., Sukhanov V.B. 2012. A redescription of Elkemys australis (Yeh, 1974), a poorly known basal testudinoid turtle from the Paleocene of China. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 316(3): 223–238. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_316_3/TZ_316_3_Danilov.pdf
  • Syromyatnikova E.V., Danilov I.G., Sukhanov V.B. 2012. A redescription and phylogenetic position of Adocus planus, an adocid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Proceeding of the Zoological Institute RAS 316(4): 380–391. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_316_4/TZ_316_4_Syromyatnikova.pdf
  • Danilov I.G., Čerňanský A., Syromyatnikova E.V., Joniak P. 2012. Fossil turtles of Slovakia: new material and a review of the previous record. Amphibia-Reptilia 33: 423–442. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-00002846
  • Danilov I.G., Sukhanov V.B. 2013. A new basal testudinoid turtle (Testudinoidea: “Lindholmemydidae”) from the Upper Paleocene of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 47(1): 104–113. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113010036
  • Zvonok E.A., Danilov I.G., Syromyatnikova E.V. 2013. The first reliable record of fossil leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelyidae) in Northern Eurasia (Middle Eocene of Ukraine). Paleontological Journal 47(2): 199–202. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113020160
  • Danilov I.G., Vitek, N.S. 2013 Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Bissekty Formation (Late Cretaceous: late Turonian) of Uzbekistan: Shell-based taxa. Cretaceous Research. 41: 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2012.10.003
  • Vitek N.S., Danilov I.G. 2013. Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Bissekty Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Turonian) of Uzbekistan: Skull-based taxa and probable skull-shell associations. Cretaceous Research 43: 48–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2013.02.009
  • Syromyatnikova E.V., Danilov I.G. 2013. New material and phylogenetic position of Adocus bostobensis, a poorly known adocid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan. Proceeding of the Zoological Institute RAS 317(2): 195–201. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_317_2/TZ_317_2_Syromyatnikova.pdf
  • Danilov I.G., Syromyatnikova E.V., Skutschas P.P., Kodrul T.M., Jin. J. 2013. The first ‘true’ Adocus (Testudines, Adocidae) from the Paleogene of Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(5): 1071–1080. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.768254
  • Zvonok E.A., Danilov I.G., Syromyatnikova E.V., Udovichenko N.I. 2013. Remains of Sea Turtles from the Ikovo Locality (Lugansk Region, Ukraine; Middle Eocene). Paleontological Journal 47(6): 607–617. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030113050134
  • Syromyatnikova E.V., Danilov I.G., Sukhanov V.B. 2013. The skeletal morphology and phylogenetic position of Adocus amtgai, an adocid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Cretaceous Research 45: 155–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2013.07.006
  • Danilov I.G., Cherepanov G.O., Vitek N.S. 2013. Chelonological studies of L.I. Khosatzky with his annotated bibliography on fossil turtles. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 317(4): 382–425. https://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_317_4/TZ_317_4_Danilov_et_al.pdf
  • Danilov I.G., Hirayama R. Sukhanov V.B., Suzuki S., Watabe M., Vitek N.S. 2014. Cretaceous soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) of Mongolia: new diversity, records, and a revision. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2013.847870
  • Skutschas P.P., Danilov I.G., Kodrul T.M., Jin. J. 2014. The first discovery of an alligatorid (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea, Alligatoridae) in the Eocene of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2): 471–476. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.809725
  • Rabi M., Sukhanov V.B., Egorova V.N., Danilov I.G., Joyce W.G. 2014. Osteology, relationships, and ecology of Annemys (Testudines, Eucryptodira) from the Late Jurassic of Shar Teg, Mongolia, and phylogenetic definitions for Xinjiangchelyidae, Sinemydidae, and Macrobaenidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2): 327–352. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.807274
  • Vitek N.S., Danilov I.G. 2014. Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research 49: 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.01.004
  • Danilov I.G., Vitek N.S., Averianov A.O., Glinskiy V.N. 2015. A new soft-shelled trionychid turtle of the genus Khunnuchelys from the Upper Cretaceous Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(1): 155–161. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2013.0045
  • Danilov I.G., Obraztsova E.M. 2015. Taxonomic position of Oxemys gutta Nessov, 1977, a problematic turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan, and basisphenoid morphology in some groups of Late Mesozoic turtles of Asia. Paleontological Journal 49(3): 279–292. https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103011503003X
  • Danilov I.G., Sukhanov V.B., Obraztsova E.M., Vitek N.S. 2015. The first reliable record of trionychid turtles in the Paleocene of Asia. Paleontological Journal 49 (4): 407–412. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030115040061
  • Vitek N.S., Danilov I.G. 2015. New material of Ulutrionyx ninae from the Oligocene of Kazakhstan with a review of Oligocene trionychids of Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (5): e973570. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2015.973570
  • Averianov A., Dyke G., Danilov I., Skutschas P. 2015. The paleoenvironments of azhdarchid pterosaurs localities in the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan. ZooKeys, 483: 59–80. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.483.9058
  • Turtle Extinctions Working Group [Rhodin A.G.J., Thomson S., Georgalis G., Karl H.-V., Danilov I.G., Takahashi A., de la Fuente M.S., Bourque J.R., Delfino M., Bour R., Iverson J.B., Shaffer H.B., van Dijk P.P.]. 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. In: Rhodin A.G.J., Pritchard P.C.H., van Dijk P.P., Saumure R.A., Buhlmann K.A., Iverson J.B., Mittermeier R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs, 5(8): 000e.1–66. https://doi.org/10.3854/crm.5.000e.fossil.checklist.v1.2015
  • Zvonok E.A., Zelenkov N.A., Danilov I.G. 2016. A new unusual waterbird (Aves, ?Suliformes) from the Eocene of Kazakhstan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1): e1035783. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2015.1035783
  • Averianov A.O., Obraztsova E., Danilov I., Skutschas P., Jianhua J. 2016. First nimravid skull from Asia. Scientific Reports 6:25812. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep25812
  • Averianov A.O., Danilov I.G., Skutschas P.P., Kuzmin I.T., Sues H.-D., Dyke G. 2016. The Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblages of Western Kazakhstan. In: Khosal A., Lucas S.G. (Eds.) Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 71: 5–17.
  • Averianov A.O., Danilov I., Jianhua J., Wang Y. 2016. A new amynodontid from the Eocene of South China and phylogeny of Amynodontidae (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotoidea). Journal of Systematic Paleontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2016.1256914
  • Averianov A.O., Martin T., Skutschas P., Danilov I., Schultz J., Schellhorn R., Obraztsova E., Lopatin A., Sytchevskaya E., Kuzmin I., Krasnolutskii S., Ivantsov S. 2016. Middle Jurassic vertebrate assemblage of Berezovsk coal mine in western Siberia (Russia). Global Geology 19(4): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1673-9736.2016.04.01
  • Scheyer T.M., Syromyatnikova E.V., Danilov I.G., 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. https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-69-2017
  • Danilov I.G., Obraztsova E.M., Chen W., Jin J. 2017. The cranial morphology of Anosteira maomingensis (Testudines, Pan-Carettochelys) and the evolution of pan-carettochelyid turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1335735
  • Skutschas P.P., Boitsova E.A., Cherepanov G.O., Danilov I.G. 2017. Shell bone histology of the pan-carettochelyid turtle Kizylkumemys schultzi from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and shell bone morphology transformations in the evolution of pan-trionychian turtles. Cretaceous Research 79: 171–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.07.010
  • Kovalchuk O. M., Gorobets L.V., Syromyatnikova E.V., Danilov I.G., Titov V.V., Krakhmalnaya T.V., Rekovets L.I., Zelenkov N.V. 2017. Vertebrates from the Pontian of the Shkodova Gora Locality (Northwestern Black Sea Region, Upper Miocene) Paleontological Journal 51(4): 414–429. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030117040050
  • Nakajima Y.I., Danilov I.G., Hirayama R., Sonoda T., Scheyer T.M., 2017. Morphological and histological evidence for the oldest known softshell turtles from Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37 (2). https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1278606
  • Danilov I.G., Syromyatnikova E.V., Sukhanov V.B., 2017. Subclass Testudinata. In: Lopatin, A.V., Zelenkov, N.V. (Eds.), Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. Part 4. GEOS, Moscow, 27–395, pls. VIII–XLVI [Russian].
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