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"Landini, Walter"

Landini, Walter: SEE Bianucci & Landini, 2003; Bianucci et al., 2003. (detail)
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 Bianucci, Giovanni; Landini, Walter (detail)
   
2003
Metaxytherium medium (Mammalia: Sirenia) from Upper Miocene sediments of the Arenaria di Ponsano Formation (Tuscany, Italy).
Riv. Ital. Pal. Strat. 109(3): 567-573. 5 figs. 2 pls. Nov. 2003.
–Describes the first Mioc. sirs. from Tuscany: skull roofs, jugal, squamosal and scapula fragments, humeri, vertebra fragments, and ribs. These are considered early Tortonian in age (10.5-8.14 Ma).
 
 
 Bianucci, Giovanni; Landini, Walter; Varola, Angelo (detail)
   
2003
New records of Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Sirenia) from the late Miocene of Cisterna quarry (Apulia, southern Italy).
Bull. Soc. Pal. Ital. 42(1-2): 59-63. 1 pl. June 2003.
–Italian summ.
 
 
 Bianucci, Giovanni; Landini, Walter (detail)
   
2005
I paleositi a vertebrati fossili della Provincia de Pisa.
Atti Soc. Toscana Sci. Nat., Mem., Ser. A, 110: 1-21. 1 tab. 3 figs.
–Engl. summ.
 
 
 Bianucci, Giovanni; Sorbi, Silvia; Suárez, Mario E.; Landini, Walter (detail)
   
2006
The southernmost sirenian record in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from the Late Miocene of Chile.
Comptes Rendus Palevol 5: 945-952. 3 figs.
–French summ.
 
 
 Bianucci, Giovanni; Carone, Giuseppe; Domning, Daryl Paul; Landini, Walter; Rook, Lorenzo; Sorbi, Silvia (detail)
   
2008
Peri-Messinian dwarfing in Mediterranean Metaxytherium (Mammalia: Sirenia): evidence of habitat degradation related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis. In: N.T. Boaz, A. El-Arnauti, P. Pavlakis, & M.J. Salem (eds.), Circum-Mediterranean geology and biotic evolution during the Neogene Period: the perspective from Libya.
Garyounis Scientific Bull., Special Issue 5: 145-157. 4 tabs. 1 fig.
–Summ.: [G. Carone], Bol. Gruppo Paleontologico Tropeano 10: 3-5, 5 figs., Dec. 2004.
 
 
 Tinelli, Chiara; Ribolini, Adriano; Bianucci, Giovanni; Bini, Monica; Landini, Walter (detail)
   
2012
Ground penetrating radar and palaeontology: The detection of sirenian fossil bones under a sunflower field in Tuscany (Italy).
Comptes Rendus Palevol 11: 445-454. 7 figs. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2012.04.002 Available online July 19, 2012.
–French summ.
 ABSTRACT: The application of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) in vertebrate palaeontology is very rare. We describe the discovery of an Early Pliocene sirenian skeleton detected by GPR in a locality near Grosseto (Tuscany, Italy). The specimen represents one of the most complete skeletons of Metaxytherium subapenninum (Mammalia: Sirenia) ever found in the Mediterranean area. Using a monostatic antenna of 200 MHz, this non-invasive technique allowed us to detect most of the bones of the skeleton (skull, mandible, vertebrae and ribs) revealed in a distinct zone reflecting the electromagnetic waves. Other bones were found in correspondence with some smaller reflective zones of high back-scattered energy. Each bone was located in a grid system to compare its position with the spatial distribution of reflective zones. We are confident that the positive outcomes experienced in this work will encourage the use of GPR for future field research in vertebrate palaeontology.
Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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