Area of research
Paleontology · Nature and Landscape Conservation
Research interest
Research interests include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.
Permian origins of the Lystrosauridae (Therapsida: Dicynodontia)
Origin and early evolution of vertebrate burrowing behaviour
The origin and evolution of Cynodontia (Synapsida, Therapsida): Reassessment of the phylogeny and systematics of the earliest members of this clade using <scp>3D</scp>‐imaging technologies
The postcranial anatomy of <i>Gorgonops torvus</i> (Synapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the late Permian of South Africa
The earliest segmental sternum in a Permian synapsid and its implications for the evolution of mammalian locomotion and ventilation
Cranial anatomy of <i>Nythosaurus larvatus</i> Owen, 1876, an Early Triassic cynodont preserving a natural endocast
Deep-scaled fish (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) from the lower Permian (Cisuralian) lacustrine deposits of the Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil
Cranial anatomy of <i>Bolotridon frerensis</i> , an enigmatic cynodont from the Middle Triassic of South Africa, and its phylogenetic significance
Brazilian Permian dvinosaurs (Amphibia, Temnospondyli): revised description and phylogeny
Captorhinid reptiles from the lower Permian Pedra de Fogo Formation, Piauí, Brazil: the earliest herbivorous tetrapods in Gondwana
Effects of taphonomic deformation on geometric morphometric analysis of fossils: a study using the dicynodont <i>Diictodon feliceps</i> (Therapsida, Anomodontia)
A new reptile from the lower Permian of Brazil (<i>Karutia fortunata</i> gen. et sp. nov.) and the interrelationships of Parareptilia
Novel Endocranial Data on the Early Therocephalian Lycosuchus vanderrieti Underpin High Character Variability in Early Theriodont Evolution
Cranial anatomy of the early cynodont <i>Galesaurus planiceps</i> and the origin of mammalian endocranial characters
The many faces of synapsid cranial allometry
Re-evaluation of the Permian macrofossils from the Parnaíba Basin: biostratigraphic, palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical implications
Cranial anatomy of the gorgonopsian Cynariops robustus based on CT-reconstruction
Diversity patterns of nonmammalian cynodonts (Synapsida, Therapsida) and the impact of taxonomic practice and research history on diversity estimates
The Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone (Lopingian), South Africa: A proposed biostratigraphy based on a new compilation of stratigraphic ranges
New Permian fauna from tropical Gondwana
Redescription of the geikiid<i>Pelanomodon</i>(Therapsida, Dicynodontia), with a reconsideration of ‘<i>Propelanomodon</i>’
A tapinocephalid dinocephalian (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná Basin, Brazil): Taxonomic, ontogenetic and biostratigraphic considerations
New information on the morphology and stratigraphic range of the mid‐Permian gorgonopsian <i><scp>E</scp>riphostoma microdon</i> Broom, 1911
Cranial osteology of <i><scp>A</scp>rctognathus curvimola</i>, a short‐snouted gorgonopsian from the <scp>L</scp>ate <scp>P</scp>ermian of <scp>S</scp>outh <scp>A</scp>frica
Adult morphology of the therocephalian <i>Simorhinella baini</i> from the middle Permian of South Africa and the taxonomy, paleobiogeography, and temporal distribution of the Lycosuchidae
Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida
Reconstructing the diversity of early terrestrial herbivorous tetrapods
Non-biotic controls of observed diversity in the paleontologic record: An example from the Permo-Triassic Karoo Basin of South Africa