Georgios L. Georgalis

Georgios L. Georgalis

Universität Zürich

H-index: 21

Europe-Switzerland

About Georgios L. Georgalis

Georgios L. Georgalis, With an exceptional h-index of 21 and a recent h-index of 21 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universität Zürich, specializes in the field of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Herpetology, Reptiles, Taxonomy.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

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

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

One of the last shelters of soft-shelled turtles (Testudines, Trionychidae) in Europe–first fossil occurrence of a trionychid from the Plio-Pleistocene of Kos Island, Greece

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

An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy)

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

A new booid snake from the Eocene (Lutetian) Konservat-Lagerstätte of Geiseltal, Germany, and a new phylogenetic analysis of Booidea

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

Georgios L. Georgalis Information

University

Position

Palaeontological Institute and Museum Switzerland

Citations(all)

1181

Citations(since 2020)

996

Cited By

478

hIndex(all)

21

hIndex(since 2020)

21

i10Index(all)

37

i10Index(since 2020)

36

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Georgios L. Georgalis Skills & Research Interests

Vertebrate Palaeontology

Herpetology

Reptiles

Taxonomy

Top articles of Georgios L. Georgalis

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Publication Date

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

Mammalian Biology

Keesha M Ming

Kévin Le Verger

Madeleine Geiger

Thomas Schmelzle

Georgios L Georgalis

...

2024/3/29

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

Journal of Anatomy

Gerald Mayr

Ursula B Göhlich

Zbyněk Roček

Alfred Lemierre

Viola Winkler

...

2024/3/1

One of the last shelters of soft-shelled turtles (Testudines, Trionychidae) in Europe–first fossil occurrence of a trionychid from the Plio-Pleistocene of Kos Island, Greece

Historical Biology

Antonios Isidoros Avrithis

Georgios L Georgalis

2024/1/19

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

Zbigniew Szyndlar

Georgios L Georgalis

2023/9/27

An overview of the fossil turtles from Sardinia (Italy)

Daniel Zoboli

Georgios L Georgalis

Marisa Arca

Caterinella Tuveri

Salvatore Carboni

...

2023/8/3

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

Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology

Georgios L Georgalis

2023/7/3

A new booid snake from the Eocene (Lutetian) Konservat-Lagerstätte of Geiseltal, Germany, and a new phylogenetic analysis of Booidea

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Alessandro Palci

Silvio Onary

Michael SY Lee

Krister T Smith

Oliver Wings

...

2023/12/12

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

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Georgios L Georgalis

Bastien Mennecart

Krister T Smith

2023/12

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

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Georgios L Georgalis

Elizabeth Prendini

Zbyněk Roček

2023/11/1

Comparative actualistic study hints at origins ofalleged Miocene “coprolites” of Poland:(supplementary movie: Tomographic animation ofMiocene coprolite from Turów. avi)

Tomasz Brachaniec

Dorota Środek

Dawid Michał Surmik

Robert Niedźwiedzki

Georgios Georgalis

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2022

First occurrence of Psammophis (Serpentes) from Europe witnesses another Messinian herpetofaunal dispersal from Africa – biogeographic implications and a …

The Anatomical Record

Georgios L Georgalis

Zbigniew Szyndlar

2022/11

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

Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1: Basal vertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Afrotherians, Glires, and Primates

Georgios L Georgalis

Massimo Delfino

2022

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

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Georgios L Georgalis

Andrej Čerňanský

Fikret Göktaş

Berna Alpagut

Ayşegül Şarbak

...

2022/12

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

Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1: Basal vertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Afrotherians, Glires, and Primates

Massimo Delfino

Georgios L Georgalis

2022

The Diversity and Distribution of Palaeogene Snakes

The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes

Krister T Smith

Georgios L Georgalis

2022/8/11

The Fossil Record of Crocodylians (Reptilia: Crocodylia) in Greece

Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1: Basal vertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, Afrotherians, Glires, and Primates

Georgios L Georgalis

Massimo Delfino

2022

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

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Pietro Valenti

Evangelos Vlachos

Christian Kehlmaier

Uwe Fritz

Georgios L Georgalis

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2022/12/1

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

Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana

Simone Matteo Seghetti

Georgios L Georgalis

Emanuel Tschopp

Massimo Delfino

2022/8/3

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

PeerJ

Tomasz Brachaniec

Dorota Środek

Dawid Surmik

Robert Niedźwiedzki

Georgios L Georgalis

...

2022/7/4

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

Georgios L Georgalis

Torsten M Scheyer

2022/12

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Co-Authors

H-index: 59
John B. Iverson

John B. Iverson

Earlham College

H-index: 41
Walter G. Joyce

Walter G. Joyce

Université de Fribourg

H-index: 39
Torsten M. Scheyer

Torsten M. Scheyer

Universität Zürich

H-index: 39
Massimo Delfino

Massimo Delfino

Università degli Studi di Torino

H-index: 38
Benjamin P. Kear

Benjamin P. Kear

Uppsala Universitet

H-index: 37
Madelaine Böhme

Madelaine Böhme

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

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