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Editor

270

PeerJ author

105

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1205

Paleontology

505

Evolutionary Studies

400

Zoology

335

Taxonomy

235

Biogeography

200

Biodiversity

100

Plant Science

100

Ecology

100

Nutrition

100

Entomology

100

Histology

100

Agricultural Science

100

Environmental Sciences

100

Food Science and Technology

100

Toxicology

Academic Editor

Graciela Piñeiro

Summary

Professor at Departamento de Evolución de Cuencas, Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay. Investigator Level 1, Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII). Investigator Gº 3 of the Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas in Biological and in Geological Fields. Responsible for several research projects on Late Paleozoic communities, including comparative anatomy, systematics, paleobiology, taphonomy, biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography and paleoenvironments.

Environmental Sciences Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Taxonomy

Institution affiliations

Universidad de la República

Work details

Adjunt Professor Full Time Dedication

Universidad de la República

Departamento de Evolución de Cuencas

Facultad de Ciencias

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Articles published in PeerJ

The ontogenetic transformation of the mesosaurid tarsus: a contribution to the origin of the primitive amniotic astragalus

May 17th, 2016

Graciela Piñeiro, Pablo Núñez Demarco, Melitta D. Meneghel

Early archosauromorph remains from the Permo-Triassic Buena Vista Formation of north-eastern Uruguay

February 19th, 2015

Martín D. Ezcurra, Pablo Velozo, Melitta Meneghel, Graciela Piñeiro

Preprints

The ontogenetic transformation of the mesosaurid tarsus: a contribution to the origin of the primitive amniotic astragalus

April 22nd, 2016

Graciela Piñeiro, Pablo Núñez Demarco, Melitta D Meneghel

Early archosauromorph remains from the Permo-Triassic Buena Vista formation of NorthEastern Uruguay

December 9th, 2014

Martin Ezcurra, Pablo Velozo, Melitta Meneghel, Graciela Piñeiro

Academic Editor on

Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control?

May 4th, 2017

Neogene amphibians and reptiles (Caudata, Anura, Gekkota, Lacertilia, and Testudines) from the south of Western Siberia, Russia, and Northeastern Kazakhstan

March 23rd, 2017

Digital reconstruction of the mandible of an adult Lesothosaurus diagnosticus with insight into the tooth replacement process and diet

March 1st, 2017

Deciphering the preservation of fossil insects: a case study from the Crato Member, Early Cretaceous of Brazil

December 21st, 2016

Food safety in Thailand 4: comparison of pesticide residues found in three commonly consumed vegetables purchased from local markets and supermarkets in Thailand

September 1st, 2016

Stratigraphy, palaeoenvironments and palaeoecology of the Loch Humphrey Burn lagerstätte and other Mississippian palaeobotanical localities of the Kilpatrick Hills, southwest Scotland

February 18th, 2016

New craniodental remains of Wakaleo alcootaensis (Diprotodontia: Thylacoleonidae) a carnivorous marsupial from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna of the Northern Territory, Australia

November 12th, 2015

An investigation of the genus Mesacanthus (Chordata: Acanthodii) from the Orcadian Basin and Midland Valley areas of Northern and Central Scotland using traditional morphometrics

October 29th, 2015

The first occurrence of the enigmatic archosauriform Crosbysaurus Heckert 2004 from the Chinle Formation of southern Utah

April 21st, 2015

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Why the main extinction events are restricted to Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Eras