David J. Varricchio, PhD - Publications

Affiliations: 
Earth Sciences Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 
Area:
taphonomy

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2023 Hogan JD, Varricchio DJ. Chthonic severance: dinosaur eggs of the Mesozoic, the significance of partially buried eggs and contact incubation precursors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 378: 20220144. PMID 37427474 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0144  0.376
2023 Mainwaring MC, Medina I, Tobalske BW, Hartley IR, Varricchio DJ, Hauber ME. The evolution of nest site use and nest architecture in modern birds and their ancestors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 378: 20220143. PMID 37427466 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0143  0.316
2022 Norell MA, Wiemann J, Menéndez I, Fabbri M, Yu C, Marsicano CA, Moore-Nall A, Varricchio DJ, Pol D, Zelenitsky DK. Reply to: Triassic sauropodomorph eggshell might not be soft. Nature. 610: E11-E14. PMID 36261552 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05152-8  0.438
2021 Oser SE, Chin K, Sertich JJW, Varricchio DJ, Choi S, Rifkin J. Tiny, ornamented eggs and eggshell from the Upper Cretaceous of Utah represent a new ootaxon with theropod affinities. Scientific Reports. 11: 10021. PMID 33976315 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89472-1  0.625
2020 Norell MA, Wiemann J, Fabbri M, Yu C, Marsicano CA, Moore-Nall A, Varricchio DJ, Pol D, Zelenitsky DK. The first dinosaur egg was soft. Nature. PMID 32555457 DOI: 10.1038/S41586-020-2412-8  0.638
2020 Ibrahim N, Sereno PC, Varricchio DJ, Martill DM, Dutheil DB, Unwin DM, Baidder L, Larsson HCE, Zouhri S, Kaoukaya A. Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco. Zookeys. 928: 1-216. PMID 32362741 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.928.47517  0.392
2020 Poust AW, Gao C, Varricchio DJ, Wu J, Zhang F. A new microraptorine theropod from the Jehol Biota and growth in early dromaeosaurids. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007). PMID 31943887 DOI: 10.1002/Ar.24343  0.786
2020 McGrath AC, Varricchio DJ, Hayward JL. Taphonomic assessment of material generated by an Arboreal Nesting Colony of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) Historical Biology. 1-15. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1741571  0.301
2020 Panascí G, Varricchio DJ. A new terrestrial trace fossil Feoichnus martini n. isp. from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation (USA) Journal of Paleontology. 94: 922-930. DOI: 10.1017/Jpa.2020.26  0.388
2020 Shibata M, Varricchio DJ. Horseshoe crab trace fossils from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, USA, and a brief review of the xiphosurid ichnological record Journal of Paleontology. 94: 887-905. DOI: 10.1017/Jpa.2020.16  0.414
2020 Panascí G, Varricchio DJ, Hirayama R. New occurrence of Neurankylus sp. (Testudines: Paracryptodiria: Baenidae) in the Upper Cretaceous Frontier Formation of south western Montana (USA) Cretaceous Research. 108: 104318. DOI: 10.1016/J.Cretres.2019.104318  0.376
2019 Heck CT, Varricchio DJ, Gaudin TJ, Woodward HN, Horner JR. Ontogenetic changes in the long bone microstructure in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Plos One. 14: e0215655. PMID 31022247 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0215655  0.616
2019 Wilson JP, Varricchio DJ. Photogrammetry of the Oryctodromeus cubicularis type locality burrow and the utility of preexisting, standard field photographs for three dimensional digital reconstruction Historical Biology. 32: 1054-1061. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1563783  0.304
2019 Jin X, Varricchio DJ, Poust AW, He T. An oviraptorosaur adult-egg association from the Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39: e1739060. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1739060  0.771
2019 Weaver LN, Wilson GP, Krumenacker LJ, Mclaughlin K, Moore JR, Varricchio DJ. New multituberculate mammals from the mid-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho and implications for the early evolution of Cimolodonta Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39: e1604532. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1604532  0.76
2019 Freimuth WJ, Varricchio DJ. Insect trace fossils elucidate depositional environments and sedimentation at a dinosaur nesting site from the Cretaceous (Campanian) Two Medicine Formation of Montana Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 534: 109262. DOI: 10.1016/J.Palaeo.2019.109262  0.42
2019 Krumenacker L, Varricchio DJ, Wilson JP, Martin A, Ferguson A. Taphonomy of and new burrows from Oryctodromeus cubicularis, a burrowing neornithischian dinosaur, from the mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) of Idaho and Montana, U.S.A. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 530: 300-311. DOI: 10.1016/J.Palaeo.2019.05.047  0.779
2018 Varricchio DJ, Kundrát M, Hogan J. An Intermediate Incubation Period and Primitive Brooding in a Theropod Dinosaur. Scientific Reports. 8: 12454. PMID 30127534 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-018-30085-6  0.387
2018 MOORE JR, VARRICCHIO DJ. TAPHONOMIC PATHWAYS IN VERTEBRATE FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES ILLUSTRATED BY A BOVINE MASS DROWNING EVENT Palaios. 33: 174-184. DOI: 10.2110/Palo.2017.073  0.307
2018 Ferguson AL, Varricchio DJ, Ferguson AJ. Nest site taphonomy of colonial ground-nesting birds at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana Historical Biology. 32: 902-916. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1546699  0.323
2018 Simon DJ, Varricchio DJ, Jin X, Robison SF. Microstructural overlap of Macroelongatoolithus eggs from Asia and North America expands the occurrence of colossal oviraptorosaurs Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38: e1553046. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1553046  0.346
2017 Carr TD, Varricchio DJ, Sedlmayr JC, Roberts EM, Moore JR. A new tyrannosaur with evidence for anagenesis and crocodile-like facial sensory system. Scientific Reports. 7: 44942. PMID 28358353 DOI: 10.1038/Srep44942  0.391
2017 DeMar DG, Conrad JL, Head JJ, Varricchio DJ, Wilson GP. A new Late Cretaceous iguanomorph from North America and the origin of New World Pleurodonta (Squamata, Iguania). Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 284. PMID 28123087 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2016.1902  0.333
2017 FERGUSON AL, VARRICCHIO DJ, PIÑA CI, JACKSON FD. FROM EGGS TO HATCHLINGS: NEST SITE TAPHONOMY OF AMERICAN CROCODILE ( CROCODYLUS ACUTUS ) AND BROAD-SNOUTED CAIMAN ( CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS ) Palaios. 32: 337-348. DOI: 10.2110/Palo.2016.086  0.698
2017 Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ. Paleoecological implications of two closely associated egg types from the Upper Cretaceous St. Mary River Formation, Montana Cretaceous Research. 79: 182-190. DOI: 10.1016/J.Cretres.2017.08.003  0.763
2016 Varricchio DJ, Jackson FD. Reproduction in Mesozoic birds and evolution of the modern avian reproductive mode The Auk. 133: 654-684. DOI: 10.1642/Auk-15-216.1  0.709
2016 Krumenacker LJ, Simon DJ, Scofield G, Varricchio DJ. Theropod dinosaurs from the Albian–Cenomanian Wayan Formation of eastern Idaho Historical Biology. 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2015.1137913  0.43
2016 Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ. Fossil egg and eggshells from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, Montana Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36: e1185432. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2016.1185432  0.736
2016 Fearon JL, Varricchio DJ. Reconstruction of the forelimb musculature of the Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur Oryctodromeus cubicularis: Implications for digging Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2016.1078341  0.326
2015 Varricchio DJ, Balanoff AM, Norell MA. Reidentification of avian embryonic remains from the cretaceous of mongolia. Plos One. 10: e0128458. PMID 26030147 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0128458  0.657
2015 Varricchio DJ, Barta DE. Revisiting Sabath's "larger avian eggs" from the gobi cretaceous Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60: 11-25. DOI: 10.4202/App.00085.2014  0.819
2015 Jackson FD, Schaff RJ, Varricchio DJ, Schmitt JG. A theropod nesting trace with eggs from the upper cretaceous (Campanian) two medicine formation of Montana Palaios. 30: 362-372. DOI: 10.2110/Palo.2014.052  0.739
2015 Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ, Jackson RA, Walde AD, Bishop GA. Taphonomy of extant desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting sites: Implications for interpreting the fossil record Palaios. 30: 207-223. DOI: 10.2110/Palo.2014.048  0.753
2015 Fearon JL, Varricchio DJ. Morphometric analysis of the forelimb and pectoral girdle of the Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur Oryctodromeus cubicularis and implications for digging Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.936555  0.327
2015 Varricchio DJ, Jin X, Jackson FD. Lay, brood, repeat: Nest reuse and site fidelity in ecologic time for two Cretaceous troodontid dinosaurs Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2014.932797  0.71
2014 Xu X, Zhou Z, Dudley R, Mackem S, Chuong CM, Erickson GM, Varricchio DJ. An integrative approach to understanding bird origins. Science (New York, N.Y.). 346: 1253293. PMID 25504729 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1253293  0.633
2014 Ibrahim N, Varricchio DJ, Sereno PC, Wilson JA, Dutheil DB, Martill DM, Baidder L, Zouhri S. Dinosaur footprints and other ichnofauna from the cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Morocco. Plos One. 9: e90751. PMID 24603467 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0090751  0.406
2014 Wilson HM, Heck CT, Varricchio DJ, Jackson FD, Jin X. Evaluating deformation in Spheroolithus dinosaur eggs from Zhejiang, China Historical Biology. 26: 173-182. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2013.807252  0.722
2014 Wang PL, Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ. Nest taphonomy of common terns (Sterna hirundo) on Poplar Island, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland Historical Biology. 26: 155-164. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2013.798317  0.721
2014 Barta DE, Brundridge KM, Croghan JA, Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ, Jin X, Poust AW. Eggs and clutches of the Spheroolithidae from the Cretaceous Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China Historical Biology. 26: 183-194. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2013.792811  0.777
2013 Varricchio DJ, Jackson FD, Jackson RA, Zelenitsky DK. Porosity and water vapor conductance of two Troodon formosus eggs: An assessment of incubation strategy in a maniraptoran dinosaur Paleobiology. 39: 278-296. DOI: 10.1666/11042  0.717
2013 Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ, Corsini JA. Avian eggs from the Eocene Willwood and Chadron formations of Wyoming and Nebraska Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33: 1190-1201. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.769445  0.742
2012 Gao C, Morschhauser EM, Varricchio DJ, Liu J, Zhao B. A second soundly sleeping dragon: new anatomical details of the Chinese troodontid Mei long with implications for phylogeny and taphonomy. Plos One. 7: e45203. PMID 23028847 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0045203  0.368
2012 Agnolin FL, Varricchio D. Systematic reinterpretation ofPiksi barbarulnaVarricchio, 2002 from the Two Medicine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Western USA (Montana) as a pterosaur rather than a bird Geodiversitas. 34: 883-894. DOI: 10.5252/G2012N4A10  0.366
2012 Ullmann PV, Varricchio D, Knell MJ. Taphonomy and taxonomy of a vertebrate microsite in the mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) Blackleaf Formation, southwest Montana Historical Biology. 24: 311-328. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2011.602405  0.726
2011 Zanno LE, Varricchio DJ, O'Connor PM, Titus AL, Knell MJ. A new troodontid theropod, Talos sampsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Cretaceous Western Interior Basin of North America. Plos One. 6: e24487. PMID 21949721 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0024487  0.742
2011 Cary Woodruff D, Varricchio DJ. Experimental modeling of a possible Oryctodromeus cubicularis (Dinosauria) burrow Palaios. 26: 140-151. DOI: 10.2110/Palo.2010.P10-001R  0.309
2011 Martin AJ, Varricchio DJ. Paleoecological utility of insect trace fossils in dinosaur nesting sites of the two medicine formation (Campanian), Choteau, Montana Historical Biology. 23: 15-25. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2010.505285  0.362
2011 Varricchio DJ. A distinct dinosaur life history? Historical Biology. 23: 91-107. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2010.500379  0.325
2011 Varricchio DJ, Jackson FD. Welcome to papers from the 4th international symposium on dinosaur eggs and babies Historical Biology. 23: 1-3. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2010.499168  0.662
2010 Scherzer BA, Varricchio DJ. Taphonomy of a Juvenile Lambeosaurine Bonebed from the two medicine formation (Campanian) of Montana, United States Palaios. 25: 780-795. DOI: 10.2110/Palo.2009.P09-143R  0.354
2010 Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ. Fossil eggs and eggshell from the lowermost Two Medicine Formation of Western Montana, Sevenmile Hill locality Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30: 1142-1156. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483537  0.738
2010 Jin X, Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ, Azuma Y, He T. The first Dictyoolithus egg clutches from the Lishui Basin, Zhejiang Province, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30: 188-195. DOI: 10.1080/02724630903409279  0.728
2010 Jackson FD, Horner JR, Varricchio DJ. A study of a Troodon egg containing embryonic remains using epifluorescence microscopy and other techniques Cretaceous Research. 31: 255-262. DOI: 10.1016/J.Cretres.2009.11.006  0.805
2009 Wolff ED, Salisbury SW, Horner JR, Varricchio DJ. Common avian infection plagued the tyrant dinosaurs. Plos One. 4: e7288. PMID 19789646 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0007288  0.684
2009 Morschhauser EM, Varricchio DJ, Chunling G, Jinyuan L, Xuri W, Xiadong C, Qingjin M. Anatomy of the early cretaceous bird Rapaxavis Pani, A new species from Liaoning Province, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29: 545-554. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0210  0.401
2009 Varricchio DJ, Raven RF, Wolbach WS, Elsik WC, Witzke BJ. Soot and palynologic analysis of Manson impact-related strata (Upper Cretaceous) of Iowa and South Dakota, USA Cretaceous Research. 30: 127-134. DOI: 10.1016/J.Cretres.2008.06.005  0.31
2008 Varricchio DJ, Moore JR, Erickson GM, Norell MA, Jackson FD, Borkowski JJ. Avian paternal care had dinosaur origin. Science (New York, N.Y.). 322: 1826-8. PMID 19095938 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1163245  0.775
2008 Varricchio DJ, Sereno PC, Xijin Z, Lin T, Wilson JA, Lyon GH. Mud-trapped herd captures evidence of distinctive dinosaur sociality Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53: 567-578. DOI: 10.4202/App.2008.0402  0.343
2008 Weishampel DB, Fastovsky DE, Watabe M, Varricchio D, Jackson F, Tsogtbaatar K, Barsbold R. New oviraptorid embryos from Bugin-Tsav, Nemegt Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Mongolia, with insights into their habitat and growth Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28: 1110-1119. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1110  0.748
2008 Jackson FD, Jin X, Varricchio DJ, Azuma Y, Jiang Y. The first in situ turtle clutch from the Cretaceous Tiantai Basin, Zhejiang Province, China Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28: 319-325. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[319:Tfistc]2.0.Co;2  0.69
2008 Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ, Jackson RA, Vila B, Chiappe LM. Comparison of water vapor conductance in a titanosaur egg from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina and a Megaloolithus siruguei egg from Spain Paleobiology. 34: 229-246. DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0229:Cowvci]2.0.Co;2  0.708
2008 Bonde JW, Varricchio DJ, Jackson FD, Loope DB, Shirk AM. Dinosaurs and dunes! Sedimentology and paleontology of the Mesozoic in the Valley of Fire State Park Field Guides. 11: 249-262. DOI: 10.1130/2008.Fld011(11)  0.388
2007 Erickson GM, Curry Rogers K, Varricchio DJ, Norell MA, Xu X. Growth patterns in brooding dinosaurs reveals the timing of sexual maturity in non-avian dinosaurs and genesis of the avian condition. Biology Letters. 3: 558-61. PMID 17638674 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2007.0254  0.692
2007 Varricchio DJ, Martin AJ, Katsura Y. First trace and body fossil evidence of a burrowing, denning dinosaur. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 274: 1361-8. PMID 17374596 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2006.0443  0.422
2007 Jin X, Azuma Y, Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ. Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang Province, China Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 44: 81-88. DOI: 10.1139/E06-077  0.75
2004 Varricchio DJ, Jackson FD. A phylogenetic assessment of prismatic dinosaur eggs from the Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24: 931-937. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0931:Apaopd]2.0.Co;2  0.743
2003 Jackson FD, Varricchio DJ. Abnormal, multilayered eggshell in birds: Implications for dinosaur reproductive anatomy Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23: 699-702. DOI: 10.1671/A1092  0.689
2002 Varricchio DJ, Horner JR, Jackson FD. Embryos and eggs for the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22: 564-576. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0564:Eaeftc]2.0.Co;2  0.81
2002 Varricchio DJ. A new bird from the upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 39: 19-26. DOI: 10.1139/E01-057  0.422
2001 Varricchio DJ. Gut contents from a Cretaceous tyrannosaurid: Implications for theropod dinosaur digestive tracts Journal of Paleontology. 75: 401-406. DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0401:Gcfact>2.0.Co;2  0.35
1999 Sereno PC, Beck AL, Dutheil DB, Larsson HC, Lyon GH, Moussa B, Sadleir RW, Sidor CA, Varricchio DJ, Wilson GP, Wilson JA. Cretaceous sauropods from the sahara and the uneven rate of skeletal evolution among dinosaurs Science (New York, N.Y.). 286: 1342-7. PMID 10558986 DOI: 10.1126/Science.286.5443.1342  0.305
1999 Varricchio DJ, Jackson F, Trueman CN. A nesting trace with eggs for the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Troodon formosus Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19: 91-100. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011125  0.742
1997 Varricchio DJ, Jackson F, Borkowski JJ, Horner JR. Nest and egg clutches of the dinosaur Troodon formosus and the evolution of avian reproductive traits Nature. 385: 247-250. DOI: 10.1038/385247A0  0.816
1996 Sereno PC, Dutheil DB, Iarochene M, Larsson HCE, Lyon GH, Magwene PM, Sidor CA, Varricchio DJ, Wilson JA. Predatory Dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous Faunal Differentiation Science (New York, N.Y.). 272: 986-91. PMID 8662584 DOI: 10.1126/Science.272.5264.986  0.373
1995 Varricchio DJ, Chiappe LM. A new enantiornithine bird from the upper cretaceous two medicine formation of montana Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 15: 201-204. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1995.10011219  0.342
1995 Varricchio DJ. Taphonomy of Jack's Birthday Site, a diverse dinosaur bonebed from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 114: 297-311,313-323. DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(94)00084-L  0.348
1993 Varricchio DJ, Horner JR. Hadrosaurid and lambeosaurid bone beds from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana: taphonomic and biologic implications Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 30: 997-1006. DOI: 10.1139/E93-083  0.746
1993 Varricchio DJ. Bone microstructure of the Upper Cretaceous theropod dinosaurTroodon formosus Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 13: 99-104. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1993.10011490  0.31
1992 Horner JR, Varricchio DJ, Goodwin MB. Marine transgressions and the evolution of Cretaceous dinosaurs Nature. 358: 59-61. DOI: 10.1038/358059A0  0.73
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