Stefanelli, D.; Mecozzi, B.; Marino, M.; Sardella, R.; Breda, M. 2024. The postcranial variability of Quaternary European rhinoceroses: the case study of Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis from the Middle Pleistocene site of Contrada Monticelli (Apulia, southern Italy). Historical biology 2024: 1-20. doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2328276
Mecozzi, B.; Iannucci, A.; Carpentieri, M.; Pineda, A.; Rabinovich, R.; Sardella, R.; Moncel, M-H. 2024. Climatic and environmental changes of ~100 thousand years: The mammals from the early Middle Pleistocene sequence of Notarchirico (southern Italy). PLoS ONE 19(10): e0311623. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311623
Iannucci, A.; Conti, J.; Curcio, F.; Iurino, D.A.; Mancini, M.; Mecozzi, B.; Strani, F.; Sardella, R. 2023. Middle Pleistocene mammal faunas of the area of Rome: recent results and ongoing work on the MUST collection. Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences 15: 117-135, 9 figs [. doi.org/10.13133/2280-6148/18085]
Stefanelli, D.; Mecozzi, B.; Marino, M.; Sardella, R.; Breda, M. 2022. Not only teeth: the postcranial remains of Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis from the Middle Pleistocene site of Contrada Monticelli (Bari, southern Italy). Paleodays 2022 (volume riassunti) - XXII Edizione delle Giornate di Paleontologia, 8-10 giugno 2022, Asti (Italia). p. 116.
Roman, M.F.; Mecozzi, B.; Sardella, R. 2021. The quaternary paleontological research in the Campagna Romana (Central Italy) at the 19th-20th century transition – Historical overview. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 34 (1): 1-21, 15 figs. doi.org/10.26382/AMQ.2021.06
Mecozzi, B.; Bellucci, L.; Iurino, D.A.; Mazzini, I.; Strani, F.; Sardella, R. 2021. A reappraisal of the Pleistocene mammals from the karst infilling deposits of the Maglie area (Lecce, Apulia, Southern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Milano; 127 (2): 355-382, 10 figs, 6 tabs. http://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/15776
Mecozzi, B.; Iannucci, A.; Mancini, M.; Sardella, R. 2021. Redefining Ponte Molle (Rome, Central Italy): an important locality for Middle Pleistocene mammal assemblages of Europe. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 34 (1): 1-24, 12 figs.
Iannucci, A.; Mecozzi, B.; Sardella, R. 2021. Large mammals from the Middle Pleistocene (MIS 11) site of Fontignano 2 (Rome, central Italy), with an overview of “San Cosimato” assemblages. Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 34 (1): 1-10, 4 figs. doi.org/10.26382/AMQ.2021.07
Fabbi, S.; Romano, M.; Strani, F.; Sardella, R.; Bellucci, L. 2021. The Pleistocene vertebrate fauna of the Oricola-Carsoli intermontane Basin (Latium-Abruzzi, Italy): state of the art and historical review. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, Modena 60 (3): 255-268, 12 figs [https://www.paleoitalia.it/bollettino-spi/bspi-vol-603/].
Iurino, D.A.; Conti, J.; Mecozzi, B.; Sardella, R. 2020. Braincase with natural endocast of a juvenile Rhinocerotinae from the Late Middle Pleistocene site of Melpignano (Apulia, Southern Italy). Frontiers in Earth Science 8: 14 pp, 8 figs, 1 tab [. doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00094]
Sardella, R.; Mazzini, I.; Mecozzi, B.; Iurino, D.A.; Sala, B. 2018. Grotta Romanelli (Southern Italy, Apulia): legacies and issues in excavating a key site for the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Milano; 124 (2): 247-264, 6 figs, 5 tabs.
Sardella, R.; Bellucci, L.; Bona, F.; Cherin, M.; Iurino, D.A.; Rook, L. 2018. Before and after the earliest Homo dispersal in Europe: Evidence from the early Pleistocene sites of the Italian Peninsula. Comptes Rendus Palevol 17: 287-295.
Mecozzi, B.; Sardella, R. 2017. The "Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex": An overview on Italian fossil record during the last glacial. AIQUA Workshop: updates on the chronology, stratigraphy and environments of the Last Glacial Maximum and the Late Glaciation: poster.
Strani, F.; DeMiguel, D.; Sardella, R.; Bellucci, L. 2017. The palaeoenvironment of the Middle Pleistocene archaeopalaeontological site of Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, central Italy) and implication for the human settlement. Proceedings of the XVII Paleodays 2017, p. 68..
Conti, J.; Ciavatta, F.; Iurino, D.A.; Mecozzi, B.; Sardella, R. 2017. A juvenile Rhinocerotidae neurocranium from the middle-Late Pleistocene site of Melpignano (Apulia, Italy) – CT-SCAN analysis and virtual restoration. XVII Edizione Giornate di Paleontologia, Anagni, 24-26 Maggio 2017: poster w/ five figs.
Neri, G.; Ciavatta, F.; Giannetti, B.; Toschi, C.; Sardella, R. 2016. The Late Pleistocene Mammal assemblage from Ingarano (Apulia, Southern Italy). Poster for the First Inter. Meeting of Early-stage Researchers in Paleontology, Apunte (Valencia, Spain), 13-16 April 2016.
Neri, G.; Ciavatta, F.; Giannetti, B.; Toschi, C.; Sardella, R. 2016. The Late Pleistocene mammal assemblage from Ingarano (Apulia, southern Italy). Proceedings of the First Inter. Meeting of Early-stage Researchers in Paleontology “New Perspectives, on the Evolution of the Phanerozoic Biotas and Ecosystems”, Apunte (Valencia, Spain), 13th-16th April 2016: p. 149.
Strani, F.; DeMiguel, D.; Sardella, R.; Bellucci, L. 2015. Paleoenvironments and climatic changes in the Italian Peninsula during the Early Pleistocene: evidence from dental wear patterns of the ungulate community of Coste San Giacomo. Quaternary Science Reviews 121: 28-35.
Bellucci, L.; Sardella, R.; Rook L. 2015. Large mammal biochronology framework in Europe at Jaramillo – The Epivillafranchian as a formal biochron. Quaternary International 389: 84-89, 2 figs, 1 tab [. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.012]
Bellucci, L.; Bona, F.; Corrado, P.; Magri, D.; Mazzini, I.; Parenti, F.; Scardia, G.; Sardella, R. 2014. Evidence of late Gelasian dispersal of African fauna at Coste San Giacomo (Anagni Basin, central Italy) – Early Pleistocene environments and the background of early human occupation in Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews 96: 72-85, 10 figs [. doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.011]
Arzarello, M.; Pavia, G.; Peretto, C.; Petronio, C.; Sardella, R. 2012. Evidence of an Early Pleistocene hominin presence at Pirro Nord (Apricena, Foggia, southern Italy): P13 site. Quaternary International 267: 56-61, 8 figs, 2 tabs [. doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2011.01.042]
Petrucci, M.; Sardella, R. 2009. Ursus etruscus Cuvier, 1823 from the Early Pleistocene of Monte Argentario (Southern Tuscany, Central Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, Modena; 48 (2): 89-94..
Arzarello, M.; Marcolini, F.; Pavia, G.; Pavia, M.; Petronio, C.; Petrucci, M.; Rook, L.; Sardella, R. 2009. L’industrie lithique du site Pléistocène inférieur de Pirro Nord (Apricena, Italie du sud) – Une occupation humaine entre 1,3 et 1,7 Ma // The lithic industry of the Early Pleistocene site of Pirro Nord (Apricena South Italy) – The evidence of a human occupation between 1.3 and 1.7 Ma. L’anthropologie, Paris; 113: 47-58, 3 figs, 2 tabs, 1 Pl.
Sardella, R.; Petrucci, M.; Rook, L. 2008. The African species Megantereon whitei from the Early Pleistocene of Monte Argentario (South Tuscany, Central Italy). Comptes Rendus Palevol 7: 601-606, 3 figs, 1 tab [. doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.09.009]
Sardella, R.; Palombo, M.R.; Petronio, C.; Bedetti, C.; Pavia, M. 2006. The early Middle Pleistocene large mammal faunas of Italy – An overview. Quaternary International 149: 104-109, 2 figs.






