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  1. First 87 Sr/ 86 Sr isotope data for the extinct sloth Lestodon armatus : insights into the spatial ecology of South American Late Pleistocene megafauna

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 2025, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  2. An indentation in a 33,000-year-old right calcaneus of the ground sloth Lestodon (Xenarthra, Folivora) from Uruguay and its possible human agency

    Article • Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  3. The Megafauna3D Dataset: 3D Models of Late Pleistocene Megafauna Fossils From Uruguay

    Article • Journal of Open Archaeology Data, January 2025, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  4. The Megafauna3D Educational Environment: Harnessing the Combination of New and Traditional Technologies to Improve Geoscience Education and Outreach

    Article • Geosciences, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  5. Giants beasts updated: A review of new knowledge about the South American megafauna

    Article • Journal of Quaternary Science, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  6. Late Miocene mammalian burrows in the Camacho Formation of Uruguay reveal a complex community of ecosystem engineers

    Article • Evolving Earth, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  7. Femora Nutrient Foramina and Aerobic Capacity in Giant Extinct Xenarthrans

    Article • September 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  8. Occurrence of the ground sloth Nothrotheriops (Xenarthra, Folivora) in the Late Pleistocene of Uruguay: new information on its dietary and habitat preferences based on stable isotope analysis

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  9. Revisiting proboscidean phylogeny and evolution through total evidence and palaeogenetic analyses including Notiomastodon ancient DNA

    Article • iScience, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  10. Changes in form and function of the caudal tubes in Panochthus (Xenarthra; Glyptodontidae) along the Pleistocene

    Article • Historical Biology, December 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  11. Deep classification of cut-marks on bones from Arroyo del Vizcaíno (Uruguay)

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 2021, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  12. Sexual dimorphism in the fossil ground sloth Lestodon armatus (Xenarthra, Folivora)

    Article • Historical Biology, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  13. Posture-reading by men’s football goalkeepers and other factors in saving penalty kicks

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Ciências do Esporte, January 2021, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  14. Finite element and morphological analysis in extant mammals’ claws and quaternary sloths’ ungual phalanges

    Article • Historical Biology, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  15. Allometric models in paleoecology: Trophic relationships among Pleistocene mammals

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  16. Ungual phalanges analysis in Pleistocene ground sloths (Xenarthra, Folivora)

    Article • Historical Biology, February 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  17. Co-occurrence of mylodontid sloths and insights on their potential distributions during the late Pleistocene

    Article • Quaternary Research, January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  18. Bone Surface Modifications, Reasonable Certainty, and Human Antiquity in the Americas: The Case of the Arroyo Del Vizcaίno Site

    Article • American Antiquity, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  19. Among others, cut-marks are archaeological evidence: reply to 'Archaeological evidences are still missing: a comment on Farina et al. Arroyo del Vizcaino Site, Uruguay' by Suarez et al.

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  20. Palaeogeographic reconstruction of Minchin palaeolake system, South America: The influence of astronomical forcing

    Article • Geoscience Frontiers, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  21. Arroyo del Vizcaino, Uruguay: a fossil-rich 30-ka-old megafaunal locality with cut-marked bones

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, November 2013, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  22. How many Pleistocene species ofLestodon(Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada)?

    Article • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  23. FLOW PATTERN AROUND THE RIGID CEPHALIC SHIELD OF THE DEVONIAN AGNATHANERRIVASPIS WAYNENSIS(PTERASPIDIFORMES: HETEROSTRACI)

    Article • Palaeontology, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  24. Mechanical model for theoretical determination of maximum running speed in mammals

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, May 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  25. Ulnar dimensions and fossoriality in armadillos

    Article • ACTA THERIOLOGICA, September 1999, Mammal Research Institute

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  26. Tail blow energy and carapace fractures in a large glyptodont (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, May 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  27. Diet and locomotion of the armadillo Peltephilus : a new view

    Article • Lethaia, March 1997, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Dr Richard A Fariña

  28. Limb bone strength and habits in large glyptodonts

    Article • Lethaia, September 1995, Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS

    Dr Richard A Fariña