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Alexander O. Averianov

Alexander O. Averianov

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Earth Science

D-Index
32
Citations
4012
World Ranking
8663
National Ranking
33

Overview

Alexander O. Averianov is affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Federation. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Paleontology. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

Averianov's published papers cover a range of topics within paleontology and evolutionary biology, with a particular interest in fossil vertebrates. Recent publications include:

  • "First rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from Asia" (2021) published in PLoS ONE
  • "A large pteranodontid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Eastern Europe" (2020) published in Geological Magazine
  • "An unusual new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia" (2020) published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • "Protostega gigas and other sea turtles from the Campanian of Eastern Europe, Russia" (2022) published in Cretaceous Research
  • "Femoral histology and growth patterns of the ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus sibiricus from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia" (2021) published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

The scientist's research topics include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, and Fossil Insects in Amber.

Alexander O. Averianov frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their research. Notable co-authors include:

  • А. В. Лопатин
  • Pavel P. Skutschas
  • Thomas Martin
  • Julia A. Schultz
  • Rico Schellhorn

They have published frequently in various scientific journals and publication venues, with the most common being:

  • Doklady Earth Sciences
  • Cretaceous Research
  • Historical Biology
  • Доклады РОССИЙСКОЙ АКАДЕМИИ НАУК Науки о Земле
  • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Best Publications

  • A Ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus sibiricus from the Early Cretaceous of West Siberia, Russia and its phylogenetic relationships

    Alexander O. Averianov;Alexei V. Voronkevich;Sergei V. Leshchinskiy;Alexei V. Fayngertz

  • A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and the early radiation of duck-billed dinosaurs

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Alexander Averianov

  • A new troodontid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan, with a review of troodontid records from the territories of the former Soviet Union

    Alexander O. Averianov;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • Mammals from the mid-Cretaceous Khodzhakul Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan

    Alexander O. Averianov;J. David Archibald

  • Mammals from the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation in the Southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China

    Thomas Martin;Alexander O. Averianov;Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner

  • Petrosal bones of placental mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan

    E.G. Ekdale;J.D. Archibald;A.O. Averianov

  • Phylogenetic analysis, taxonomic revision, and dental ontogeny of the Cretaceous Zhelestidae (Mammalia: Eutheria)

    J. David Archibald;Alexander Averianov

  • Discovery of Middle Jurassic mammals from Siberia

    A.O. Averianov;A.V. Lopatin;P.P. Skutschas;N.V. Martynovich

  • THE LATE CRETACEOUS PLACENTAL MAMMAL KULBECKIA

    J. David Archibald;Alexander O. Averianov

  • Placental nature of the alleged marsupial from the Cretaceous of Madagascar

    A O Averianov;J.D. Archibald;T. Martin

  • FERGANASAURUS VERZILINI, GEN. ET SP. NOV., A NEW NEOSAUROPOD (DINOSAURIA, SAURISCHIA, SAUROPODA) FROM THE MIDDLE JURASSIC OF FERGANA VALLEY, KIRGHIZIA

    Vladimir R. Alifanov;Alexander O. Averianov

  • New tyrannosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Uzbekistan clarifies evolution of giant body sizes and advanced senses in tyrant dinosaurs

    Stephen L. Brusatte;Alexander Averianov;Alexander Averianov;Hans-Dieter Sues;Amy Muir

  • New material of the Late Cretaceous deltatheroidan mammal Sulestes from Uzbekistan and phylogenetic reassessment of the metatherian-eutherian dichotomy

    Alexander O. Averianov;J. David Archibald;Eric G. Ekdale

  • A new genus of eutherian mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia

    Alexander O. Averianov;Pavel P. Skutschas

  • Early Cretaceous symmetrodont mammal Gobiotheriodon from Mongolia and the classification of Symmetrodonta

    A O Averianov

  • Pterosaur and dinosaur remains from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the northern Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia)

    Alexander O. Averianov;Thomas Martin;Aizek A. Bakirov

  • Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria).

    Alexander Averianov

  • Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Alexander Averianov;Ryan C. Ridgely;Lawrence M. Witmer

  • Ornithomimidae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Bissekty Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Turonian) of Uzbekistan

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Alexander Averianov;Alexander Averianov

  • Correlation of Late Cretaceous continental vertebrate assemblages in Middle and Central Asia

    A. Averianov;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • New records of Azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the late Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia

    A. O. Averianov

  • Turanoceratops tardabilis--the first ceratopsid dinosaur from Asia.

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Alexander Averianov

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Dieter Sues
Hans-Dieter Sues National Museum of Natural History
Gareth J. Dyke
Gareth J. Dyke University of Debrecen
Stephen L. Brusatte
Stephen L. Brusatte University of Edinburgh
Ian B. Butler
Ian B. Butler University of Edinburgh
Susan E. Evans
Susan E. Evans University College London
Lawrence M. Witmer
Lawrence M. Witmer Ohio University

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