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Mario Urbina publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mario Urbina sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 107 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Mario Urbina D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mario Urbina sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mario Urbina is affiliated with the National University of San Marcos in Peru. Their research spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in multiple specialized subfields.

The main subfields Urbina has worked in include Paleontology, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Oceanography. Their research topics cover various aspects of marine biology and paleontology, emphasizing:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Urbina has frequently published in several scientific journals, particularly those focusing on earth sciences and marine research. The most frequent venues for their publications are:

  • Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Journal of Maps
  • Life
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Taphonomy of marine vertebrates of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru): Insights into the origin of an outstanding Fossil-Lagerstätte, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Extensive Diversity and Disparity of the Early Miocene Platanistoids (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in the Southeastern Pacific (Chilcatay Formation, Peru), 2020, Life
  • Vertebrate Palaeoecology of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru): Glimpses into the Ancient Humboldt Current Ecosystem, 2021, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of fossil bones from a Miocene marine Konservat-Lagerstätte, 2020, Journal of South American Earth Sciences
  • Late Neogene evolution of the Peruvian margin and its ecosystems: a synthesis from the Sacaco record, 2021, International Journal of Earth Sciences

Urbina collaborates regularly with a group of researchers, including:

  • Giovanni Bianucci
  • Alberto Collareta
  • Giulia Bosio
  • Claudio Di Celma
  • Elisa Malinverno

Best Publications

  • The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru

    Olivier Lambert;Giovanni Bianucci;Klaas Post;Christian de Muizon

  • Paleogene equatorial penguins challenge the proposed relationship between biogeography, diversity, and Cenozoic climate change

    Julia Allison Clarke;Daniel T. Ksepka;Marcelo Stucchi;Mario Urbina

  • Life in proto-Amazonia: Middle Miocene mammals from the Fitzcarrald Arch (Peruvian Amazonia)

    Julia V. Tejada-Lara;Julia V. Tejada-Lara;Julia V. Tejada-Lara;Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi;François Pujos;Patrice Baby

  • Earliest Mysticete from the Late Eocene of Peru Sheds New Light on the Origin of Baleen Whales

    Olivier Lambert;Manuel Martínez-Cáceres;Giovanni Bianucci;Claudio Di Celma

  • Exceptional occurrence of fossil baleen in shallow marine sediments of the Neogene Pisco Formation, Southern Peru

    Raúl Esperante;Leonard Brand;Kevin E. Nick;Orlando Poma

  • The evolution of feeding adaptations of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus

    Christian De Muizon;H. Gregory Mcdonald;Rodolfo Salas;Mario Urbina

  • Distribution of fossil marine vertebrates in Cerro Colorado, the type locality of the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan melvillei (Miocene, Pisco Formation, Peru)

    Giovanni Bianucci;Claudio Di Celma;Walter Landini;Klaas Post

  • A high resolution stratigraphic framework for the remarkable fossil cetacean assemblage of the Miocene/Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru

    Leonard Brand;Mario Urbina;Arthur Chadwick;Thomas J. DeVries

  • The youngest species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus and a reassessment of the relationships of the nothrothere sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra)

    Christian De Muizon;H. Gregory Mcdonald;Rodolfo Salas;Mario Urbina

  • SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UPPER MIOCENE PISCO FORMATION ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE LOWER ICA VALLEY (ICA DESERT, PERU)

    Claudio Di Celma;Elisa Malinverno;Giulia Bosio;Alberto Collareta

  • Did the giant extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon target small prey? Bite marks on marine mammal remains from the late Miocene of Peru

    Alberto Collareta;Olivier Lambert;Walter Landini;Claudio Di Celma

  • New Middle Eocene Whales from the Pisco Basin of Peru

    Mark D. Uhen;Nicholas D. Pyenson;Nicholas D. Pyenson;Thomas J. Devries;Mario Urbina

  • The Middle Miocene (Laventan) Fitzcarrald fauna, Amazonian Peru

    P.O. Antoine;R. Salas-Gismondi;P. Baby;Mouloud Benammi

  • A new early species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of Peru

    Christian De Muizon;H. Gregory Mcdonald;Rodolfo Salas;Mario Urbina

  • Una nueva especie de spheniscidae del Mioceno Tardío de la Formación Pisco, Perú

    Marcelo Stucchi;Mario Urbina;Alfredo Giraldo

  • The dolomite nodules enclosing fossil marine vertebrates in the East Pisco Basin, Peru: Field and petrographic insights into the Lagerstätte formation

    Karen Gariboldi;Anna Gioncada;Giulia Bosio;Elisa Malinverno

  • Piscivory in a Miocene Cetotheriidae of Peru: first record of fossilized stomach content for an extinct baleen-bearing whale.

    Alberto Collareta;Walter Landini;Olivier Lambert;Klaas Post

  • Inside baleen: Exceptional microstructure preservation in a late Miocene whale skeleton from Peru

    Anna Gioncada;Alberto Collareta;Karen Gariboldi;Olivier Lambert

  • Huaridelphis raimondii, a new early Miocene Squalodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Chilcatay Formation, Peru

    Olivier Lambert;Giovanni Bianucci;Mario Urbina

  • Fossil marine vertebrates of Cerro Los Quesos: Distribution of cetaceans, seals, crocodiles, seabirds, sharks, and bony fish in a late Miocene locality of the Pisco Basin, Peru

    Giovanni Bianucci;Claudio Di Celma;Alberto Collareta;Walter Landini

  • Taphonomy and palaeoecology of the lower Miocene marine vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (Chilcatay Formation, East Pisco Basin, southern Peru)

    Giovanni Bianucci;Alberto Collareta;Giulia Bosio;Walter Landini

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Bianucci
Giovanni Bianucci University of Pisa
Anna Gioncada
Anna Gioncada University of Pisa
Christian de Muizon
Christian de Muizon French National Museum of Natural History
Claudio Di Celma
Claudio Di Celma University of Camerino
Igor M. Villa
Igor M. Villa University of Milano-Bicocca
Pierre-Olivier Antoine
Pierre-Olivier Antoine University of Montpellier
Patrice Baby
Patrice Baby Paul Sabatier University
Giancarlo Molli
Giancarlo Molli University of Pisa
Nicolas Espurt
Nicolas Espurt Aix-Marseille University
Julia A. Clarke
Julia A. Clarke The University of Texas at Austin

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