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Martín D. Ezcurra is a researcher affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, with a focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans key areas including Paleontology and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research largely centers on Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology. Additional topics covered in their publications include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Morphological variations and asymmetry, and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Martín D. Ezcurra has contributed to several scientific papers, notable among these are:

  • Enigmatic dinosaur precursors bridge the gap to the origin of Pterosauria, 2020, Nature
  • Exploring the effects of weighting against homoplasy in genealogies of palaeontological phylogenetic matrices, 2024, Cladistics

Frequent collaborators in their research include Fernando E. Novas, Federico L. Agnolín, Agustín G. Martinelli, Julia B. Desojo, and Max C. Langer.

Martín D. Ezcurra's work has been published in various academic venues, with recurring publications in:

  • The Anatomical Record
  • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • Ameghiniana
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Scientific Reports

Their academic output includes significant contributions to the understanding of dinosaur origins, paleontological phylogenetics, and broader evolutionary processes. Their research aligns with established scientific disciplines within the geological and environmental sciences, contributing to interdisciplinary dialogues on Earth's biological history and conservation.

Best Publications

  • The origin and early evolution of dinosaurs

    Max C. Langer;Martin Daniel Ezcurra;Jonathas de Souza Bittencourt;Fernando Emilio Novas

  • Evolution of the carnivorous dinosaurs during the Cretaceous: The evidence from Patagonia

    Fernando E. Novas;Federico L. Agnolín;Martín D. Ezcurra;Juan Porfiri

  • A New Global Palaeobiogeographical Model for the Late Mesozoic and Early Tertiary

    Martín D. Ezcurra;Federico L. Agnolín

  • A new early dinosaur (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Argentina: a reassessment of dinosaur origin and phylogeny

    Martin D. Ezcurra

  • Deep faunistic turnovers preceded the rise of dinosaurs in southwestern Pangaea

    Martín D. Ezcurra;Lucas E. Fiorelli;Agustín G. Martinelli;Sebastián Rocher

  • The Origin and Early Evolution of Sauria: Reassessing the Permian Saurian Fossil Record and the Timing of the Crocodile-Lizard Divergence

    Martín D. Ezcurra;Torsten M. Scheyer;Richard J. Butler

  • A reappraisal of the Cretaceous non-avian dinosaur faunas from Australia and New Zealand: evidence for their Gondwanan affinities

    Federico L. Agnolin;Martín D. Ezcurra;Diego F. Pais;Steven W. Salisbury

  • The rise of the ruling reptiles and ecosystem recovery from the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

    Martín D. Ezcurra;Martín D. Ezcurra;Richard J. Butler

  • Untangling the dinosaur family tree

    Max C. Langer;Martin Daniel Ezcurra;Oliver Walter Mischa Rauhut;Michael J. Benton

  • A review of the systematic position of the dinosauriform archosaur Eucoelophysis baldwini sullivan & lucas, 1999 from the upper triassic of New Mexico, USA

    Martín D. Ezcurra

  • Juvenile specimen of Megaraptor (Dinosauria, Theropoda) sheds light about tyrannosauroid radiation

    Juan D. Porfiri;Fernando Emilio Novas;Jorge Calvo;Federico L. Agnolin

  • Orkoraptor burkei nov. gen. et sp., a large theropod from the Maastrichtian Pari Aike Formation, Southern Patagonia, Argentina

    Fernando E. Novas;Martín D. Ezcurra;Agustina Lecuona

  • New dinosaur species from the Upper Triassic Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram formations of Central India

    Fernando E. Novas;Martin D. Ezcurra;Sankar Chatterjee;T. S. Kutty

  • An unusual new archosauriform from the Middle–Late Triassic of southern Brazil and the monophyly of Doswelliidae

    Julia B. Desojo;Martin D. Ezcurra;Cesar L. Schultz

  • Biogeography of Triassic tetrapods: evidence for provincialism and driven sympatric cladogenesis in the early evolution of modern tetrapod lineages

    Martin D. Ezcurra

  • An enigmatic plant-eating theropod from the Late Jurassic period of Chile

    Fernando E. Novas;Leonardo Salgado;Leonardo Salgado;Manuel Suárez;Federico L. Agnolín

  • A Megaraptor-like theropod (Dinosauria: Tetanurae) in Australia: support for faunal exchange across eastern and western Gondwana in the Mid-Cretaceous.

    Nathan D Smith;Nathan D Smith;Peter J Makovicky;Federico L Agnolin;Martín D Ezcurra

  • Mass extinctions drove increased global faunal cosmopolitanism on the supercontinent Pangaea.

    David J. Button;David J. Button;David J. Button;Graeme T. Lloyd;Martín D. Ezcurra;Martín D. Ezcurra;Richard J. Butler

  • Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina

    Fernando Novas;Federico Agnolin;Sebastián Rozadilla;Alexis Aranciaga-Rolando

  • The Late Triassic Ischigualasto Formation at Cerro Las Lajas (La Rioja, Argentina): fossil tetrapods, high-resolution chronostratigraphy, and faunal correlations

    Julia B. Desojo;Julia B. Desojo;Lucas E. Fiorelli;Martín D. Ezcurra;Agustín G. Martinelli

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the Triassic theropod Zupaysaurus rougieri from NW Argentina

    Martin D. Ezcurra;Fernando E. Novas

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Butler
Richard J. Butler University of Birmingham
Fernando E. Novas
Fernando E. Novas Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum
Agustín G. Martinelli
Agustín G. Martinelli National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Max C. Langer
Max C. Langer Universidade de São Paulo
Sterling J. Nesbitt
Sterling J. Nesbitt Virginia Tech
David J. Gower
David J. Gower Natural History Museum
Randall B. Irmis
Randall B. Irmis University of Utah
Roger B. J. Benson
Roger B. J. Benson University of Oxford
Stephen L. Brusatte
Stephen L. Brusatte University of Edinburgh
Diego Pol
Diego Pol National Scientific and Technical Research Council

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