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Dr. Lucas E. Fiorelli

Research Interests


Environments and paleoenvironments
· The Triassic, Cretaceous and Miocene of La Rioja, Argentina.
· The dinosaur nesting site of Sanagasta, La Rioja.
· Paleohydrothermalism
Vertebrates – Archosaurs and Mammals

· Crocodylomorpha.
· Dinosauria.
· Miocene mammals.
Oviparous vertebrate systematics and evolution
· Evolution of Mesozoic to present archosaurs.
· Phylogenetic relationships of amniote eggs.
Evolution of biomineralized systems
· Eggs and eggshell evolutionary trends, functional morphology and ecological adaptations.
· Vertebrate mineralized tissues and bone paleohistology.
Geology
· Sedimentology and Petrography.
Taphonomy, diagenesis and Lagerstätten
· Mesozoic continental sites and Dinosaur nesting sites.
· Vertebrate Lagerstätten, La Rioja, Argentina.
· Microbial biomediation and microbially induced fossilization.
Biogeography
· Mesozoic archosaur biogeography.

Position
​2014 - Assistant Researcher at CRILAR - CONICET
 
2012 - 2014 Post Doctoral Student at CRILAR - CONICET.
  

L a R i o j a ,  A r g e n t i n a 

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