Dr. Varriale is a vertebrate paleontologist whose research involves examining the functional morphology, biomechanics, and dental microwear of herbivorous dinosaurs to understand their evolutionary history.
Education
Ph.D., Functional Anatomy & Evolution, Johns Hopkins University
Publications, Presentations, and Conferences
Bortz*, J., & Varriale, F. J. (2025). Jaw dropping mechanics: Preliminary insights from a simplified analysis of shark jaw properties. 100th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science Abstract Booklet, 13.
Varriale, F. J., & Maya-Romero*, A. (2024). Dental wear facets in Pachycephalosauridae are more similar than previously thought. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 44(Supp), 548.
Rayburn, K. C., Logan, K., Varriale, F. J., Son, M., & Phillips, G. (2023). New instances of ceratopsian (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) teeth from Appalachia imply multiphase Late Cretaceous migrations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 43(Supp), 359–360.
Wu*, K. Y., Heuck, J., Varriale, F. J., & Farke, A. (2023). A baenid turtle shell from the Mesaverde Formation (Campanian, Late Cretaceous) of Park County, Wyoming, USA. Peer Community Journal, 3, e62. https://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.297
Gilla*, T., & Varriale, F. J. (2022). A comparison of dental microwear between two cusps from M1 tooth of Mesodma (Mammalia: Multituberculata). 97th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science Abstract Book, 13.
Varriale, F. J. (2019). Jaw translation and dietary differences in marginocephalian dinosaurs inferred from quantitative dental microwear. 11th North American Paleontological Conference, June 23-27, Program with Abstracts, PaleoBios, 36(Supplement 1), 360.
