Vladimir Georgiev Nikolov [publications]

Nikolov, V., Hristova, L., Markov, G., Bogdanova, R., Spassov, N., 2025. From the dinosaurs to the earliest human ancestors: The vertebrate palaeontology at the National Museum of Natural History-BAS. Part 3. — Geology and Mineral Resources, 32 (4—5): 37—43.

Nikolov, V., Hristova, L., Markov, G., Bogdanova, R., Spassov, N., 2025. From the dinosaurs to the earliest human ancestors: The vertebrate palaeontology at the National Museum of Natural History-BAS. Part 2. — Geology and Mineral Resources, 32 (2—3): 39—44.

Nikolov, V., Hristova, L., Markov, G., Bogdanova, R., Spassov, N., 2025. From the dinosaurs to the earliest human ancestors: The vertebrate palaeontology at the National Museum of Natural History-BAS. Part 1. — Geology and Mineral Resources, 32 (1): 29—34.

Nikolov, V., Andreev, P., Voykov, G., Dochev, D., 2025. The first record of gars (Ginglymodi: Lepisosteidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bulgaria reveals a wider paleogeographic distribution of lepisosteids within the European Archipelago. — Cretaceous Research, 165: 105985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2024.105985

Nikolov, V., Simov, N., Vasile, Ş., Csiki-Sava, Z., Dochev, D., Yaneva, M., Bogdanova, R., Hristova, L., 2024. Problematic fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of western Bulgaria might be the first record of Mesozoic insects in the country. — Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 85 (3): 73—76. https://doi.org/10.52215/rev.bgs.2024.85.3.73

Nikolov, V., Metodiev, L., Dochev, D., Dimitrov, D., Hristova, L., 2024. New Middle Triassic fossil site with remains of fish and marine reptiles near the village of Tserovo, western Stara Planina Mountain, Bulgaria. — Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 85 (3): 69—72. https://doi.org/10.52215/rev.bgs.2024.85.3.69

Nikolov, V., Dochev, D., Brusatte, S. L., 2024. The ontogenetic status of a small hadrosauroid dinosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous of Bulgaria, and implications for the paleobiogeography and assembly of European island faunas. — Cretaceous Research, 157: 105819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105819

Nikolov, V., 2024. The Bulgarian fossil record of Mosasauridae. — In: Jagt, J. W. M., Jagt-Yazykova, E. A., del Prado Rebordinos, A., Teschner, E. M. (eds) 7th Triennial Mosasaur Meeting — A global perspective on Mesozoic marine amniotes. Abstract volume and Programme, Maastricht, September 12—15, 2024, 138—141.

Hristova, L., Dochev, D., Metodiev, L., Nikolov, V., 2023. Cetacean and hipparion fossils from the upper Miocene near General Marinovo Village, NW Bulgaria. — Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 84 (3): 177—180. https://doi.org/10.52215/rev.bgs.2023.84.3.177

Nikolov, V., Hristova, L., Spassov, N., 2022. Preliminary data on the metapodial bone histology of hipparionins from the upper Miocene locality Hadjidimovo, Southwestern Bulgaria. — 6th International Symposium on Palaehistology, Programme and Abstracts, 39.

Nikolov, V., 2022. A whisper from within the fossil bone: Dinosaurs, mammals, and the birth of paleohistological research in Bulgaria. — XXII International Congress of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association, ABSTRACTS, 45.

Nikolov, V., Dochev, D., Metodiev, L., Dimitrov, D., Velyanova, G., Hristova, L., 2021. Triassic marine reptiles and other fossil vertebrates from the area of Godech, Western Bulgaria. — Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 82 (3): 118—120. https://doi.org/10.52215/rev.bgs.2021.82.3.118

Nikolov, V., Yaneva, M., Dochev, D., Konyovska, R., Sergeeva, I., Hristova, L., 2020. Bone histology reveals the first record of titanosaur (Dinosauria; Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bulgaria. — Palaeontologia Electronica, 23 (1): a10. https://doi.org/10.26879/879

Nikolov, V., Dochev, D., Pavlishina, P., Brusatte, S., Yaneva, M., Konyovska, R., Vergilov, V., Simov, N., Spassov, N., Hristova, L., 2020. Welcome to “Cretaceous Park”: Three years of research at the Late Cretaceous tetrapod fossil site near the town of Tran, Western Srednogorie. — Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 81 (3): 141—143.

Pavlishina, P., Dochev, D., Nikolov, V., Yaneva, M., Konyovska, R., 2019. Palynostratigraphy of dinosaur bone-bearing deposits from the Upper Cretaceous of Western Bulgaria. — Acta Geologica Polonica, 69 (4): 617—626. https://doi.org/10.24425/agp.2019.126443

Nikolov, V., Pavlishina, P., Yaneva, M., Dochev, D., Konyovska, R., Hristova, L., 2018. Late Cretaceous dinosaur remains and other tetrapod fauna from the vicinity of Tran town (Western Srednogorie). — National Conference with international participation ‘GEOSCIENCES 2018’. Review of Bulgarian Geological Society, 79 (3): 99—100.

Nikolov, V., 2015. Osteohistology of the hadrosauroid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from Labirinta cave, Bulgaria: An example of insular dwarfism or simply young giant? — 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology, Program and Abstracts, p. 97.