ALEXEY S. TESAKOV

Head of the Laboratory of Quaternary Stratigraphy, Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Scientific field: Fossil small mammals and Late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene continental biostratigraphy of Eastern Europe. Evolution of voles.

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PUBLICATIONS:

1990-1992

• Magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic researches in the type area of the Psekups faunistic complex. Bulluten Komissii po Izucheniyu Chetvertichnogo Perioda N 59, 1990, p. 81-93. (Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A., Tesakov A.S.)
• Psekups faunistic complex. Bulletin of Natural History Society of Moscow, ser. geol., v. 65, N 3, 1990, p.134. (Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A., Tesakov A.S.)
• Position of the Taman faunistic complex within stratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic scales. Bulluten Komissii po Izucheniyu Chetvertichnogo Perioda, N 60, 1991, p. 41-52. (Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A., Tesakov A.S.)
• First find of Mimomys pitymyoides (Mammalia, Rodentia) in the territory of the USSR. Bulletin of Natural History Society of Moscow, div. geol., v. 66, N4, 1991, p.134.
• Myriapod-like arthropodes in the lower Devonian of the central Khazakhstan. Paleontologicheskyi Zhurnal, N 3, 1992, p. 15-19. (Tesakov A.S., Alexeev A.S.)
• The first reliably identified macaque (Cercopythecidae, Primates) from the Pliocene of the Ukraine. Paleontologicheskyi Zhurnal, 26(4), 1992, p. 55-61 (Tesakov A.S., Maschenko E.N.). Text.

1993

• Evolution of Borsodia (Arvicolidae, Mammalia) in the Villanyian and in the Early Biharian. Quaternary International, 1993, vol. 19, pp. 41-45. Abstract
• Late Holocene locality of fauna and flora near Luchinskoe village in the Istra district of Moscow region. Bull. of Regional Interministry Stratigraphic Commission on Central and South of Russian Plain, 1993, N 2, pp. 174 - 178. (Tesakov A.S., Gablina S.S., Simakova A.N., Ratnikov V.Yu.)
• On geology and biostratigraphy of the Sevsk Mammoth Site. Bull. of Regional Interministry Stratigraphic Commission on Central and South of Russian Plain, 1993, N 2, pp. 173 - 174. (Tesakov A.S., Maschenko E.N., Gablina S.S., Fillipova N.Yu.).
• Small Mammals of the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene from the South of Eastern Europe. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation, 1993, vol. 1, N 3, 92-96. Abstract.

1994

• New data on geology and small mammals of the Kryzhanovka section. Abstracts of all-Russia Conference on Study of Quaternary, Moscow, 1994, p. 229.
• Changes of mammalian fauna and paleoclimate at the Turolian-Ruscinian boundary. Voprosy teriologii. Paleoteriologiya (Paleotheriology). Moscow. Nauka. 1994. pp. 262-267. (Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A., Tesakov A.S.).
• First find of Mimomys pitymyoides (Mammalia, Rodentia) in the Northern Caucasus and its stratigraphic significance. Byull. Komis. Izuch. Chetvert. Perioda, N 61, 1994, pp. 43 - 46.

1995

• Chronological relationships of Pliocene deposits in fluviatile plains between Prut and Southern Bug Rivers, Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation, 1995, 3, N 1, pp. 54 - 64 (Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A., Tesakov A.S.). Abstract. Text.
• Evolution of small mammal communities from the south of Eastern Europe near the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 1995, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 121 - 127. Abstract.

1996

• Ruscinian from the territory of the former Soviet Union. Newsl. Stratigraphy, 1996, 33(2), pp. 77-97. (Pevzner M.A., Vangengeim E.A., Vislobokova I.A., Sotnikova M.V., Tesakov A.S.). Abstract.
• Evolution of bank voles (Clethrionomys, Arvicolinae) in late Pliocene and early Pleistocene of Eastern Europe. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 1996, vol. 39, 1, pp. 541-547. Abstract. Text.
• Paleogeographic environment in the north-western margin of the Black Sea, in early Pliocene, Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation.1996, v.4, N2, pp. 106-109. (Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A., Tesakov A.S.).

1997

• The evolution of the schmelzmuster of Lagurini (Arvicolinae, Rodentia), Palaeontographica B, 1997, 245, pp. 45-61 (W. von Koenigswald, Tesakov A.S.). Abstract.
• Evolutionary trends in Mio-Pliocene Leporinae, based on Trischizolagus (Mammalia, Lagomorpha). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, Bd. 71, Hf. 1/2. P.145-153, 1997 (Averianov A.O., Tesakov A.S.). Abstract.

1998

• Voles of the Tegelen fauna, Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO, 60, 71-134, 1998. Abstract.  Text.
• The early Pleistocene Mimomys hordijki sp. nov. from the Zuurland borehole (The Netherlands). Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO, 63, pp. 187-192. (van Kolfschoten T. & Tesakov A.S.). Abstract. Text.
• Evolution of Plio-Pleistocene voles with the special reference to to demographic features of fossil assemblages.Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen TNO, 60, 555-564, 1998. (Kazantseva N.E. & Tesakov A.S.).Text. Abstract.
• The Early Evolution of Microtus. Eds. Robert Martin & Alexey Tesakov. Paludicola (Scientific scontributions of the Rochester Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology) Spec.issue., vol.2, no.1, 1998.
• Introductory remarks: Does Allophaiomys exist? Paludicola, vol.2, no.1, pp. 1-7, 1998. (Martin R.A.& Tesakov A.S.). Abstract. Text
• Early stage of Allophaiomys evolution in eastern Europe. Paludicola, vol.2, no.1, pp. 98-105, 1998. Abstract.
• The position of the Tizdar Locality (Taman Peninsula, Russia) in the magnetochronological scale. Paludicola, vol.2, no.1, pp. 95-97, 1998. (Pevzner M.A., Tesakov A.S., Vangengem E.A.). Abstract.
• Abstracts at the All-Russia Quaternary Conference, St.-Petersburg, September, 1998.
• A.S.Tesakov, Alekseev A.S. 1998. Maldybulakia - new name for Lophodesmus Tesakov & Alekseev, 1992 (Arthropoda). Paleontological Journal. 32:49.
• A milk tooth of Pliocene otter. Lutreola, 1996, no.7, pp.21-22, Moscow, 1998. (Averianov A.O.& Tesakov A.S.).
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• The Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from the Early Pliocene Kosyakino Locality of the Northern Caucasus.Paleontological Journal. 1998, no.3, pp.305. (Averianov A.O.& Tesakov A.S.). Abstract.

1999

• Findings of the Oldest Rootless Voles Allophaiomys and Prolagurus in Eastern Europe. Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences /Earth Science Section, Vol. 366, No. 4, 1999, p. 452. (Tesakov, A. S., Vangengeim, E.A., Pevzner, M.A.) Abstract [in Russian], Text [in Russian]

2000

• Some comments on small mammal fauna of Domashkinskie Vershiny (collection of L.P.Alexandrova, 1973). In: Yakhemovitch V.L., Yakovlev A.G. (Eds.): Domashkinskie Vershiny, reference section of Pliocene and Pleistocene. Gilem, Ufa. pp.70-71, 84. Abstract.

2001

• New data on Plio-Pleistocene jerboas of the genus Plioscirtopoda from Eastern Europe (Mammalia, Dipodidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 9, 237-244. Abstract. Text.
• The sequence of Plio-Pleistocene mammal faunas from the south Russian Plain (the Azov Region). Boll. Soc. Paleontol. Italiana, 2001, v.40, 2, pp.133-138. (Baigusheva V.S., Titov V.V., Tesakov A.S.). Abstract.
• Quaternary zonal subdivision of Eastern Europe based on vole evolution. Boll. Soc. Paleontol. Italiana, 2001, v.40, n. 2, pp. 269-274 (Pevzner M. A.,Vangengeim E.A., Tesakov A.S.). Abstract.

2002

• Author's abridged version of Thesis Cand.Geol.-Min.Sci. Biostratigraphy of Middle Pliocene - Eopleistocene of south part of Eastern Europe (based on small mammals). (In Russian).
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• Prolagus (Lagomorpha, Prolagidae) from the Pliocene of Moldova and Ukraine. Paleonotological Journal, v.36, n.1, 80-86 (Tesakov A.S., Averianov A.O.). Abstract.

2003

• Sarkel, a new locality of Tamanian theriofauna in the lower Don River area. In: Theriofauna of Russia and adjacent areas. VII Congress of the Theriological Society. Volume of abstracts. p.236, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow. (Nikolsky P.A., Tesakov A.S.) Abstract.
• New Late Miocene theriofauna from the Morskaya 2 locality. In: Theriofauna of Russia and adjacent areas. VII Congress of the Theriological Society. Volume of abstracts. p.347-348, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow. (Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V.) Abstract.
• Geological settings of small mammal faunas in the east of the Sea of Azov. In: Dodonov A.E. , Velichko A.A. (Eds.), Loess and Paleoenvironment, 60-61; Moscow (Geos). (Tesakov A.S., Dodonov A.E., Titov V.V., Trubikhin V.M.). Abstract.
• Early evolutionary stages of pytimyoid mimomyine voles (Pitymimomys, Arvicolinae, Cricetidae) from Early Villanyian of Eastern Europe. Coloquios de Paleontologia. vol.ext. 1, 659-668. Abstract.
• Late Miocene - early Pliocene porcupines (Rodentia, Hystricidae) from south European Russia. Russian Journal of Theriology, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 26-32. (Lopatin A.V., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V.) Abstract. Text
• Red-backed voles (Clethrionomys) in Plio-Pleistocene of Europe. In: Averianov, A.O. & Abramson, Natalia [Eds.]: Systematics, phylogeny and paleontology of small mammals. 209-210. Abstract.

2004

• Biostratigraphy of Middle Pliocene -- Eopleistocene of Eastern Europe (based on small mammals). Moscow: Nauka, 247 p. Abstract. Text. 15 Mb View.
• Early Pliocene arvicolid faunas from Eastern Europe. In: Maul, L.C., Kahlke, R.-D. (Eds.), 18th International Senckenberg Conference, VI International Palaeontological Colloquium in Weimar—‘‘Late Neogene and Quaternary biodiversity and evolution: Regional developments and interregional correlations’’. Weimar (Germany), 25th–30th April, 2004. Conference Volume. Terra Nostra 2004 (2), p. Abstract.
• Zonal subdivision of continental deposits of Middle-Late Pliocene of East Europe (based on small mammals). In: Maul, L.C., Kahlke, R.-D. (Eds.), 18th International Senckenberg Conference, VI International Palaeontological Colloquium in Weimar—‘‘Late Neogene and Quaternary biodiversity and evolution: Regional developments and interregional correlations’’. Weimar (Germany), 25th–30th April, 2004. Conference Volume. Terra Nostra 2004 (2), p. (Tesakov A.S., Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A.) Abstract.
• Water vole (Arvicola, Arvicolinae, Rodentia) from the Khazar deposits of the Lower Volga. In: Ecology of Anthropogene and Contemporaneity: Nature and Man. S.Petersburg, Humanistica. 138-139. (Kirillova I.V., Tesakov A.S.)
• The fossil shrew Cretasorex arkhangelskyi Nessov et Gureev, 1981 from Uzbekistan - the systematic position among Soricidae, taxonomic status and geological age. Russian Journal of Theriology, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 5-8. (Lopatin A.V., Tesakov A.S.) Abstract. Text.
• New data on Pleistocene fauna of small mammals from the northeastern coast of the Laptev Sea (Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island and Bykovsky Peninsula). In: Nikolsky P.A. & Pitulko V.V. (eds.) Natural history of the Russian East Arctics in Pleistocene and Holocene. Moscow: Geos, pp. 27-31. (Kuznetsova T.V., Tesakov A.S.) Abstract. Text.

2005

• Ruscinian and Lower Villafranchian: age of boundaries and position in magnetochronological scale. Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 530-546. (Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A., Tesakov A.S.) Abstract. Text.
• Recent data on fossil mammals from Upper Pliocene deposits of the eastern Stavropol Region. In: Podobina V.M. (ed.) Evlution of life on the Earth. Tomsk: Tomsk State University, 309-314. (Tesakov A.S., Pismenskaya G.A.) Abstract. Text.
• Pliocene voles (Pliomys, Arvicolinae, Rodentia) from Odessa Catacombs. Russian Journal of Theriology, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 123-135. Abstract. Text.

2006

• The Sevsk woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) site in Russia: Taphonomic, biological and behavioral interpretations. Quaternary International, vols. 142-143, pp. 147-165. (Maschenko E.N., Gablina S.S., Tesakov A.S., Simakova A.N.) Abstract.
• The first record of Late Miocene bat from European Russia. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, vol. 49A, nos. 1-2, pp. 125-133. (Rossina V.V., Kruskop S.V., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V.) Abstract. Text.
• Early Middle Pleistocene red-backed voles (Clethrionomys) from Kozi Grzbiet (Poland) and their significance for the reconstruction of the phylogeny of European bank voles. In: Alexeeva N.V, Erbajeva M.A., Mironov N.G. (Eds.) Stratigraphy, paleontology and paleoenvironment of Pliocene-Pleistocene of Transbaikalia and interregional correlations. Abstracts. Ulan-Ude, p.89 (Tesakov A.S., Nadachowski A.)
• Late Miocene and Pliocene large land mammals and climatic changes in Eurasia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 238, pp. 219-227. (Fortelius M., Eronen J., Liu L., Pushkina D., Tesakov A., Vislobokova I., Zhang Z.Q.)
• First Representative Vertebrate Fauna of Late Miocene in the South of the European Russia. Doklady Biological Sciences. vol. 411, no. 5, pp. 508-509. (Titov V.V., Tesakov A.S., Danilov I.G., Danukalova G.A., Maschenko E.N., Panteleev A.V., Sotnikova M.V., Sychevskaya E.K.)
• New form of rhizodont voles (Rodentia, Arvicolinae, Clethrionomyini) from Pleistocene of Central Altai (Russia). Russian Journal of Theriology, 5 (2), 79-83 (Serdyuk, N.V. & Tesakov, A.S.)
• Age of the Vallesian Lower Boundary (Continental Miocene of Europe). Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. vol. 14, no. 6, 655-667 (Vangengeim E.A., Lungu A.N., Tesakov A.S.) Abstract.
  

• Plio-pleistocene geological record and small mammal faunas, eastern shore of the Azov Sea, Southern European Russia. Quaternary International. 160, 1, 57-69. Tesakov A.S., Dodonov A.E., Titov V.V., Trubikhin V.M. Abstract.
• New data on the stratigraphy of Pliocene-Quaternary deposits of lower Don area: sections along coasts of Tsymla Reservoir. In: Yu.B.Gladenkov (ed.) Geological events of Neogene and Quaternary of Russia: modern stratigraphic schemes and paleogeographic reconstructions. Geos, Moscow, pp. 43-53 (in Russian). ( Dodonov A.E., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V., Inozemtsev S.A., Simakova A.N., Nikolsky P.A., Trubikhin V.M.).
• Recent discussions on the Neogene-Quaternary boundary. In: Yu.B.Gladenkov (ed.) Geological events of Neogene and Quaternary of Russia: modern stratigraphic schemes and paleogeographic reconstructions. Geos, Moscow, pp. 90-95 (in Russian).
• Molecular phylogeny of the genus Alticola (Cricetidae, Rodentia): evidence for parallel adaptive evolution. Hystrix The Italian Journal of Mammology. Abstracts of the V European Congress of Mammology. Siena, Italy. 21-26 September, 2007. Vol. 1: p.15. (Lebedev V.S., Bannikova A.A., Tesakov A.S., Abramson N.I.). Text.
• Late Pleistocene small mammals from the Wannenköpfe volcanoes (Neuwied Basin, western Germany) with remarks on the stratigraphic range of Arvicola terrestris. Geobios, 40, 5, pp. 609–623. (Kalthoff D., Mörs T., Tesakov A.S.). Abstract.
• Arvicolid zonation of continental Pliocene deposits of East Europe. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 259: 229 – 236. (Tesakov A.S., Vangengeim E.A., Pevzner M.A.). Abstract.
• Upper Pliocene and Pleistocene bio-climatic units of south Russia in the context of Quaternary subdivision. Abstracts of the  XVII INQUA Congress, Cairns, Australia. Quaternary International. 167–168, p. 100 (Dodonov A.E., Sotnikova M.V., Tesakov A.S.).
• Molecular phylogeny of the genus Alticola (Cricetidae, Rodentia) as inferred from the sequence of the cytochrome b gene. Zoologica Scripta, 36, 6, pp. 547-563. (Lebedev V.S., Bannikova A.A., Tesakov A.S., Abramson N.I.). Abstract.
•  Preliminary Examination of Select Arvicolid Rodent Sequences: Recognizing Global and Regional Patterns. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, suppl. no. 3, 112A-113A. (Martin R.A., Tesakov A.S., Agusti J., Marcolini F.). Abstract.

• Late Sarmatian Mammal Localities of the Eastern Paratethys: Stratigraphic Position, Magnetochronology, and Correlation
  with the European Continental Scale. Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. vol. 16, no. 1, 92-103. (Vangengeim E.A., Tesakov A.S.) 
• Maeotian Mammalian Localities of Eastern Paratethys: Magnetochronology and Position in European Continental Scales. Stratigraphy. Geological Correlation. vol. 16, no. 4, 437–450. (Vangengeim E.A., Tesakov A.S.).
• New mammalian elements of the Ice Age assemblage on the Sakhalin Island. Mammal Study 33: 87–92. (Kirillova I.V., Tesakov A.S.).
• Plio-Pleistocene mammalian biochronology of Russia: theory and practice. Abstracts of the 33 International Geological Congress. Oslo, Norway. August 6-14, 2008. (Tesakov A.S., Vangengeim E.A.). Text.
• Azovian Region in the system of Black Sea - Mediterranean corridor during Quaternary: Stratigraphic and paleoenvironmental aspects. Abstracts of the 33 International Geological Congress. Oslo, Norway. August 6-14, 2008. (Dodonov A.E., Sotnikova M.V., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V. Shchelinski V.E.). Text.
• Early Pleistocene red-backed voles (Clethrionomys, Arvicolinae, Rodentia) in lowlands of Western Siberia and East Europe. 11th International Conference on Rodent Biology, Rodens et Spatium. Myshkin Russia 24-28 July, 2008, p. 148. (Tesakov A.S., Borodin A.V.)
• The Taman fauna type locality of Sinyaya Balka: new data on its geology and biostratigraphy. Early Paleolithic of Eurasia: new discoveries. International Conference. Krasnodar – Temriuk, 1–6 September 2008, Rostov-on-Don. pp. 135-138. (Dodonov A.E., Tesakov A.S., Simakova A.N.) Text.
• Paleomagnetism of bone-bearing deposits of the site Sinyaya Balka/Bogatyri. Early Paleolithic of Eurasia: new discoveries. International Conference. Krasnodar – Temriuk, 1–6 September 2008, Rostov-on-Don. pp. 138-139. (Dodonov A.E., Trubikhin V.M., Tesakov A.S.) Text.
• Early Paleolithic sites on the Taman Peninsula (southern Azov Sea Region). Early Paleolithic of Eurasia: new discoveries. International Conference. Krasnodar – Temriuk, 1–6 September 2008, Rostov-on-Don. pp. 109-114. (Shchelinsky V.E., Dodonov A.E., Baigusheva V.S., Kulakov S.A., Simakova A.N., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V.) Text.
• Pleistocene chronostratigraphy and paleogeography in the south of the East European plain, with particular reference to the loess-soil formations studied in the eastern part of the Azov Sea Region. Early Paleolithic of Eurasia: new discoveries. International Conference. Krasnodar – Temriuk, 1–6 September 2008, Rostov-on-Don. pp. 187-188. (Velichko A.A., Morozova T.D., Timireva S.N., Nechaev V.P., Borisova O.K., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V., Semenov V.V., Kononov Yu.M.)
  
• Early Palaeolithic sites on the Taman Peninsula (Southern Azov Sea Region). International conference "The oldest human expansions in Eurasia.
  Favouring and limiting factors", Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 26, 27, 28 novembre, 2008, p. 33. (Shchelinsky V.E., Dodonov A.E.,  Baigusheva V.S., Kulakov S.A., Simakova A.N., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V.).
• Early Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Sarkel (Lower Don River area, Russia): mole voles (Ellobiusini, Rodentia). Russian Journal of Theriology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 81-88. Text.

• Progressively cooler, drier interglacials in southern Russia through the Quaternary: Evidence from the Sea of Azov region. Quaternary International, 198, 1-2. (Loess in the Danube Region and Surrounding Loess Provinces: The Marsigli Memorial Volume). P. 204-219. (Velichko A.A., Catto N.R., Kononov M.Y, Morozova T.D., Novenko E.Yu., Panin P.G., Ryskov G.Ya., Semenov V.V., Timireva S.N., Titov V.V. and Tesakov A.S.)
• Mole voles (Ellobiusini, Arvicolinae) as markers of Early Pleistocen Eurasian-African biotic connections. The Quaternary of southern Spain: a bridge between Africa and the Alpine domain. Abstr. of 2009 annual meeting SEQS. Sept. 28 - Oct. 3, 2009, Orce and Lucena, Spain. 2009. P. 52-53. (Tesakov A.S., Geraads D.) Abstract.
• Supraspecies relationships in the subfamily Arvicolinae (Rodentia, Cricetidae): an unexpected result of nuclear gene analysis. Molecular Biology, Vol. 43, No. 5, 834-846. (Abramson N.I., Lebedev V.S., Tesakov A.S., Bannikova A.A.). Abstract.
• Radiation events in the subfamily Arvicolinae (Rodentia): Evidence from nuclear genes. Doklady Biological Sciences. V.428. N.1. P.458-461. (Abramson N.I., Lebedev V.S., Bannikova A.A., Tesakov A.S.). 
• Supraspecies phylogenetic relationships in the subfamily Arvicolinae (voles and lemmings): nuclear versus mitochondrial genes. Could hard polytomies be resolved? In: Modern achievements in population, evolutionary and ecological genetics (MAPEEG – 2009). -
  Vladivostok. p. 8. (Abramson N.I., Kostygov A.Yu., Lebedev V.S., Tesakov A.S., Bannikova A.A.).

• Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the Asian lineage of vole genus Microtus (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) inferredfrom mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence. Biological Journal of of the Linnean Society, 99, 595–613.  (Bannikova A.A., Lebedev V.S., Lissovsky A.A, Matrosova V., Abramson N.I., Obolenskaya E.V., Tesakov A.S.). Abstract.
• Early Palaeolithic sites on the Taman Peninsula (Southern Azov Sea region, Russia): Bogatyri/Sinyaya Balka and Rodniki. Quaternary International. V. 223-224, pp. 28-35. (Shchelinsky V.E., Dodonov A.E., Baigusheva V.S., Kulakov S.A., Simakova A.N., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V.) Abstract.
• New small mammal faunas of Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene from northern Caucasus and lower don area. In: V.V. Titov, A.S.Tesakov (Eds.) Quaternary Stratigraphy and paleontology of the southern Russia. Volume of abstracts. 2010 annual meeting of INQUA-SEQS. Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 21-26, 2010. p. 168. Text.
• Gorkaya Balka: a reference Quaternary section in the North Caucasus (Krasnodar Region, Russia). In: V.V. Titov, A.S.Tesakov (Eds.) Quaternary Stratigraphy and paleontology of the southern Russia. Volume of abstracts. 2010 annual meeting of INQUA-SEQS. Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 21-26, 2010. p. 169-170. (Tesakov A.S., Simakova A.N., Inozemtsev S.A., Titov V.V.) Text.
• Early Paleolithic sites in the Azov Sea region: stratigraphic position, stone associations, and new discoveries. In: V.V. Titov, A.S.Tesakov (Eds.) Quaternary Stratigraphy and paleontology of the southern Russia. Volume of abstracts. 2010 annual meeting of INQUA-SEQS. Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 21-26, 2010. p. 169-170. (Shchelinsky V.E., Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V.) Text.
• Development of paleopedogenesis in early Pleistocene in territory of the Ciscaucasia (Temizhbeksky section, middle course of the Kuban River). In: V.V. Titov, A.S.Tesakov (Eds.) Quaternary Stratigraphy and paleontology of the southern Russia. Volume of abstracts. 2010 annual meeting of INQUA-SEQS. Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 21-26, 2010. p. 59-60. (Inozemtsev S.A., Tesakov A.S., Targulian V.A., Sedov S., Shorkunov I.) Text.
• Biostratigraphy of arvicoline assemblages from the Zuurland (the Netherlands) drilling project. In: V.V. Titov, A.S.Tesakov (Eds.) Quaternary Stratigraphy and paleontology of the southern Russia. Volume of abstracts. 2010 annual meeting of INQUA-SEQS. Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 21-26, 2010. p. 75. (van Kolfschoten T., Tesakov A.S.) Text.

• Tesakov A.S., Lebedev V.S., Bannikova A.A., Abramson N.I. 2010 (2011). Clethrionomys Tilesius, 1850 is the valid generic name for red-backed voles and Myodes Pallas, 1811 is a junior synonym of Lemmus Link, 1795. Russian Journal of Theriology, 9 (2), 83-86. Abstract. Text.
• Tracing long lineages of arvicolids: myths, problems, and hypotheses. In:  Abstracts of the International colloquim in honour of Prof. Dr. Oldrich Fejfar D.Sc. on occasion of his 80th birthday: Late Cenozoic mammals: fossil record, biostratigraphy, paleoecology. May 16-19, 2011. Prague.
• Tesakov A.S., van Kolfschoten T. 2011. The Early Pleistocene Mimomys hordijki (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) from Europe and the origin of modern neartctic sagebrush voles (Lemmiscus). Palaeontologia Electronica, 14 (3), 1-11. Abstract. Text.
• BaygushevaV.S., Vangengeim E.A.,  Tesakov A.S., Titov V.V., Shvyreva A.K. 2011. Comments on the article by E.N. Mashchenko “Evolution of the elephants of the mammoth lineage in the Northern Caucasus(Russia) in the Pliocene and Pleistocene”. Proceedings of thу Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St.-Petersburg, Vol. 315, No. 4, pp. 483-493 [in Russian, English abstract]. Abstract.