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Bernat Vila i Ginestí was born on 25 August 1980 in Sabadell, Catalonia, has a degree in Geology at the University of Barcelona (2003) and a PhD of Sciences by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2010.) Since 1995 he has collaborated in the research of the Institut Català de Paleontologia. From early 2003 until late 2008 he worked at Consorci Ruta Minera (Berguedà Barcelona) conducting paleontological research before continuing his studies as a student researcher at the Institut Català de Paleontologia. In September 2007 he graduated at the Masters in paleontology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Since 2009 he is a member of the Research Group of the Mesozoic, recognized by the Generalitat of Catalonia.

His main research interest is the study of Mesozoic continental vertebrates with special interest in taxonomy, systematics and paleobiology of the sauropod dinosaurs. He has worked in the  study and modeling of dinosaur eggs and clutches, in biostratigraphy with eggshells, in classical ichnology,  in 3D analysis of dinosaur tracks, and the continental faunas of the end of the Cretaceous (chronostratigraphy and paleoecology). His PhD thesis, entitled “Los saurópodos del Cretácico superior del Sur de Europa: diversidad, icnología y biología reproductiva” was directed by Dr. Angel Galobart Lorente (Institut Català de Paleontologia) and Dr. Oriol Oms Llobet (UAB).

As a researcher Bernat Vila has published much of his research in international journals listed in the Science Citation Index, including PLoS One, Paleobiology; Lethaia, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Palaeontology, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cretaceous Research; Journal of Geological Society of London, and Ameghiniana.

He regularly attends international conferences, workshops and symposiums. He has been coordinator and / or collaborator in the organization of international symposia (International Symposium on Dinosaurs and other Vertebrate palaeoichnology; III Meeting of Young Researchers in Paleontology; 10th Symposium Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems) and since 1997 has participated in a dozen of research and scientific dissemination projects. Bernat Vila currently has collaborations with researchers from the University of Manchester and the University of Liverpool (England), the Montana State University (USA), the National Museum of Natural History in Lisbon (Portugal), the Muséedes Dinosaures d’Espéraza and the Museum of Natural History of Aix-en-Provence (France), and Grupo Aragosaurus (Spain), among others.

He has co-authored and / or edited several books and proceedings including "The Dinosaurs of the Pyrenees" (Zenobita Editions, 2005) and "Dinosaurios del Levante Peninsular (1st and 2nd edition, Institut Català de Paleontologia, 2008)," Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia "(Indiana University Press, 2011), Proceedings of the Third Meeting of Young Researchers in Paleontology (Zenobita Editions, 2005) and" Dinosaurs terriblemente large (EDC Omacha Fundación Natura, 2009). Since 2005 he has given over 20 lectures  and talks on paleontology, collaborated in scientific journals and has acted as scientific advisor of books and booklets. In 2009 he acted as advisor and participated in the filming of the science documentary series "Jurassic CSI" for National Geographic Channel.

Bernat Vila is a researcher with experience in field work. Since 1997  he has participated and / or managed in more than 30 locations in the Pleistocene paleontological excavations (Incarcal, Girona), Miocene (Can Canals, Dipòsit controlat de Can Mata, Costa del Bessó, Barcelona) , Oligocene (La Roca de la Rella, Barcelona), Upper Cretaceous (Basturs Poble, Serrat Corb, Orcau-2, Els Nerets, Pinyes, Pont d’Orrit, and L’Espinau in Lleida; Fumanya, Torrent de l’Esdavella, Peguera-1, and Font del Bullidor, Cingles del Boixader in Barcelona), Lower Cretaceous (Ana, Castellón) and Late Jurassic (Baldovar and Los Ganchos in Valencia), as well as several mapping works and paleontological prospects.

 

Publications

Vila, B., Galobart, À., Canudo, J. I., Le Loeuff, J., Dinarès-Turell, J., Riera, V., Oms, O., Tortosa, T., and Gaete, R. (accepted, 2012). The diversity of sauropod dinosaurs and their first taxonomic succession from the latest Cretaceous strata of Southwestern Europe: clues to demise and extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

Vila, B., Riera, V., Bravo, A. M., Oms, O., Vicens, E., Estrada, R., Galobart, À. 2011. The chronology of dinosaur oospecies in southern Europe: refinements from the Maastrichtian succession of the Eastern Pyrenees. Cretaceous Research 32: 378-386.

Vila, B., Jackson, F., Fortuny, J., Sellés, A. G., Galobart, À. 2010. 3-D modelling of megaloolithid clutches: insights about nest construction and dinosaur behavior. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10362. [html]

Marmi, J., Vila, B., Oms, O., Galobart, À., Cappetta, H. 2010. Oldest records of stingray spines (Chondrichthyes, Myliobatiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (3): 970-974.

Vila, B., Galobart, À., Oms, O., Poza, B., Bravo, A. M. 2010. Assessing the nesting strategies of Late Cretaceous titanosaurs: 3-D clutch geometry from a new megaloolithid eggsite. Lethaia 43: 197-208.

Vila, B., Jackson, F., Galobart, À. 2010. First data on dinosaur eggs and clutches from Pinyes locality (southern Pyrenees). Ameghiniana 47(1): 79-87. [PDF]

Vila, B., Poza, B., Madurell, J. 2010. Intervenció paleontològica al jaciment de La Roca de la Rella. Treballs de Paleontologia, 1: 9-20. [PDF]

Marmi, J., Vila, B., Galobart, À. 2009. Solemys (Chelonii, Solemydidae) remains from the Maastrichtian of Pyrenees: evidence for a semi-aquatic lifestyle. Cretaceous Research, 30: 1307-1312.

Santisteban, C., Suñer, M. and Vila, B. 2009. El yacimiento de icnitas de dinosaurios de Cañada Paris, Alpuente, Valencia. En (Colectivo Arqueológico-Paleontológico Salense, Ed.): Actas de las IV Jornadas sobre Dinosaurios y su Entorno. 299-307. Salas de los Infantes, Burgos, España. [PDF]

Vila, B., Oms, O., Marmi. J., Galobart, À., Riera, V., Estrada, R. and Malchus, N. 2009. Vallcebre Syncline. In: Alcalá, L. and Royo-Torres, R. (eds.) Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems in Eastern Spain.¡Fundamental! 14: 23-34. [PDF]

Vila, B., Sellés, A. G., and Galobart, À. 2009. The Coll de Nargó nesting area. In: Alcalá, L. and Royo-Torres, R. (eds.) Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems in Eastern Spain. ¡Fundamental! 14: 42-45.[PDF]

Jackson, F., Varrichio, J., Jackson, R., Vila, B., Chiappe, L. 2008. Comparison of water-vapor conductance on a titanosaur egg from Argentina with a Megaloolithus siruguei from Spain.Paleobiology, 34 (2): 229-246.

Bates, K. T., Rarity, F., Manning, P. L., Hodgetts, D., Vila, B., Oms, O., Galobart, À. and Gawthorpe, R. L. 2008. High-resolution LiDAR and photogrammetric survey of the Fumanya dinosaur tracksites (Catalonia): Implications for the conservation and interpretation of geological heritage sites. Journal of Geological Society 165: 115-127.

Bates, K. T., Manning, P.L., Vila, B. and Hodgetts, D. 2008. Three-dimensional modelling and analysis of dinosaur trackways. Palaeontology, 51 (4): 999–1010.

Vila, B. Oms, O., Marmi, J., and Galobart, À. 2008. Tracking Fumanya footprints (Maastrichtian, Pyrenees): historical and ichnological overview. Oryctos 8: 115-130.

Le Loeuff, J., Vila, B., Galobart, À., Oms, O. and Marmi, J. 2008. An introduction to the Fumanya meeting.Oryctos 8: 1-2.

Suñer, M., Poza, B., Vila, B. and Santos-Cubedo. A. 2008. Síntesis del registro fósil de dinosaurios en el Este de la Península Ibérica. En: Esteve, J. and Meléndez, G. (eds.) Palaeontologica Nova. Publicaciones del Seminario de Paleontología de Zaragoza. Vol. 8. 397-420. [PDF]

Vila, B., Poza, B., Marmi, J., Galobart, À., i Oms, O. 2008. La investigació paleontològica al sinclinal de Vallcebre. Tribuna d’Arqueologia 2007: 7-27. [PDF]

Oms, O., Dinarès-Turell, J., Vicens, E., Estrada, R., Vila, B., Galobart, À. and Bravo, A.M. 2007. Integrated stratigraphy from the Vallcebre basin (southeastern Pyrenees, Spain): new insights on the continental Cretaceous-Tertiary transition in southwest Europe. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 255: 35-47.

Santisteban, C., Vila, B., and Suñer, M. 2007. Huellas de dinosaurios conservadas en materiales del cortejo transgresivo en cauces encajados. Jurásico Superior y Cretácico Inferior, Valencia. Geogaceta, 42: 79-82. [PDF]

Fortuny, J., Vila, B. y Galobart, À. 2007. Técnicas de documentación y representación tridimensional de puestas de dinosaurio. En (Oscar Cambra, Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Beatriz Chamero, Fernando Escaso, Soledad de Esteban, Jesús Marugán, Eds.) Cantera Paleontológica: 181-192. Diputación Provincial de Cuenca, Cuenca. [PDF]

Vila, B., Oms, O., Marmi, J., Galobart, À. Gaete, R. 2006. Los últimos dinosaurios de los Pirineos y sus huellas. Enseñanza de las Ciencias de la Tierra, 14 (3): 240-246. [PDF]

Vila, B., Poza, B., i Madurell, J. 2006. Treballs de documentació cartogràfica i estats de conservació d’icnites fòssils: dos exemples berguedans. En: (Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Ed.) Tribuna d’Arqueologia 2004-2005. pp. 7-19. Barcelona. [PDF]

Vila, B., Oms, O., Galobart, À., Vicens, E., Viladrich, L. and Ribera, J. 2006. Sintesis fotografica de la degradación del patrimonio paleontológico en el yacimiento de Fumanya (Bergueda, provincia de Barcelona). En: I. Rábano and Josep M. Mata-Perelló (Eds.) Patrimonio geológico y minero: su caracterización y puesta en valor. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, nº 6. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid. pp.: 511-516.

Vila, B., Gaete, R., Galobart, À., Oms, O., Peralba, J., y Escuer, J. 2006. Nuevos hallazgos de dinosaurios y otros tetrápodos continentales en los Pirineos Sur-centrales y orientales: resultados preliminares. En (Colectivo Arqueológico-Paleontológico Salense, Ed.): Actas de las III Jornadas sobre Dinosaurios y su Entorno. 365-378. Salas de los Infantes, Burgos, España.

Oms, O., Vila, B., Serra, R., Vicens, E., Estrada, R. and Galobart, À. 2006. Patrimonio Geo-Minero del sinclinal de Vallcebre (Pirineos Surorientales), I: Geología. En: I. Rábano and Josep M. Mata-Perelló (Eds.) Patrimonio geológico y minero: su caracterización y puesta en valor. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, nº 6. Instituto Geologico y Minero de España, Madrid. pp.: 517-524.

Oms, O., Vila, B., Serra, R., Vicens, E., Estrada, R. and Galobart, À. 2006. Patrimonio Geo-Minero del sinclinal de Vallcebre (Pirineos Surorientales), II: Paleontología. En: I. Rábano and Josep M. Mata-Perelló (Eds.) Patrimonio geológico y minero: su caracterización y puesta en valor. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, nº 6. Instituto Geologico y Minero de España, Madrid. pp.: 525-531.

Vila, B., Oms, O. and Galobart, À. 2005. Manus-only titanosaurid trackway from Fumanya (Maastrichtian, Pyrenees): further evidence for an underprint origin. Lethaia, 38: 211-218.

Bravo, A.M., Vila, B., Galobart, A. and Oms, O. 2005. Restos de huevos de dinosaurio en el sinclinal de Vallcebre (Berguedà, Provincia de Barcelona). Revista Española de Paleontología, N.E. 10: 49-57. [PDF]

Vila, B., Galobart, À., and Oms, O. 2005. Nuevos yacimientos con huellas de dinosaurio en el Cretácico superior del sinclinal de Vallcebre (Fm. Tremp, Pirineo suroriental). Miscelánea Paleontológica. G. Meléndez, C. Martínez-Pérez, S. Ros, H. Botella, P. Plasencia, (eds). SEPAZ, 6: 414-426. [PDF]

Vila, B., Oms, O. and Galobart, À. 2004. Probable rastro de terópodo asociado a las huellas de titanosáuridos de Fumanya (Maastrichtiense, Pirineos Surorientales). Geotemas, 6 (5): 75-78.[PDF]

Galobart, A., Ros, X., Maroto, J. and Vila, B. 2003. Descripción del material del hipopótamo (Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822) de los yacimientos del Pleistoceno inferior de Incarcal (Girona, NE Península Ibérica). Paleontologia i Evolució, memòria monogràfica especial, volum 34: 143-163.

 

Articles de divulgació

Alba, D., Vila, B., Ruiz, H. 2009. Dinosaures amb plomes. Eureka 17: 6-11. [PDF]

Vila, B. i Alba, D. 2009. Plomes, dinosaures i ocells: què fou primer, la ploma o l’ocell? Omnis Cèl·lula 20: 10-15. [PDF]

Vila, B., Poza, B., and Madurell, J. 2007. Mamífers al Baix Berguedà: les icnites fòssils de la Roca de la Rella. L’Erol, 95: 8-11. [PDF]

Vila, B. 2006. L’empremta d’en Lluís Viladrich a Fumanya. L’Erol, 91: 61-62. [PDF]

Serra, R., and Vila, B. 2003. Present i futur de les investigacions a Fumanya. L’Erol, 79: 30-31. [PDF]

Galobart, À. and Vila, B. 2003. L’estudi de les icnites de dinosaure. L’Erol, 79: 26-29. [PDF]

Vila, B. 2003. Els Jaciments de Fumanya. L’Erol, 79: 20-25. [PDF]

 

Press

  • Revista de Divulgació Científica “UAB Divulga”. Iberian Dinosaur Track Project. Escanejat de petjades de dinosaures en 3D. Maig de 2009.
  • Reportatge a National Geographic (versió portuguesa). Iberian Dinosaur Track Project. [PDF]

Internet

  • Entrevista al blog de Geoterna. 10/09/2010.
  • Entrevista al blog “Tierra de Dinosaurios”. Suport a la Candidatura IDPI (Icnitas de Dinosaurios de la Península Ibérica).
  • Entrevista al Diari de Sabadell. 21/04/2006

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