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An international research team including paleontologists from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP), the University of Edinburgh, and different institutions from the USA (Pittsburgh, Albuquerque, and New York) have shown that Eocene archaic placental mammals such as the tillodont Trogosus retained ancestral brain features in comparison to contemporaneous…
Scientists from Charles University in Prague, Czech Academy of Sciences, Masaryk University in Brno and Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) redescribed the soft-shell turtle Rafetus bohemicus from north-west Bohemia (Czechia) dating back approximately 20 million years. The work has been published in PeerJ journal.
Calvarius rapidus, the new dinosaur species that almost saw the asteroid falling
30 Jun 2023
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Paleontologists from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the Museu de la Conca Dellà (MCD), Albert Prieto-Márquez and Albert Sellés, have described a new dinosaur species named Calvarius rapidus based from a foot bone found in Pallars Jussà (Lleida, Catalonia). It is one of the last dinosaurs…
An open debate on the relationship between body size and the extinction risk in insular species
27 Jun 2023
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In March of the present year, the journal Science published a study that proposed a causal relationship between the body size of insular species and their risk of extinction. According to the study's authors, dwarfism or gigantism in these species made them more vulnerable. Now, Meike Köhler and Salvador Moyà-Solà,…
Sabadell hosts the most important meeting of vertebrate paleontology in Europe
23 Jun 2023
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From June 26th to July 1st, the city will be hosting the annual meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary. More than 230 paleontologists from around the world will gather at the Espai Cultura Fundació 1859 for this event organized by the…
Tramuntanasaurus, a new 270-million-year-old fossil reptile species from Mallorca
22 Jun 2023
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Researchers from Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals (MUCBO) and Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) have described the new reptile species Tramuntanasaurus tiai based on a well-preserved fossil skeleton found in rocks from Mallorca dating back approximately 270 million years. The research has been published today in the journal…
The Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) has loaned a deinotherium molar to CaixaForum Madrid for the exhibition Mamut. El gigante de la Edad de Hielo. The specimen belongs to the species Deinotherium giganteum and was described by institute’s researchers based on fossil remains excavated near Viladecavalls (Vallès Occidental).…
A research team from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the Naturhistorisches Museum Bern and the Université de Lyon has conducted a paleobiological study on the locomotor diversity of the first modern aspect primates. This work, that has analysed the navicular bone, located in…
The fossil was found in Cala d'Estellencs (Mallorca) several years ago. However, with the use of new techniques, researchers have determined that it is 247 million years old. With this dating, the fossil specimen of the new species Protoanisolarva juarezi is now considered to be the oldest fossilized mosquito in…
The journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology has published a study on the role of major climatic changes and human activity in the extinction of Europe’s last wild equids, the wild horse (Equus ferus) and the wild donkey (Equus hydruntinus). The research, which included the participation of Daniel DeMiguel, research associate at…
