| Department | Physics and Earth Sciences |
| Knowledgment area | Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry |
| Research | Research group Grupo de Investigación en Cambio Ambiental |
| Research lines | Vertebrate palaeontology / Systematics, palaeobiology, palaeoecology and evolution of Crocodyliformes / Biodiversity and ecosystems from the Oligocene-Miocene of Galicia |
| Keywords | Chondrichthyes, Actinopterygii, Lissamphibia, Archosauria, Crocodyliformes, Ornithopoda, Cretaceous, Palaeogene, Neogene, Palaeobiology, Taxonomy, Systematics, filogenetic analysis, biomecanics, geometric morfometrics, digitisation, photogrammetry |
| Contacto | UDC directory |
| Orcid id0000-0003-2527-932X ResearcherIDI-7352-2015 Scopus56704407900 | |
This section shows the teaching given in degrees, masters and other officers studies in last 6 years.
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| Digital Management of Archaeological Heritage | Optional | 0 | 14 |
| Geology | Core | 0 | 36 |
| Paleobiology | Optional | 0 | 22 |
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Digital Management of Archaeological Heritage
Master's Degree in Digital Cultural Heritage
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Optional | 0 | 25 |
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Final Year Dissertation
Concurrent Programme of Studies for Degree in Biology and Degree in Chemistry
Degree in Biology
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Compulsory | 0 | 6 |
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Geology
Degree in Biology
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Core | 0 | 49 |
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Paleobiology
Degree in Biology
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Optional | 0 | 16 |
| Subject and involved studies | Type | Distance hours | Total hours |
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Geology
Degree in Biology
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Core | 0 | 10 |
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Paleobiology
Degree in Biology
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Optional | 0 | 31 |
| Subject and involved studies | Type | Distance hours | Total hours |
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Geology
Degree in Biology
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Core | 0 | 10 |
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Paleobiology
Degree in Biology
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Optional | 0 | 12 |
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Final Year Dissertation
Concurrent Programme of Studies for Degree in Biology and Degree in Chemistry
Degree in Biology
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Compulsory | 0 | 3 |
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Geology
Degree in Chemistry by the University of A Coruña
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Core | 0 | 45 |
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Geology
Degree in Biology
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Core | 0 | 10 |
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Paleobiology
Degree in Biology
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Optional | 0 | 39 |
| Subject and involved studies | Type | Distance hours | Total hours |
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Geology
Degree in Chemistry by the University of A Coruña
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Core | 0 | 37.5 |
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Geology
Degree in Biology
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Core | 0 | 10 |
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Paleobiology
Degree in Biology
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Optional | 0 | 26 |
Defined tutoring by teacher for 2024/2025 academic course.
| Quarter | Day | Site |
|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter |
Monday
15:00 a 17:00 |
Despacho |
Directed or codirected by current teacher since 2013 year.
| Paleobiology of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Dinosauria, Theropoda): systematics, paleoecology and paleobiogeography - Literature revision |
| Paleohistological study of extant and extinct lagomorphs (Pleistocene-Holocene): a paleobiological approach |
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Axuda para a consolidación e estruturación de unidades de investigación competitivas. GPC 2024
| Funding entity | Consellería de Educación, Ciencia, Universidades e Formación Profesional |
| Main researches | Roberto Bao Casal |
| Type | Proyecto Programas Autonomicos |
| Dates | From 01/01/2024 to 20/11/2026 |
Axuda para a acreditación, estrutura, mellora e apoio aos centros de investigación do Sistema universitario de Galicia, Rede CIGUS modalidade de Centro de Investigación Colaborativo CITEEC. Marco do Programa Operativo Feder Galicia 2021-2027, Referencia: ED431G
| Funding entity | Consellería de Cultura, Educación, Formación Profesional e Universidades - Xunta de Galicia |
| Type | Proyecto Programas Autonomicos |
| Dates | From 30/04/2024 to 31/12/2027 |
La vida en el Oligoceno de la Península Ibérica: estudio taxonómico de las plantas y vertebrados de las cuencas sedimentarias gallegas y reconstrucción de sus ecosistemas (OLIGOlife). (Proxecto Excelencia 2023)
| Funding entity | CONSELLERIA DE EDUCACIÓN, UNIVERSIDADE E FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL |
| Main researches | Luis Alejandro Blanco Calvo |
| Type | Proyecto Programas Autonomicos |
| Dates | From 01/01/2023 to 20/11/2027 |
The Cenozoic primates from the Iberian Peninsula and their contribution to the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the group (PRIMEVOL)
| Funding entity | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades |
| Main researches | Salvador Moyà-Solà, Judit Marigó |
| Type | Proyecto Programas Nacionales |
| Dates | From 01/09/2021 to 31/08/2025 |
BIODIVERSIDAD Y ECOSISTEMAS DEL OLIGOCENO-MIOCENO EN GALICIA: estudio paleontológico del material de la cuenca de As Pontes y sus aportaciones a la fauna europea.
| Funding entity | Xunta de Galicia |
| Main researches | Alejandro Blanco |
| Type | Proyecto Programas Autonomicos |
| Dates | From 31/03/2021 to 30/03/2023 |
The crocodyliform skeleton: ecomorphology and evolution of appendicular bones, and new insights in the crocodilian phylogeny
| Funding entity | European Commission |
| Main researches | Alejandro Blanco |
| Type | Proyecto UE |
| Dates | From 02/12/2019 to 20/12/2019 |
Los primates del Cenozoico de la Península Ibérica: evolución, aspectos paleoambientales y paleobiogeográficos
| Funding entity | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades |
| Main researches | Salvador Moyà Solà; Raef Minwer-Barakat Requena |
| Type | Proyecto Programas Nacionales |
| Dates | From 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2020 |
Importance of the postcranial skeleton in eusuchian phylogeny: Reassessing the systematics of allodaposuchid crocodylians
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco |
| Journal | PLOS ONE Vol. 16 Num. 6 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251900 |
Comparing surface digitization techniques in palaeontology using visual perceptual metrics and distance computations between 3D meshes
| Authors | Verónica Díez Díaz, Heinrich Mallison, Patrick Asbach, Daniela Schwarz, Alejandro Blanco |
| Journal | PALAEONTOLOGY Vol. 64 Num. 2 (pages 179 to 202) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12518 |
Author Correction: A small Cretaceous crocodyliform in a dinosaur nesting ground and the origin of sebecids
| Authors | Albert G. Sellés, Alejandro Blanco, Bernat Vila, Josep Marmi, Francisco J. López-Soriano, Sergio Llácer, Jaime Frigola, Miquel Canals, Àngel Galobart |
| Journal | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Vol. 11 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81062-5 |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) crocodyliforms from north-eastern Iberia: a first attempt to explain the crocodyliform diversity based on tooth qualitative traits
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual, Josep Marmi, Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Sergio Llácer, Gertrud E Rossner |
| Journal | ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY Vol. 189 Num. 2 (pages 584 to 617) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz106 |
A small Cretaceous crocodyliform in a dinosaur nesting ground and the origin of sebecids
| Authors | Albert G. Sellés, Alejandro Blanco, Bernat Vila, Josep Marmi, Francisco J. López-Soriano, Sergio Llácer, Jaime Frigola, Miquel Canals, Àngel Galobart |
| Journal | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS Vol. 10 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71975-y |
The most ancient evidence of a diseased lagomorph: Infectious paleopathology in a tibiofibular bone (Middle Miocene, Germany)
| Authors | Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Albert Isidro, Alejandro Blanco, Chiara Angelone, Gertrud E Rossner, Xavier Jordana |
| Journal | COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL Vol. 18 Num. 8 (pages 1011 to 1023) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2019.10.007 |
Might the Postcranial Skeleton Significantly Contribute to Eusuchian Phylogeny?
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY |
Igdabatis marmii sp. nov. (Myliobatiformes) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of north-eastern Spain: an Ibero-Armorican origin for a Gondwanan batoid
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco |
| Journal | Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Vol. 17 Num. 10 (pages 865 to 879) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1472673 |
Late Cretaceous sauropod tooth morphotypes may provide supporting evidence for faunal connections between North Africa and Southern Europe
| Authors | Femke M. Holwerda, Verónica Díez Díaz, Alejandro Blanco, Roel Montie, Jelle W. F. Reumer |
| Journal | PEERJ Vol. 6 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5925 |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes from northeastern Iberia
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Szabó, M, Àngel Blanco-Lapaz, Josep Marmi |
| Journal | PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY Vol. 465 (pages 278 to 294) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.039 |
Intra- and interspecific variability in allodaposuchid crocodylomorphs and the status of western European taxa
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Brochu, C.A. |
| Journal | Historical Biology (pages 278 to 294) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2016.1201081 |
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) amphibians and squamates from northeastern Iberia
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Arnau Bolet, Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Víctor Fondevilla, Josep Marmi |
| Journal | CRETACEOUS RESEARCH Vol. 57 (pages 624 to 638) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.07.005 |
The upper Maastrichtian dinosaur fossil record from the southern Pyrenees and its contribution to the topic of the Cretaceous¿Palaeogene mass extinction event
| Authors | José I. Canudo, Oriol Oms, Bernat Vila, Àngel Galobart, Víctor Fondevilla, Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual, Albert G. Sellés, Penélope Cruzado-Caballero, Jaume Dinarès-Turell, Enric Vicens, Diego Castanera, Julio Company, Laura Burrel, Josep Marmi, Alejandro Blanco |
| Journal | CRETACEOUS RESEARCH Vol. 57 (pages 540 to 551) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.013 |
The Molí del Baró-1 site, a diverse fossil assemblage from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the southern Pyrenees (north-eastern Iberia)
| Authors | Josep Marmi, Alejandro Blanco, Víctor Fondevilla, Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia, Albert G. Sellés, Alba Vicente, Carles Martín-Closas, Àngel Galobart |
| Journal | CRETACEOUS RESEARCH Vol. 57 (pages 519 to 539) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.06.016 |
Review of the Late Cretaceous-early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: Extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary
| Authors | Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual, Alejandro Blanco, Christopher A. Brochu, José Ignacio Canudo |
| Journal | CRETACEOUS RESEARCH Vol. 57 (pages 565 to 590) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.08.002 |
The youngest sauropod evidence in Europe
| Authors | Albert G. Sellés, Josep Marmi, Llácer, S, Alejandro Blanco |
| Journal | Historical Biology Vol. 28 (pages 930 to 940) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2015.1059834 |
A new species of Allodaposuchus (Eusuchia, Crocodylia) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Spain: phylogenetic and paleobiological implications
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Josep Fortuny, Alba Vicente, Àngel H. Luján, Jordi Alexis García-Marçà, Albert G. Sellés¿ |
| Journal | PEERJ |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1171 |
Diversity of hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Ibero-Armorican Island (European Archipelago) assessed from dentary morphology
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Albert Prieto-Márquez, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno |
| Journal | CRETACEOUS RESEARCH Vol. 56 (pages 447 to 457) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2015.04.001 |
The fossil record of the uppermost Maastrichtian Reptile Sandstone (Tremp Formation, northeastern Iberian Peninsula)
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Manuel Méndez, Josep Marmi |
| Journal | REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE PALEONTOLOGÍA Vol. 30 (pages 117 to 160) |
Allodaposuchus palustris sp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous of Fumanya (South-Eastern Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula): Systematics, Palaeoecology and Palaeobiogeography of the Enigmatic Allodaposuchian Crocodylians
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual,, Josep Marmi, Bernat Vila, Albert G. Sellés |
| Journal | PLOS ONE |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115837 |
Paleontological research lines in the northwest of Iberian Peninsula
| Authors | Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Carrillo-Barral, N, Alejandro Blanco |
| Editors | Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Carrillo-Barral, N, Alejandro Blanco |
| Publishing | Universidade de A Coruña, Coruña, A (España) |
| ISBN | 978-84-09-46113-4 |
The hindlimb of Allodaposuchus (Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia) from a biomechanical viewpoint
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Verónica Díez Díaz, Blanca Moncunill-Solé |
| Organization | International Society for Vertebrate Morphology |
| Place | Cairns (Australia) |
Preliminary paleohistological study on an ontogenetic series of Prolagus sardus (Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha) from the Late Pleistocene of Sardinia
6th International Symposium on Palaeohistology
International
| Authors | Eva Fernández-Bejarano, Alejandro Blanco, Chiara Angelone, Zaoqun Zhang, Blanca Moncunill-Solé |
| Organization | Deccan College PGRI Pune |
| Place | Pune (India) |
First approach to life history of the islander Prolagus sardus (Lagomorpha) by studying femoral bone histology
19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists
International
| Authors | Eva Fernández-Bejarano, Alejandro Blanco, Chiara Angelone, Zaoqun Zhang, Blanca Moncunill-Solé |
| Organization | European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists |
| Place | Benevento (Italia) |
New finding of Stratiotes fossil seeds in the Oligocene lignite from As Pontes basin, NW Spain
1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula
International
| Authors | Carrillo-Barral, N, Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Alejandro Blanco |
| Organization | Universidade da Coruña |
| Place | Coruña, A (España) |
Understanding deterioration due to salt crystalization in plant fossils from Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula)
1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula
International
| Authors | Carballeira, R., Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Alejandro Blanco |
| Organization | Universidade da Coruña |
| Place | Coruña, A (España) |
The 'Tertiary' palaeontological heritage from Galicia (NW Spain)
1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Carrillo-Barral, N, Rafael Carballeira, Ramón Valle García |
| Organization | Universidade da Coruña |
| Place | Coruña, A (España) |
Femoral bone histology of extant ochotonids: a palaeobiological approach to study life history of fossil lagomorphs
1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula
International
| Authors | Eva Fernández-Bejarano, Alejandro Blanco, Blanca Moncunill-Solé |
| Organization | Universidade da Coruña |
| Place | Coruña, A (España) |
Reigniting Stromer¿s crocodyliforms from the Bahariya Formation (Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous, North Africa)
IX Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Diego Pol, Oliver Rauhut |
| Organization | COLECTIVO ARQUEOLOGICO PALEONTOLOGICO DE SALAS |
| Place | Salas de los Infantes (España) |
Redescribing Libycosuchus brevirostris Stromer 1914 (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia)
19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Diego Pol, Oliver Rauhut |
| Organization | European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists |
| Place | Benevento (Italia) |
The middle Eocene vertebrates from Pontils (Ebro basin, NE Spain)
19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists
International
| Authors | Raef Minwer-Barakat, Pere Anadón, Ainara Badiola, Alejandro Blanco, Arnau Bolet, Marc Furió, Pablo Peláez Campomanes, Judit Marigó |
| Organization | European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists |
| Place | Benevento (Italia) |
The vertebrate faunal assemblage of As Pontes Basin (Oligocene-Miocene, A Coruña, Spain).
XVIII Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Alberto Sáez, Lluis Cabrera, Carrillo-Barral, N |
| Organization | European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists |
| Place | Karlsruhe (Alemania) |
Reassessing the eusuchian phylogeny with postcranial information: Characters supporting allodaposuchids as members of Crocodylia
18th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco |
| Place | On Line (Italia) |
Prima segnalazione di una paleopatologia infettiva relativa ad un lagomorfo (Miocene medio di Goldberg, Germania).
Giornatta della Ricerca 2022
National
| Authors | Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Albert Isidro, Alejandro Blanco, Chiara Angelone, Gertrud E Rossner, Xavier Jordana |
| Organization | Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli studi Roma Tre |
| Place | Roma (Italia) |
Niche partitioning among crocodyliforms in the Maastrichtian(LateCretaceous) of the Iberian Peninsula
2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco |
| Organization | Universitat de Valencia (UV) |
| Place | Valencia (España) |
Niche partitioning in allodaposuchid crocodyliforms (Eusuchia, Crocodylia) during the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula
8th Symposium about Dinosaurs Palaeontology and their Environment
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual, Blanca Moncunill-Solé |
| Organization | Museo de Dinosaurios Salas de los Infantes |
| Place | Salas de los Infantes (España) |
Might the postcranial skeleton significantly contribute to eusuchian phylogeny?
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology 2019
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco |
| Organization | International Society of Vertebrate Morphology |
| Place | Praga (República Checa) |
Amfibis, llangardaixos i peixos de la Formació Tremp
II Jornadas de Arqueología y Paleontología del Pirineo y Arán
Local
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Josep Marmi, Àngel Galobart |
| Organization | Generalitat de Catalunya |
| Place | Coll de Nargó (España) |
El jaciment de Molí del Baró (Isona, Pallars Jussà) una fenestra al darrer ecosistema del Maastrichtià (cretaci superior)
II Jornadas de Arqueología y Paleontología del Pirineo y Arán
Local
| Authors | Josep Marmi, Alejandro Blanco, Víctor Fondevilla, Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia, Albert G. Sellés, Alba Vicente, Carles Martín-Closas, Oriol Oms, Àngel Galobart |
| Organization | Generalitat de Catalunya |
| Place | Coll de Nargó (España) |
Tres noves espècies de cocodrils de finals del Cretaci del sud dels Pirineus
II Jornadas de Arqueología y Paleontología del Pirineo y Arán
Local
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Albert G. Sellés, Josep Marmi, Bernat Vila, Àngel Galobart |
| Organization | Generalitat de Catalunya |
| Place | Coll de Nargó (España) |
A new notosuchian crocodilomorph from the Early Maastrichtian of northeastern Iberian Peninsula
XVI Annual Meeting of the EAVP
International
| Authors | Albert G. Sellés, Alejandro Blanco, Josep Marmi, Francisco J. López-Soriano, Bernat Vila, Àngel Galobart |
| Organization | European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists |
| Place | Caparica (Portugal) |
On the way to islands: assessing the dispersal ways used by insular extinct rodents to settle in Mediterranean Islands (Plio-Quaternary)
XVI Annual Meeting of the EAVP
International
| Authors | Blanca Moncunill-Solé, Alejandro Blanco |
| Organization | European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists |
| Place | Caparica (Portugal) |
Palaeoecology of the fish assemblage from Pontils (Middle Eocene, Ebro Basin, NE Spain)
XVI Annual Meeting of the EAVP
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco, Judit Marigó, Raef Minwer-Barakat |
| Organization | European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists |
| Place | Caparica (Portugal) |
The archosaurian assemblage from the Basturs Poble bonebed (Late Cretaceous, Spain): an update
XVI Annual Meeting of the EAVP
International
| Authors | Alejandro Blanco |
| Organization | European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists |
| Place | Caparica (Portugal) |
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