Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP)

L'ICP és un centre de recerca públic de la institució CERCA (Centres de Recerca de Catalunya) establert com una fundació sense ànim de lucre dotada de fons públics i que té com a patrons la Generalitat de Catalunya i la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). La missió de l'ICP consisteix a fer recerca en paleontologia de vertebrats i humana al més alt nivell internacional, així com promoure la conservació i difusió del patrimoni paleontològic de Catalunya. Aquest portal web conté la producció científica de l'ICP, organitzada en les següents categories:

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2024-06-04
07:25
17 p, 4.8 MB Illuminating the function of the orphan transporter, SLC22A10, in humans and other primates / Yee, Sook Wah (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences) ; Ferrández-Peral, Luis (Institute of Evolutionary Biology) ; Alentorn-Moron, Pol (Institute of Evolutionary Biology) ; Fontsere, Claudia (University of Copenhagen) ; Ceylan, Merve (Uppsala University. Department of Pharmacy) ; Koleske, Megan L. (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences) ; Handin, Niklas (Uppsala University. Department of Pharmacy) ; Artegoitia, Virginia M. (Western Human Nutrition Research Center) ; Lara, Giovanni (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences) ; Chien, Huan-Chieh (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences) ; Zhou, Xujia (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences) ; Dainat, Jacques (University of Montpellier) ; Zalevsky, Arthur (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences) ; Sali, Andrej (University of California) ; Brand, Colin M. (University of California. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics) ; Wolfreys, Finn D. (University of California. Department of Ophthalmology) ; Yang, Jia (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences) ; Gestwicki, Jason E. (University of California. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry) ; Capra, John A. (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences) ; Artursson, Per (Uppsala University. Department of Pharmacy) ; Newman, John W. (University of California. Department of Nutrition) ; Marques-Bonet, Tomas 1975- (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Giacomini, Kathleen M. (University of California. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences)
SLC22A10 is an orphan transporter with unknown substrates and function. The goal of this study is to elucidate its substrate specificity and functional characteristics. In contrast to orthologs from great apes, human SLC22A10, tagged with green fluorescent protein, is not expressed on the plasma membrane. [...]
2024 - 10.1038/s41467-024-48569-7
Nature communications, Vol. 15 (May 2024) , art. 4380  
2024-05-28
12:58
5 p, 1015.3 KB A shark turns into an undetermined crocodylian : the case of Acanthias bicarinatus Sismonda, 1849 / Walter, Jules Denis (Università degli Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra) ; Marramà, Giuseppe (Università degli Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra) ; Pavia, Marco (Università degli Studi di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra) ; Carnevale, Giorgio (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra) ; Delfino, Massimo (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
The holotype and only specimen referred to the Early Miocene shark Acanthias bicarinatus Sismonda, 1849 is housed in the collections of the Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia dell'Università degli Studi di Torino and was collected from the serpentinite sandstone of the middle-late Burdigalian Termofourà Formation of the Torino Hill. [...]
2024 - 10.4435/BSPI.2024.02
Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, Vol. 63, Num. 1 (February 2024) , p. 83-87  
2024-05-28
07:41
15 p, 9.5 MB Neuroanatomy and palaeoecology of the Early Pleistocene Dama-like deer from Pirro Nord (Apulia, Italian Peninsula) / Strani, Flavia (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Ciencias de La Tierra) ; Di Folco, Francesca (Sapienza Università di Roma. Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra) ; Iurino, Dawid A (Università Degli Studi di Milano. Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra "Ardito Desio") ; Cherin, Marco (Università degli Studi di Perugia. Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia) ; Pushkina, Diana (University of Helsinki. Department of Geosciences and Geography) ; Rook, Lorenzo (Università di Firenze. Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra) ; Sardella, Raffaele (Sapienza Università di Roma. Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra) ; Azanza, Beatriz (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Ciencias de La Tierra) ; DeMiguel, Daniel (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Medium-sized deer are frequently found in Early Pleistocene fossiliferous deposits of Southern Europe, and hence they represent a reference group for the Villafranchian fauna. Their evolutionary history is still highly debated, as multiple classifications and systematic revisions have been proposed with specimens being ascribed to several genera such as Pseudodama, Metacervoceros, Euraxis, Praeelaphus, Axis, Dama, or Cervus. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108719
Quaternary science reviews, Vol. 334 (June 2024) , art. 108719  
2024-05-07
08:31
New suid remains from the early Vallesian (Late Miocene) site of Can Missert (Vallès-Penedès Basin) / Alba, David M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Siarabi, Souzanna (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Arranz, Sara G. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Galindo, Jordi (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; McKenzie, Sharrah (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Vinuesa, Victor (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Robles Gimenez, Josep Maria (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Casanovas i Vilar, Isaac (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
No suid remains have been reported from the Miocene site of Can Missert (Terrassa; Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula), variously correlated to MN7+8 (late Aragonian) or MN9 (early Vallesian) due to the uncertain presence of hipparionin equids. [...]
2024 - 10.1007/s10914-024-09712-9
Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 31 (May 2024) , art. 19  
2024-05-03
12:06
4 p, 2.0 MB Ensenya'm les dents i et diré en quin clima vius / Arranz, Sara G. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Casanovas i Vilar, Isaac (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Alba, David M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Un estudi liderat per l'ICP-CERCA millora la comprensió del paleoambient del jaciment miocè de Can Llobateres, que enregistra un dels darrers grans antropomorfs de l'Europa continental. L'estudi, basat en la morfologia dental dels grans mamífers herbívors, indica un bosc tropical caducifoli o selva plujosa, contribuint a la comprensió de l'extinció local dels primats i altres mamífers adaptats a ambients boscosos durant el Miocè Superior.
Un estudio liderado por el ICP-CERCA mejora la comprensión del paleoambiente del yacimiento mioceno de Can Llobateres, que registra uno de los últimos grandes antropomorfos de Europa continental. El estudio, basado en la morfologia dental de los grandes mamíferos herbívoros, indica un bosque tropical caducifolio o selva húmeda, contribuyendo a la comprensión de la extinción local de los primates y otros mamíferos adaptados a ambientes boscosos durante el Mioceno Superior.
A study led by ICP-CERCA improves the understanding of the paleoenvironment of the Miocene site of Can Llobateres, which records one of the latest great apes from mainland Europe. The study, based on the dental morphology of large herbivorous mammals, indicates a tropical seasonal forest or rainforest, contributing to the understanding of the local extinction of primates and other forest-adapted taxa during the Late Miocene.

2024
UAB divulga, Abril 2024, p. 1-2
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2024-04-29
08:29
17 p, 15.8 MB Last-century forest dynamics in a highland Pyrenean National Park and implications for conservation / Rull, Valentí (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Blasco, Arnau (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals) ; Sigró, Javier (Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Centre en Canvi Climàtic) ; Vegas-Vilarrúbia, Teresa (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals)
Ecological records from before and after the creation of natural parks are valuable for informing conservation and management but are often unavailable. High-resolution paleoecological studies may bridge the gap and provide the required information. [...]
2024 - 10.3390/plants13081144
Plants, Vol. 13, issue 8 (2024) , art. 1144  
2024-04-29
08:16
32 p, 5.1 MB How smart was T. rex? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in dinosaurs and the application of neuron count estimates in palaeontological research / Caspar, Kai R. (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) ; Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, Cristián (University of Alberta. Department of Biological Sciences) ; Bertrand, Ornella C. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Carr, Thomas (Carthage College. Department of Biology) ; Colbourne, Jennifer A. D. (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna) ; Erb, Arthur (University of Edinburgh) ; George, Hady (University of Bristol) ; Holtz Jr, Thomas R. (University of Maryland Department of Geology) ; Naish, Darren (University of Southampton) ; Wylie, Douglas R. (University of Alberta. Department of Biological Sciences) ; Hurlburt, Grant R. (Royal Ontario Museum. Department of Natural History)
Recent years have seen increasing scientific interest in whether neuron counts can act as correlates of diverse biological phenomena. Lately, Herculano-Houzel (2023) argued that fossil endocasts and comparative neurological data from extant sauropsids allow to reconstruct telencephalic neuron counts in Mesozoic dinosaurs and pterosaurs, which might act as proxies for behaviors and life history traits in these animals. [...]
2024 - 10.1002/ar.25459
The anatomical record (Hoboken), (April 2024)  
2024-04-29
08:11
13 p, 3.3 MB The extinct osteoarthritic lagomorphs (Prolagus sardus) from Sardinia (Italy) reveal further evidence of life history evolution in insular domains / Moncunill Solé, Blanca (Universidade da Coruña. Departamento de Física e Ciencias da Terra) ; Arzi, Boaz (University of California. School of Veterinary Medicine) ; Filliquist, Barbro (University of California. School of Veterinary Medicine) ; Vapniarsky, Natalia (University of California. School of Veterinary Medicine) ; Zavodovskaya, Regina (University of California. School of Veterinary Medicine) ; Angelone, Chiara (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
The study of past pathologies by means of quantitative reports is an underexplored approach to deal with the biology and ecology of extinct taxa. In the present study, we assessed the prevalence rate of primary osteoarthritis in a large sample of Prolagus sardus (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) from Medusa Cave (also known as Grotta Dragonara, Sardinia, Italy; Late Pleistocene) to shed light on the evolutionary history of small mammals under isolation regimes. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.palwor.2023.03.004
Palaeoworld, Vol. 33, Issue 2 (April 2024) , p. 504-516  
2024-04-10
07:43
13 p, 4.6 MB Virtual reconstruction of the Canis arnensis type (Canidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Valdarno Basin (Italy, Early Pleistocene) / Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Cirilli, Omar (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Melchionna, Marina (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse) ; Raia, Pasquale (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra) ; Tseng, Zhijie Jack (University of California. Department of Integrative Biology) ; Flynn, John J. (American Museum of Natural History) ; Rook, Lorenzo (Università di Firenze. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)
Taphonomic deformation, whether it be brittle or plastic, is possibly the most influential process hindering the correct understanding of fossil species morphology. This is especially true if the deformation affects type specimens or applies to or obscures taxonomically diagnostic or functionally significant traits. [...]
2024 - 10.1038/s41598-024-53073-5
Scientific reports, Vol. 14 (April 2024) , art. 8303  
2024-04-08
07:17
14 p, 4.5 MB The Miocene primate Pliobates is a pliopithecoid / Bouchet, Florian (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Zanolli, Clément (Université de Bordeaux) ; Urciuoli, Alessandro (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Almécija, Sergio (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Fortuny, Josep (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Robles, Josep M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ; Beaudet, Amélie (University of the Witwatersrand) ; Moyà Solà, Salvador (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia) ; Alba, David M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
The systematic status of the small-bodied catarrhine primate Pliobates cataloniae, from the Miocene (11. 6 Ma) of Spain, is controversial because it displays a mosaic of primitive and derived features compared with extant hominoids (apes and humans). [...]
2024 - 10.1038/s41467-024-47034-9
Nature communications, Vol. 15 (April 2024) , art. 2822