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Soft tissue preservation in the Barremian Montsecosuchus depereti (Neosuchia: Atoposauridae)
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Castillo-Visa, Oscar (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Bell, Phil R. (University of New England. Palaeoscience Research Centre) ;
Galobart, Àngel (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Sellés, Albert (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Crocodylomorpha (crocodilians and their extinct relatives) have an extensive fossil record that extends from the Late Triassic to the present day. Nevertheless, fossilized soft tissues (e. g. skin and cartilage) are virtually unknown for most clades, with the exception of the marine thalattosuchians. [...]
2026 - 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag076
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 207, Num. 2 (June 2026) , art. zlag076
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Institutional coordination in urban citizen science: a case study within the Italian City Nature Challenge
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Costantino, Roberto (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino) ;
Scapinello, Sara (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino) ;
Agostinacchio, Nunzio (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Alba, Riccardo (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Alberti, Simona (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Alfieri, Fabio (Universität Bern. Institute of Ecology and Evolution) ;
Andreone, Franco (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino) ;
Bertolino, Daniele (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Bianco, Lorenzo (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Bonelli, Simona (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Brenta, Pierpaolo (Istituto per le Piante da Legno e l’Ambiente) ;
Cabella, Carlo (Associazione Naturalistica Piemontese) ;
Caprio, Enrico (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Casacci, Luca (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Cazzuli, Elio (Gruppo Naturalisti Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Villa Gardella”) ;
Cimenti, Alice (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Cochis, Francesca (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Cristiano, Luca ;
Delfino, Massimo (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Depetris, Marta ;
Doretto, Alberto (Università del Piemonte Orientale. Dipartimento per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile e la Transizione Ecologica) ;
Favero-Longo, Sergio Enrico (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Ferutta, Simona ;
Isocrono, Deborah (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari) ;
La Morgia, Valentina (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale) ;
Meregalli, Massimo (Associazione Naturalistica Piemontese) ;
Morando, Mariagrazia (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Noce, Cecilia (Associazione di promozione sociale Exodomus) ;
Nota, Ginevra (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari) ;
Perona, Luisa (Ordine Interprovinciale dei Dottori agronomi e dei Dottori forestali) ;
Piccini, Irene (Poznan University of Life Sciences) ;
Piquet, Anna (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Rao-Torres, Greta (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Somà, Federico (Università di Torino. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi) ;
Trombin, Denise (Associazione Naturalistica Piemontese) ;
Valisena, Andrea (Associazione di promozione sociale Exodomus) ;
Macaluso, Loredana (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali)
Citizen science is increasingly used to document biodiversity in urban ecosystems while simultaneously promoting public engagement with nature. However, how institutional coordination relates to participation levels and the resulting representation of urban biodiversity remains poorly understood, particularly in European cities. [...]
2026 - 10.1007/s11252-026-02019-y
Urban Ecosystems, Vol. 29, Num. 4 (August 2026) , art. 163
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Paleogenomes reveal the evolutionary relationship between modern and cave lions
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Stanton, David (Cardiff School of Biosciences) ;
Bergström, Anders (University of East Anglia. School of Biological Sciences) ;
Heintzman, Peter D. (Centre for Palaeogenetics (Stockholm)) ;
van der Valk, Tom (Centre for Palaeogenetics (Stockholm)) ;
Carmagnini, Alberto (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Ersmark, Erik (Centre for Palaeogenetics (Stockholm)) ;
Pawar, Harvinder (Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC) (Barcelona)) ;
Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela (University of Copenhagen. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) ;
Androsov, Semyon (Museum “Severnyi Mir") ;
Fedorov, Sergey (Mammoth Museum of North-Eastern Federal University) ;
Kuhlwilm, Martin (Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (UPF-CSIC) (Barcelona)) ;
Nagel, Doris (University of Vienna. Department of Paleontology) ;
Plotnikov, Valerii V. (Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha) ;
Protopopov, Albert V. (Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha) ;
Shapiro, Beth (University of California. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) ;
Barnett, Ross (University of Copenhagen. The GLOBE Institute) ;
Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S. (University of Copenhagen. The GLOBE Institute) ;
Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs 1975- (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki (Hungarian Natural History Museum. Department of Zoology) ;
Gilbert, M. Thomas P. (University of Copenhagen. The GLOBE Institute) ;
Gotherstrom, Anders (Centre for Palaeogenetics (Stockholm)) ;
Skoglund, Pontus (The Francis Crick Institute) ;
Frantz, Laurent (Queen Mary University of London. School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences) ;
Dalén, Love (Centre for Palaeogenetics (Stockholm))
The Eurasian cave lion was abundant across the Northern Hemisphere before the Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions. However, the extent of the distinction between cave and modern lions and their adaptive differences have remained unclear. [...]
2026 - 10.1016/j.cell.2026.05.007
Cell, June 2026
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A new species of Paludocyon (Carnivora: Amphicyonidae) from the early Middle Miocene of els Casots (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Barcelona, Spain)
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Morales, Jorge (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid, Espanya). Departamento de Palaeobiología) ;
Abella, Juan (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Valenciano Vaquero, Alberto (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) ;
Gamarra González, Jesús (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Robles, Josep M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Gregori, Maria (Universitat de València. Departament de Zoologia) ;
Alba, David M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Casanovas i Vilar, Isaac (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
The early Middle Miocene (15. 9 Ma) site of els Casots (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain) has yielded a rich vertebrate assemblage, including abundant carnivoran remains that mostly remain unpublished. [...]
2026 - 10.1007/s10914-026-09814-6
Journal of Mammaliam Evolution, Vol. 33, Num. 3 (September 2026) , art. 29
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A new species of gerbil (Gerbillidae, Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Early Pliocene of the Iberian Peninsula and its bearing on faunal dispersals during the Messinian (Late Miocene)
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Agustí, Jordi 1954- (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Piñero, Pedro (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Blain, Hugues-Alexandre (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social) ;
Martín-Perea, David M. (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology) ;
Sevilla, Paloma (Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología) ;
Laplana, César (Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Geología, Geografía y Medio Ambiente)
In this paper, the new gerbil species Debruijnimys primaevus sp. nov. is described from the Early Pliocene site of La Piquera in central Spain. This species differs from the type species Debruijnimys julii in its smaller dimensions and less developed longitudinal ridges in the lower molars. [...]
2026 - 10.3897/fr.29.190187
Fossil Record, Vol. 29, Num. 1 (2026) , p. 317-332
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Ous fòssils que expliquen una història de resiliència
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Sellés, Albert (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Alba, David M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Un equip de l’Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont i el Museu de la Conca Dellà ha analitzat un registre fòssil únic: diversos ous d’ocell de fa 12 milions d’anys conservats de manera extraordinària. [...] Un equipo del Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont y el Museu de la Conca Dellà ha analizado un registro fósil único: varios huevos de pájaro de hace 12 millones de años conservados de manera extraordinaria. [...] A team from the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and the Museu de la Conca Dellà has analyzed a unique fossil record: several bird eggs dating back 12 million years ago preserved in an extraordinary way. [...]
2026
UAB divulga, Maig 2026
3 documents
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First of a line or last of a dynasty? Parabos tigneresi and the evolution of eurasian bovinae in the early pliocene
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Sorbelli, Leonardo (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Bibi, Faysal (Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science. Museum für Naturkunde) ;
Madurell-Malapeira, Joan (Università degli Studi di Firenze. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra) ;
Grandi, Federica (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social) ;
Moreno-Ribas, Elena (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social) ;
Oms, Oriol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ;
Campeny Vall-llosera, Gerard (Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d’Història i Història de l’Art) ;
Gómez de Soler, Bruno (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social)
The Early Pliocene maar deposits of Camp dels Ninots (Catalonia, NE Iberia) have produced an exceptionally well-preserved fossil assemblage. Among the large mammals, a large bovid stands out, represented by 14 individuals, including 8 nearly complete and partially articulated skeletons. [...]
2026 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0340256
PloS one, Vol. 21, Num. 6 (June 2026) , art. e0340256
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First fossil remains of the extant colubrid Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes) from the island of Crete, Greece
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Lizak, Olaf (Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals) ;
Szyndlar, Zbigniew (Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals) ;
Delfino, Massimo (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Georgalis, Georgios (Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals)
We here provide the first description of fossil remains of the colubrid snake cf. Zamenis situla from Crete, Greece, originating from the Late Pleistocene of the Rethymnon fissure. Although Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758) is a widespread snake species in Greece, including Crete, its fossil record in the area has thus far been restricted to Middle Pleistocene material from Tourkobounia 2, near Athens, which also represents the sole confirmed fossil occurrence of the species. [...] Nous fournissons ici la première description de restes fossiles du serpent colubridé cf. Zamenis situla en provenance de Crète, en Grèce, datant du Pléistocène tardif et issus de la fissure de Réthymnon. [...]
2026 - 10.5852/cr-palevol2026v25a7
Comptes Rendus Palevol, Vol. 25, Num. 7 (April 2026) , p. 125-138
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Local dietary adaptations of the yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis: responding to human-induced changes in food availability
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Lorenzo Torres, María (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Forero, Manuela G. (Estación Biológica de Doñana) ;
Ramírez, Francisco (Institut de Ciències del Mar) ;
Giménez, Joan (Instituto Español de Oceanografía) ;
Ferrer-Vilaplana, Aleix (Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes - CSIC) ;
Reyes-González, José Manuel (Institut de Ciències del Mar) ;
García-Alfonso, Marina (Estación Biológica de Doñana) ;
Finlayson, Stewart (The Gibraltar National Museum) ;
Bensusan, Keith (Gibraltar Botanic Gardens ‘The Alameda’) ;
Afán, Isabel (Institut de Ciències del Mar)
As human activities continue to reshape ecosystems, understanding wildlife adaptations is crucial in ecology. This study examines how the opportunistic yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis adjusts its diet and foraging behaviour during breeding to new, human-related feeding opportunities in a highly humanized region of the southern Iberian Peninsula. [...]
2026 - 10.3354/meps15122
Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 784 (2026) , art. 15122
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Craniodental morphology of Propotamochoerus palaeochoerus (Suidae: Suinae) from the late Miocene of els Hostalets de Pierola (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula): systematic and biochronological implications
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Siarabi, Souzanna (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Kostopoulos, Dimitris S. (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) ;
Arranz, Sara G. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Robles, Josep M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont) ;
Alba, David M. (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Suines originated in Asia during the Middle Miocene and dispersed into Europe by the early Late Miocene. Their first European record, which corresponds to Propotamochoerus palaeochoerus, was formerly dated to MN7+8 but recent data have suggested an earliest MN9 age. [...]
2026 - 10.1007/s10914-026-09818-2
Journal of Mammaliam Evolution, Vol. 33, Num. 3 (September 2026) , art. 27
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