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A new dinosaur in a prehistoric island in Tethys Ocean
A new dinosaur species, Tethyshadros insularis, found in Italy by the team led by Fabio Dalla Vecchia (Institut Català de Paleontologia), is the subject of a recent publication. The new dinosaur is related to the plant-eating dinosaurs family of...
Researchers at the ICP explain the physiology of Myotragus balearicus
Researchers Meike Köhler and Salvador Moyà, from the Institut Català de Paleontologia (ICP-UAB) have released the results of a highly innovative research in the field of paleontology. Using palaeohistological techniques, they were...
Fossil horse teeth show climatic change
Researchers from the Institut Català de Paleontologia and Utrecht University have analyzed the tooth enamel of fossil horse teeth dating from 11 to 2 million years ago near Teruel, Daroca and Valencia. Changes in the proportion of light and heavy oxygen isotopes in the teeth suggest...
Primate archaeology, proposal of a new research field
The use of tools by hominins - the primate group which includes humans (Homo) and chimpanzees and bonobos (Pan) - has been extensively researched by archaeologists and primatologists, both of who manifest the relevance of tool-use in understanding technology and the...
ICP-UAB researchers describe a new hominid
A group of researchers from the Catalan Institute of Palaeontology (ICP-UAB), directed by professor Salvador Moyà-Solà, published this week in the prestigious US scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) the results of their research regarding...
Phil Manning, geologist of Manchester University
“Scanning dinosaur prints allows us to study them in the greatest detail”
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Scanning of spectacular dinosaur trace fossils
Researchers at the Catalan Institute of Palaeontology (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Catalan Government) and the University of Manchester have travelled around Spain and Portugal to scan and document the best preserved dinosaur trace fossils.
