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ABSTRACTS BOOK Proof 03 1st – 15th December ! 1st International Meeting of Early-stage Researchers in Paleontology / XIV Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología st (1December IMERP 1-stXIV-15th EJIP), 2018 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Palaeontology in the virtual era 4 1st – 15th December ! Ist Palaeontological Virtual Congress. Book of abstracts. Palaeontology in the virtual era. From an original idea of Vicente D. Crespo. Published by Vicente D. Crespo, Esther Manzanares, Rafael Marquina-Blasco, Maite Suñer, José Luis Herráiz, Arturo Gamonal, Fernando Antonio M. Arnal, Humberto G. Ferrón, Francesc Gascó and Carlos Martínez-Pérez. Layout: Maite Suñer. Conference logo: Hugo Salais. ISBN: 978-84-09-07386-3 5 1st – 15th December ! Palaeontology in the virtual era BOOK OF ABSTRACTS 6 4 PRESENTATION The 1st Palaeontological Virtual Congress (1st PVC) is just the natural consequence of the evolution of our surrounding world, with the emergence of new technologies that allow a wide range of communication possibilities. Within this context, the 1st PVC represents the frst attempt in palaeontology to take advantage of these new possibilites being the frst international palaeontology congress developed in a virtual environment. This online congress is pioneer in palaeontology, offering an exclusively virtual-developed environment to researchers all around the globe. The simplicity of this new format, giving international projection to the palaeontological research carried out by groups with limited economic resources (expensive registration fees, travel, accomodation and maintenance expenses), is one of our main achievements. This new format combines the benefts of traditional meetings (i.e., providing a forum for discussion, including guest lectures, feld trips or the production of an abstract book) with the advantages of the online platforms, which allow to reach a high number of researchers along the world, promoting the participation of palaeontologists from developing countries. This abstract book is the best evidence of the success of the initiative. At the moment of writing these words, more than 350 researchers on palaeontology from 35 different nationalities, and the fve continents (Europe, Africa, America, Asia and Australia), have taken part in this initiative. It is important to highlight that numerous contributions from South America, Africa, Middle East and Eastern European Countries have been presented supporting our main goal of a palaeontological congress without barriers. Palaeontology is a wide discipline which encompasses a huge variety of topics, for that reason the 1st PVC has been organized in four general theme sessions (Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic and General Palaeontology), trying to span the whole variety of potential contributions. However, taking advantage of the fexibility that virtual platforms offer, 14 specifc workshops, ranging from the application of new analytical techniques in Palaeontology, Palaeobotany, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Taphonomy to Palaeoart, 5 have been proposed, providing a comprehensive forum for the exchange of ideas and discussing the issue with specialists in the target feld. In total, 160 contributions are compiled in this Abstract Book, including three key-notes presented by Alexander M. Dunhill “A history of the world imperfectly kept: identifying, quantifying and dealing with sampling bias in the fossil record”, Emilia Jarochowska and Niklas Hohmann “Turning biostratigraphy into big data” and Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende “The ABC of computer: just A Big Calculator”. All those contributions presented in this volume, somehow, summarize the good health and multidisciplinary nature of our science, Palaeontology. Finally, we would like to thank all our colleagues for organising and coordinating the different workshops. We also want to thank all the authors for submitting their contributions and the numerous reviewers that have made this volume and congress possible. We would also like to give special thanks to all Palaeontological and Geological Societies, Museums, and Universities, that have supported this initiative, specially to the University of Valencia (the Department of Botany and Geology) for hosting the space to develop this project. Thank you all, Organising Committee 1st Palaeontological Virtual Congress. 6 1st – 15th December Organizing Committee! Chairman • Dr. Vicente D. Crespo (Museu Valencià d’Història Natural, Museo Paleontológico de Alpuente and Departament de Botànica i Geologia, Universitat de València) [email protected] Vice-Chairman • Dr. Carlos Martínez-Pérez (Departament de Botànica i Geologia and Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València. University of Bristol) Carlos.Martinez- [email protected] Webmaster • Esther Manzanares (Departament de Botànica i Geologia and Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València) [email protected] Bursar • José Luis Herráiz (Departament de Botànica i Geologia and Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València) [email protected] Secretary • Humberto G. Ferrón (Departament de Botànica i Geologia and Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València) [email protected] Organising Committee • Fernando Antonio M. Arnal (Departament de Botànica i Geologia and Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de València) [email protected] • Arturo Gamonal (Museo Paleontológico de Alpuente) [email protected] • Rafael Marquina-Blasco (Departament de Botànica i Geologia, Universitat de València and Museu Valencià d’Història Natural) [email protected], • Dr. Maite Suñer (Museo Paleontológico de Alpuente) [email protected] • Dr. Francesc Gascó (Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED) [email protected] 7 1st – 15th December Scientifc Committee ! • Dr. Jordi Agustí, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social. Tarragona, Espanya. (Catalan Institute of Human Palaecology and Social Evolution, Tarragona, Spain). • Dr. Ünal Akkemik, Istanbul Üniversitesi orman fakültesi, İstanbul, Tükiye (Department of Forest Botany, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey). • Dr. Eli Amson, Museum für Naturkunde-Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung. Berlin, Deutschland. (Department of Evolution and Geoprocesses, Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany). • Dr. Peter Andrews, Natural History Museum, Department of Earth Science, London, UK. • Dr. Pierre-Oliver Antoine, Institut des Sciences de l’Évolutione Montpellier (ISEM), Université de Montpellier, France. (Institut of Evolution Sciences, Montpellier, France). • Dr. Herminio Ismael de Araujo Junior, Departemento de Estratigrafa e Paleontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. (Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). • Dr. Salvador Bailon, Múseum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université (National Natural History Museum, University of Sorbonne, Paris, France). • Dr. Shawn Badenhorst, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa). • Piotr Bajdek, Insttytut Paleobiologii im. Roman Kozłowski, Polska Akademia Nauk. Polska, Warszawa. (Roman Kozłowski Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw, Poland). • Dr. Hugues Alexandre Blain, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Tarragona, Espanya. (Catalan Institute of Human Palaeoecology and Social Evolution, Tarragona, Spain). • Dr. Natasha Barbolini, Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Nederlands. (Faculty of Science, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands). • Dr. Fernando H. de S. Barbosa, Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafa, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. (Departament of Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, Rio de Janeiro State University Rio de Janeiro, Brasil). • Dr. Milo Barham, School of Earth Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia. • Dr. Eduardo Barrón, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Museo Geominero, Madrid, España. (Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, Madrid, Spain). • Dr. Zain Belaústegui, Department d’Estratigrafa, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Espanya. (Department of Stratigraphy, Palaeontology and Marine Geosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain). • Dr. Matteo Beldevere, Section d’archéologie et paléontologie, Paléontologie A16, Offce de la culture, Porrentruy, Suisse. (Archeology and Palaeontology Section, Palaeontology A16, Culture Offce, Porrentruy, Switzerland). • Dr. Miriam Belmaker, Department of Anthropology, University of Tusla, Tusla, USA. 8 1st – 15th December ! • Dr. Michael Benton, School of Earth Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. • Dr. Antoine D. Bercovici, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., USA. • Dr. Adele Bertini, Dipartamento di la Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Firenze Florence, Italia. (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence). • Dr. Herve Bocherens, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universitat Tübingen, Deutschland. (Department of Geoscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany). • Dr. Telm Bover-Arnal,
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