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Paleontologíam E X Ic A X CONGRESO LATNOAMERICANO DE PALEONTOLOGÍA A M ISSN: 2007-5189 ISSN: PALEONTOLOGÍA Número especial 4: X Congreso E Latinoamericano de Paleontología. El Salvador 2019 XI CA 2019, México 2019, NA 1 cm A 10 cm B C 5 cm A: Madera fósil de Laurinoxylon chalatenangensis Cevallos-Ferriz, Cerén López y Flores Rocha, 2016, Mioceno de la Formación Chalatenango, El Salvador. B: Ammonite, Burckhardtites nazarensis (Burckhardt, 1925), Aptiano de la Formación La Peña, México. C: Osteodermos de un armadillo gigante, Holmesina septentrionalis (Leidy, 1889), Río Tomayate, Pleistoceno, El Salvador. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Número Especial 4 Especial Número B X CONGRESO LATNOAMERICANO DE PALEONTOLOGÍA P A L E O N T O L O G Í A M E X I C A N A ISSN 2007-5189 Segunda Época (2012-actualidad) Entidad de edición: Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México EDITOR EN JEFE — EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Josep Anton Moreno Bedmar Instituto de Geología, México COMITÉ EDITORIAL — EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Miguel Company Sempere Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, España. Carles Martín Closas Facultad de Geología, Universidad de Barcelona, España. Francisco Javier Vega Instituto de Geología, UNAM, México. Angélica Oviedo García, Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México. Gerardo F. Carbot Chanona Museo de Paleontología Eliseo Palacios Aguilera, Instituto de Historia Natural, Chiapas, México. Victor Adrian Pérez Crespo Instituto de Geología, UNAM, México. Roque Aguado Merlo Departamente de Geología, Universidad de Jaen, España. Beatriz Aguirre Urreta Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Liseth Pérez Alvarado Instituto de Geosistemas y Bioindicaciones, Universidad Técnica de Braunschweig, Alemania. EDICIÓN TÉCNICA Y PÁGINA WEB — TECHNICAL EDITION AND WEBSITE Coordinadora de edición técnica: Sandra Ramos Amézquita Corrección de estilo: José Roberto Ovando Figueroa Formación y diseño: León Felipe Álvarez Sánchez y Esmeralda Morales Domínguez X CONGRESO LATNOAMERICANO DE PALEONTOLOGÍA C COMITÉ CIENTIFICO DRA. MARISOL MONTELLANO BALLESTEROS P A L E O N T O L O G Í A Nació en Ciudad de México, ha estudiado licenciatura y maestría en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México -UNAM-, estudiando los edentados de en San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México, bajo la asesoría del Dr. Oscar Carranza, obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de California, Berkeley, donde estudió los mamíferos mesozoicos bajo M E X I C A N A la dirección del Dr. William Clemens. A su regreso a México se incorpora al Instituto de Geología de la UNAM como investigadora y desde entonces ahí labora. Ha disfrutado de estancias sabáticas y como investigadora en la Universidad de Alberta, Edmonton, EEUU, trabajando junto con el Dr. Richard Fox, mamíferos mesozoicos, y ahora está incursionando en los mamíferos paleocénicos. Su principal interés de estudio son los mamíferos, principalmente de edad plio-pleistocénica y su relación con el Gran Intercambio Faunístico entre las Américas, y dentro de ese contexto, actualmente se encuentra colaborando con el Dr. Ascanio Rincón, del Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas para describir las faunas mexicanas y venezolanas y entender mejor este fenómeno biogeográfico. Ha realizado publicaciones en revistas indizadas, y de divulgación, así como de texto, ha impartido conferencias, organizado eventos académicos; es miembro de comisiones evaluadoras, revisora de publicaciones. Ha dirigido tesis de licenciatura y posgrado. Formó parte del Comité Ejecutivo de la Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, y como Tesorera de la Sociedad Mexicana de Paleontología. RICARDO BARRAGÁN MANZO Biólogo egresado de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Realizó sus estudios de Doctorado en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra de la Universidad Internacional de la Florida en los Estados Unidos de América. Actualmente se desarrolla como Investigador Titular de Tiempo Completo en el Departamento de Paleontología, del Instituto de Geología de la UNAM, en Ciudad de México. Su principal interés científico se centra en la bioestratigrafía de las asociaciones de ammonites (moluscos cefalópodos extintos) del Cretácico Inferior. Además, realiza estudios de secuencias sedimentarias carbonatadas del Mesozoico, enriquecidas en materia orgánica, que fueron depositadas durante lapsos del pasado geológico en el marco de episodios de cambio global acelerado. Sus investigaciones las realiza en el marco de estudios interdisciplinarios, que entre otros aspectos consideran la caracterización e interpretación de las sucesiones temporales y laterales de facies y los análisis geoquímicos. Imparte cursos a nivel Licenciatura y en el Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra de la UNAM, y bajo su dirección, se han formado profesionales a nivel licenciatura, maestría, doctorado y posdoctorado. Ha participado como árbitro en la evaluación de proyectos de fondos internacionales, y en la revisión de manuscritos científicos para revistas prestigiosas del Science Citation Index. Adicionalmente, ha realizado trabajo editorial, siendo actualmente editor científico para el área de Paleontología, de la Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, publicación periódica reconocida por varios índices. Es miembro de varias sociedades científicas internacionales y pertenece al Sistema Nacional de Investigadores del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México. Representa al Instituto de Geología de la UNAM ante la Comisión Norteamericana de Nomenclatura Estratigráfica (NACSN por sus siglas en inglés), y es miembro activo de grupos internacionales de trabajo colegiado para la discusión de tópicos paleontológicos, entre los que destacan el “IUGS Lower Cretaceous Ammonite Working Group” y el “Berriasian GSSP (J/K Boundary) Working Group”. D X CONGRESO LATNOAMERICANO DE PALEONTOLOGÍA JUAN CARLOS CISNEROS Estudió paleontología en la Universidad Federal de Rio Grande del Sur (maestría), y en la Universidad de Witwatersrand, Sudáfrica (doctorado). Trabajó de 2001 a 2002 en el Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvador (MUHNES). Actualmente es profesor en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Naturaleza de la Universidad Federal de Piauí, Brasil. Tiene experiencia de campo en las cuencas de Karoo (Sudáfrica), Paraná y Parnaíba (Brasil). Su área de investigación es la de los tetrápodos permo-triásicos de Gondwana: anfibios, reptiles basales y terápsidos basales. Su interés se centra en mejorar las correlaciones estratigráficas y conocer aspectos paleo-ecológicos y paleo-ambientales del Permo-Triásico en dichas cuencas. Se dedica ocasionalmente a la ilustración científica y está interesado en la divulgación y comprensión pública de la ciencia. PAULO MARQUES MACHADO BRITO Es actualmente Profesor Asociado de la Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) y investigador nivel “1” del CNPq (Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico) donde desarrolla sus investigaciones en paleontología, enseña y dirige varios proyectos de graduación, maestría, doctorado y postdoctorado. Se graduó en Ciencias Biológicas por la Universidad Santa Úrsula (1984), maestría en Geología por la Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro (1990) y doctorado en Paleontología por el Muséum National d`Histoire Naturelle de París, Francia (1995). Inició su vida profesional en 1985 como paleontólogo del Museo Geológico de Bahía, donde tuvo la oportunidad de participar de innumerables trabajos de campo en varias cuencas sedimentarias del Nordeste de Brasil. Desde 1996 trabaja en la Universidad del Estado de Río de Janeiro (UERJ) y es “Membre Correspondant” del Muséum Nacional d’Histoire Naturelle de Francia, desde 2014. Tiene experiencia en las áreas de Paleontología y Zoología de Vertebrados, con énfasis en peces mesozoicos y en el origen y diversificación de la fauna neotropical, actuando principalmente en los siguientes temas: Actinopterygii, Chondrichthyes, taxonomía, sistemática y biogeografía. Actualmente desarrolla varias colaboraciones oficiales con instituciones de México (UNAM), Francia (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle y Universidad de Poitiers), Marruecos (Universidad de Casablanca) y Japón (Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History). GUILLERMO NAPOLEÓN MORÁN ORELLANA Salvadoreño, estudió física en la Universidad de El Salvador y geología en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Ha realizado estudios de Post grado en áreas como Gestión ambiental y Ordenamiento territorial. Trabaja como profesor titular de Geología de la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática. Sus principales áreas de trabajo han sido en el campo de la perforación de pozos profundos en geotermia, geología ambiental, y ordenamiento territorial. Ha dirigido importantes proyectos de cooperación con la Unión Europea, Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación y la Agencia española de Cooperación y otros entes internacionales en temas como gestión de riesgos, recursos naturales y educación. Algunos de los proyectos que ha desarrollado involucran la prospección y recolecta de material para uso académico de muestras de rocas minerales y fósiles. Con el fin de organizar un museo didáctico para la enseñanza de las ciencias geológicas Ha presentado publicaciones académicas y de divulgación, ha impartido conferencias sobre sus trabajos de investigación, organizado eventos académicos y ha sido director y asesor de tesis de licenciatura. Actualmente está abocado en la constitución de la Sociedad Salvadoreña
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