The Early Vertebrate Evolution Research-Lab (EVER) aims to shed light into the evolution and diversification of the early vertebrates using a multidisciplinary approach. In this sense, our group tries to answer questions related to the origin and early evolution of several groups of early vertebrates (i.e. non-tetrapod vertebrates), as well as the timing and tempo of the appearance of the different tissues and skeletal structures that identify our lineage. Thus, our research combines traditional palaeontology (systematics, biodiversity and phylogeny) with studies of comparative anatomy and developmental biology in extant organisms. All this is combined with the application of some of the most advanced tomographic and computational techniques applied to the study of the vertebrate fossil record.
Dr. Jorge Carrillo Briceño, from the University of Zurich, has spend the last week with us working on Middle Miocene Sharks. Recently our group has started a new research line focused on Neogene Sharks from the western mediterranean area (Spanish Levantine coast) where the expertise of Dr. Carrillo is fundamental.
Last week, Humberto, Carlos and Hector were attending the 14th International Symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates in Poland. The meeting was a complete success and our team presented several talks and posters about our last research lines, including network analysis, theloddonts palaeoecology, computed fluid dynamics and tomography. We are…
Humberto is going to spend the next three months at Upssala University (Sweden), within the research group headed by Prof. Per Ahlberg. He will be trained in analysis of tomographic data.
Carlos and Hector just came back from Colombia after two weeks fieldwork on the Devonian and Carboniferous strata of the Oriental Cordillera. We were working with a team of French and Colombian colleagues looking for new and classical Devonian fish localities. This is our first visit to the country, but…
