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.
Fernando Martin Arnal, a Master Student at the Master on Applied Paleontology of the UV-UA, was awarded with the best contribution by the Spanish Society of Paleontology for his work entitled: “Skull connectivity patterns in the first jawed vertebrates (Placodermi, Gnathostomata)”, and presented in the XV Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores…
Mr. Leonardo Zevallos, from the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, is working with us in a future project to study the palaeozoic verterbrate fossil record of Peru. Our first results, describing some chondrichthyan remains from the Puno region, were presented in the XV Encuentro de Jovenes Investigadores en Paleontologia held in…
In the International Women’s Day, we want to welcome Darja to our group. Darja Dankina, from the Vilnius University, is developing an Erasmus+ project about palaeohistology using traditional and tomographical techniques of Permian fishes under the supervision of Carlos and Héctor at the University of Valencia. She will be with us…
Carlos and Humberto are visiting Dr. Pilar Navas-Parejo at the Institute of Geology, National Autonomous University of Mexico located in Sonora, Hermosillo (Mexico) to work on the project «Biostratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Upper Paleozoic marine environments from the Northwest of Mexico». During two weeks we will do some fieldwork…
