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40 años de Acta Botánica Malacitana
Salvo-Tierra, Ángel Enrique
; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; González-Bueno, Antonio; Cabezudo-Artero, Baltasar (Universidad de Málaga. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2014)
40 años de Acta Botanica Malacitana. Se realiza una recensión de los 38 volúmenes de Acta Botanica Malacitana, así como de los dos números de Trabajos y Monografías del Departamento de Botánica. Así mismo se realiza un ... -
A comparison of the taphonomic attributes of quarries VM3 and VM4 of the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Baza Basin, SE Spain)
Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul; Espigares-Ortiz, María Patrocinio; Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Guerra-Merchán, Antonio; Ros-Montoya, Sergio; García-Aguilar, José Manuel; Granados, Alejandro; Rodríguez-Gómez, Guillermo; Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido[et al.] (2022)
The site of Venta Micena (Guadix-Baza Depression, SE Spain), a rich Fossil-Lagerstätten of late Early Pleistocene age (1.6-1.5 Ma), preserves a diverse assemblage of large mammals. Up to date, >24,000 skeletal remains have ... -
A morphometric characterization of cranial shape in terrestrial carnivorans based on fourier analysis
Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio; Martín-Serra, Alberto; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Janis, Christine Marie; Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul (2013-11-08)
A number of studies have shown that skull morphology reflects the ecological adaptations of terrestrial carnivores as well as their phylogenetic legacy. Here we use Fourier shape analysis for describing the dorsal outline ... -
A three-dimensional analysis of morphological evolution and locomotor performance of the carnivoran forelimb.
Martín-Serra, Alberto; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul (PLOS, 2014)
In this study, three-dimensional landmark-based methods of geometric morphometrics are used for estimating the influence of phylogeny, allometry and locomotor performance on forelimb shape in living and extinct carnivorans ... -
A three-dimensional analysis of the morphological evolution and locomotor behaviour of the carnivoran hind limb
The shape of the appendicular bones in mammals usually reflects adaptations towards different locomotor abilities. However, other aspects such as body size and phylogeny also play an important role in shaping bone design. ... -
Alometrías intertaxónicas y ontogenéticas entre el área del septo y el volumen del fragmocono en cefalopodos con concha espiral actuales y extintos
Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio; Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Olóriz, F.
La interpretación funcional del replegamiento periférico de los septos de los ammonoideos constituye todo un reto dada la inexistencia de representantes actuales del grupo y, por consiguiente, la imposibilidad de ... -
An eye for a tooth: Thylacosmilus was not a marsupial ‘‘saber-tooth predator’’
Janis, Christine Marie; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; DeSantis, Larisa; Lautenschlager, Stephan (PeerJ, 2020-06)
Background. Saber-toothed mammals, now all extinct, were cats or ‘‘cat-like’’ forms with enlarged, blade-like upper canines, proposed as specialists in taking large prey. During the last 66 Ma, the saber-tooth ecomorph has ... -
Biomechanical simulations reveal a trade-off between adaptation to glacial climate and dietary niche versatility in European cave bears.
Pérez-Ramos, Alejandro; Tseng, Jack; Grandal D'Anglade, Aurora; Rabeder, Gernot; Pastor, Francisco; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja[et al.] (AAAS, 2020-04-01)
The cave bear is one of the best known extinct large mammals that inhabited Europe during the “Ice Age,” becoming extinct ≈24,000 years ago along with other members of the Pleistocene megafauna. Long-standing hypotheses ... -
Comparing cranial biomechanics between Barbourofelis fricki and Smilodon fatalis: Is there a universal killing-bite among saber-toothed predators?
Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Tucker, Shane; Lautenschlager, Stephan (Wiley, 2024-03)
Saber-tooths, extinct apex predators with long and blade-like upper canines, have appeared iteratively at least five times in the evolutionary history of verte brates. Although saber-tooths exhibit a relatively diverse ... -
Dataset for "Phenotypic integration and modularity drives skull shape divergence in the Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) from the Commander Islands"
Martín-Serra, Alberto; Nanova, Olga; Varón-Gonzalez, Ceferino; Ortega, Germán; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja (The Royal Society, 2019-09-25)
La base de datos hace referencia al artículo: Martín-Serra A, Nanova O, Varón-González C, Ortega G, Figueirido B. 2019 Phenotypic integration and modularity drives skull shape divergence in the Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) ... -
Dataset for sixty-six million years along the road of mammalian ecomorphological specialization.
Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul; Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio; Janis, Christine Marie (Universidad de Málaga, 2019-06-10)
La base de datos hace referencia al artículo: Figueirido, B., Palmqvist, P., Pérez-Claros, J. A., & Janis, C. M. (2019). Sixty-six million years along the road of mammalian ecomorphological specialization. Proceedings of ... -
Dataset for: Pérez-Ramos, A., Tseng, Z. J., Grandal-D’Anglade, A., Rabeder, G., Pastor, F. J., & Figueirido, B. (2020). Biomechanical simulations reveal a trade-off between adaptation to glacial climate and dietary niche versatility in European cave bears.
Pérez-Ramos, Alejandro; Tseng, Jack; Grandal D'Anglade, Aurora; Rabeder, Gernot; Pastor, Francisco; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja[et al.] (Universidad de Málaga, 2020-01-01)
Se presentan los modelos en 3D con formato stl de los cráneos analizados en la publicación Pérez-Ramos et al. (2020). Los modelos fueron construidos a partir de Tacs. Se escanearon doce cráneos procedentes de diferentes ... -
Déjà vu: a reappraisal of the taphonomy of quarry VM4 of the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Baza Basin, SE Spain)
Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul; Espigares-Ortiz, María Patrocinio; Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Guerra-Merchán, Antonio; Ros-Montoya, Sergio; Rodríguez-Gómez, Guillermo; García-Aguilar, José Manuel; Granados, Alejandro; Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido[et al.] (Nature Research, 2022)
Venta Micena, an Early Pleistocene site of the Baza Basin (SE Spain), preserves a rich and diverse assemblage of large mammals. VM3, the main excavation quarry of the site, has been interpreted as a den of the giant hyaena ... -
Déjà vu: on the use of meat resources by sabretooth cats, hominins, and hyaenas in the Early Pleistocene site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Guadix‑Baza Depression, SE Spain)
Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul; Rodríguez-Gómez, Guillermo; Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Espigares-Ortiz, María Patrocinio; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Ros-Montoya, Sergio; Guerra-Merchán, Antonio; Granados, Alejandro; García-Aguilar, José Manuel; Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio[et al.] (Springer, 2022)
The late Early Pleistocene archaeological site of Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Guadix-Baza Depression, SE Spain), dated to ~1.4 Ma, provides evidence on the subsistence strategies of the first hominin population that dispersed ... -
Demythologizing Arctodus simus, the ‘short-faced’ long-legged and predaceous bear that never was
Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Pérez-Claros, Juan Antonio; Torregrosa, Vanessa; Martín-Serra, Alberto; Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul (Taylor and Francis, 2010)
In this study, we review the previous evidence on the paleobiology of the giant, ‘short-faced’ bear Arctodus simus (Mammalia: Carnivora: Ursidae) and contribute new ecomorphological inferences on the paleobiology of this ... -
Distinct Predatory Behaviors in Scimitar- and Dirk-Toothed Sabertooth Cats.
Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Lautenschlager, Stephan; Pérez-Ramos, Alejandro; Van Valkenburgh, Blaire (Cell Press, 2018-10-22)
Over the Cenozoic, large cat-like forms have convergently evolved into specialized killers of “megaherbivores” that relied on their large, and laterally compressed (saber-like) canines to rapidly subdue their prey. Scimitar- ... -
Ecomorphological determinations in the absence of living analogs: the predatory behavior of the marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) as revealed by elbow joint morphology.
Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Martín-Serra, Alberto; Janis, Christine Marie (Cambridge University Press, 2016-05-06)
Thylacoleo carnifex, or the “pouched lion” (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Diprotodontia: Thylacoleonidae), was a carnivorous marsupial that inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene. Although today all researchers agree that ... -
Evolución de la columna vertebral en pinnípedos actuales y extintos.
Martín-Serra, Alberto; Esteban Núñez, Juan Miguel; Pérez-Ramos, Alejandro; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja (2023)
La columna vertebral desempeña un papel muy importante en la locomoción de los mamíferos acuáticos, como los pinnípedos. Sin embargo, el modo de locomoción acuática difiere entre los dos linajes principales de pinnípedos. ... -
Evolution of axial regionalization in Aves during the Mesozoic and its impact on the survival of modern lineages to K/Pgmass extinction
Serrano Alarcón, Francisco José; Pérez-Ramos, Alejandro; Chiappe, Luis M.; Chapman, Susan; Rashid, Dana J.; Bertrand, Ornella; Marcé-Nogué, Jordi; Brusatte, Steve; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja[et al.] (2023)
The axial column of Neornithes (modern birds) is characterized by regional fusions in caudal vertebrae (pygostyle), lumbosacrals (synsacrum), and thoracics (notarium in several taxa) that provide a rigid and stable axis ... -
Flight reconstruction of two European enantiornithines (Aves, Pygostylia) and the achievement of bounding flight in Early Cretaceous birds
Serrano, Francisco José; Chiappe, Luis M.; Palmqvist-Barrena, Carlos Paul; Figueirido-Castillo, Francisco Borja; Marugán-Lobón, Jesús; Sanz, José L.[et al.] (Wiley, 2018-05)
Intermittent flight through flap-gliding (alternating flapping phases and gliding phases with spread wings) or bounding (flapping and ballistic phases with wings folded against the body) are strategies to optimize aerial ...