ICP News
Never before, a Pleurosaurus juvenile, a Jurassic marine reptile that lived about 150 million years ago and is a distant relative of today’s tuatara, has been definitively identified. Discovered in the Mörnsheim Formation in Bavaria, this unique fossil offers an unprecedented glimpse into the growth and development of an extinct…
An international team with the participation of ICP-CERCA has announced the description of the most complete crocodyliform discovered to date from the Late Cretaceous of Europe. The fossil, recovered more than 30 years ago from the Fontllonga site (Lleida, Catalonia), is the focus of a new study published in the…
Marta Pina, researcher at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP-CERCA), has been awarded the prestigious 2025 L'Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" Prize. This award, worth €15,000, was presented at a ceremony held at the Teatro Real in Madrid, attended by the CEO of L'Oréal Spain and Portugal, Juan…
Ancient Proteins Reveal Biological Sex and Genetic Variation in 2-Million-Year-Old Paranthropus robustus from South Africa
29 May 2025
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The Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE, CSIC-UPF) and the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) have collaborated on research that successfully recovered protein remains approximately 2 million years old from four fossil teeth found in the Swartkrans cave (South Africa). The fossil remains belong to Paranthropus robustus, an extinct…
The ICP signs an agreement with the CSUC and the CERCA Institution to promote the openness and preservation of research data
27 May 2025
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On May 20, the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) formalized an agreement with the Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC) and the Institució CERCA to actively participate in the Research Data Repository (RDR) managed by the CSUC. With this alliance, the ICP incorporates into its open science…
The recent description of tetraconodont pig remains from the Late Miocene of Sant Quirze confirms the distinctiveness of a species described more than a hundred years ago, which had remained unnoticed until recently. The study shows the uncertain kinship relationships with other species of tetraconodontine suids from the Miocene of…
The ICP participates in the American Association of Biological Anthropologists meeting
28 Mar 2025
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This March, researchers from the ICP presented their latest studies on primate evolution and morphology at the annual conference of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA), with a special highlight on Dr. Júlia Arias-Martorell’s participation in a symposium held in honor of anthropologist Terry Harrison.
An international team led by Eudald Mujal and Rainer Schoch presents a comprehensive review of Triassic terrestrial tetrapods in the Central European Basin. The study, published in Earth-Science Reviews, analyzes fossil skeletal remains and footprints to reconstruct the faunas, paleoenvironments, and ecology of this crucial period. The research reveals a…
Aquí tens la traducció al anglès, mantenint el format original i sense traduir el nom de l'Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont: ```html The Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) officially joined Ecsite, the European network of science centers and museums, this February. This strategic membership connects the ICP…
A recent article describes new fossil remains of the tapirs that inhabited the Vallès during the Late Miocene (11–9 million years ago), including a juvenile cranium recovered thanks to the paleontological surveillance of construction works in Sabadell. These remains attest to the persistence of densely forested and humid environments throughout…
