GIUV2015-262
The main objective of the EVER Research Group is to study the early evolution and diversification of vertebrates through the taxonomic, histological, sclerochronological and functional characterisation of the main structures of their skeleton. Our group tries to answer questions related to the origin and early evolution of the large groups of basal vertebrates (i.e. non-tetrapod vertebrates), as well as the time and form of the appearance of the different types of tissues and skeletal structures, key to delimit their evolutionary scenario. In this way, our research combines the traditional palaeontological study of basal vertebrate remains (biodiversity and phylogeny), with the application of some of the most advanced techniques in virtual palaeontology (tomographic techniques and computational analysis); as well as studies of comparative anatomy and developmental biology in present-day organisms. Some of the specific questions we are currently working on are: (i) The origin of dentition in vertebrates.
(ii) The homology or not of some of the mineralised tissues in different groups.
(iii) To provide new data to help resolve the deep phylogeny of the different groups of fish:...The main objective of the EVER Research Group is to study the early evolution and diversification of vertebrates through the taxonomic, histological, sclerochronological and functional characterisation of the main structures of their skeleton. Our group tries to answer questions related to the origin and early evolution of the large groups of basal vertebrates (i.e. non-tetrapod vertebrates), as well as the time and form of the appearance of the different types of tissues and skeletal structures, key to delimit their evolutionary scenario. In this way, our research combines the traditional palaeontological study of basal vertebrate remains (biodiversity and phylogeny), with the application of some of the most advanced techniques in virtual palaeontology (tomographic techniques and computational analysis); as well as studies of comparative anatomy and developmental biology in present-day organisms. Some of the specific questions we are currently working on are: (i) The origin of dentition in vertebrates.
(ii) The homology or not of some of the mineralised tissues in different groups.
(iii) To provide new data to help resolve the deep phylogeny of the different groups of fish: agnathans (jawless fish) and gnathostomates (jawed vertebrates).
(iv) The identification of the functional diversity of the basal vertebrate exoskeleton using various biomechanical analysis techniques. EVER is the first working group focused on the early evolution of our own lineage (vertebrates) in our country, a new line of research in the Spanish Science System. Collaborating members of the team are internationally renowned researchers, such as Prof. Donoghue (Bristol, UK) and Dr. Dupret (Canberra, Australia).
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- Estudio anatomico, histologico y sistematico de restos fosiles de vertebrados basales. Principalmente del Paleozoico de la Peninsula Iberica
- Caracterizacion quimica, esclerocronologica y estructural (patrones de organizacion y ontogenia) del esqueleto de los primeros vertebrados
- Estudio de la diversidad funcional del exoesqueleto mediante morfometria, microdesgaste, Elementos Finitos y dinamica de fluidos computacional
- Estudio paleoecologicos usando aproximaciones experimentales para realizar inferencias sobre su ecologia,desarrollo, modos de vida e hidrodinamica
- Aplicacion de tecnicas tomograficas y analisis computacional para el estudio de la evolucion de los vertebrados (Laboratorio de Paleontologia Virtual)
- Early vertebrates evolution: paleobiology, phylogeny and development.Study of the origin and early evolution of the large groups of basal vertebrates, as well as the time and form of the appearance of the different types of skeletal tissues and structures, key to delimit their evolutionary scenario.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLOS MARTINEZ PEREZ | Director | Universitat de València | |
| Research team | |||
| HÉCTOR BOTELLA SEVILLA | Member | Universitat de València | |
| DIEGO RASSKIN GUTMAN | Member | Universitat de València | |
| MARIA VICTORIA PAREDES ALIAGA | Member | Universitat de València | |
| SONIA ROS FRANCH | Member | Universitat de València | |
| PHILIP CONRAD JAMES DONOGHUE | Collaborator | University of Bristol | professor |
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- Cavanilles Institute Biodiversity and Evolut. Biol. (ICBBE)
- Vertebrados basales, Sistematica, Paleoecologia, Tomografía, Paleobiología, Filogenia
