Fernando A. Ferratges. Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra-IUCA, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza E-50009, Spain. fer.afk87@gmail.es
orcid.org/0000-0002-9532-6972
I graduated in Geology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB, Spain) in 2017 and did Master in Geology at the University of Zaragoza (UZ, Spain) in 2018. I was granted a four-year PhD fellowship (2018-2022) at the University of Zaragoza, funded by the Spanish Government within the FPU research program, and obtained my doctorate from same University in 2022. I am a passionate “carcinologist” researcher with special interest in decapod palaeobiology and integration of geological data with fossil occurrences in order to respond evolutionary questions.
Josep Lluis Domínguez. Padre Manjón, 12. 50010 Zaragoza, Spain. jl.domin@hotmail.com
Josep Lluis Domínguez, from Zaragoza (Spain), (58 years old). Passionate with fossils and the evolution. I collaborated a few years ago with the University of Zaragoza in some excavations of dinosaur and cave bear. As an independent researcher, for some years, I have dedicated my attention to the description and publication of fossil brachyurans, focusing these works on the upper Eocene of the Southern Pyrenees.
Àlex Ossó. Llorenç de Villalonga, 17B, 1-1 43007 Tarragona, Catalonia. aosso@tinet.cat
orcid.org/0000-0003-2528-9915
Àlex Ossó, from Tarragona (Catalonia), retired (68 years old), passionate since kid in fossils, recovered a large regional fossil collection that was donated to the Museu d’Història de Tarragona, which is currently ready for study. As independent researcher, the last decade I focused on fossil crabs from around the world, describing and publishing various new taxa including from new species to superfamilies. Origins and palaeobiogeography of brachyuran decapods are my main interest.
Samuel Zamora. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME-CSIC), Residencia CSIC, Campus Aula Dei, Av. Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain. s.zamora@igme.es
orcid.org/0000-0002-3917-4628
I am an invertebrate palaeobiologist with a broad interest in critical intervals of the Phanerozoic. I graduated in Geology in 2004 and obtained my doctorate in 2009, awarded with the Best Science Thesis prize from Faculty of Sciences (Zaragoza University) in 2010. I next spent 24 months as a postdoctoral researcher at the Natural History Museum (London) and 12 at the Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of Natural History) with base in Washington DC, USA. My main interest has been the study of echinoderms through time specially from the Cambrian Explosion to the Great Ordovician Diversification Event. After get a permanent position in 2018 I have expanded my research to other invertebrate groups to tackle questions about diversity of certain groups like decapod crustaceans and environmental changes in past ecosystems. I have strong editorial service at various journals, including those from the Palaeontological Society.
