Pablo Oyanadel-Urbina. Laboratorio de Paleobiología, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Av. Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile and Área de Investigación y Desarrollo, Therium servicios profesionales limitada, Paleontología y Patrimonio. pablo.oyanadel@ceaza.cl
Marine biologist and paleontologist, with experience in paleontological research of Cenozoic invertebrates and vertebrates, focusing on the description of fossil fish fauna. He has 10 years of experience managing paleontological work, conducting fossil rescues.
Jaime A. Villafaña. Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción 4090541, Chile (corresponding author). jaime.villafana@ceaza.cl
Marine biologist and paleontologist who studies the evolutionary history of marine vertebrates, with an emphasis on bony and cartilaginous fishes. His research lines include taxonomy, biogeography, ecology, and macroevolution of marine vertebrates from both the past and present. He is interested in modeling the geographic distribution of marine organisms from past and present.
Karina E. Buldrini. Área de Paleontología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile. karina.buldrini@mnhn.gob.cl
Bachelor of Science with a major in Biology, and Master of Biological Sciences from the University of Chile. Her research focuses on the natural history and evolution of vertebrates, particularly native South American mammals. She is currently the Curator of Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History, Chile.
H
éctor A. Ramos-Rojas. Laboratorio de Paleobiología, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Av. Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile and Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile. hector.ramos.rojas@ceaza.cl
Marine biologist who studies macroecological dynamics of marine organisms at a global scale using artificial intelligence algorithms, combining paleobiological, ecological, and climatological data.
Yusse Hernández-Mora. Laboratorio de Paleobiología, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Av. Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile and Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile. yusse.hernandez@ceaza.cl
Marine biologist who studies macroevolutionary dynamics and paleoecology of marine vertebrates from the Cenozoic of Chile, with experience in consulting and geology.
Martín Chávez-Hoffmeister. Laboratorio de Paleontología, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile and Corporación de Investigación para el Desarrollo de la Paleontología e Historia Natural, CIAHN Atacama, Caldera, Chile. martinchavez@ciahn.cl
PhD in Paleontology specializing in fossil birds, with extensive experience in scientific research, paleontological consulting, and science education. He has led and taken part in numerous paleontological impact and monitoring studies, taught at various universities, contributed to research projects, and published scientific articles in several peer-reviewed journals. He is currently Scientific Director at CIAHN Atacama in northern Chile.
Sven N. Nielsen. Laboratorio de Paleontología, Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. sven.nielsen@uach.cl
Paleontologist specialized in the systematics, paleoecology, and biogeography of Cenozoic marine mollusks in South America, particularly in the southeastern Pacific region. His work has significantly contributed to the understanding of the evolution and distribution of fossil marine faunas in Chile and their connection with other southern regions. He is currently an academic and researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences of the Austral University of Chile.
Jorge A. Campos-Medina. Laboratorio de Paleobiología, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Av. Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile and Área de Investigación y Desarrollo, Therium Servicios Profesionales Limitada, Paleontología y Patrimonio. jorge.camposmedina@gmail.com
Anthropologist and Paleontologist, his area of interest and research is the microanatomy of South American fossil mammals. He has field experience recovering vertebrate fossils in Argentina and Chile, as well as fossil flora and invertebrate rescues, providing methodological versatility to the team to address any type of paleontological requirement.
Sandra Rebolledo. Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Alberto Hurtado and Centro de Estudios Históricos y Arqueológicos Aiken, Santiago, Chile.
sanrebolledoc@gmail.com
Archaeologist specialized in bony fishes.Her areas of interest include the study of hunter-gatherer-fishers, ichthyoarchaeology, coastal archaeology, and archaeological discourse. She has extensive experience working at coastal archaeological sites in northern and central Chile. She is currently a faculty member at Universidad Alberto Hurtado in Chile.
Marcelo M. Rivadeneira. Laboratorio de Paleobiología, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Av. Ossandón 877, Coquimbo, Chile and Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile. marcelo.rivadeneira@ceaza.cl
Paleontologist specialized in marine organisms from the Cenozoic to the recent. Marcelo combines fossil records and paleobiogeographic analyses to reveal how environmental changes throughout the Cenozoic shaped marine and vertebrate biodiversity in Chile and the South American Pacific. He is a principal researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones in northern Chile.
