Paleontology of terrestrial and marine ecosystems: responses to biotic and environmental crises during the Phanerozoic

The research focuses on fossils, reconstruction of past environments and diversification/extinction events, and covers practically all the Phanerozoic (from the Cambrian to the Holocene). It stands out for its multidisciplinary nature and the application of up-to date techniques and methodologies in the study of the History of Life on Earth. The scientific activities dealt with are broad and heterogeneous, since knowledge of diverse taxonomic groups (vertebrates, invertebrates, plants) and remains of biological activities (ichnofossils, amber, oncoids, thrombolites), is combined with different disciplines (stratigraphy, sedimentology, geochemistry, taphonomy, paleoecology, biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography, paleoclimatology). The group brings together specialists in Paleozoic (echinoderms, brachiopods, trilobites), Mesozoic (brachiopods, molluscs, arachnids, insects, dinosaurs, palynomorphs, ichnites), and Cenozoic fossils (echinoderms, insects, plant macro-remains, palynomorphs, vert