Conferencia: «Un mundo encontrado: los dinosaurios de Portugal»

Impartida por: Prof. Octávio Mateus (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Fecha: 16 de junio de 2014

Lugar: Salón de Actos. Edificio Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Zaragoza

Hora: 19:30 h

Ponente:

Born in 1975 in Portugal, Octávio Mateus is Professor of Paleontology in the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia -Universidade Nova de Lisboa [New University of Lisbon]. His education background is Biology (Graduated from University of Évora) and Paleontology (PhD from the Univ. Nova de Lisboa, in 2005).

His mainly interest is dinosaur paleontology, so he has studied Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Portugal, but also worked in other reptiles (mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, crocodiles, turtles, etc.).

Published scientific articles, conferences proceedings, and book chapters that sum more than 100 publications since 1997. Erected new taxa as the Lourinhanosaurus antunesi (1998), Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis (1999),Tangvayosaurus hoffeti (1999), Draconyx loureiroi (2001), Lusotitan atalaiensis (2003), Europasaurus holgeri (2006), Allosaurus europaeus (2006),Diceratus (2008), Microceratus (2008), Prognathodon kianda (2008), Miragaia longicollum (2009), Angolachelys mbaxi (2010),Angolatitan adamastor (2011), and Lusonectes sauvagei (2012).