Workshop "Tertiary ecosystems: evolution and palaeoenvironments" lecturers.
Israel M. Sánchez (collaborator at the Museo Nacional
de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain) is one of the world authorities in
ruminant phylogenetics and evolution, with special regard in musk-deer
(Moschidae), mouse-deer and chevrotains (Tragulidae), and giraffomorphs. He has
produced an extensive amount of work on this subject. His PhD was focused on
the phylogeny and systematics of the Moschidae with special reference to the
Miocene forms, the deep-time evolution of the group, and the origins of the
clade Bovoidea. This work and the subsequent published papers changed moschids
from being a very poorly understood group to becoming one of the best-known of
the pecoran ruminants, and established a phylogenetic framework for future
works. His following papers have been always pointed to resolve the phylogeny
and evolution of ruminants, with special focus in poorly-known groups such as
tragulids and giraffes and their fossil relatives. His field experience
includes his participation at the impressive upper Miocene sites of Cerro de
los Batallones (Madrid, Spain) among others, and also involves his
collaboration as an active member of the French-Spanish ‘Namibia
Paleontological Expedition’. Besides his technical scientific work, Israel M.
Sánchez has dedicated a great deal of his time to the scientific divulgation,
both through his career as a paleo-artist and by means of conferences, courses
and scientific advising for several Spanish museum exhibitions.
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