Salvador Moyà-Solà
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Salvador Moyà-Solà's Degrees
- PhD Paleontology University of Barcelona
- Masters Paleontology University of Barcelona
- Bachelors Geology University of Barcelona
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Salvador Moyà-Solà is a Spanish paleontologist. He works in the Institut Català de Paleontología Miquel Crusafont in Sabadell, Catalonia. From 1983 to 2006, he was affiliated with the Diputación Provincial de Barcelona. In 2006 he became investigator of the Physical Anthropology unit of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
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- Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a New Middle Miocene Great Ape from Spain (2004) (237)
- A Dryopithecus skeleton and the origins of great-ape locomotion (1996) (200)
- Updated chronology for the Miocene hominoid radiation in Western Eurasia (2011) (199)
- Ape-like or hominid-like? The positional behavior of Oreopithecus bambolii reconsidered. (1997) (185)
- Reduction of Brain and Sense Organs in the Fossil Insular Bovid Myotragus (2004) (134)
- Oreopithecus was a bipedal ape after all: evidence from the iliac cancellous architecture. (1999) (133)
- Evidence of hominid-like precision grip capability in the hand of the Miocene ape Oreopithecus. (1999) (127)
- Morphological affinities of the Australopithecus afarensis hand on the basis of manual proportions and relative thumb length. (2003) (127)
- Physiological and life history strategies of a fossil large mammal in a resource-limited environment (2009) (124)
- The Vallparadís section (Terrassa, Iberian Peninsula) and the latest Villafranchian faunas of Europe (2010) (112)
- First partial face and upper dentition of the Middle Miocene hominoid Dryopithecus fontani from Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, NE Spain): taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. (2009) (108)
- Orang-like manual adaptations in the fossil hominoid Hispanopithecus laietanus: first steps towards great ape suspensory behaviours (2007) (103)
- The femur of Orrorin tugenensis exhibits morphometric affinities with both Miocene apes and later hominins (2013) (100)
- Pierolapithecus and the functional morphology of Miocene ape hand phalanges: paleobiological and evolutionary implications. (2009) (96)
- A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade (2009) (87)
- Early Origin for Human-Like Precision Grasping: A Comparative Study of Pollical Distal Phalanges in Fossil Hominins (2010) (84)
- Mammal extinctions in the Vallesian (Upper Miocene) (1990) (63)
- Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution (2015) (63)
- Locomotor inferences in Pierolapithecus and Hispanopithecus: Reply to Deane and Begun (2008). (2010) (60)
- Biochronological, taphonomical, and paleoenvironmental background of the fossil great ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (Primates, Hominidae). (2008) (59)
- Approach to the Spanish continental Neogene synthesis and paleoclimatic interpretation (1985) (58)
- The Miocene mammal record of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Catalonia) (2016) (58)
- Los vertebrados fósiles del Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola, l’Anoia, Cataluña), una sucesión de localidades del Aragoniense superior (MN6 y MN7+8) de la cuenca del Vallès-Penedès. Campañas 2002-2003, 2004 y 2005 (2006) (58)
- Pleistocene Rodents from the Torrent de Vallparadís Section (Terrassa, Northeastern Spain) and Biochronological Implications (2011) (57)
- Evolution of locomotion in Anthropoidea: the semicircular canal evidence (2012) (54)
- The primate fossil record in the Iberian Peninsula (2014) (52)
- Nuralagus Rex, gen. et sp. nov., an Endemic Insular Giant Rabbit from the Neogene of Minorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) (2011) (52)
- New Miocene hominoid specimens from Can Llobateres (Vallès Penedès, Spain) and their geological and paleoecological context (1990) (51)
- A Partial Skeleton of the Fossil Great Ape Hispanopithecus laietanus from Can Feu and the Mosaic Evolution of Crown-Hominoid Positional Behaviors (2012) (48)
- Can Llobateres: the pattern and timing of the Vallesian hominoid radiation reconsidered (1996) (45)
- Spanish Neogene Mammal succession and its bearing on continental biochronology (1991) (45)
- The European Far West: Miocene mammal isolation, diversity and turnover in the Iberian Peninsula (2010) (45)
- Middle Miocene Pierolapithecus provides a first glimpse into early hominid pelvic morphology. (2013) (45)
- Enamel thickness in the Middle Miocene great apes Anoiapithecus, Pierolapithecus and Dryopithecus (2010) (42)
- Completeness of the mammalian fossil record in the Iberian Neogene (2001) (41)
- Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the late Miocene of Spain. (2000) (41)
- Fossil apes and human evolution (2021) (41)
- Mammal distribution dynamics in the eastern margin of the Iberian Peninsula during the Miocene (1984) (40)
- The Orce skull: anatomy of a mistake. (1997) (39)
- Taxonomic Attribution of the Olduvai Hominid 7 Manual Remains and the Functional Interpretation of Hand Morphology in Robust Australopithecines (2008) (38)
- Were large carnivorans and great climatic shifts limiting factors for hominin dispersals? Evidence of the activity of Pachycrocuta brevirostris during the Mid-Pleistocene Revolution in the Vallparadís Section (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Iberian Peninsula) (2017) (37)
- A new species of Pliopithecus Gervais, 1849 (Primates: Pliopithecidae) from the Middle Miocene (MN8) of Abocador de Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia, Spain). (2009) (36)
- The nasal and paranasal architecture of the Middle Miocene ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (primates: Hominidae): phylogenetic implications. (2012) (35)
- Dentognathic remains of Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the late early Pleistocene of Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain). (2008) (32)
- The Oreopithecus thumb: a strange case in hominoid evolution. (2005) (31)
- The paleoenvironment of Hispanopithecus laietanus as revealed by paleobotanical evidence from the Late Miocene of Can Llobateres 1 (Catalonia, Spain). (2012) (31)
- A finding of oligocene primates on the European continent. (1999) (30)
- A partial hominoid humerus from the middle miocene of Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain). (2011) (30)
- Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Large mammals from the Vallesian of Spain (1999) (30)
- The thumb of Miocene apes: new insights from Castell de Barberà (Catalonia, Spain). (2012) (30)
- Carnivora from the Late Early Pleistocene of Cal Guardiola (Terrassa, Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain) (2009) (30)
- Bioevents and Mammal Successions in the Spanish Miocene (1990) (28)
- The Iberian record of the puma-like cat Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae) (2010) (28)
- Early human dispersals into the Iberian Peninsula: a comment on Martínez et al.(2010) and Garcia et al. (2011). (2012) (28)
- Dietary Specialization during the Evolution of Western Eurasian Hominoids and the Extinction of European Great Apes (2014) (28)
- The vertebral remains of the late Miocene great ape Hispanopithecus laietanus from Can Llobateres 2 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula). (2014) (28)
- Brief communication: Paleobiological inferences on the locomotor repertoire of extinct hominoids based on femoral neck cortical thickness: The fossil great ape hispanopithecus laietanus as a test-case study. (2012) (28)
- The Mio-Pliocene insular faunas from the west Mediterranean origin and distribution factors (1984) (27)
- Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Heterochrony and the cranial anatomy of Oreopithecus : some cladistic fallacies and the significance of developmental constraints in phylogenetic analysis (2001) (27)
- How large are the extinct giant insular rodents? New body mass estimations from teeth and bones. (2014) (27)
- A new pliopithecid genus (primates: Pliopithecoidea) from Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain). (2012) (26)
- Dental Microwear Variability on Buccal Tooth Enamel Surfaces of Extant Catarrhini and the Miocene Fossil Dryopithecus laietanus (Hominoidea) (2005) (26)
- Phalangeal adaptations in the fossil insular goat Myotragus (2001) (26)
- New Anchomomyini (Adapoidea, Primates) from the Mazaterón Middle Eocene locality (Almazán Basin, Soria, Spain). (2010) (26)
- Island rules cannot be broken. (2008) (26)
- New dental remains of Anoiapithecus and the first appearance datum of hominoids in the Iberian Peninsula. (2013) (25)
- The geography of a faunal turnover: tracking the vallesian crisis (2005) (25)
- Canine reduction in the miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii: behavioural and evolutionary implications. (2001) (25)
- Astragalar and calcaneal morphology of the middle Eocene primate Anchomomys frontanyensis (Anchomomyini): Implications for early primate evolution. (2016) (24)
- Brief communication: the oldest pliopithecid record in the Iberian Peninsula based on new material from the Vallès-Penedès Basin. (2012) (24)
- Egarapithecus narcisoi, a new genus of Pliopithecidae (primates, catarrhini) from the Late Miocene of Spain. (2001) (24)
- A new species of Pseudoloris (Omomyidae, Primates) from the middle Eocene of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain). (2010) (24)
- The effects of the “0.9 Ma event” on the Mediterranean ecosystems during the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition as revealed by dental wear patterns of fossil ungulates (2019) (23)
- Nievesia sossisensis, a new anchomomyin (Adapiformes, Primates) from the early Late Eocene of the southern Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain). (2013) (23)
- Latest Early Pleistocene wolf-like canids from the Iberian Peninsula (2017) (22)
- New Anchomomys (Adapoidea, Primates) from the Robiacian (Middle Eocene) of northeastern Spain. Taxonomic and evolutionary implications. (2011) (22)
- Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Eurasian hominoid evolution in the light of recent Dryopithecus findings (2001) (22)
- New dental remains of Hispanopithecus laietanus (Primates: Hominidae) from Can Llobateres 1 and the taxonomy of Late Miocene hominoids from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula). (2012) (21)
- Pseudoloris cuestai, a New Microchoerine (Primates, Omomyidae) from the Middle Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula (2012) (21)
- The distal tibia of Hispanopithecus laietanus: more evidence for mosaic evolution in Miocene apes. (2013) (20)
- Middle Miocene tragulid remains from Abocador de Can Mata: The earliest record of Dorcatherium naui from Western Europe☆ (2011) (20)
- First record of Plesiadapiformes (Primates, Mammalia) from Spain. (2012) (20)
- The Latest European Painted Dog (2013) (20)
- Periodicity of linear enamel hypoplasia among Miocene Dryopithecus from Spain (2015) (20)
- The evolution of the vestibular apparatus in apes and humans (2020) (20)
- The Taxonomic Status of European Plio-Pleistocene Badgers (2011) (20)
- Calcaneal proportions in primates and locomotor inferences in Anchomomys and other Palaeogene Euprimates (2011) (18)
- The Middle Miocene Ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus Exhibits Extant Great Ape-Like Morphometric Affinities on Its Patella: Inferences on Knee Function and Evolution (2014) (18)
- Comment on “Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus” (2015) (18)
- Taxonomy and Paleobiology of the Genus Chalicomys Kaup, 1832 (Rodentia, Castoridae), with the Description of a New Species from Abocador De Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain) (2008) (17)
- Insectivores (Eulipotyphla; Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Barranc de Can Vila 1 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain) (2011) (17)
- New craniodental remains of the barbourofelid Albanosmilus jourdani (Filhol, 1883) from the Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula) and the phylogeny of the Barbourofelini (2013) (17)
- New material of Pseudoloris parvulus (Microchoerinae, Omomyidae, Primates) from the Late Eocene of Sossís (northeastern Spain) and its implications for the evolution of Pseudoloris. (2015) (16)
- Late Miocene insular mice from the Tusco-Sardinian palaeobioprovince provide new insights on the palaeoecology of the Oreopithecus faunas. (2011) (16)
- Miocene/Pliocene shift: one step or several? (1998) (16)
- Redescription and designation of a neotype for Pseudoloris reguanti Crusafont-Pairó, 1967, an Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula. (2013) (16)
- New dental material and redescription of Agerinia roselli (Primates, Adapiformes) from Les Saleres (early Eocene, NE Iberian Peninsula) (2016) (15)
- Reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of the late Miocene apes Hispanopithecus and Rudapithecus based on vestibular morphology (2021) (15)
- Insights into the lower torso in late Miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii (2019) (15)
- The morphology of Oreopithecus bambolii pollical distal phalanx. (2014) (14)
- First record of the genus Microchoerus (Omomyidae, Primates) in the western Iberian Peninsula and its palaeobiogeographic implications. (2013) (13)
- Latest Early Pleistocene remains of Lynx pardinus (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: Taxonomy and evolutionary implications (2016) (13)
- Brief communication: Cranial reconstruction of Dryopithecus. (2001) (12)
- New remains of Dorcatherium crassum (Artiodactyla: Tragulidae) from the Early Miocene (MN4) of Els Casots (Subirats, Vallès-Penedès Basin) (2014) (12)
- Necrolemur anadoni, a new species of Microchoerinae (Omomyidae, Primates) from the Middle Eocene of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain). (2015) (11)
- Taxonomic attribution of the La Grive hominoid teeth. (2013) (11)
- Bio- and magnetostratigraphic correlation of the Miocene primate-bearing site of Castell de Barberà to the earliest Vallesian. (2019) (11)
- Rodents and lagomorphs from the Middle Miocene hominoid-bearing site of Barranc de Can Vila 1 (els Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia, Spain) (2010) (11)
- Femoral neck cortical bone distribution of dryopithecin apes and the evolution of hominid locomotion. (2019) (10)
- Neutron-based computed microtomography: Pliobates cataloniae and Barberapithecus huerzeleri as a test-case study. (2018) (10)
- New data on the origin of Nesiotites (Soricidae, Mammalia) in Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) (2012) (9)
- Paleontologia i geologia del jaciment del Pleistocè inferior de Vallparadís (Terrassa, Vallès Occidental) (2015) (9)
- Rodents and Insectivores from the Hominoid-Bearing Site of Can Feu (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain) (2012) (9)
- New Craniodental Remains of Trocharion albanense Major, 1903 (Carnivora, Mustelidae), from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Middle to Late Miocene, Barcelona, Spain) (2010) (8)
- Primate evolution — in and out of Africa (1999) (8)
- Agerinia smithorum sp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula. (2016) (7)
- A comparative analysis of the vestibular apparatus in Epipliopithecus vindobonensis: Phylogenetic implications. (2021) (7)
- Middle Eocene Rodents from Sant Jaume De Frontanyà (Eastern Pyrenees, Northern Spain) and Biochronological Implications (2016) (7)
- A new species of Anchitherium (Equidae: Anchitheriinae) from the Middle Miocene of Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula) (2011) (6)
- Palaeoanthropology: Fossil muzzles and other puzzles (1997) (6)
- Can Pallars i Llobateres: A new hominoid-bearing locality from the late Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula). (2018) (5)
- Knee function through finite element analysis and the role of Miocene hominoids in our understanding of the origin of antipronograde behaviours: the Pierolapithecus catalaunicus patella as a case study (2020) (5)
- New fossil remains of Pliopithecus canmatensis from Abocador de Can Mata, and their implications for the taxonomic validity and phylogenetic position of Epipliopithecus (Primates, Pliopithecidae) (2014) (5)
- European pliopithecid diets revised in the light of dental microwear in Pliopithecus canmatensis and Barberapithecus huerzeleri. (2013) (5)
- On the identity of a hominoid male upper canine from the Vallès-Penedès Basin figured by Pickford ( 2012 ) (2012) (5)
- Palaeohistology reveals a slow pace of life for the dwarfed Sicilian elephant (2021) (5)
- Agerinia marandati sp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula, sheds new light on the evolution of the genus Agerinia (2017) (5)
- The first fossil Platyrrhini (Primates: Anthropoidea) from Venezuela: A capuchin monkey from the Plio-Pleistocene of El Breal de Orocual. (2017) (4)
- A new dryopithecine mandibular fragment from the middle Miocene of Abocador de Can Mata and the taxonomic status of 'Sivapithecus' occidentalis from Can Vila (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula). (2020) (4)
- Microchoerus hookeri nov. sp., a new late Eocene European microchoerine (Omomyidae, Primates): New insights on the evolution of the genus Microchoerus. (2017) (4)
- First Evidence of Tethytragus Azanza and Morales, 1994 (Ruminantia, Bovidae), in the Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Spain) (2012) (4)
- On the determination of the Microchoerus (Omomyidae, Primates) remains from Sant Cugat de Gavadons (Late Eocene, Ebro Basin, NE Spain). (2016) (4)
- New dental and postcranial material of Agerinia smithorum (Primates, Adapiformes) from the type locality Casa Retjo-1 (early Eocene, Iberian Peninsula). (2017) (3)
- Locomotor inferences in Hispanopithecus laietanus on the basis of its femoral neck cortical thickness (2012) (3)
- Slow life history and physiological plasticity: survival strategies of a large mammal in a resource-poor environment (2009) (3)
- A proximal radius of Barberapithecus huerzeleri from Castell de Barberà: Implications for locomotor diversity among pliopithecoids. (2021) (3)
- New Hispanomeryx (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Moschidae) from Spain and a Reassessment of the Systematics and Paleobiology of the Genus Hispanomeryx Morales, Moyà-Solà, and Soria, 1981 (2019) (3)
- When sleep or hide makes the difference in macroevolution (2008) (2)
- First navicular remains of a European adapiform (Anchomomys frontanyensis) from the Middle Eocene of the Eastern Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain): implications for early primate locomotor behavior and navicular evolution. (2020) (2)
- New material of Necrolemur (Microchoerinae, Omomyidae, Primates) from the Middle Eocene of the Pyrennes (Northeastern Spain) (2014) (2)
- Comparative anatomy of the carotid canal in the Miocene small-bodied catarrhine Pliobates cataloniae. (2021) (2)
- La evolución de Oreopithecus bambolii Gervais, 1872 (Primates, Anthropoidea) y la condición de insularidad (2003) (2)
- First postcranial material assigned to Agerinia roselli (Primates, Adapiformes) from Les Saleres (Early Eocene, Catalonia, Spain) (2015) (2)
- Ape quest in the Vallès-Penedès Basin (2014–2017): Fieldwork results and prospects for the future (2018) (2)
- Forearm pronation efficiency in A.L. 288-1 (Australopithecus afarensis) and MH2 (Australopithecus sediba): Insights into their locomotor and manipulative habits. (2017) (2)
- Ebusia moralesi n. gen. nov. sp, a new endemic caprine (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Neogene of Eivissa Island (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): evolutionary implications (2022) (2)
- A deformation-based geometric morphometric analysis of the vestibular apparatus in the Miocene apes Hispanopithecus laietanus and Rudapithecus hungaricus (2019) (1)
- Els Casots (Subirats, Catalonia), a key site for the Miocene vertebrate record of Southwestern Europe (2022) (1)
- A new continental vertebrate locality from the Upper Eocene of Zambrana (Miranda-Treviño Basin, Alava, Basque Country) (1999) (1)
- The plesiomorphic condition of the great ape femur: biomechanical evidence from the IPS41724 femur (middle Miocene, NE Iberian Peninsula) (2015) (1)
- Navicular remains of Anchomomys frontanyensis (Adapoidea, Primates) from the Middle Eocene of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Northeastern Spain) (2014) (1)
- Hominoid cranial remains from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula): Taxonomic and phylogenetic implications (2014) (1)
- Analysis of the primate vestibular apparatus: a comparison of 3D geometric morphometric and diffeomorphism approaches (2018) (1)
- THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE UPPER FOURTH PREMOLAR IN TROCHARION ALBANENSE MAJOR, 1903 (MUSTELIDAE: LEPTARCTINAE) AND THE INDEPENDENT LOSS OF THE CARNASSIAL NOTCH IN LEPTARCTINES AND OTHER MUSTELIDS (2009) (1)
- A new dryopithecine mandibular fragment from the middle Miocene of Abocador de Can Mata (Vallè-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula) (2019) (1)
- Ape family tree (1994) (1)
- Reply to Meiri and Raia: Small offspring size and fast life history all the way? (2010) (0)
- PRIMATE EVOLUTION : IN AND OUT OF AFRICA. AUTHORS' REPLY (1999) (0)
- REINTERPRETATION OF PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ANCHOMOMYINS (PRIMATES) ON THE LIGHT OF NEW FINDINGS FROM THE IBERIAN PENINSULA (2010) (0)
- The primate remains from Roc de Santa (Late Eocene, NE Spain) revisited: New taxonomic allocation. (2018) (0)
- Acknowledgement to the Reviewers (2008) (0)
- Subject Index Vol. 76, 2005 (2006) (0)
- Mosaic and homoplastic evolution of the hominoid skeleton precludes ‘overall’ ancestral reconstructions based on single-taxon models (2016) (0)
- Scaling of the articular surfaces in the lumbar vertebral bodies of catarrhines (2008) (0)
- New Lower Eocene Fossil Sites with Primate Remains from the Iberian Peninsula (2020) (0)
- Contents Vol. 76, 2005 (2006) (0)
- Primate evolution - in and out of Africa. (1999) (0)
- The inner ear of Epipliopithecus vindobonensis: preliminary results (2018) (0)
- Recent advances on the knowledge of the Eocene primates from the Pyrenean Basins (NE Spain) (2017) (0)
- New anchomomyin primate from the Late Eocene locality of Sossís (Catalonia, Spain) (2013) (0)
- La evolución de Oreopithecus bambolii Gervais, 1872 (Primates, Anthropoidea) y la condición de insularidad The evolution of Oreopithecus bambolii Gervais,1872 (Primates, Anthropoidea) and the state of insularity (2003) (0)
- New Hoplitomeryx Leinders, 1984 remains from the Late Miocene of Gargano (Apulia, Italy) (2016) (0)
- Author response: The evolution of the vestibular apparatus in apes and humans (2019) (0)
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