Draw of an elephant in an island, by Blanca Moncunill-Solé
Draw of an elephant in an island, by Blanca Moncunill-Solé

Invited talks & Congresses

Invited talks

  • 2024. Moncunill-Solé, B. A story of extinct small mammals told through their bones. Online talks with our experts of the Creswell Crags (archaeological park). Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Link.

I have participated in congresses with a total of 46 international communications, including regular editions of the main meetings in paleontology, such us: Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate PalaeontologistsInternational Symposium on Paleohistology, Palaeontological Virtual CongressSymposium about Dinosaurs Palaeontology and their Environment. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology; among others.

  • 2024. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Erbajeva, M., Daxner-Höck, G. Exploring size evolutionary dynamics of Sinolagomys (Lagomorpha) during the Oligocene-Miocene Transition (OMT). 4th Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists, 6th-8th Mar, Online meeting. Oral Presentation.

  • 2023. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Erbajeva, M., Daxner-Höck, G. Sinolagomys (Lagomorpha) from Valley of Lakes (Mongolia): explorings its size evolutionary dynamics during Oligocene-Miocene Transition. XXXVIII Jornadas SEP, 4th-7th Oct, Valencia, Spain. Oral Presentation.

  • 2023. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Sherratt, E., Blanco, A., Martínez-Vargas, J., Angelone, C. First approximation to the locomotion of Prolagus sardus (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) using 2D geometric morphometrics. 20th EAVP Conference. 26th Jun-1st Jul, Sabadell, Spain. Poster.

  • 2023. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Quintana Cardona, J. New paleopathological records in fossil bones from the Plio-Holocene of Menorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean). 20th EAVP Conference. 26th Jun-1st Jul, Sabadell, Spain. Poster.

  • 2023. Blanco, A., Moncunill-Solé, B., Carrillo-Barral, N., Pimentel, M., Sahuquillo, E. The biota from As Pontes site (Galicia, Spain): a diverse and unprotected Oligocene fossil record. XXXVIII Jornadas SEP, 4th-7th Oct, Valencia, Spain. Oral Presentation.

  • 2023. Blanco, A., Díez Díaz, V., Moncunill-Solé, B. The hindlimb of Allodaposuchus (Crocodyliformes, Eusuchia) from a biomechanical viewpoint. ICVM 2023. 28th Jul-1st Aug, Cairns, Australia. Oral Presentation.

  • 2023. Hernández, A., Bao, R., Fernández, U., Gonález-Villanueva, R., Moncunill-Solé, B. The CLIMCOST Project: Recurrence of extreme weather events in Western Europe from an Holocene perspective and its implication for the management of coastal ecosystems in Galicia. XXI INQUA Congress. 14th-20th Jul, Roma, Italy. Poster.

  • 2022. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Angelone, C. Reviewing eco-evolutionary adaptations of extinct ochotonids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) to island environments: clues for the management of extant ones. 1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula. 16th-18th Nov, A Coruña, Spain. Oral Presentation.

  • 2022. Fernández-Bejarano, E., Blanco, A., Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA). Femoral bone histology of extant ochotonids: a palaeobiological approach to study life history of fossil lagomorphs. 1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula. 16th-18th Nov, A Coruña, Spain. Oral Presentation.

  • 2022. Pombo Parada, S., Moncunill-Solé, B., Grandal d'Anglade, A. Late Pleistocene rodents from the Second Gallery of Cova Eirós (Lugo, NW Iberian Peninsula). 1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula. 16th-18th Nov, A Coruña, Spain. Poster.

  • 2022. Blanco, A., Moncunill-Solé, B., Carrillo-Barral, N., Carballeira, R., Valle García, R. The 'Tertiary' palaeontological heritage from Galicia (NW Spain). 1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula. 16th-18th Nov, A Coruña, Spain. Oral Presentation.

  • 2022. Carballeira, R., Moncunill-Solé, B., Blanco A. Understanding deterioration due to salt crystalization in plant fossils from Galicia (NW Iberian Peninsula). 1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula. 16th-18th Nov, A Coruña, Spain. Oral Presentation.

  • 2022. Carrillo-Barral, N., Moncunill-Solé, B., Blanco A. New finding of Stratiotes fossil seeds in the Oligocene lignite from As Pontes basin, NW Spain. 1st Symposium of Paleontology from the northwest of Iberian Peninsula. 16th-18th Nov, A Coruña, Spain. Poster.

  • 2022. López-García, J.M., Piñero, P., Blain, H.A., Agustí, J., Furió, M., Galán, J., Moncunill-Solé, B., Ruíz-Sánchez, F.J., Sanz, M., Daura, J. New Gelasian small vertebrate assemblage from northeastern Iberia: chronological and environmental remarks. 4th Meeting of the ICAZ Microvertebrate Working Group. 8th-10th Sep, Tübingen, Germany. Oral Presentation.

  • 2022. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Arzi, B., Filliquist, B., Vapniarsky, N., Zavodovskaya, R., Angelone, C. Primary osteoarthritis records in the extinct lagomorph Prolagus sardus and its life history implications. 19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 27th Jun-2nd Jul, Benevento, Italy. Oral Presentation.

  • 2022. Bover, P., Lira-Garrido, J., Beltrán, P., Alfaro-Ibañez, P., Moncunill-Solé, B., Angelone, C. Mithocondrial phylogeny of the extinct Prolagus sardus (Lagomorpha, Mammalia): reigniting the debate about family Prolagidae. 19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 27th Jun-2nd Jul, Benevento, Italy. Oral Presentation.

  • 2022. Fernández-Bejarano, E., Blanco, A., Angelone, C., Zhang, Z., Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA). First approach to life history of the islander Prolagus sardus (Lagomorpha) by studying femoral bone histology. 19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 27th Jun-2nd Jul, Benevento, Italy. Poster.

  • 2022. Angelone, C., Čermák, S., Moncunill-Solé, B., Rook, L. The body mass of Paludotona (Lagomorpha, Mammalia), the last stem lagomorph (Tusco-Sardinian Palaeobioprovince, Late Miocene). 19th Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 27th Jun-2nd Jul, Benevento, Italy. Oral Presentation.

  • 2022. Fernández-Bejarano, E., Blanco, A., Angelone, C., Zhang, Z., Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA). Preliminary paleohistological study on an ontogenetic series of Prolagus sardus (Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha) from the Late Pleistocene of Sardinia. 6th International Symposium on Palaeohistology. 22nd-24th Mar, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Poster.

  • 2021Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Arzi, B., Filliquist, B., Vapniarsky, N., Angelone, C. Primary osteoarthritis in Prolagus sardus (Lagomorpha, Late Pleistocene); How paleopathologies can throw light on the life history of extinct taxa. 3rd Palaeontological Virtual Congress. 1st-15th Dec, Online. Oral Presentation.

  • 2021. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Tuveri, C., Arca, M., Angelone, C. Enlarged tooth area in the Sardinian Prolagus lineage (Lagomorpha, Early Pleistocene-Holocene): is it a response to ecological stressors of islands? XVIII Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 5th-8th Jul, Online. Oral Presentation.

  • 2021. Blanco, A., Moncunill-Solé, B., Sáez, A., Cabrera, L., Carrillo-Barral, N. The vertebrate faunal assemblage of As Pontes Basin (Oligocene-Miocene, A Coruña, Spain). XVIII Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 5th-8th Jul, Online. Poster.

  • 2021. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Quintana, J., Angelone, C. Extinct lagomorphs from Mediterranean Islands (Miocene-Holocene): reviewing eco-evolutionary responses to insularity. XVIII Conference of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 5th-8th Jul, Online. Poster.

  • 2021. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA). Evolutionary biological responses of pikas (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) to past insular ecosystems (Miocene-Holocene): a key for the management of extant species. 1st International Electronic Conference on Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution. 15th-31st Mar, Online. Poster.

  • 2020. Moncunill-Solé B. (CA). Unravelling the biology of giant pikas: the case of Prolagus spp. from Gargano's paleoarchipelago (Late Miocene, Italy). 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress. 1st-15th May, Online. Poster.

  • 2020. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Isidro, A., Blanco, A., Angelone C., Rössner G., Jordana X. Prima segnalazione di una paleopatologia infettiva relativa ad un lagomorfo (Miocene medio di Goldberg, Germania). Giornata della Ricerca. 22th Jan, Roma, Italy. Poster.

  • 2019. Blanco, A., Moncunill-Solé, B., Puértolas-Pascual, E. Niche partitioning in allodaposuchid crocodyliforms (Eusuchia, Crocodylia) during the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. 8th Symposium about Dinosaurs Palaeontology and their Environment. 5th-7th Sep, Burgos, Spain. Oral Presentation.

  • 2018. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Blanco, A. On the way to islands: Assessing the dispersal ways used by insular extinct rodents to settle in Mediterranean Islands (Plio-Quaternary). XVI Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 26th Jun-1st Jul, Caparica, Portugal. Poster.

  • 2018. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Jordana, X., Rössner, G., Angelone, C. First record of a paleopathology in a tibia of a lagomorph (Middle Miocene, Germany). XVI Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 26th Jun-1st Jul, Caparica, Portugal. Poster.

  • 2017. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA). How insular regimes affect to the size of small mammals? A paleontological perspective. 9th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology. 27th-31st Aug, Xining, China. Poster.

  • 2017. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA). The giant extinct pikas (Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha) of Gargano: evaluating the body mass shifts in insular evolutionary lineages. 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 1st-3rd Aug, Munich, Germany. Poster.

  • 2017. Blanco, A., Llácer, S., Moncunill-Solé, B. Photogrammetry and 3D models: a way to mitigate the problems of private fossil collections. 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. 1st-3rd Aug, Munich, Germany. Poster.

  • 2015. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Jordana, X., Köhler, M. Predictive models for body mass within the family Soricidae: estimating the weight of one of the smallest extinct mammals. 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists. 8th-12th Jul, Opole, Poland. Poster.

  • 2015. Fondevilla, V., Moncunill-Solé, B., Köhler, M. Identifying sexual size dimorphism in the Maastrichtian hadrosauroids of Basturs Poble (Tremp syncline, eastern Iberia). Identifying sexual size dimorphism in the Maastrichtian hadrosauroids of Basturs Poble (Tremp syncline, eastern Iberia). 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology. 2nd-5th Jul, Bonn, Germany. Oral Presentation.

  • 2015. Köhler, M., Jordana, X., Moncunill-Solé, B., Nacarino-Meneses, C., Palombo, M.R., Rosso, A., Sanfilippo, R., Sciuto, F. First results from bone histology of the dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon falconer from Sicily. 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology. 2nd-5th Jul, Bonn, Germany. Oral Presentation.

  • 2015. Köhler, M., Koyabu, D., Moncunill-Solé, B., Orlandi-Oliveras, G., Jordana, X. Bone histology of an extant representative of insular mammals: the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi). 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology. 2nd-5th Jul, Bonn, Germany. Poster.

  • 2014. Jordana, X., Moncunill-Solé, B., Köhler, M. What the Myotragus evolutionary lineage tell us about the selective pressures that drive dentition pattering in mammals. 5th Meeting of the European Society of Evolutionary Development Biology. 22th-25th Jul, Vienna, Austria. Oral Presentation.

  • 2014. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Jordana, X., Köhler, M. First approach on the life history of Prolagus apricenicus (Ochotonidae, Lagomorpha): a giant fossil from the Gargano's paleoislands (Italy). XII Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists. 25th-27th Jun, Torino, Italy. Oral Presentation.

  • 2013. Köhler, M., Palombo, M.R., Pretus, J.Ll., Jordana, X., Moncunill-Solé, B., Madurell-Malapeira, J., Marín-Moratalla, N., Bromage, T. Bone histology of the dwarf elephant Paleoloxodonta falconeri from Sicily. The Second International Symposium on Paleohistology. 18th-20th Jul, Montana, USA. Oral Presentation.

  • 2013. Köhler, M., Pretus, J.Ll., Jordana, X., Marín-Moratalla, N., Moncunill-Solé, B. Reconstructing mammalian life histories from hard tissues. The Second International Symposium on Paleohistology. 18th-20th Jul, Montana, USA. Oral Presentation.

  • 2013. Jordana, X., Marín-Moratalla, N., Moncunill-Solé, B., Köhler, M. Can the enamel incremental lines provide clues about mammalian life histories? The Second International Symposium on Paleohistology. 18th-20th Jul, Montana, USA. Poster.

  • 2013. Moncunill-Solé, B. (CA), Marín-Moratalla, N., Jordana, X., Casanovas-Vilar, I., Rook, L., Köhler, M. Preliminary results on the life history traits of the insular fossil rodent Mikrotia (Muridae, Rodentia) from Gargano archipelago (Apulia, Italy). 2nd International Symposium of Paleohistology. 18th-20th Jul, Montana, USA. Poster.

  • 2013. Köhler, M., Pretus, J.Ll., Jordana, X., Marín-Moratalla, N., Moncunill-Solé, B. Reconstructing mammalian life histories from hard tissues. 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. 8th-12th Jul, Barcelona, Spain. Oral Presentation.

  • 2013. Marín-Moratalla, N., Cubo, J., Jordana, X., Moncunill-Solé, B., Köhler, M. Correlates of bone histology quantitative data with life history traits and ecological parameters in bovids. 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. 8th-12th Jul, Barcelona, Spain. Poster.

  • 2013. Jordana, X., Marín-Moratalla, N., Moncunill-Solé, B., Köhler, M. Can the enamel incremental lines provide clues about mammalian life histories? 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. 8th-12th Jul, Barcelona, Spain. Poster.

  • 2012. Marín-Moratalla, N., Jordana, X., García-Martínez, R., Moncunill-Solé, B., Köhler, M. What does the life history of a fossil bovid tells us about paleoenvironment? 72nd Annual Meeting Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17th-20th Oct, Raleigh, USA. Poster.

  • 2012. Jordana, X., Marín-Moratalla, N., Moncunill-Solé, B., Köhler, M. Reconstruction of life history from hard tissue histology-Implications for paleobiology and conservation biology in large mammals. 82th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Mammalogy. 4th-8th Sep, Frankfurt, Germany. Oral Presentation.

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