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List of works by Salvador Moyà-Solà

A finding of oligocene primates on the European continent

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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)

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

A new pliopithecid genus (primates: Pliopithecoidea) from Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain).

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A new species of Anchitherium (Equidae: Anchitheriinae) from the Middle Miocene of Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula)

scientific article published in 2011

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).

scientific article published in January 2010

A new species of Pseudoloris (Omomyidae, Primates) from the middle Eocene of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain).

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A partial hominoid humerus from the middle miocene of Castell de Barberà (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain).

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A partial skeleton of the fossil great ape Hispanopithecus laietanus from Can Feu and the mosaic evolution of crown-hominoid positional behaviors

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade

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Agerinia marandati sp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula, sheds new light on the evolution of the genus Agerinia

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Agerinia smithorum sp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula

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Ape family tree

Ape-like or hominid-like? The positional behavior of Oreopithecus bambolii reconsidered

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Astragalar and calcaneal morphology of the middle Eocene primate Anchomomys frontanyensis (Anchomomyini): Implications for early primate evolution

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Bio- and magnetostratigraphic correlation of the Miocene primate-bearing site of Castell de Barberà to the earliest Vallesian

scientific article published on 10 May 2019

Biochronological, taphonomical, and paleoenvironmental background of the fossil great ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (Primates, Hominidae).

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Brain versus body mass in endemic ruminant artiodactyls: A case studied of Myotragus balearicus and smallest Candiacervus species from Mediterranean Islands

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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.

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Brief communication: the oldest pliopithecid record in the Iberian Peninsula based on new material from the Vallès-Penedès Basin

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Calcaneal proportions in primates and locomotor inferences in Anchomomys and other Palaeogene Euprimates

Can Pallars i Llobateres: A new hominoid-bearing locality from the late Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)

scientific article published on 18 May 2018

Carnivora from the late Early Pleistocene of Cal Guardiola (Terrassa, Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain)

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Castells de cartes, la frontera del caos i l'extinció dels dinosaures: la paleontologia avui

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Dentognathic remains of Macaca (Primates, Cercopithecidae) from the late early Pleistocene of Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain).

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Dietary specialization during the evolution of Western Eurasian hominoids and the extinction of European Great Apes

scientific article published in 2014

Early human dispersals into the Iberian Peninsula: a comment on Martínez et al.(2010) and Garcia et al. (2011).

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Early origin for human-like precision grasping: a comparative study of pollical distal phalanges in fossil hominins

scientific article published in 2010

Ebusia moralesi n. gen. nov. sp, a new endemic caprine (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Neogene of Eivissa Island (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): evolutionary implications

scientific article published on 24 April 2022

Els Casots (Subirats, Catalonia), a key site for the Miocene vertebrate record of Southwestern Europe

scientific article published in 2022

Enamel thickness in the Middle Miocene great apes Anoiapithecus, Pierolapithecus and Dryopithecus

scientific article (publication date: 22 July 2010)

European pliopithecid diets revised in the light of dental microwear in Pliopithecus canmatensis and Barberapithecus huerzeleri

scientific article published in August 2013

Evolution of locomotion in Anthropoidea: the semicircular canal evidence

scientific article (publication date: 7 September 2012)

Femoral neck cortical bone distribution of dryopithecin apes and the evolution of hominid locomotion

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

First evidence of Tethytragus Azanza and Morales, 1994 (Ruminantia, Bovidae), in the Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Spain)

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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

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

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.

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First record of Plesiadapiformes (Primates, Mammalia) from Spain.

scientific article published on 4 February 2012

First record of the genus Microchoerus (Omomyidae, Primates) in the western Iberian Peninsula and its palaeobiogeographic implications.

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Forearm pronation efficiency in A.L. 288-1 (Australopithecus afarensis) and MH2 (Australopithecus sediba): Insights into their locomotor and manipulative habits.

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How large are the extinct giant insular rodents? New body mass estimations from teeth and bones.

scientific article published in March 2014

Human evolution. Comment on "Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus".

scientific article published in June 2015

In memoriam Rafel Adrover, paleontòleg (1911-2007)

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Insectivores (Eulipotyphla; Mammalia) from the Middle Miocene of Barranc de Can Vila 1 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain)

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Insights into the lower torso in late Miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Island rules cannot be broken

scientific article published in January 2008

Late Miocene insular mice from the Tusco-Sardinian palaeobioprovince provide new insights on the palaeoecology of the Oreopithecus faunas

scientific article published on 2 March 2011

Latest Early Pleistocene remains of Lynx pardinus (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: Taxonomy and evolutionary implications

article by Alberto Boscaini et al published July 2016 in Quaternary Science Reviews

Locomotor inferences in Pierolapithecus and Hispanopithecus: Reply to Deane and Begun (2008).

scientific article published on 26 May 2010

Mammal extinctions in the Vallesian (Upper Miocene)

Microchoerus hookeri nov. sp., a new late Eocene European microchoerine (Omomyidae, Primates): New insights on the evolution of the genus Microchoerus

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Middle Eocene rodents from Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (eastern Pyrenees, northern Spain) and biochronological implications

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Middle Miocene Pierolapithecus provides a first glimpse into early hominid pelvic morphology

scientific article published on 30 March 2013

Middle Miocene tragulid remains from Abocador de Can Mata: The earliest record of Dorcatherium naui from Western Europe

article by David M. Alba et al published March 2011 in Geobios

Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution.

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Morphological affinities of the Australopithecus afarensis hand on the basis of manual proportions and relative thumb length

scientific article published in February 2003

Necrolemur anadoni, a new species of Microchoerinae (Omomyidae, Primates) from the Middle Eocene of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain).

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Neutron-based computed microtomography: Pliobates cataloniae and Barberapithecus huerzeleri as a test-case study

scientific article published on 25 March 2018

New Anchomomyini (Adapoidea, Primates) from the Mazaterón Middle Eocene locality (Almazán Basin, Soria, Spain).

scientific article published on 25 March 2010

New Anchomomys (Adapoidea, Primates) from the Robiacian (Middle Eocene) of northeastern Spain. Taxonomic and evolutionary implications

scientific article published on 18 February 2011

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

scientific article published on 4 March 2019

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

scholarly article by Josep M. Robles et al published November 2013 in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

New craniodental remains ofTrocharion AlbanenseMajor, 1903 (Carnivora, Mustelidae), from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (middle to late Miocene, Barcelona, Spain)

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New dental and postcranial material of Agerinia smithorum (Primates, Adapiformes) from the type locality Casa Retjo-1 (early Eocene, Iberian Peninsula).

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

New dental remains of Anoiapithecus and the first appearance datum of hominoids in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published on 7 August 2013

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).

scientific article published on 25 June 2012

New material of Pseudoloris parvulus (Microchoerinae, Omomyidae, Primates) from the Late Eocene of Sossís (northeastern Spain) and its implications for the evolution of Pseudoloris

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

New remains of Dorcatherium crassum (Artiodactyla: Tragulidae) from the Early Miocene (MN4) of Els Casots (Subirats, Vallès-Penedès Basin)

article by David M. Alba et al published February 2014 in Comptes Rendus Palevol

Nievesia sossisensis, a new anchomomyin (Adapiformes, Primates) from the early Late Eocene of the southern Pyrenees (Catalonia, Spain).

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Nuralagus rex, gen. et sp. nov., an endemic insular giant rabbit from the Neogene of Minorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)

scientific article (publication date: 17 March 2011)

Observacions sobre l'evolució i biologia del gènere Homotherium Fabrini, 1890 (Mammalia, Carnivora)

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On the determination of the Microchoerus (Omomyidae, Primates) remains from Sant Cugat de Gavadons (Late Eocene, Ebro Basin, NE Spain).

scientific article published on 18 January 2016

On the identity of a hominoid male upper canine from the Vallès-Penedès Basin figured by Pickford (2012)

scientific article published in 2012

Orang-like manual adaptations in the fossil hominoid Hispanopithecus laietanus: first steps towards great ape suspensory behaviours

scientific article (publication date: 7 October 2007)

Oreopithecus was a bipedal ape after all: evidence from the iliac cancellous architecture

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Physiological and life history strategies of a fossil large mammal in a resource-limited environment

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Pierolapithecus and the functional morphology of Miocene ape hand phalanges: paleobiological and evolutionary implications

scientific article published on 24 July 2009

Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a new Middle Miocene great ape from Spain

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Pleistocene rodents from the Torrent de Vallparadís section (Terrassa, northeastern Spain) and biochronological implications

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Presencia de la familia Moschidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) en el Vallesiense de España: Hispanomeryx duriensis novo gen. nova sp.

scholarly article (1981)

Pseudoloris cuestai, a new microchoerine (Primates, Omomyidae) from the middle Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula

Redescription and designation of a neotype for Pseudoloris reguanti Crusafont-Pairó, 1967, an Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula

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Reduction of brain and sense organs in the fossil insular bovid Myotragus

scientific article (publication date: 2004)

Reply to Meiri and Raia: Small offspring size and fast life history all the way?

scientific article (publication date: 18 February 2010)

Response to Comment on "Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a New Middle Miocene Great Ape from Spain"

scientific article published in Science

Revisió del suposat bòvid de la Cova de Ca Na Reia (Sta Eulàlia del Riu, Eivissa). A review of the presumed bovid from Cova de Ca Na Reia (Sta Eulàlia del Riu, Eivissa)

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Rodents and insectivores from the hominoid-bearing site of Can Feu (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain)

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Rodents and lagomorphs from the Middle Miocene hominoid-bearing site of Barranc de Can Vila 1 (els Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia, Spain)

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Taxonomic affinities of the Eppelsheim femur

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Taxonomic attribution of the La Grive hominoid teeth

scientific article published on 11 June 2013

Taxonomic attribution of the Olduvai hominid 7 manual remains and the functional interpretation of hand morphology in robust australopithecines

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Taxonomy and paleobiology of the genusChalicomysKaup, 1832 (Rodentia, Castoridae), with the description of a new species from Abocador De Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Catalonia, Spain)

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The European Far West: Miocene mammal isolation, diversity and turnover in the Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian record of the puma-like cat Puma pardoides (Owen, 1846) (Carnivora, Felidae)

article by Joan Madurell-Malapeira et al published January 2010 in Comptes Rendus Palevol

The Middle Miocene ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus exhibits extant great ape-like morphometric affinities on its patella: inferences on knee function and evolution

scientific article published in 2014

The Orce skull: anatomy of a mistake

scientific article published on July 1, 1997

The Vallparadís section (Terrassa, Iberian Peninsula) and the latest Villafranchian faunas of Europe

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The distal tibia of Hispanopithecus laietanus: more evidence for mosaic evolution in Miocene apes.

scientific article published on 7 March 2013

The evolution of the vestibular apparatus in apes and humans

scientific article published on 03 March 2020

The femur of Orrorin tugenensis exhibits morphometric affinities with both Miocene apes and later hominins

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The first fossil Platyrrhini (Primates: Anthropoidea) from Venezuela: A capuchin monkey from the Plio-Pleistocene of El Breal de Orocual

scientific article published on 5 March 2017

The morphology of Oreopithecus bambolii pollical distal phalanx

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The nasal and paranasal architecture of the Middle Miocene ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (primates: Hominidae): phylogenetic implications

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The paleoenvironment of Hispanopithecus laietanus as revealed by paleobotanical evidence from the Late Miocene of Can Llobateres 1 (Catalonia, Spain).

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The primate fossil record in the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article published in 2014

The primate remains from Roc de Santa (Late Eocene, NE Spain) revisited: New taxonomic allocation

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

The taxonomic status of European Plio-Pleistocene badgers

article published in 2011

The thumb of Miocene apes: new insights from Castell de Barberà (Catalonia, Spain).

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The vertebral remains of the late Miocene great ape Hispanopithecus laietanus from Can Llobateres 2 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula).

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

Un caso de hiperodoncia en la serie incisiva en una mandíbula de Myotragus balearicus Bate

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Une espèce géante de Muscardinus Kaup, 1829(Gliridae, Rodentia, Mammalia) dans le gisement karstique de Cala Es Pou (Miocène supérieur de Minorque, Baléares)

scientific article published in January 1982

Updated chronology for the Miocene hominoid radiation in Western Eurasia

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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 Peninsu

scientific article published in February 2017

When sleep or hide makes the difference in macroevolution

scientific article (publication date: 2 September 2008)