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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Daniel Vidal

Citation names

  • Vidal, Daniel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A81C-E2EA-A1BB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6054-1357
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=es&pli=1&user=3FNInSwAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
56321121200
Education
Degree Classification
2016/04 - 2019/12/19
Concluded
 Doctorado en Ciencias (Doctor)
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
"Evolution of sauropod dinosaur postcranial biomechanics: A virtual paleontology approach " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013/10 - 2014/10
Concluded
 Master en Biodiversidad (Master Universitario)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2007/09 - 2013/07
Concluded
 Licenciado en Biología (Licence)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/12 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
2016 - 2019 Research Trainee (Research) Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/08 - 2019/11 Análisis comparativo de los yacimientos de vertebrados de Lo Hueco (Cuenca) y Poyos (Guadalajara) (Cretácico Superior. Formación Villalba de la Sierra)
SBPLY/19/180801/000044
Researcher
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
 Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Concluded
2018/07 - 2018/11 Análisis de la anatomía cervical de los titanosaurios del Cretácico Superior de Lo Hueco
SBPLY/18/180801/000065,
Researcher
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
 Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Concluded
2016 - 2018 Nuevos conceptos y herramientas de análisis para el estudio del paleoecosistema de Lo Hueco (Cretácico Superior. Fuentes, Cuenca)
CGL2015-68363-P
Researcher
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
 Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Concluded
2017/06 - 2017/10 Análisis de la anatomía pélvica de los titanosaurios del Cretácico Superior de Lo Hueco (Fuentes, Cuenca)
SBPLY/17/ 180801/000063
Researcher
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
 Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Concluded
2016/10 - 2016/11 Análisis del esqueleto caudal de titanosaurios del Cretácico Superior de Lo Hueco
SBPLY/16/180801/000017
Researcher
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
 Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2016/12 - 2020/12 Evolution of sauropod dinosaur postcranial biomechanics: a virtual paleontology approach
0531174813 Y0SC001170
PhD Student Fellow
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Calés, Daniel. "Geometric Morphometric Studies in the Human Spine". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-19349-2_16
Conference abstract
  1. Vidal, Daniel; Pedro Mocho; Francisco Ortega; José Luis Sanz. "Spinophorosaurus nigerensis (Middle ? Jurassic, Niger): mosaic morphofunctional evolution on early branching Eusauropoda.". Paper presented in 63rd Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association., Valencia, 2019.
    Published
  2. Vidal, Daniel. "Montajes de esqueletos de sauropodomorfos como herramienta para evaluar hipótesis científicas.". Paper presented in XXXIV Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología., Baza, 2019.
    Published
  3. Vidal, Daniel; Pedro Mocho; Francisco Ortega; José Luis Sanz. "Eusauropod sacra: the cornerstone of their body plan and, an evolutionary innovation?". Paper presented in XVII Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology., Brussels, 2019.
    Published
  4. Vidal, Daniel; Mocho, Pedro; Páramo, Adrián; Aberasturi, Ainara; Sanz, José Luis; Ortega, Francisco. "Variability of cervical intervertebral space, posture and range of motion: comparing sauropod and giraffe ontogeny.". Paper presented in XVII Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology., Caparica, 2018.
    Published
  5. Wilson, David W.; Thatcher, Sherry M.B.; Brown, Susan A.. "Could sauropods perform a `cloacal kiss´? Evidence of mating capabilities capabilities from a virtual Spinophorosaurus.". Paper presented in XVI Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología., Zarautz, 2018.
    Published • 10.1109/hicss.2015.90
  6. Vidal, Daniel; José Luis Sanz; Pedro Mocho; Adrián Páramo; Fernando Escaso; Fátima Marcos-Fernández; Francisco Ortega. "The titanosaur tails from Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain): Four different ways to shake?". Paper presented in 77th Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology., Calgary, 2017.
    Published
  7. Vidal, Daniel; Mocho, Pedro; Aberasturi, Ainara; Ortega, Francisco. "Assembling a virtual Spinophorosaurus skeleton: what can it teach us about the evolution of eusauropods?". Paper presented in VII Jornadas Internaciones sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno., Salas de los Infantes, 2016.
    Published
  8. Vidal, Daniel; Ortega, Francisco; Gascó, Francisco; Serrano-Martínez, Alejandro; Sanz, José Luis. "Why some titanosaur osteoderms have internal voids and some don’t? New information from Lo Hueco (Spain).". Paper presented in XIV Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology., Haarlem, 2016.
    Published
  9. Vidal, Daniel. "Testing the results of digital range of motion by manual manipulation of 3D printed skeletons.". Paper presented in 1st International Meeting of Early-Stage Researchers in Palaeontology, Alpuente, 2016.
    In press
  10. Vidal, Daniel; Ortega, Francisco; Aberasturi, Ainara; Sanz, José Luis. "The specialized tail of Spinophorosaurus nigerensis (Sauropoda. Middle Jurassic) and the osteological limits on its range of motion.". Paper presented in 63rd Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy., Southampton, 2015.
    Published
  11. Vidal, Daniel; De Miguel, Carlos. "The scientific relevance of paleoimagery: popularizing and generating hypothesis on primeval worlds.". Paper presented in XIII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología., Madrid, 2015.
    Published
  12. Vidal, Daniel; Ortega, Francisco; Sanz, José Luis. "Armoring the titans: studying the variability on the morphology of Laurasian titanosaur osteoderms". Paper presented in 74th Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology., Berlin, 2014.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Calés, Daniel. "High browsing skeletal adaptations in Spinophorosaurus reveal an evolutionary innovation in sauropod dinosaurs". Scientific Reports (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63439-0.
    10.1038/s41598-020-63439-0
  2. Calés, Daniel. "Sauropodomorph skeletal mounts as scientific devices for testing hypotheses". Journal of Iberian Geology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41513-020-00122-3.
    10.1007/s41513-020-00122-3
  3. Calés, Daniel. "Ontogenetic similarities between giraffe and sauropod neck osteological mobility". PLOS ONE (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227537.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0227537
  4. Cuesta, E.; Vidal, D.; Ortega, F.; Sanz, J.L.. "The cranial osteology of Concavenator corcovatus (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain". Cretaceous Research 91 (2018): 176-194. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048554067&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.007
  5. Calés, Daniel. "The cranial osteology of Concavenator corcovatus (Theropoda; Carcharodontosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain". Cretaceous Research (2018): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667118301046.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.007
  6. Calés, Daniel. "The internal anatomy of titanosaur osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain is compatible with a role in oogenesis". Scientific Reports (2017): http://www.nature.com/articles/srep42035.
    10.1038/srep42035
  7. Vidal, D.; Díez Díaz, V.. "Reconstructing hypothetical sauropod tails by means of 3D digitization: Lirainosaurus astibiae as case study". Journal of Iberian Geology 43 2 (2017): 293-305. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85027841708&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s41513-017-0022-6
  8. Pérez-García, A.; Ortega, F.; Bolet, A.; Escaso, F.; Houssaye, A.; Martínez-Salanova, J.; de Miguel Chaves, C.; et al. "A review of the upper Campanian vertebrate site of Armuña (Segovia Province, Spain)". Cretaceous Research 57 (2016): 591-623. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84941775021&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cretres.2015.08.008
  9. Serrano-Martínez, A.; Vidal, D.; Sciscio, L.; Ortega, F.; Knoll, F.. "Isolated Theropod Teeth from the Middle Jurassic of Niger and the Early Dental Evolution of Spinosauridae". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 2 (2016): 403-415. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84973359602&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.4202/app.00101.2014
  10. Ortega, F.; Bardet, N.; Barroso-Barcenilla, F.; Callapez, P.M.; Cambra-Moo, O.; Daviero-Gómez, V.; Díez Díaz, V.; et al. "The biota of the upper cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain)". Journal of Iberian Geology 41 1 (2015): 83-99. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84929164261&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n1.48657
  11. Vidal, D.; Ortega, F.; Sanz, J.L.. "Titanosaur osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Lo Hueco (Spain) and their implications on the armor of Laurasian titanosaurs". PLoS ONE 9 8 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905905142&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0102488
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Organising Committee member of Scientific Meeting for Early Stage Researchers in Paleontology "XV Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología (XV EJIP)" in Pombal (Portugal) (2017/04/19 - 2017/04/22)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/12/15 - 2019/12/21 Poster presentation "Spinophorosaurus nigerensis (Middle ? Jurassic, Niger): mosaic morphofunctional evolution on early branching Eusauropoda" at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association in Valencia (Spain).
Congress
 63rd Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association
Universitat de València, Spain

The Palaeontological Association, United Kingdom
2019/10 - 2019/10 Oral Communication "Montajes de esqueletos de sauropodomorfos como herramienta para evaluar hipótesis científicas" at the XXXIV Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología.
Congress
 XXXIV Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología.
Sociedad Española de Paleontología, Spain
2019/07 - 2019/07 Oral Communication "Eusauropod sacra: the cornerstone of their body plan and, an evolutionary innovation?" at the XVII Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology in Brussels (Belgium).
Congress
 XVII Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology
European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Germany
2019/04 - 2019/04 Oral Communication "Sauropodomorph skeletal mounts as scientific hypotheses testing device" at the XVII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología in Nájera (Spain).
Conference
 XVII Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología
Universidad de la Rioja, Spain
2018/06 - 2018/06 Oral presentation "Variability of cervical intervertebral space, posture and range of motion: comparing sauropod and giraffe ontogeny" at the XVI Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology (EAVP) Program and abstracts in Caparica (Portugal).
Congress
 XVI Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology
European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Germany
2018/04 - 2018/04 Oral communication "Could sauropods perform a `cloacal kiss´? Evidence of mating capabilities capabilities from a virtual Spinophorosaurus" at the XVI Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología in Zarautz (Spain).
Congress
 XVI Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología
2017/04 - 2017/04 Poster presentation "The specialized structures on sauropod dinosaur tails: a review." at the XV Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología in Pombal (Portugal)
Congress
 XV Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología in Pombal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012 - Current Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Member
2012 - Current European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists