Fieldwork experience
I have regularly participated in excavations and prospections since 2004. I have joined more than 20 palaeontological surveys in Spain, localities ranging from the early Permian to the late Pleistocene, and I have directed or co-directed 12 additional interventions. Occasionally, I have also joined expeditions in the USA. Among the duties I have commonly carried out are surface collecting, screen-washing, controlling heavy machinery, digging and gathering of associated data.
Field experience (Director):
- Odèn (Triassic, Catalonia, Spain). 2016
- Palanca de Noves (Catalonia, Spain). August-November 2014, April-July 2015. Full-time dedication.
- Permian and Triassic localities of the Catalan Pyrenees (Port del Cantó, Sas and Vall de Manyanet). 2013.
- Casts of Triassic footprints at Palanca de Noves (Catalonia, Spain). 2013.
- Permian and Triassic localities from the Pyrenees and central Catalonia (Spain). 2012.
- Móra d’Ebre (Triassic, Catalonia, Spain). 2011.
- Vilanova de la Sal (Triassic, Catalonia, Spain). 2011.
- Odèn (Triassic, Catalonia, Spain). 2010.
- La Mora (Triassic, Catalonia, Spain). 2010.
- Several Triassic localities from Catalonia (Spain). 2009.
- Montseny (Triassic, Catalonia, Spain). 2009.
- Montsec (Early Cretaceous, Catalonia, Spain). 2008.
- Autovia Orbital B-40, Olesa de Montserrat-Viladecavalls (Miocene,
Catalonia, Spain). August 2008- March 2009. Full-time dedication.
Field experience (Technician or volunteer):
- La Morera del Monsant (Early Eocene, Catalonia, Spain). 2016.
- Sant Cugat de Gavadons (Late Eocene, Catalonia, Spain). 2016.
- Vall d’Àger (Early Eocene, Catalonia, Spain). 2014.
- Mallorca (Eocene and Oligocene, Balearic Islands, Spain). 2013.
- Pontils (Eocene, Catalonia, Spain). 2012.
- Can Llobateres (Miocene, Catalonia, Spain). 2012.
- Buffalo (Late Cretaceous, South Dakota, USA). 2011.
- Egg Mountain (Late Cretaceous, Montana, USA). 2011.
- Dino Track Tour (several Jurassic and Cretaceous localities
from Spain), in colaboration with the University of Manchester. 2009.
- Las Hoyas (Early Cretaceous, Spain). 2008.
- Montseny (Triassic, Catalonia, Spain). 2007, 2008.
- Several Miocene (Can Mata, Ecoparc, Polinyà) and Pleistocene (Vallparadís)
Catalan localities. 2006-2009. Full-time dedication.
- Coll de Nargó (Late Cretaceous, Catalonia, Spain). 2005.
- Basturs (Late Cretaceous, Catalonia, Spain). 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010.
Picture by David M. Alba