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Luis Alcalá is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on paleontology. Their research spans multiple subfields including paleontology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, nature and landscape conservation, anthropology, and geology.

The scientist's work mainly addresses topics such as paleontology and evolutionary biology, evolution and paleontology studies, ichthyology and marine biology, fossil insects in amber, Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, amphibian and reptile biology, as well as geology and paleoclimatology research.

Luis Alcalá's recent papers include the following:

  • Origin and evolution of turiasaur dinosaurs set by means of a new 'rosetta' specimen from Spain (2020), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • European Goniopholididae from the Early Albian Escucha Formation in Ariño (Teruel, Aragón, Spain) (2020), Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Diversity of large ornithopod dinosaurs in the upper Hauterivian-lower Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Teruel (Spain): a morphometric approach (2020), Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
  • Palaeoneurology of the early cretaceous iguanodont Proa valdearinnoensis and its bearing on the parallel developments of cognitive abilities in theropod and ornithopod dinosaurs (2021), The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Systematics and paleobiology of a new articulated axial specimen referred to Iguanodon cf. galvensis (Ornithopoda, Iguanodontoidea) (2020), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Their frequent co-authors include Rafael Royo-Torres, Alberto Cobos, Luis Mampel, Jacques Dam, and P. Mein.

Luis Alcalá has published repeatedly in notable venues such as the Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, Geobios, Global and Planetary Change, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), and the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Best Publications

  • Woodworking activities by early humans: a plant residue analysis on Acheulian stone tools from Peninj (Tanzania).

    M. Dominguez Rodrigo;J. Serrallonga;J. Juan-Tresserras;L. Alcala

  • A Giant European Dinosaur and a New Sauropod Clade

    Rafael Royo-Torres;Alberto Cobos;Luis Alcalá

  • The Oldowan industry of Peninj and its bearing on the reconstruction of the technological skills of Lower Pleistocene hominids.

    Ignacio de la Torre;Rafael Mora;Manuel Domı́nguez-Rodrigo;Luis de Luque

  • The upper Miocene mammal record from the Teruel–Alfambra region (Spain). The MN system and continental stage/age concepts discussed

    J. A. Van Dam;L. Alcalá;A. Alonso Zarza;J. P. Calvo

  • The ST Site Complex at Peninj, West Lake Natron, Tanzania: Implications for Early Hominid Behavioural Models

    Manuel Domı́nguez-Rodrigo;Ignacio de La Torre;Luis de Luque;Luis Alcalá

  • El registro sedimentario y faunístico de las cuencas de Calatayud-Daroca y Teruel. Evolución paleoambiental y paleoclimática durante el Neógeno

    L. Alcalá;Ana María Alonso-Zarza;María Ángeles Álvarez Sierra;B. Azanza

  • An Iberian stegosaurs paradise: The Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian–Berriasian) in Teruel (Spain)

    Alberto Cobos;Rafael Royo-Torres;Luis Luque;Luis Alcalá

  • High European sauropod dinosaur diversity during Jurassic–Cretaceous transition in Riodeva (Teruel, Spain)

    Rafael Royo-Torres;Alberto Cobos;Luis Luque;Ainara Aberasturi

  • A stratigraphical framework for Miocene (MN4-MN13) continental sediments of Central Spain

    Remmert Daams;Luis Alcalá;María de los Angeles Alvarez Sierra;Beatriz Azanza

  • An unusual new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Teruel, Spain

    Andrew T. Mcdonald;Eduardo Espílez;Luis Mampel;James I. Kirkland

  • The basal nodosaurid ankylosaur Europelta carbonensis n. gen., n. sp. from the Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) Escucha Formation of northeastern Spain.

    James I. Kirkland;Luis Alcalá;Mark A. Loewen;Mark A. Loewen;Eduardo Espílez

  • A new taphonomic bioerosion in a Miocene lakeshore environment

    M. Dolores Pesquero;Carmen Ascaso;Luis Alcalá;Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo

  • Descendants of the Jurassic turiasaurs from Iberia found refuge in the Early Cretaceous of western USA

    Rafael Royo-Torres;Paul Upchurch;James I. Kirkland;Donald D. DeBlieux

  • The anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, and stratigraphic position of the Tithonian–Berriasian Spanish sauropod dinosaur Aragosaurus ischiaticus

    Rafael Royo-Torres;Paul Upchurch;Philip D. Mannion;Ramón Mas

  • Systematic revision of the Late Miocene sabre‐toothed felid Paramachaerodus in Spain

    Manuel J. Salesa;Mauricio Antón;Alan Turner;Luis Alcalá

  • Jurassic Coastal Park: A great diversity of palaeoenvironments for the dinosaurs of the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Teruel, eastern Spain)

    Sonia Campos-Soto;Sonia Campos-Soto;Alberto Cobos;Esmeralda Caus;M. Isabel Benito;M. Isabel Benito

  • Megatheropods as apex predators in the typically Jurassic ecosystems of the Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Iberian Range, Spain)

    Alberto Cobos;Martin G. Lockley;Francisco Gascó;Rafael Royo–Torres

  • Perinates of a new species of Iguanodon (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from the lower Barremian of Galve (Teruel, Spain)

    Francisco J. Verdú;Rafael Royo-Torres;Alberto Cobos;Luis Alcalá

  • Revisiting the age and palaeoenvironments of the Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous? dinosaur-bearing sedimentary record of eastern Spain: implications for Iberian palaeogeography

    Sonia Campos-Soto;Sonia Campos-Soto;M. Isabel Benito;M. Isabel Benito;Alberto Cobos;Esmeralda Caus

  • Hints of the Early Jehol Biota: Important Dinosaur Footprint Assemblages from the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary Tuchengzi Formation in Beijing, China

    Lida Xing;Jianping Zhang;Martin G. Lockley;Richard T. McCrea

  • A new specimen of the Cretaceous sauropod Tastavinsaurus sanzi from El Castellar (Teruel, Spain), and a phylogenetic analysis of the Laurasiformes

    Rafael Royo-Torres;Luis Alcalá;Alberto Cobos

  • Individual variation in the postcranial skeleton of the Early Cretaceous Iguanodon bernissartensis (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda)

    Francisco Javier Verdú;Pascal Godefroit;Rafael Royo-Torres;Alberto Cobos

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Muñoz
Patricia Muñoz Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Jorge Morales
Jorge Morales Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Emilio Bouza
Emilio Bouza Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo
Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo University of Alcalá
Ana María Alonso-Zarza
Ana María Alonso-Zarza Complutense University of Madrid
Jesús Guinea
Jesús Guinea Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo
Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo Spanish National Research Council
Marc Philippe
Marc Philippe Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Wout Krijgsman
Wout Krijgsman Utrecht University
Teresa Peláez
Teresa Peláez Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

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