Xavier Delclòs
Complete address:
Department de Dinàmica de la Terra i de l’Oceà
Facultat de Ciències de la Terra
Universitat de Barcelona
08028 Barcelona
Tel. 0034 93 402 13 81
e-mail: xdelclos@ub.edu
Research Group: Terrestrial Palaeobiology
Main research interest:
- Palaeobiology of Terrestrial Arthropods and Taphonomy
Main publications:
- Delclòs, X., Peñalver, E., Arillo, A., Engel, M.S., Nel, A., Azar, D. and Ross, A. (2016). New mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) in Cretaceous ambers from Lebanon, Spain, and Myanmar. Cretaceous Research, 60, 91-108.
- Pérez-De la Fuente, R., Delclòs, X., Peñalver, E. and Engel, M.S. (2016). A defensive behavior and plant-insect interaction in Early Cretaceous amber - The case of the immature lacewing Hallucinochrysa diogenesi. Arthropod Structure & Development, 45, 33-39.
- Peris, D., Ruzzier, E., Perrichot, V. and Delclòs, X. (2016). Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-infuenced Cretaceous ambers. Geoscience Frontiers, 7, 695-706.
- Sánchez-García, A., Peñalver, E., Bird, G.J., Perrichot, V. and Delclòs, X. (2016, in print). Palaeobiology of tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Cretaceous ambers: extending the scarce fossil record of a diverse peracarid group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 217, doi: 10.1111/zoj.12427.
- Engel, M.S., Peris, D., Chatzimanolis, S. and Delclòs, X. (2015). An earwig (Insecta: Dermaptera) in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 46, 291-300.
- Peñalver, E., Arillo, A., Pérez-De la Fuente, R., Riccio, M.L., Delclòs, X., Barrón, E. and Grimaldi, D.A. (2015). Long-Proboscid Flies as Pollinators of Cretaceous Gymnosperms. Current Biology, 25, 1-7 + supplementary material.
- Peris, D. and Delclòs, X. (2015). Fossil Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from Laurasian Cretaceous ambers. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 15, 333-342.
- Peris, D., Maier, C.A., Sánchez-García, A. and Delclòs, X. (2015). The oldest known riffle beetle (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Early Cretaceous Spanish amber. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 14, 181-186.
- Peris, D., Philips, T.K. and Delclòs, X. (2015). Ptinid beetles from the Cretaceous gymnosperm-dominated forests. Cretaceous Research, 52, 440-452.
- Peris, D., Solórzano, M.M., Peñalver, E. and Delclòs, X. (2015). New ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae) from Miocene Mexican and Dominican ambers and their paleobiogeographical implications. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 15, 527-542.
- Sánchez-García, A., Peñalver, E., Pérez de la Fuente, R. and Delclòs, X. (2015). A rich and diverse tanaidomorphan (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) assemblage associated with Early Cretaceous resin-producing forests in North Iberia: palaeobiological implications. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology on-line version: 2014, print version: 2015, 13, 645-676.
- Speranza, M., Ascaso, C., Delclòs, X. and Peñalver, E. (2015). Cretaceous mycelia preserving fungal polysaccharides: taphonomic and paleoecological potential of microorganisms preserved in fossil resins. Geologica Acta, 13, 363-385.
