Elisabete Malafaia
Profile
Research Group: RG2 – Ocean, coastal and land surface processes
Position at IDL: Grant Researcher/Postdoctoral Researcher
Job: Other
Email: efmalafaia@fc.ul.pt
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
Since 2020: Junior Researcher at Instituto Dom Luiz, FCUL (funded by the FCT, in the CEEC 2018)
2019-2020: Science and Techonology Management Fellow at Instituto Dom Luiz, FCUL
2017: Ph.D in Geology (speciality Paleontology and Stratigraphy), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Lisboa (International Ph.D)
2011: M.Sc. in Geology (speciality Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Paleontology), Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade de Lisboa
2002: B.Sc in Geology, Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra
Researcher of the Grupo de Biología Evolutiva UNED (Spain)
Associate Researcher of the Sociedade de História Natural (Torres Vedras, Portugal)
Scientific Informations
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4894-4257
SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=16239055000
Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/2585738/elisabete-malafaia/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elisabete_Malafaia
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
My research focus the evolutionary history of Late Jurassic theropods from the peri-Atlantic realm. I’m particularly interested on the anatomy, systematics, paleobiology, and paleobiogeography of this group of dinosaurs. I’ve developed first-hand analysis of several collections with theropod remains (e.g. Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, England, North Africa) of different ages from the Middle Jurassic to the Upper Cretaceous. My studies focus the macroevolutionary history of theropods, particularly correlating with the evolution of the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean. I have skills on cladistic analyses of theropods and also on other advance analyses, such as photogrammetry and geometric-morphometrics. I’ve collaborated in several outreach and educational activities, including production of thematic exhibitions, lectures, seminars, and congresses, coordination of trainees and volunteers in paleontological excavation and prospecting as well as on laboratorial activities of conservation-restoration of vertebrate fossils. I’ve participated in more than two tens of paleontological field-works in Portugal (co-directing 8 of them), Spain, and United States. I was an active researcher in four R&D projects funded by public entities of Spain and Portugal and was responsible for three European research projects under the Synthesys program beside three other projects funded by the Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (Portugal), Sociedad Española de Paleontología (Spain), and Jurassic Foundation (USA). I’ve established several collaborations with international researchers (e.g. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid), Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (Barcelona), Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich, and Dinosaur Institute of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
Top 10 Publications:
Malafaia, E., Gasulla, J.M., Escaso, F., Narvaéz, I. and Ortega, F. (2020), An update of the spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) fossil record from the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula: distribution, diversity, and evolutionary history”, Journal of Iberian Geology, (In Press), https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-020-00138-9
Malafaia, E., Gasulla, J.M., Escaso, F., Narváez, I., Sanz, J.L. and Ortega, F. (2020), A new spinosaurid theropod (Dinosauria: Megalosauroidea) from the upper Barremian of Vallibona, Spain: Implications for spinosaurid diversity in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula”, Cretaceous Research, 106 (In Press), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104221
Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F. and Ortega, F. (2020), A new carcharodontosaurian theropod from the Lusitanian Basin: evidence of allosauroid sympatry in the European Late Jurassic”, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40(1), (In Press), https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2020.1768106
Castanera, D., Silva, B.C., Santos, V.F., Malafaia, E. and Belvedere, M. (2020), Tracking Late Jurassic ornithopods in the Llusitanian Basin of Portugal: Ichnotaxonomic implications, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, vol. 65(2): 399–412. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00707.2019
Castanera, D., Malafaia, E., Silva, B.C., Santos, V.F., and Belvedere, M. (2020), New dinosaur, crocodylomorph and swim tracks from the Late Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin: implications for ichnodiversity, Lethaia, (In Press), https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12402
Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., Dantas, P., Ortega, F. (2019), Carcharodontosaurian remains (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, Journal of Paleontology, 93(1): 157-172, https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2018.47
Pérez-García, A., Brandão, J.M., Callapez, P.M., Machado, L., Malafaia, E., Ortega, F., Santos, V.F. (2018), The oldest turtle from Portugal corresponding to the only pre-Kimmeridgian plesiochelyid (basal Eucryptodira) recognized at the generic level, Historical Biology, 30(8): 1050-1058, https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2017.1330889
Malafaia, E., Escaso, F., Mocho, P., Serrano-Martínez, A., Torices, A., Cachão, M., Ortega, F. (2017), Analysis of diversity, stratigraphic and geographical distribution of isolated theropod teeth from the Upper Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal, Journal of Iberian Geology, 43(2): 257-291, https://doi:10.1007/s41513-017-0021-7
Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., Ortega, F. (2017), New data on the anatomy of Torvosaurus and other remains of megalosauroid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, Journal of Iberian Geology 43:33–59. https://doi:10.1007/s41513-017-0003-9
Malafaia, E., Mocho, P., Escaso, F., Ortega, F. (2016), A juvenile allosauroid theropod (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, Historical Biology, 29(5): 654–676. https://doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1231183
Projects (10 most relevant):
2020.Comparative analysis of theropod faunas from the Late Jurassic of the Tendaguru Formation (Tanzania) and Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). Funding: European Union, SYNTHESYS + programme. Ref. DE-TAF-2515. Principal Researcher
2019.Estudio comparativo de los yacimientos de vertebrados de Lo Hueco (Cuenca) y Poyos (Guadalajara) (Cretácico Superior. Formación Villalba de la Sierra). Funding: Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. Ref. SBPLY/19/180801/000044. Researcher
2019. Analysis of the diversity of spinosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula. Funding: Sociedade Española de Paleontología. Ref. AJISEP-2018-07151. Principal Researcher
2018. Study of the nesting area of sauropod dinosaurs on the western margin of the Buendía reservoir. Funding: Consejeria de Educación, Cultura y Deportes de Lastilla-La Mancha. Ref. SBPLY/18/180801/000082. Researcher
2017. The fossil record of vertebrates from the Upper Cretaceous of Buendia (Spain). Funding: Consejeria de Educación, Cultura y Deportes de Lastilla-La Mancha. Ref. SBPLY/17/180801/000070. Researcher
2015. Phylogenetic relationships between the Portuguese and French megalosauroid theropods. Funding: European Union, SYNTHESYS 3, 7th European Research Framework Programme (UE FPVII). Ref. FR-TAF-4911. Principal researcher
2012. Evolutionary history of theropod dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of UK. Funding: European Union, SYNTHESYS 2, 4th European Research Framework Programme (UE FPIV). Ref. GB-TAF-2160. Principal researcher
Books & Chapters (up to 10):
Barrios SP, Blanco CM, de Celis A, Colmenar J, Cuesta E, Martínez DG, Gascó F, Jacinto A, Malafaia E, Martín MJ, de Miguel Chaves C, Mocho P, Pais V, Parámo AB, Pereira S, Serrano AM, Vidal D. 2017. A Glimpse of the Past. Abstract book of the XV Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología/ XV Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Paleontologia. 373 pp.
Pérez-García A, Silva B, Malafaia E, Escaso F. 2009. Paleolusitana – Revista de Paleontologia e Paleoecologia 1. 470 pp.
Conferences (last 15 presentations):
Malafaia E, Mocho P, Escaso F, Ortega F. 2019. Colecção paleontológica de Andrés e a sua importância no conhecimento e divulgação de Ciência. II Encontro A Universidade de Lisboa e o Património, 28 November 2019, Lisboa, Portugal.
Malafaia E, Mocho P, Escaso F, Ortega F. 2019. The fossil record of theropod dinosaurs from the Portuguese Upper Jurassic: ecological and biogeographical implications. VIII Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno. 05-07 September 2019. Salas de Los Infantes, Spain
Malafaia E, Mocho P, Escaso F, Pérez-García A, Narvaéz I, Ortega F. 2018. The fossil record of theropod dinosaurs from the Portuguese Upper Jurassic: ecological and biogeographical implications. XXXIV Jornadas de Paleontología/IV COngresso Ibérico de Paleontologia. September 2018. Vila Real, Portugal
Malafaia E, Mocho P, Escaso F, Ortega F. 2017. The fossil record of Allosauroidea (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin: diversity and paleobiogeographic interpretation. XXII Bienal da Real Sociedade Espanhola de História Natural, 6-9 September 2017, Coimbra, Portugal.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Escaso F, Mocho P, Cachão M. 2016. Analysis of diversity and distribution of isolated teeth of theropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal, VII Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, 8-10 September 2016, Salas de Los Infantes, Spain.
Malafaia E, Mocho P, Escaso F, Ortega F. 2016. New postcranial elements of megalosaurids (Dinosauria, Tetanurae) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, XIV Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), 6-10 July 2016, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Mocho P, Escaso F. 2016. New specimen of Allosauroidea (Dinosauria, Tetanurae) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26-29 October 2016, Salt Lake City, USA.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Mocho P, Escaso F, Cachão M. 2015. The record of non-avian theropods from the Late Jurassic of Lusitanian Basin: paleobiogeographic models. I Congresso Internacional As Aves na História Natural, na Pré-História e na História (Origem, Evolução e Domesticação). 23–27 September 2015, Lisboa, Portugal.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Escaso F, Silva B. 2014. O registo de Ceratosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) do Jurássico Superior da Bacia Lusitânica. IX Congresso Nacional de Geologia. 22–23 July 2014, Porto, Portugal.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Mocho P, Escaso F, Silva B, Cachão M. 2014. Novas evidências de dinossáurios terópodes do Jurássico Superior da Bacia Lusitânica. IV Congresso Jovens Investigadores em Geociências, LEG 2014. 11–12 October 2014, Estremoz, Portugal.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Escaso F. 2014. New post-cranial elements assigned to coelurosaurian theropods from the Late Jurassic of Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. XXX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología. 15–18 October 2014, Teruel, Spain.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Escaso F, Silva B. 2014. New cranial remains assigned to Megalosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lusitanian Basin (Portugal). 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5–8 November 2014, Berlin, Germany.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Cachão M, Escaso F, Mocho P. 2014. Morphometric analysis of theropod teeth from the Late Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin (central-west of Portugal). X Encontro Nacional de Biologia Evolutiva. 22 December 2014, Lisboa, Portugal.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Escaso F, Mocho P. 2013. Rediscovery of a lost portion of the holotype of Suchosaurus girardi (Sauvage, 1897-98), now related to the spinosaurid theropod Baryonyx. VI Jornadas Internacionales sobre paleontología de Dinosaurios y su Entorno. 5–7 September 2013, Salas de los Infantes, Burgos, Spain.
Malafaia E, Ortega F, Escaso F, Dantas P, Silva B. 2010. Nova evidência de Ceratosaurus (Theropoda, Ceratosauria) no Jurássico Superior da Bacia Lusitânica (Portugal). III Congresso Ibérico de Paleontologia / XXVI Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontologia. 7–10 July 2010, Lisboa, Portugal.