Ichnology and Palaeoenvironment RG

Last month, we participated in the Annual meeting of the Spanish Paleontological Society in Aracena (Huelva).
It is always great being part of this meeting, sharing our research and seeing some Spanish colleagues! See you next year!

We have a new Doctor in the group!! Dr. Giraldo-Villegas has successfully passed his viva today!! Congrats to the new doctor and supervisors!!

Part of the group enjoyed an amazing week attending the IAS meeting in Huelva, with a great and productive ichnological session, and an interesting fieldtrip to the unique Tinto River.
Thank you to the organisers and congrats for your job!

Two weeks ago we had the pleasure to receive Prof. Juergen Schieber at the UGR for a promising collaboration. Stay tuned for future results...

The #38IMS has just officially started in Huelva!
A packed three-day program awaits all participants, with sessions and activities running from early morning until late in the evening: iasmeetinghuelva25.com/scientific-p...
Wishing you fruitful discussions and a wonderful time in Andalusia.

Brown sandstone surface with a whitish cylindrical object, about 10 millimeters wide and 15 centimeters long, weathering out of it; the object is a trace fossil of a ghost-shrimp burrow, which has millimeter-sized pellets on its exterior, and a series of meniscae – like parentheses – inside it, showing that the shrimp backfilled the burrow. A photo scale at the bottom is from the Paleontological Society, with icons representing a dinosaur skull, trilobite, and fern.

Brown sandstone surface with a whitish cylindrical object, about 10 millimeters wide and 15 centimeters long, weathering out of it; the object is a trace fossil of a ghost-shrimp burrow, which has millimeter-sized pellets on its exterior, and a series of meniscae – like parentheses – inside it, showing that the shrimp backfilled the burrow. A red arrow has been added to the photo to show the shrimp movement in the burrow was from left to right. A photo scale at the bottom shows millimeter-sized squares.

For #FossilFriday, a trace fossil showing multiple behaviors by its probable ghost-shrimp maker: first a burrow reinforced by pellets, then a backfill by the shrimp as it pushed sediment behind it. Seen in a Miocene (5-10 mya) sandstone in southern Spain. (cc: @ichnougr.bsky.social) 🧪🪨⚒️ #ichnology

Organising the 18th International Ichnofabric Workshop was a long way, but it was fascinating hosting friends in our city, sharing science and doing some leisure activities as well.
It is always nice to meet this community and we are proud to be part of this.
THANK YOU!

On saturday we finished the 18th IIW with the second day of the post-meeting fieldtrip, visiting amazing shallow marine outcrops from Almería province (SE Spain).

On the left, a woman with long red hair and glasses smiling while holding my book "Tracking the Golden Isles" (2020, U. of Georgia Press) in front of her, and on the right, a smiling man with short (but stylish) dark hair and glasses smiling while holding my book "Life Sculpted" (2023, U. of Chicago Press).

On the last day of the International Ichnofabric Workshop in Granada, Spain last week, we had a raffle for students attending the meeting for a chance to win two of my books, 'Tracking the Golden Isles' & 'Life Sculpted.' Congrats to Sara & Alejandro, & happy reading! (cc: @ichnougr.bsky.social)

In the background are layered white-brown sedimentary rocks (strata) tilted at about a 30° angle, forming a prominent outcrop, and in the foreground is a flat area with some of the same strata exposed. Between the background and foreground are people standing and looking at the rocks.

People standing in front of and looking at a light-brown sequence of sedimentary rocks (strata) exposed in a near-vertical 25-meter-high bluff. About 10 people are in the foreground, and 7 people are in the background along the same exposure.

A most excellent 2-day post-meeting field trip for the International Ichnofabric Workshop came to an end yesterday. We learned much about the Miocene-Pliocene age strata of southern Spain & their fascinating trace fossils made by shallow- & deep-marine animals. (cc: @ichnougr.bsky.social) 🧪⚒️🪨

First and warm day of the post-meeting fieldtrip visiting Tabernas basin, looking for trace fossils in turbidite deposits...

Last day of the 18th IIW with excellent contributions and the closing dinner with one of the best views you could ever have.
But this haven't finished, time for the post-meeting fieldtrip.

Rope-like features protruding from a rock surface, all of which are natural casts of trilobite burrows, with fine scratches on their bottom surfaces caused by trilobites’ legs moving sediment as they plowed down into an Early Ordovician sea floor: seen in south-central Spain.

We’ve started Day 4 of the International Ichnofabric Workshop in Granada, Spain, the day after a mid-meeting field trip. Highlight of the field trip? These incredible trilobite burrows in Early Ordovician (480 Mya) sandstone. 🧪 cc: @ichnougr.bsky.social

Intra-meeting fieldtrip on the third day, led by M. Reolid and A. Uchman. It was a warm day, but we resisted and visited some interesting sections. Here some pics...

After a productive scientific morning, we finished the second day as Sultans in the Palace of Lions.
Not everything is science in the 18th IIW!!

After a productive scientific morning, we finished the second day as sultans in the Palace of the Lions.

Two people sitting at a desk with a red sign in front and a projector screen behind them with logo and XVIII (18th) Ichnofabric Workshop title.

Day 1 of the 18th International Ichnofabric Workshop, Granada (Spain) has begun! Opened with a welcome from Ichnological Association president Renata Neto & host Javier Dorador (U. Granada).

First day is over. A productive day with nice talks, posters and discussions. Now, time for an icebraking and tomorrow more!

Everything ready for a productive ichnological week!!

Looking forward to seeing you in a few!

Arrived yesterday in some place that is not Georgia USA. Planning later to take a train that crosses a plain, with or without rain. (cc: @ichnougr.bsky.social)

Some weeks ago we had the opportunity to give a workshop about trace fossils for some colleagues from ENI, in Milan. It is always great to share our knowledge with people from industry and learning from them!!

New contribution!!
Check our new paper from our PhD student Cabrera-Ortiz et al. published at the 1st Bouma SP in #JSR about the palaeoenvironmental conditions and evolution of the popular Miocene turbidites fromTabernas (SE Spain) based on ichnological analysis.

Link: doi.org/10.2110/jsr....

We are organizing the 18th edition of the International Ichnofabric Workshop (IIW), that will be held in Granada (Spain) from 26th to 31st May 2025.

We invite you to attend and present your ichnofabric research!

Check the webpage to get more details: iiwgranada2025.com

Welcome to the new profile of our research group. Follow us here for news, contributions, fieldtrips, and many trace fossils! #Ichnology #Palaeoenvironment #Research #UGR