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Edwin Alberto Cadena Rueda

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  • Profesor titular de carrera, Escuela de Ciencias e Ingeniería , Universidad del Rosario - 2005
  • Investigador, Semillero de investigación: Paleontología , Grupo de Investigación Paleontología Neotropical Tradicional y Molecular - PaleoNeo - 2000
  • Investigador líder, Grupo de Investigación Paleontología Neotropical Tradicional y Molecular - PaleoNeo , Escuela de Ciencias e Ingeniería - 2000
  • Director Maestría en Ciencias Naturales, Escuela de Ciencias e Ingeniería , Universidad del Rosario - 1980
  • Director Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales, Escuela de Ciencias e Ingeniería , Universidad del Rosario - 1980

Áreas de investigación

  • Evolution
  • Molecular paleontology
  • Paleontology
  • Turtles
  • Perfil
  • Formación Académica
  • Publicaciones
  • Proyectos
  • Tutorías
  • Reconocimientos
  • Identidad

Perfil

Perfil Profesional

  • El profesor titular de carrera centra sus intereses investigativos en el conocimiento de la evolución de los vertebrados del Meso-Cenozoico, particularmente de reptiles en zonas tropicales, usando el registro fósil para entender la distribución pasada, actual, y posibles impactos a corto plazo, relacionados con cambios o eventos geológicos, climáticos, ecológicos y geográficos. Algunas de sus áreas de investigación incluyen sistemática, filogenia, paleobiogeografía, paleoecología, paleoherpetología y paleontología molecular.

    • Formación Académica

    Formación Académica

  • 2003, Geólogo, Universidad Industrial de Santander - Bucaramanga
  • 2009, Máster of Science With A Major in Geology, University of Florida
  • 2012, Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University

    • Formación Académica Complementaria

  • 2018, Curso de Inducción Al Modelo Pedagógico del Aprender a Aprender, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2018, Diseño y Gestión Curricular de Programas, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2019, Assessment And Evaluations In English, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2019, Coping With Crisis, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2019, Transformation Stage 1: Integrating English In Your Course, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2019, Transformative Teachers, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2020, El Diseño de Actividades de Aprendizaje: Un Prototipo para Innovar, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2020, Ensenanza y Aprendizaje en Tiempos de TransFormación, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2020, Estrategias Pedagógicas de Usabilidad de Tic para el Aprendizaje y Aplicaciones en Moodle, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2021, Seminario Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2022, Taller: Atención de la Emoción 1. Primeros Auxilios Psicológicos_Fecha 1, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2022, Taller: Atención de la Emoción 2. Qpr-Abordaje de la Conducta Suicida_Fecha 2, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2023, Investigación y Extension Como Generadores de Impacto Social, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2023, Primeros Auxilios en Campo, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2024, Creación y Uso de Recursos Digitales: Nivel Experto, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario
  • 2025, Herramientas de Ia para la Investigación: Aplicaciones Prácticas Fecha 3, Desarrollo profesoral-Universidad del Rosario

    • Publicaciones

    Publicaciones

  • artículos académico
    • Evidence of large pliosaurids in the late Valanginian of Colombia
      2026-2-1
    • New fossil material of Chelus (Testudines: Chelidae) from the Middle Miocene of Peru
      2026-10-1
    • Soft-tissue preservation in an ichthyosaur from the lower Cretaceous (Barremian - Aptian) of Colombia
      2026-1-1
    • Acrothoracican bioerosion as evidence of Early Cretaceous barnacles (Cirripedia) in northwestern Gondwana
      2026
    • The first occurrence of “Plesiochelyidae” marine turtles in the Early Cretaceous of South America
      2025-8-24
    • Valanginian and Hauterivian bochianitid ammonoids from the Rosa Blanca Formation of Colombia: Palaeobiogeographic implications
      2025-5-1
    • A small extinct biter: New South American metatherian predator (Sparassodonta) from the Late Miocene of Argentina
      2025-4-1
    • Direct evidence of shark-bony fish interactions in a Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) marine ecosystem of northwestern Gondwana
      2025-12-15
    • Cretaceous amber of Ecuador unveils new insights into South America’s Gondwanan forests
      2025-12-1
    • Mosaic morphology in Podocnemididae revealed by a new turtle from the Middle Miocene La Venta Biome, Colombia
      2025-11-1
    • New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia
      2025-1-1
    • The onset of large size in Cretaceous marine turtles (Protostegidae) evidenced by new fossil remains from the Valanginian of Colombia
      2024-9-1
    • The extinct marine megafauna of the Phanerozoic
      2024-6-4
    • The extinct marine megafauna of the Phanerozoic
      2024-5-17
    • Wider paleogeographical distribution of Bothremydid turtles in northern South America during the Paleocene–Eocene
      2024-4-18
    • The latest freshwater giants: A new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon
      2024-3-13
    • WIDER PALEOGEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BOTHREMYDID TURTLES IN NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA DURING THE PALEOCENE–EOCENE
      2024-1-1
    • Amber and the Cretaceous Resinous Interval
      2023-8-1
    • The onset of large size in Cretaceous marine turtles (Protostegidae) evidenced by new fossil remains from the Valanginian of Colombia
      2023-7-12
    • Newly discovered fossils provide novel insights on the biology of the South American Miocene snake Colombophis Hoffstetter & Rage, 1977
      2023-7-1
    • A new fossil turtle ends the controversy on the occurrence of the extant genus Podocnemis Wagler, 1830 at the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia
      2023-2-23
    • An Early Cretaceous Sphenophyllum or a hatchling turtle?
      2023-12-7
    • A sabre-tooth predator from the Neotropics: Cranial morphology of Anachlysictis gracilis Goin, 1997 (Metatheria, Thylacosmilidae), based on new specimens from La Venta (Middle Miocene, Colombia)
      2023-10-1
    • A new fossil turtle ends the controversy on the occurrence of the extant genus Podocnemis Wagler, 1830 at the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia
      2023-1-1
    • An Upper Miocene marine turtle from panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA
      2023-1-1
    • New insights into the fossil record of the turtle genus Chelus Duméril, 1806 including new specimens with information on cervicals and limb bones
      2023-1-1
    • The Miocene La Venta Biome (Colombia) A century of research and future perspectives
      2023-1-1
    • A new hybodontiform shark (Strophodus Agassiz 1838) from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) of Colombia
      2022-6-2
    • Late Pleistocene biota from Pubenza, Colombia; turtles, mammals, birds, invertebrates and plant remains
      2021-4-5
    • A Pliocene–Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela
      2021-4-23
    • A nomenclature for fossil and living turtles using phylogenetically defined clade names
      2021-2-9
    • New insights on the anatomy and ontogeny of the largest extinct freshwater turtles
      2021-12-27
    • A historical vertebrate collection from the Middle Miocene of the Peruvian Amazon
      2021-12-20
    • The first benthic insects (Ephemeroptera and Coleoptera) from the Upper Cretaceous of Colombia
      2021-12-10
    • In situ SEM/EDS compositional characterization of osteocytes and blood vessels in fossil and extant turtles on untreated bone surfaces; different preservational pathways microns away
      2020-8-27
    • Valanginian occurrence of Pelomedusoides turtles in northern South America: revision of this hypothesis based on a new fossil remain
      2020-8-24
    • Exceptionally preserved ‘skin’ in an Early Cretaceous fish from Colombia
      2020-7-8
    • The first remains of vertebrates from the Paleocene Lisama formation, Middle Magdalena Valley Basin of Colombia
      2020-7-12
    • Lower Cretaceous pterosaurs from Colombia
      2020-6-10
    • A new Miocene turtle from Colombia sheds light on the evolutionary history of the extant genus Mesoclemmys Gray, 1873
      2020-2-24
    • The anatomy, paleobiology, and evolutionary relationships of the largest extinct side-necked turtle
      2020-2-12
    • Pleistocene Fossil Turtles (Testudinoidea, Cryptodira) from the Talara Tar Seeps, Peru
      2019-5-31
    • First Fossil of Rhinoclemmys Fitzinger, 1826 (Cryptodira, Geoemydidae) East of the Andes
      2019-4-15
    • Late Miocene freshwater mussels from the intermontane Chota Basin, northern Ecuadorean Andes
      2019-1-1
    • The first Oligocene sea turtle (Pan-Cheloniidae) record of South America
      2018-3-23
    • New Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossils from Ecuador: Invertebrates, vertebrates, plants, and microfossils
      2018-2-10
    • A gravid marine fossil turtle from the Early Cretaceous reveals a different egg development strategy to that of extant marine turtles
      2018-12-19
    • A REVIEW OF THE FOSSIL RECORD OF ECUADOR, WITH INSIGHTS ABOUT ITS CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
      2018-1-1
    • New findings of Pleistocene fossil turtles (Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae and Chelydridae) from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador
      2017-4-20
    • Palaeoamyda messeliana nov comb. (Testudines, Pan-Trionychidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit and Geiseltal localities, Germany, taxonomic and phylogenetic insights
      2016-10-27
    • Microscopical and elemental FESEM and Phenom ProX-SEM-EDS analysis of osteocyte- and blood vessel-like microstructures obtained from fossil vertebrates of the Eocene Messel Pit, Germany
      2016-1-21
    • First record of a hybodont shark (Chondrichthyes: Hybodontiformes): from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia
      2016-1-1
    • Oldest known marine turtle?: A new protostegid from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia
      2015-9-7
    • Revised stratigraphy of Neogene strata in the Cocinetas Basin, La Guajira, Colombia
      2015-6-1
    • A review of the fossil record of turtles of the clades platychelyidae and dortokidae
      2015-4-1
    • Northernmost tip of South America: Giant testudinids, chelids, and podocnemidids from the castilletes formation, Colombia
      2015-2-1
    • Giant fossil tortoise and freshwater chelid turtle remains from the middle Miocene, Quebrada Honda, Bolivia: Evidence for lower paleoelevations for the southern Altiplano
      2015-12-1
    • A global phylogeny of Pelomedusoides turtles with new material of Neochelys franzeni Schleich, 1993 (Testudines, Podocnemididae) fromthe middle Eocene, Messel Pit, of Germany
      2015-1-1
    • A review of the fossil record of Stem-Pleurodiran Turtles.
      2015-1-1
    • First fossil skull of chelus (Pleurodira: Chelidae, matamata turtle) from the early miocene of Colombia
      2015-1-1
    • Miocene turtles from the northernmost tip of South America; giant tortoises, chelids, and podocnemidids from Castilletes Formation, Colombia
      2015-1-1
    • Oldest known marine turtle? A new protostegid from the Lower Cretaceous of Colomb
      2015-1-1
    • The first South American sandownid turtle fromthe Lower Cretaceous of Colombia
      2015-1-1
    • The first fossil skull of Chelus (Pleurodira: Chelidae; Matamata genus turtles) from the early Miocene of Colombia
      2015-1-1
    • The fossil record of turtles in Colombia; a review of the discoveries, research and future challenges
      2014-5-1
    • A pelomedusoid turtle from the paleocene-eocene of colombia exhibiting preservation of blood vessels and osteocytes
      2014-12-1
    • New material of Mongolemys elegans Khosatzky and Mlynarski, 1971 (Testudines: Lindholmemydidae), from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia with comments on bone histology and phylogeny
      2013-1-25
    • Variation in osteocytes morphology vs bone type in turtle shell and their exceptional preservation from the Jurassic to the present
      2012-9-1
    • New bothremydid turtle (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the paleocene of northeastern Colombia
      2012-7-1
    • Palynology of the Eocene Esmeraldas formation, Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Colombia
      2012-6-1
    • New turtles (Chelonia) from the late Eocene through late Miocene of the Panama Canal Basin
      2012-5-1
    • 433 Palynostratigraphy of the Eocene Esmeraldas Formation, Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Colombia
      2012-1-1
    • New pelomedusoid turtles from the late Palaeocene Cerrej́on Formation of Colombia and their implications for phylogeny and body size evolution
      2012-1-1
    • Potential earliest record of podocnemidoid turtles from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Colombia
      2011-9-1
    • New Podocnemidid Turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Middle-Upper Paleocene of South America
      2010-3-1
    • A new small short-snouted dyrosaurid (crocodylomorpha, mesoeucrocodylia) from the paleocene of northeastern Colombia
      2010-1-1
    • Giant boid snake from the Palaeocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures
      2009-2-5
    • New material of Chelus Colombiana (Testudines; Pleurodira) from the Lower Miocene of Colombia
      2008-12-12
    • Notoemys zapatocaensis, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pleurodira: Platychelyidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia
      2005-1-1

  • capítulos
    • Tortoises - armored Survival Artists
      2018-7-20
    • The first Paleogene (Oligocene) sea turtle record of South America
      2018-2-1
    • Turtles - Armored Survivalists
      2018-1-1
    • Las Tortugas Gigantes
      2017-12-20
    • Redescription of Neochelys franzeni (Schleich, 1993) from the middle Eocene, Messel Pit, of Germany, and a revision of morphological characters with importance for Pleurodira phylogeny
      2015-3-4
    • New material of the platychelyid turtle Notoemys zapatocaensis from the early cretaceous of colombia; implications for understanding pleurodira evolution
      2013-1-1

  • comentarios
    • Erratum: Correction: 'The latest freshwater giants: a new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon' (2024), by Ferreira et al (Biology letters (2024) 20 3 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0010)
      2024-6-1
    • Head et al. reply
      2009-7-30

  • resumen
    • Nuevos descubrimientos de tortugas fósiles de Colombia, implicaciones paleobiológicas y evolutivas. Edwin Cadena
      2019-11-21
    • Primer registro fósil de Mesoclemmys Gray, 1873 (Testudines, Chelidae) del Mioceno de Colombia
      2018-11-2

  • prensa y medios
    • Study Data from University of Rosario Provide New Insights into Cretaceous Research [Soft-tissue Preservation In an Ichthyosaur From the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian-aptian) of Colombia]
      2026
    • Would you like to touch a dinosaur fossil? Now you can, in Bogotá.
      2026
    • Skin remains found in marine reptile that inhabited Villa de Leyva 120 million years ago
      2026
    • Fossilized skin of a marine reptile found in Colombia: an exceptional discovery of soft tissue that survived 120 million years
      2026
    • Shakira inspires the name of Shakiremys, new Colombian fossil turtle species
      2025
    • Can you guess which animal Shakira was named after?
      2025
    • They find a 13-million-year-old fossil turtle and name it in honor of Shakira
      2025
    • Young Colombians discussed the country's environmental and social challenges
      2025
    • 13-Million-Year-Old Turtle Fossil – Colombia Discovery
      2025
    • A prehistoric tortoise discovered in La Tatacoa will be named after Shakira as a tribute to her career
      2025
    • New species of prehistoric turtle discovered in La Tatacoa and named in homage to Shakira
      2025
    • Shakiremys colombiana': details of the discovery of the new fossil turtle found in La Tatacoa that pays homage to Shakira
      2025
    • Shakiremys colombiana': the 13-million-year-old fossil turtle named after Shakira
      2025
    • In honor of Shakira, scientists name new species of fossil turtle that lived 13 million years ago
      2025
    • Scientists report Pliosáurido fossil, the oldest found in Colombia
      2025
    • A window to a lost world in Ecuador: the discovery of the first fossil insects in amber from the Cretaceous in South America
      2025
    • First Mesozoic amber deposit with preserved insects discovered in South America
      2025
    • The story of how scientists found in Zapatoca the remains of a 135-million-year-old sea monster, the oldest pliosaur in Colombia.
      2025
    • Data from University of Rosario Update Knowledge in Paleontology (The first occurrence of 'Plesiochelyidae' marine turtles in the early cretaceous of South America)
      2025
    • Fossilized vertebra of pliosaurid, a 135-million-year-old relative of the Loch Ness monster, discovered in Santander, Spain
      2025
    • Zapatoca is epicenter of the discovery of a pliosaurid, a marine predator, from 135 million years ago: it is the oldest report in history.
      2025
    • Evidence of a reptile that lived 135 million years ago found in Santander
      2025
    • Early Cretaceous Fossil in Swiss Museum Found to Be New Species of Marine Turtle
      2025
    • Researchers found a forgotten fossil turtle in Switzerland that connects La Guajira to Europe
      2025
    • Findings from University of Rosario Update Knowledge of Cretaceous Research (Valanginian and Hauterivian Bochianitid Ammonoids From the Rosa Blanca Formation of Colombia: Palaeobiogeographic Implications)
      2025
    • Fossils of one of the world's largest snakes on display in Bogota
      2024
    • Colombia has a new World Geological Heritage Site in La Tatacoa
      2024
    • Fossils of 1.5-meter turtles give clues to a system of lakes in what are now the Andes
      2024
    • Giant Turtle Revealed in 'Remarkable' 57-Million-Year-Old Fossils
      2024
    • Has the Titanoboa lost its title? Largest snake on record may no longer be Colombian
      2024
    • Giant Turtle Revealed in ‘Remarkable’ 57-Million-Year-Old Fossils
      2024
    • Giant Turtle Revealed in ‘Remarkable’ 57-Million-Year-Old Fossils
      2024
    • Giant tortoise fossils discovered in the Colombian Andes
      2024
    • Scientists find giant turtle 57 million years old
      2024
    • 57-million-year-old giant tortoise fossils found in Colombia
      2024
    • Fossils of giant 57-million-year-old turtle discovered in Soacha, Boyacá
      2024
    • Giant turtle fossils 57 million years old were found in Socha, Boyacá – news
      2024
    • The discovery of the giant tortoise fossil was published in the journal of the Argentine Paleontological Association PeAPA. The research was led by a professor from the Universidad del Rosario.
      2024
    • Fossils of a 57-million-year-old turtle discovered in Boyacá
      2024
    • Giant turtle fossils found in Boyacá, key to South America's aquatic past
      2024
    • The fossil of a giant tortoise that lived 57 million years ago was found in Colombia.
      2024
    • The carpenter who takes care of the fossils of Floresta, a site that Colombia applied to Unesco
      2024
    • Ancient fossilized plant discovered that turned out to be a turtle hatchling, with striking resemblance to a Pokémon
      2023
    • Turtwig is the fossil that looked like a plant, but was actually part of the body of an animal
      2023
    • Plants 120 million years old turned out to be rare baby turtles (photo)
      2023
    • The “Turtwig” Revelation: Unveiling a Baby Turtle Disguised as a Plant Fossil
      2023
    • Unveiling a baby turtle disguised as a plant fossil
      2023
    • 120-Million-Year-Old Fossil Misidentified as Plant, Recognized as the First Hatchling Marine Turtle From Aptian Age
      2023
    • Creían que era una planta, pero resultó ser una tortuga: así es “Turtwig”, la antigua especie hallada en Colombia y bautizada en honor a Pokémon
      2023
    • It is named after the “Turtwick”, an ancient type of turtle and Pokemon found in Colombia.
      2023
    • Revolutionary Discovery Redefines Fossil Mistaken for Plant as Baby Turtle
      2023
    • Unexpected Fossil Discovery: Mistaken Identity of Prehistoric Plants as Baby Turtles
      2023
    • Field Museum: It Turns Out, This Fossil Plant is Really a Fossil Baby Turtle
      2023
    • Fossil Misclassification Unearthed: From Plant Fossils to Turtle Hatchlings
      2023
    • Meet 'Turtwig,' an ancient turtle species once thought to be a plant
      2023
    • Meet ‘Turtwig,’ an ancient turtle species once thought to be a plant
      2023
    • Mislabelled fossil reveals 'truly surprising' secrets from the time of dinosaurs
      2023
    • Once Thought to Be Plants, These Rare Fossils Are Actually Baby Turtles, Scientists Say
      2023
    • Solution to the mystery: The fossil plant turns out to be a fossil turtle
      2023
    • 120 million-year-old 'plants' turn out to be ultra-rare fossilized baby turtles
      2023
    • 132-Million-Year-Old Mystery Fossil's True Identity Is Finally Revealed
      2023
    • Colombian Fossils Reveal Unexpected Juvenile Turtles, Not Prehistoric Plants
      2023
    • Fossil attributed to a plant is actually from a baby turtle
      2023
    • Fossil plant discovered is actually a turtle hatchling reminiscent of a pokemon
      2023
    • Fossil thought to be a plant turns out to be a baby turtle
      2023
    • Fossil thought to be a plant turns out to be a baby turtle
      2023
    • Mystery fossil's real identity revealed after 132 million years and named after popular Pokémon
      2023
    • Plant fossil isn’t a plant, surprising Colombian scientists
      2023
    • Plant fossils turn out to be turtles in ‘unusual misidentification’
      2023
    • Plant fossils turn out to be turtles in ‘unusual misidentification’
      2023
    • This fossilized leaf is actually a fossil baby turtle
      2023
    • Turtwig Fossil Discovery: Case of Mistaken Identity Resolved in Surprising Study
      2023
    • Fossil first identified as plant is actually a baby turtle; The re-examined fossil specimen is nicknamed Turtwig after a Pokémon that is half-turtle and half-plant.
      2023
    • Ancient Time Capsule: Scientists Discover DNA in 6-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell
      2023
    • Could DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside A Turtle Shell?
      2023
    • Fossil of one of South America's oldest predators found in Colombia
      2023
    • DNA Remnants Found in Fossil of 6 Million Year Old Turtle
      2023
    • Extraordinary fossil find reveals details about the weight and diet of extinct saber-toothed marsupial
      2023
    • Fossil of extinct saber-toothed marsupial found
      2023
    • Extraordinary saber-toothed marsupial fossil found in the Tatacoa Desert
      2023
    • Extraordinary fossil find reveals details about the weight and diet of extinct saber-toothed marsupial
      2023
    • Extraordinary fossil find reveals details about the weight and diet of extinct saber-toothed marsupial
      2023
    • Extraordinary fossil find reveals details about the weight and diet of extinct saber-toothed marsupial
      2023
    • PREHISTORIC PREDATOR EXTRAORDINARY FOSSIL FIND REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT THE WEIGHT AND DIET OF EXTINCT SABER-TOOTHED MARSUPIAL
      2023
    • Could DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside a Turtle Shell?
      2023
    • Six-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell May Still Hold Ancient DNA Traces
      2023
    • Could DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside a Turtle Shell?
      2023
    • Could DNA Have Survived 6 Million Years Inside a Turtle Shell?
      2023
    • Fossil turtle that lived 6 million years ago in Panama found with DNA remains
      2023
    • News Traces of DNA Found in 6-Million-Year-Old Turtle Shell The remains of a turtle shell recently found on Panama’s Caribbean coast represent the oldest fossil evidence of these turtles ever found. The discovery of the fossil indicates that this turtle l
      2023
    • Million-Year-Old Mystery Unveiled: Traces of DNA Found in Ancient Turtle Fossil
      2023
    • DNA remains found in a fossil turtle that lived in Panama 6 million years ago
      2023
    • DNA remnants found in fossil of 6 million year old turtle
      2023
    • DNA remnants found in six million-year-old sea turtle
      2023
    • DNA traces found in 6 million-year-old sea turtle fossil
      2023
    • Galaxy S24 leaks show a familiar design
      2023
    • Incredible Discovery: Ancient DNA Remnants Found in Fossilized Sea Turtle
      2023
    • Scientists Find Ancient Sea Turtle Fossil Dating Back 6 Million Years With Preserved DNA Traces
      2023
    • Scientists found DNA in ancient turtle shell fossil
      2023
    • Surprising! Turtle fossil found in Panama with DNA that lived 6 million years ago
      2023
    • This 6-million-year-old turtle shell still has some DNA
      2023
    • A turtle time capsule: DNA found in ancient shell
      2023
    • A turtle time capsule: DNA found in ancient shell
      2023
    • DNA remnants found in fossil of 6 million year old turtle
      2023
    • STRI: Tortuga fósil vivió hace 6 millones de años cerca de Piña
      2023
    • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: A Turtle Time Capsule - DNA Found in Ancient Shell
      2023
    • Turtle fossil found in Panama that lived 6 million years ago
      2023
    • Turtle fossil with DNA found in Panama, the second in vertebrate history
      2023
    • Turtle fossil with DNA from 6 million years ago discovered in Panama
      2023
    • What can fossils teach us about biodiversity?
      2023
    • What can fossils teach us about biodiversity?
      2023
    • This 6-million-year-old turtle shell still has some DNA; The extracted material could redefine how long DNA and protein can survive in the fossil record.
      2023
    • This 6-million-year-old turtle shell still has some DNA; The extracted material could redefine how long DNA and protein can survive in the fossil record.
      2023
    • Santander: Giant sea turtle fossils found 135 million years ago
      2023
    • 13-million-year-old fossil found; this is the aquatic creature discovered
      2023
    • Colombian scientists discover the fossil of an unknown species of turtle that lived 13 million years ago
      2023
    • The oldest fossil of aquatic turtles in South America found in Colombia
      2023
    • A New History For The Tropical Forests Of The Americas
      2022
    • This is how the history of America's tropical forests is being rewritten.
      2022
    • Extinct Shark Species Millions Of Years Ago Was Discovered In Colombia​
      2022
    • Extinct Shark Species Millions Of Years Ago Was Discovered In Colombia​
      2022
    • Scientists discover a shark species extinct millions of years ago in Colombia
      2022
    • Scientists discover a species of shark extinct millions of years ago in Colombia
      2022
    • Rare / The extinct shark 'wakes up', the 'beast' with flat teeth is discovered, scientists are shocked: It is happening for the first time
      2022
    • Shark species extinct 135 million years ago discovered in Santander
      2022
    • Colombia: first finding of flat-toothed shark fossils in the southern hemisphere
      2022
    • Fossil of a flat-toothed shark discovered in Colombia, the first to be recorded in the Americas
      2022
    • Fossil of a flat-toothed shark discovered in Colombia
      2022
    • Fossil of the flat-toothed shark found in Colombia, the first record in the Americas
      2022
    • Fossils of insects that inhabited Colombia 100 million years ago were found.
      2022
    • Insect fossils from 100 million years ago discovered at La Calera
      2022
    • Remains of insects that lived almost 100 million years ago found in Bogota
      2022
    • New clue in Colombia about the largest turtles that inhabited the planet
      2021
    • Revista Muy Interesante. Tortugas Prehistóricas de Suraméria
      2019

    • Proyectos

    Investigador Principal

  • Zapatoca un mar de fósiles, libro didáctico interactivo 2026-02-03 - 2027-02-02
  • Nuevos fósiles del Neotrópico, implicaciones filogenéticas, evolutivas y paleoecológicas 2023-01-17 - 2025-11-28
  • UR Divulgación 2022-03-01 - 2024-12-31
  • Estudio del primer fósil de tortuga del género Peltocephalus de Sudamérica; implicaciones evolutivas, paleobiogeográficas y de conservación 2019-11-06 - 2022-11-06
  • Nuevas tortugas y serpientes fósiles del Mioceno del desierto de la Tatacoa, Huila; implicaciones filogenéticas, histológicas y paleobiogeográficas 2020-02-01 - 2022-06-15
  • Tortugas gigantes y serpientes de un nuevo sitio Paleoceno-Eoceno en América del Sur tropical, Socha, Colombia. 2021-02-04 - 2022-03-31
  • Fósiles que maravillan al mundo, turismo paleontológico en la zona norte del desierto de la Tatacoa, Centro Poblado La Victoria, Huila. 2020-05-08 - 2021-05-08
  • Estudios en Paleontología Tradicional y Molecular 2018-05-03 - 2020-12-30
  • Vertebrados fósiles del Pleistoceno de Pubenza (Cundinamarca); implicaciones paleobiogeográficas, evolutivas y paleoproteómicas 2019-07-12 - 2020-07-12
  • Paleontología molecular de vertebrados 2019-03-26 - 2020-03-26

    • Tutorías

    Tutorías

  • A new Cricosaurus (Crocodilomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Zapatoca, Colombia and its larger size compared to other thalattosuchians. Tesis
  • Description and phylogenetic inferences of a new fossil turtle from the Miocene of Colombia Tesis
  • Lower Cretaceous Ammonite diversity at a new location in the Rosa Blanca Formation Tesis
  • Newly discovered fossils provide novel insights on Cenozoic neotropical snakes Tesis

    • Reconocimientos

    Premios Y Honores

  • Profesor Distinguido, 2021
  • Profesor (a) Distinguido (a), 2021
  • Premio Nacional Alejandro Ángel Escobar de Ciencias y Solidaridad 2019, Categoría Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 2019
  • Visiting Research Scholar, 2019
  • Fondo Fundación para la Promoción de la Investigación y la Tecnología, Banco de la República. Colombia, 2019
  • Fondo Capital Semilla Universidad del Rosario 2019, 2019
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Equipment Subsidy, 2018
  • Fondos de arranque Universidad del Rosario, 2018

    • Identidad

    Nombre De Autor

  • Edwin Alberto Cadena Rueda

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