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Gema Siliceo. Completed the Doctor of Philosophy in Palaeontology in 2015/06/09 by Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Master in Master degree in Education (MeD) in 2008/06 by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Master in Master degree in Palaeontology in 2010/10 by Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Master in Master degree in Palaeontology in 2010/10 by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Master in Master degree in Palaeontology in 2010/10 by Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Bachelor in Biology in 2007/06 by Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. Published 19 articles in journals. Has 6 section(s) of books. Has 3 patent(s) registered. Organized 2 event(s). Participated in 19 event(s). Co-supervised 2 MSc dissertation(s). Co-supervised 1 work(s) of course completion of LSc/BSc. Participates and/or participated as Other in 4 project(s), PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 2 project(s), Research Fellow in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 15 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Earth and Environmental Sciences with emphasis on Palaeontology. In their professional activities interacted with 78 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Palaeobiology; Mammals; Carnivora; Neogene; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Gema Siliceo

Citation names

  • Siliceo, Gema

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7919-B8A5-17D5
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9456-3549
Scopus Author Id
16686759500

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Palaeontology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/06/09
Concluded
 Palaeontology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
"Anatomía funcional y paleobiología de Magericyon anceps (Amphicyonidae, Carnivora) del complejo de yacimientos vallesienses (Mioceno superior, MN 10) del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Doutoramento
2010/10
Concluded
 Master degree in Palaeontology (Master)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
2008/06
Concluded
 Master degree in Education (MeD) (Master)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
2007/06
Concluded
 Biology (Bachelor)
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
 Licenciatura
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/10/01 - 2021/06/30 Researcher (Research) Slovenská akademická informacná agentúra, Slovakia
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave Prírodovedecká fakulta, Slovakia
2019/10/01 - 2019/10/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
2018/10/01 - 2018/10/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
2016/03/01 - 2017/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidad de Alcalá de Henares Facultad de Biología Ciencias Ambientales y Química, Spain
2009/08/01 - 2013/07/31 Research Trainee (Research) Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
2007/12/01 - 2008/07/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2019/07/30 - 2019/11/30 Palaeontological excavation of the Pliocene fossil site of Rincón-1 (Albacete, Spain)
191333-P1
Principal investigator
Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
2018/07/05 - 2018/10/30 Palaeontological excavation of the Pliocene site of El Rincón-1 (Motilleja, Albacete, Spain)
180349-P1
Principal investigator
Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
2017 - 2017 Palaeontological excavation of the Pliocene fossil site of La Gloria 4 (Teruel, Spain)
Exp. 187-2017
Researcher
2016 - 2016 Palaeontological excavation of the Pliocene fossil site of La Gloria 4 (Teruel, Spain)
Exp. 187-2016
Researcher
2012 - 2014 Palaeobiology and taphonomy of the pseudokarstic fossil sites of Cerro de los Batallones (Late Miocene, Madrid basin).
DGI-MEC, CGL2011-25754/BTE
Researcher
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
Concluded
2009 - 2013 The use of 3D techniques in the study of the functional anatomy, internal morphology and biomechanics of skull, dentition and long bones of mammals from the Late Miocene.
DGI-MCI, CGL2008-00034/BTE
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2012 - 2012 Project of palaeontological excavation at the Casa del Acero site, in the municipal term of Fortuna (Murcia, Spain)
Exp. 159/2012
Researcher
2011 - 2011 Exploration and palaeontological excavations in the Toril-Nombrevilla section (Daroca and Nombrevilla villages, Zaragoza province, Spain)
Exp. 121/10/2011
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragon
2011 - 2011 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel)
Exp. 230/08/09/10/2011
Researcher
2011 - 2011 Palaeontological exploration of the Late Miocene site of Puente Minero (Teruel, Spain)
Exp. 188/2011
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2009 - 2011 Palaeontology of the pseudokarst system of Cerro de los Batallones, continental vertebrate site of the Late Miocene, Madrid Basin, Spain: contribution from Carnivores
PICS-CNRS 4737
Research Fellow
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Concluded
2010 - 2010 Exploration and palaeontological excavations in the Toril-Nombrevilla section (Daroca and Nombrevilla villages, Zaragoza province)
Exp. 121/2010
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2010 - 2010 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain)
Exp. 230/08/09/2010
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2009 - 2009 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of Las Casiones (Villalba Baja, Teruel, Spain)
Exp. 078/2009
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
Concluded
2009 - 2009 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain)
Exp. 230/08/2009
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2009 - 2009 Exploration and palaeontological excavations in the Toril-Nombrevilla section (Daroca and Nombrevilla villages, Zaragoza province, Spain)
Exp. 088/2009
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2008 - 2008 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel)
Exp. 230/2008
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2008 - 2008 Exploration and palaeontological excavations in the Toril-Nombrevilla section (Daroca and Nombrevilla villages, Zaragoza province, Spain)
Exp. 232/2008
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2007 - 2007 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain)
Exp. 184/2007
Researcher
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2007 - 2007 Exploration and palaeontological excavations in the Toril-Nombrevilla section (Daroca and Nombrevilla villages, Zaragoza province, Spain)
Exp. 169/2007
Other
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2006 - 2006 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain)
Exp. 332/2006
Other
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2006 - 2006 Exploration and palaeontological excavations in the Miocene site of Toril-3 (Zaragoza province)
Exp. 238/2006
Other
Regional Government of Aragón (Spain)
2005 - 2005 Exploration and palaeontological excavations in the Miocene site of Toril-3 (Zaragoza province)
Exp. 192/2005
Other
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Peigné, Stéphane; Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.. "Los Ailuridae". In La colina de los Tigres Dientes de Sable: Los yacimientos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Comunidad de Madrid), 237-250. Spain: Obra Social La Caixa, 2017.
  2. Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Peigné, Stéphane. "Los otros félidos de Batallones". In La colina de los Tigres Dientes de Sable: Los yacimientos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Comunidad de Madrid), 207-217. Spain: Obra Social La Caixa, 2017.
  3. Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.; Peigné, Stéphane; Antón, Mauricio. "Los últimos anficiónidos de Eurasia". In La colina de los Tigres Dientes de Sable: Los yacimientos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Comunidad de Madrid), 257-272. Spain: Obra Social La Caixa, 2017.
  4. Siliceo, Gema; Antón, Mauricio; Salesa, Manuel J.. "Fósiles virtuales: escaneando el pasado". In La colina de los Tigres Dientes de Sable: Los yacimientos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Comunidad de Madrid), 274-277. Spain, 2017.
  5. Siliceo, Gema; Fernández-Monescillo, M.. "Historia de dos poblaciones: los félidos "dientes de sable" de Batallones-3". In La colina de los Tigres Dientes de Sable: Los yacimientos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Comunidad de Madrid), 2998-302. Spain, 2017.
  6. Siliceo, Gema; Antón, Mauricio. "Los Anficiónidos". In Madrid antes del hombre, edited by Antón, Mauricio; Morales, Jorge, 44-45. Spain: Comunidad de Madrid, 2011.
Conference abstract
  1. Chatar, N.; Fisher, V.; Siliceo, G. (7919-B8A5-17D5); Antón, M.; Morales, J; Salesa, M. J.. "Mandibular disparity of early sabertoothed felids from the Late Miocene of Spain". Paper presented in 80th meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2020.
  2. Lyon, Lauren; Wallace, SC; Salesa, Manuel J.; Siliceo, Gema; Antón, Mauricio. "Anatomical comparison of the postcranial skeleton of the extant red panda, Ailurus fulgens, to the extinct Late Miocene ailurids Simocyon batalleri and Pristinailurus bristoli (Carnivora, Ailuridae)". Paper presented in 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, USA, Salt Lake City, 2016.
    Published
  3. Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.; Morales, Jorge. "Comparative anatomy of the frontal sinuses of the scimitar-toothed felid Machairodus aphanistus (Felidae, Carnivora) from the Late Miocene sites of Batallones-1 and Batallones-3 (Madrid, Spain)". Paper presented in 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Los Angeles, 2013.
  4. Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Morales, Jorge. "Comparative study of two populations of the sabertoothed felid Promegantereon ogygia (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from Batallones-1 and Batallones-3 sites (Late Miocene, MN 10, Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain)". Paper presented in 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas, USA, Las Vegas, 2011.
    Published
  5. Pesquero, M. D.; Alcalá, L.; Espílez, E.; Luque, L.; Mampel, L.; Salesa, M. J.; Siliceo, G.. "Preservation and interpretation of hyaena coprolites from the Miocene mammalian site of La Roma 2 (Teruel, Spain)". Paper presented in 8th Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Aix-en-Provence, 2010.
  6. Pesquero, M. D.; Siliceo, Gema; Bárez, S.; Salesa, M. J.; Morales, J.. "“El Cañaveral”: un nuevo yacimiento del Aragoniense medio de Madrid". Paper presented in XXIV Jornadas de Paleontología de la SEP, 182–183. Colunga, Spain. October 15th – 18th 2008, Colunga, 2008.
  7. Salesa, M.J.; Siliceo, G.; Abella, J.; Antón, M.; Montoya, P.; Morales, J.. "Anatomía del “falso pulgar” de Tremarctos ornatus (Carnivora: Ursidae): Implicaciones funcionales y filogenéticas". Paper presented in XXIII Jornadas de Paleontología de la SEP (Sociedad Española de Paleontología). Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain. October 3rd – 6th 2007., 2007.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.. "The Future of Wolf Observation in Europe: An African Perspective". Paper presented in International Congress "Wolf management and conservation in North America and Europe. An unresolved conflict", 2017.
    Published
  2. Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Pesquero, María Dolores; Alcalá, Luis; Morales, Jorge. "Presence of an unexpected small-sized Feline from the Late Miocene (Turolian, MN 13) site of Las Casiones (Villalba Baja, Teruel, Spain)". Paper presented in 10th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (EAVP), Teruel, 2012.
    Published
  3. Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Morales, Jorge. "Aspects of the shoulder anatomy of the Late Miocene amphicyonid Magericyon anceps". Paper presented in 10th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Paleontology (EAVP), 2012.
    Published
  4. Morales, J.; Pozo, M.; Silva, P.G.; Domingo, M. S.; López-Antoñanzas, R.; Álvarez-Sierra, M. A.; Antón, M.; et al. "El sistema de yacimientos de mamíferos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones, Cuenca de Madrid: estado actual y perspectivas". Paper presented in VI Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología, 2008.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Chatar, N.; Fisher, V.; Siliceo, Gema; Antón, M.; Morales, J.; Salesa, M.J.. "Mandibular disparity of early sabertoothed felids from the Late Miocene of Spain". Paper presented in 80th meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2020.
  2. Lyon, Lauren; Wallace, S. C.; Salesa, M. J.; Siliceo, Gema; Antón, M.. "Anatomical comparison of the postcranial skeleton of the extant red panda, Ailurus fulgens, to the extinct Late Miocene ailurids Simocyon batalleri and Pristinailurus bristoli (Carnivora, Ailuridae).". Paper presented in 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, USA., 2016.
  3. Antón, M.; Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, M. J.; Morales, J.. "Comparative anatomy of the frontal sinuses of the scimitar-toothed felid Machairodus aphanistus (Felidae, Carnivora) from the Late Miocene sites of Batallones-1 and Batallones-3 (Madrid, Spain).". Paper presented in 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Los Angeles, USA., 2013.
Exhibition catalog
  1. Vv.Av. La colina de los dientes de sable. Los yacimientos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Comunidad de Madrid). Catálogo de la Exposición. Comunidad de Madrid. Publicaciones Oficiales, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Chatar, N.; Fisher, V.; Siliceo, G.; Antón, M.; Morales, J.; Salesa, M.J.. "Morphometric analysis of the mandible of primitive sabre-toothed felids from the late Miocene of Spain.". Journal of Mammalian Evolution (2021):
    Accepted
  2. Gardin, A; Salesa, M. J.; Siliceo, G; Antón, M.; Pastor, J.F.; De Bonis, L. "Arboreal adaptations of an enigmatic early arctoid carnivoran: the functional anatomy of the forelimb of Amphiccynodon leptorhynchus from the lower Oligocene of the Quercy Phosphorites (France)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution (2021):
    Accepted
  3. Antón, M.; Siliceo, G.; Pastor, J.F.; Salesa, M.J.; Zollikofer, C.; Ponce De León, M.; Lordkipanidze, D. A.. "A revised reconstruction of the life appearance of the sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens". Quaternary Science Reviews (2021):
    Submitted
  4. Gema Siliceo; Mauricio Antón; Jorge Morales; Manuel J. Salesa. "Built for Strength: Functional Insights from the Thoracolumbar and Sacrocaudal Regions of the Late Miocene Amphicyonid Magericyon anceps (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from Batallones-1 (Madrid, Spain)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 27 3 (2020): 497-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-019-09477-6.
    10.1007/s10914-019-09477-6
  5. Salesa, M.J.; Siliceo, G.; Antón, M.; Fabre, A.C.; Pastor, J. F.. "Functional inferences on the long bones of Ischyrictis zibethoides (Blainville, 1841) (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Middle Miocene locality of Sansan (Gers, France)". Geodiversitas 42 1 (2020): 1-16. http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/42/1.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a1
  6. Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Pastor, Juan Francisco; Morales, Jorge; Salesa, Manuel J. "The early evolution of the sabre-toothed felid killing bite: the significance of the cervical morphology of Machairodus aphanistus (Carnivora: Felidae: Machairodontinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188 1 (2020): 319-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz086.
    Published • 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz086
  7. Siliceo, G.; Morales, J.; Antón, M.; Salesa, M.J.; Siliceo, Gema. "New fossils of Amphicyonidae (Carnivora) from the Middle Miocene (MN 6) site of Carpetana (Madrid, Spain).". Geodiversitas (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a15.
    Open access • Accepted • 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a15
  8. Salesa, Manuel J.; Siliceo, Gema; Antón, Mauricio; Peigné, Stéphane; Morales, Jorge. "Functional and Systematic Implications of the Postcranial Anatomy of a Late Miocene Feline (Carnivora, Felidae) from Batallones-1 (Madrid, Spain)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 26 1 (2019): 101-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-017-9414-9.
    10.1007/s10914-017-9414-9
  9. Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Peigné, Stéphane; Morales, Jorge. "Functional anatomy of the cervical region in the late Miocene amphicyonid Magericyon anceps (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae): implications for its feeding behaviour". Palaeontology 60 3 (2017): 329-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12286.
    10.1111/pala.12286
  10. Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Pastor, Juan F.; Morales, Jorge. "Comparative Anatomy of the Shoulder Region in the Late Miocene Amphicyonid Magericyon anceps (Carnivora): Functional and Paleoecological Inferences". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22 2 (2014): 243-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-014-9270-9.
    10.1007/s10914-014-9270-9
  11. Monescillo, Marcos F. G.; Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Morales, Jorge. "Machairodus aphanistus(Felidae, Machairodontinae, Homotherini) from the late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) site of Batallones-3 (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 3 (2014): 699-709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.804415.
    10.1080/02724634.2013.804415
  12. Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Pesquero, María Dolores; Alcalá, Luis. "First Evidence of Pathology in the Forelimb of the Late Miocene Saber-Toothed FelidPromegantereon ogygia(Machairodontinae, Smilodontini)". The Anatomical Record 297 6 (2014): 1090-1095. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.22902.
    10.1002/ar.22902
  13. Siliceo, Gema; Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Monescillo, Marcos F. G.; Morales, Jorge. "Promegantereon ogygia(Felidae, Machairodontinae, Smilodontini) from the Vallesian (late Miocene, MN 10) of Spain: morphological and functional differences in two noncontemporary populations". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 2 (2014): 407-418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.812099.
    10.1080/02724634.2013.812099
  14. Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Pesquero, María Dolores; Morales, Jorge; Alcalá, Luis. "A non-aquatic otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain): systematics and functional anatomy". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 2 (2013): 448-482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12063.
    10.1111/zoj.12063
  15. Antón, Mauricio; Salesa, Manuel J.; Siliceo, Gema. "Machairodont adaptations and affinities of the Holarctic late Miocene homotherinMachairodus(Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae): the case ofMachairodus catocopisCope, 1887". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5 (2013): 1202-1213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.760468.
    10.1080/02724634.2013.760468
  16. Salesa, Manuel J.; Pesquero, María Dolores; Siliceo, Gema; Antón, Mauricio; Alcalá, Luis; Morales, Jorge. "A rich community of Felidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the late Miocene (Turolian, MN 13) site of Las Casiones (Villalba Baja, Teruel, Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3 (2012): 658-676. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2012.649816.
    10.1080/02724634.2012.649816
  17. Siliceo, G.; Salesa, M. J.; Antón, M.; Pastor, J. F.; Morales, J.. "Comparative anatomy of the frontal sinuses in the primitive sabre-toothed felid Promegantereon ogygia (Felidae, Machairodontinae) and similarly sized extant felines". Estudios Geológicos 67 2 (2011): 277. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/egeol.40605.189.
    10.3989/egeol.40605.189
  18. Pesquero, M. Dolores; Salesa, Manuel J.; Espílez, Eduardo; Mampel, Luis; Siliceo, Gema; Alcalá, Luis. "An exceptionally rich hyaena coprolites concentration in the Late Miocene mammal fossil site of La Roma 2 (Teruel, Spain): Taphonomical and palaeoenvironmental inferences". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 311 1-2 (2011): 30-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.013.
    10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.013
  19. Salesa, M. J.; Siliceo, G.; Antón, M.; Abella, J.; Montoya, P.; Morales, J.. "Anatomy of the “false thumb” of Tremarctos ornatus (Carnivora, Ursidae, Tremarctinae): phylogenetic and functional implications". Estudios Geológicos 62 1 (2006): http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/egeol.0662133.
    10.3989/egeol.0662133
Online resource
  1. Siliceo, Gema. LOS ANFICIÓNIDOS: los grandes depredadores del pasado.. 2015. http://revista.mncn.csic.es/#50.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Siliceo, Gema. "Anatomía funcional y paleobiología de Magericyon anceps (Amphicyonidae, Carnivora) del complejo de yacimientos vallesienses (Mioceno superior, MN 10) del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid)". PhD, 2015.

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Salesa, Manuel J.; Siliceo, Gema; Antón, Mauricio; Peigné, Stéphane; Morales, Jorge. 2017. "genus Leptofelis".
  2. Manuel J. Salesa; Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Pesquero, María Dolores; Morales, Jorge; Alcalá, Luis. 2013. "species Teruelictis riparius".
  3. Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Siliceo, Gema; Pesquero, María Dolores; Morales, Jorge; Alcalá, Luis. 2013. "genus Teruelictis".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2016 Anatomía del falso pulgar¿ de Tremarctos ornatus (Carnivora: Ursidae): Implicaciones funcionales y filogenéticas XXIII Jornadas de Paleontología de la SEP, 214–215. Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain.
Sociedadd Española de Paleontología
2008 “El Cañaveral”: un nuevo yacimiento del Aragoniense medio de Madrid XXIV Jornadas de Paleontología de la SEP. Colunga, Spain.

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/01 - 2021/06 Anatomy and phylogenetic analysis of Lynx issiodorensis in comparison to extant Lynx, Caracal and Leptailurus
Co-supervisor
 Master Thesis (Master)
Université de Montpellier, France
2020/10 - 2021 Systematic and functional study of Middle Miocene Felines from Madrid
Co-supervisor
 Master Thesis (Master)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
2018/01/02 - 2018/06/18 Functional and comparative anatomy of the genera Lynx, Caracal, Leptailurus and Felis (Felidae)
Co-supervisor

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017 - Current Organizer and participant in the Open Days at Cerro de los Batallones fossil sites. Guided visit to the fossil sites aimed at general public. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales CSIC. (2017)
Other
 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain
2018 - 2018 Palaeontological excavation of the Pliocene fossil site of El Rincón-1 (Albacete, Spain). PI: Manuel J. Salesa and Gema Siliceo (MNCN-CSIC). 10 days fieldwork campaign in the context of a project funded by Castilla-La Mancha Regional Government (Spain). (2018)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/10/11 - Current 80th meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Virtual meeting, October 11th-17th 2020 80th meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, United States
2018 - Current Participation in the elaborations of contents for the exhibition: La colina de los dientes de sable. Los yacimientos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejo´n de Velasco, Comunidad de Madrid).
Exhibition
 La colina de los dientes de sable. Los yacimientos miocenos del Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejo´n de Velasco, Comunidad de Madrid).
2009 - 2018 Excavation instructor in Cerro de los Batallones fossil sites (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain). 1 month per year. Main responsibilities: teaching college students excavation techniques, fossil identification and compilation of paleontological data.
2003 - 2018 Palaeontological excavation of the Late Miocene site of Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain). PI: Jorge Morales (MNCN-CSIC). 1-month to 1.5 month-fieldwork campaign each year; my PhD is based on fossils from these sites.
2017 - 2017 International Congress "Wolf management and conservation in North America and Europe. An unresolved conflict", 25-28. Robledo de Sanabria, Spain. April 20th - 23rd 2017.
Congress
2016 - 2017 Palaeontological excavation of the Pliocene fossil site of La Gloria (Teruel, Spain). PI: Luis Alcalá and Mª Dolores Pesquero (Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-DINOPOLIS). 2-weeks fieldwork campaign each year.
2016 - 2016 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Salt Lake City, USA. October 26th - 29th 2016
Meeting
2013 - 2013 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Los Angeles, USA. October 30th – November 2nd 2013.
Meeting
2012 - 2012 Palaeontological excavation of the Late Miocene site of “Casa del Acero” (Fortuna, Murcia, Spain). PI: Manuel J. Salesa (MNCN-CSIC). 3-weeks fieldwork campaign, looking for new fossils of carnivorans.
2012 - 2012 10th European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists (EAVP) Meeting, Teruel, Spain. June 20th – 23rd 2012.
Meeting
2011/11/02 - 2011/11/05 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas, USA. November 2nd – 5th
Meeting
2011 - 2011 Palaeontological exploration of the Late Miocene site of Puente Minero (Teruel, Spain). PI: Manuel J. Salesa (MNCN-CSIC), Luis Alcalá and Mª Dolores Pesquero (Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-DINOPOLIS). 1-week fieldwork campaign, looking for new material of Miocene carnivorans.
2011 - 2011 Exploration and palaeontological excavations of the Neogene continental localities of “Valle Chico”, “Valle Grande” and “Fuente de Gusa”, in Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain). PI: Antonio Sánchez (ICP, Spain). 2-weeks fieldwork campaign, looking for fossils and eggs of an unidentified fossil ratite bird.
2010/06/08 - 2010/06/11 8th European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists Meeting. Aix-en-Provence, France. June 8th – 11th.
Meeting
2009 - 2009 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of Las Casiones (Villalba Baja, Teruel). PI: Luis Alcalá and Mª Dolores Pesquero (Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-DINOPOLIS). 2-weeks fieldwork campaign. One article derived from this expedition.
2008 - 2008 VI Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología (April 3-5, 2008). Alcalá de Henares (Spain).
Meeting
2007 - 2007 XXIII Jornadas de Paleontología de la SEP. Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain. October 3rd – 6th 2007.
Meeting
2006 - 2006 Palaeontological excavation of the Miocene fossil site of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain). PI: Luis Alcalá and Mª Dolores Pesquero (Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-DINOPOLIS). 2-weeks fieldwork campaign each year. I have participated in three articles derived from these expeditions.
2005 - 2005 Exploration and palaeontological excavations in the Toril-Nombrevilla section (Daroca and Nombrevilla villages, Zaragoza, Spain). PI: Manuel J. Salesa (MNCN-CSIC) and Beatriz Azanza (University of Zaragoza). 3-weeks fieldwork campaign each year looking for new material of Miocene carnivorans.

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2009 - Current Sociedad Española de Paleontología

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/04/05 - 2020/04/19 Invited Researcher by Center of Excellence in Palaeontology and Department of Geosciences of East Tennessee State University (USA) (ETSU) to study fossils from Gray fossil site, and as a keynote speaker at a workshop on virtual palaeontology organized by ETSU. East Tennessee State University, United States
2008 - 2009 Internship at Enrique Tierno Galván High School (Parla, Madrid, Spain) as learning high school teacher (Madrid, Spain). Main responsibilities: Imparting lessons on Natural Sciences subject: preparing lessons, teaching and evaluating students in coordination with regular instructors.

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2017 - 2017 Alcalá de Henares en la onda, Ondacero Radio