Edwin-Alberto Cadena (0000-0003-3038-567X)

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Dr. Edwin Cadena is a geologist-paleontologist with an outstanding background discovering new fossil species including the largest snake ever found (Titanoboa cerrejonensis), as well as understanding the phylogeny and molecular paleontology of turtles. He earned his bachelor degree from the Universidad Industrial de Santander (Colombia), master’s degree at University of Florida (USA), doctoral degree (PhD) at North Carolina State University (USA), and postdoctoral-alumni from the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation of Germany. Currently he is leading the creation of the Earth System Sciences program at the Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia

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Universidad del Rosario: Bogotá, CO

2018-01-05 to present | Associate professor (Earth System Sciences)

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Edwin-Alberto Cadena

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3038-567X

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Universidad del Rosario: Bogotá, CO

Universidad de Investigación de Tecnología Experimental: Yachay, San Miguel de Urcuquí, EC

Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: Frankfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

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North Carolina State University: Raleigh, NC, US

University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

Universidad Industrial de Santander: Bucaramanga, CO

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New pterosaur fossils from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia

The extinct marine megafauna of the Phanerozoic

The onset of large size in Cretaceous marine turtles (Protostegidae) evidenced by new fossil remains from the Valanginian of Colombia

Correction: ‘The latest freshwater giants: a new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon’ (2024), by Ferreira et al.

An Upper Miocene marine turtle from Panama that preserves osteocytes with potential DNA

New insights on the anatomy and ontogeny of the largest extinct freshwater turtles

Late Pleistocene biota from Pubenza, Colombia; turtles, mammals, birds, invertebrates and plant remains

The first remains of vertebrates from the Paleocene Lisama formation, Middle Magdalena Valley Basin of Colombia

The anatomy, paleobiology, and evolutionary relationships of the largest extinct side-necked turtle

A new Miocene turtle from Colombia sheds light on the evolutionary history of the extant genus Mesoclemmys Gray, 1873

A gravid fossil turtle from the Early Cretaceous reveals a different egg development strategy to that of extant marine turtles

Pleistocene Fossil Turtles (Testudinoidea, Cryptodira) from the Talara Tar Seeps, Peru

Late Miocene freshwater mussels from the intermontane Chota Basin, northern Ecuadorean Andes

A REVIEW OF THE FOSSIL RECORD OF ECUADOR, WITH INSIGHTS ABOUT ITS CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

New Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossils from Ecuador: Invertebrates, vertebrates, plants, and microfossils

The first Oligocene sea turtle (Pan-Cheloniidae) record of South America

The first Paleogene (Oligocene) sea turtle record of South America

The first Paleogene (Oligocene) sea turtle record of South America

Las Tortugas Gigantes

New findings of Pleistocene fossil turtles (Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae and Chelydridae) from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador

First record of a hybodont shark (Chondrichthyes: Hybodontiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia

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

Palaeoamyda messeliana nov. comb.(Testudines, Pan-Trionychidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit and Geiseltal localities, Germany, taxonomic and phylogenetic insights

A global phylogeny of Pelomedusoides turtles with new material of Neochelys franzeni Schleich, 1993 (Testudines, Podocnemididae) from the middle Eocene, Messel Pit, of Germany

A review of the fossil record of Stem-Pleurodiran Turtles.

Cretaceous Bryozoa from central Colombia: preliminary results of the “Hidrosogamoso” expedition.

Giant fossil tortoise and freshwater chelid turtle remains from the middle Miocene, Quebrada Honda, Bolivia: Evidence for lower paleoelevations for the southern Altiplano

Miocene turtles from the northernmost tip of South America; giant tortoises, chelids, and podocnemidids from Castilletes Formation, Colombia

Oldest known marine turtle? A new protostegid from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia

Revised stratigraphy of Neogene strata in the Cocinetas Basin, La Guajira, Colombia

The first fossil skull of Chelus (Pleurodira: Chelidae; Matamata genus turtles) from the early Miocene of Colombia

The first South American sandownid turtle from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia

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

A Pelomedusoid Turtle from the Paleocene–Eocene of Colombia Exhibiting Preservation of Blood Vessels and Osteocytes

THE FOSSIL RECORD OF TURTLES IN COLOMBIA; A REVIEW OF THE DISCOVERIES, RESEARCH AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

New material of Mongolemys elegans Khosatzky and Mlynarski, 1971 (Testudines: Lindholmemydidae), from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia with comments on bone histology and phylogeny

New material of the platychelyid turtle Notoemys zapatocaensis from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia; implications for understanding Pleurodira evolution

433 Palynostratigraphy of the Eocene Esmeraldas Formation, Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Colombia

FOUR NEW PELOMEDUSOIDES TURTLES FROM THE MIDDLE-LATE PALEOCENE OF COLOMBIA: THE FIRST CENOZOIC GIANT FRESHWATER TURTLE AND AN UNUSUALLY CIRCULAR TURTLE SHELL

FROM FOSSIL BONE CELLS TO THE LARGEST PALEOGENE TROPICAL TURTLE

New pelomedusoid turtles from the late Palaeocene Cerrejón Formation of Colombia and their implications for phylogeny and body size evolution

New Turtles (Chelonia) from the Late Eocene Through Late Miocene of the Panama Canal BasinEOCENE--MIOCENE TURTLES FROM PANAMA

Phylogeny, Paleobiogeography, and Bone Soft-tissue Preservation in New Neotropical Cenozoic and Mesozoic Fossil Turtles.

Variation in osteocytes morphology vs bone type in turtle shell and their exceptional preservation from the Jurassic to the present

New Bothremydid Turtle (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Paleocene of Northeastern Colombia

Cenozoic fossil turtles from the Panama Canal Basin

INFERENCES OF THE PALEOECOLOGY OF THE BASAL PLEURODIRE NOTOEMYS ZAPATOCAENSIS BASED ON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGERY

Potential Earliest Record of Podocnemidoid Turtles from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Colombia

A new small short-snouted dyrosaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Paleocene of Northeastern Colombia

New podocnemidid turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the middle--upper Paleocene of South America

Peer review (4 reviews for 3 publications/grants)