Jorge Morales

Jorge Morales
Known forCenozoic palaeomammalogy
Scientific career
FieldsVertebrate palaeontology

Jorge Morales is a Spanish vertebrate palaeontologist.

Research

He is best known for his work on the Cenozoic mammal faunas of Africa, in particular his focus on the clades Ferae and Ruminantia. He has conducted work at sites in Niger, Kenya, Uganda, Namibia, and South Africa.

Below is a list of taxa that Morales has contributed to naming:

Year Taxon Authors
2018 Orycterochoerus alferezi gen. et sp. nov. Pickford & Morales
2011 Mioparadoxurus meini gen. et sp. nov. Morales & Pickford
1998 Lorancahyus daamsi sp. nov. Pickford & Morales
1998 Lorancahyus hypsorhizus gen. et sp. nov. Pickford & Morales

References

  1. ↑ Senut, Brigitte; Pickford, Martin; Gommery, Dominique; Mocke, Helke; Musalizi, Sarah (3 August 2022). "Dr Jorge Morales' contributions to the French expeditions in the Cainozoic of Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Namibia)". Historical Biology. 34 (8): 1660–1671. Bibcode:2022HBio...34.1660S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2032028. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 1 November 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  2. ↑ Pickford, Martin; Morales, Jorge (13 December 2018). "A new suoid with tubulidentate, hypselorhizic cheek teeth from the early Miocene of Córcoles, Spain". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 33 (2): 321–344. doi:10.7203/sjp.33.2.13606. hdl:10550/69787. ISSN 2660-9568. Retrieved 2 November 2026.
  3. ↑ Morales, Jorge; Pickford, Martin (March–June 2011). "A new paradoxurine carnivore from the Late Miocene Siwaliks of India and a review of the bunodont viverrids of Africa". Geobios. 44 (2–3): 271–277. Bibcode:2011Geobi..44..271M. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2011.02.001. Retrieved 12 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  4. 1 2 Pickford, Martin; Morales, Jorge (August 1998). "A tubulidentate suiform lineage (Tayassuidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Spain". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 327 (4): 285–290. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(98)80087-6. Retrieved 28 October 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.