Universidad del Mar

Universidad del Mar belongs to the Oaxacan University System (SUNEO) along with seven more universities throughout the beautiful state of Oaxaca.

Universidad del Mar (UMAR) opened its doors in August 1992 and is the second research university within the SUNEO. The university is composed on three regional campi in Huatulco, Puerto Ángel and Puerto Escondido. Each campus has been designed to fulfill different needs along the Oaxacan coast. Huatulco focuses in Social Sciences, Puerto Ángel in Marine Sciences and Puerto Escondido in Biological and Informatics Sciences.

UMAR at Puerto Escondido offers Biology, Forestry, Informatics and Zootechny majors for undergraduates since 2001.

Although other universities  may teach paleontology within the biology curriculum, UMAR is the only university within the SUNEO where paleontological research is carried out.

Paleobiological research at the Laboratory of Paleobiology of UMAR

Oaxaca has a large amount of fossil localities that range from Paleozoic to Cenozoic in age. Due to its geographic location in southern Mexico, a comprehensive knowledge of its fossils is needed to assess evolutionary relationships of invertebrates and vertebrates in the southernmost region of North America. Similarly, reassessment of biogeographical relationships between North American and South American taxa is of most importance. The Paleontology researchers are part of the Geosciences Academic Group at UMAR.

Paleontologists research interests are outlined below:

• Invertebrate paleobiology and science communication
• Paleobiology of Cenozoic mammals

       Paleontology researchers

• Rosalía Guerrero-Arenas,  Invertebrate Paleontology
• Eduardo Jiménez-Hidalgo, Vertebrate Paleontology

If you click  in the names of researchers you will find further information about their background and particular research interests as well as some of their papers in PDF format.

       Students 

Bachelor theses:

• Lucía Cabrera Pérez, Universidad del Mar, campus Puerto Escondido. Theme: Paleobiology of Bison from the Mixteca Region, Oaxaca.
• Mario A. Campos Camacho, Universidad de Guadalajara, CUCBA. Theme: Late Pleistocene equids from the Mixteca Region, Oaxaca.