Editorial

Tribute to Jordi Maria De Gibert Atienza

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ROSA DOMÈNECH
IRBio y Departament d’Estratigrafi a, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. rosa.domenech@ub.edu
Corresponding author

ALLAN A. EKDALE
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, FASB 383, 115 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112- 0102, U.S.A. a.ekdale@utah.edu

JOSE A. GÁMEZ VINTANED
Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Geosciences & Petroleum Engineering, University Teknologi Petrona (UTP), Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh (Perak), Malaysia. gamez@unizar.es

JORDI MARTINELL
IRBio y Departament d’Estratigrafi a, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. jmartinell@ub.edu

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ABSTRACT

On September 23rd 2012, Jordi Maria de Gibert Atienza, an innovative explorer of the fossil record, passed away suddenly in Barcelona. He left behind interesting scientifi c contributions in the areas of invertebrate ecology, palaeoecology, evolutionary ecology, taphonomy and ichnology. Jordi Maria was only 44 and had a whole life in science ahead of him. The 2014 volume of the Spanish Journal of Palaeontology is dedicated to his memory.

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How to cite: Domènech, R., Ekdale, A.A., Gámez-Vintaned, J.A. & Martinell, J. 2014. Tribute to Jordi Maria De Gibert Atienza -Editorial. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 29 (1), 1-4.

Published 30 June 2014

https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.29.1.17803

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