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  <updated>2026-09-11T14:00:22Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-09-11T14:00:22Z</dc:date>
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    <title>Can arthropods produce Paleodictyon?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42537" />
    <author>
      <name>Baucon, Andrea</name>
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    <author>
      <name>Neto de Carvalho, Carlos</name>
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    <author>
      <name>Uchman, Alfred</name>
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    <author>
      <name>Lo Russo, Girolamo</name>
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    <author>
      <name>Guerrini, Filippo</name>
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    <author>
      <name>Moreira, Noel</name>
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    <author>
      <name>Meloni, Mattia Alessio</name>
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    <author>
      <name>Barucci, Andrea</name>
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    <author>
      <name>Piazza, Michele</name>
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    <id>http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42537</id>
    <updated>2026-09-03T14:13:48Z</updated>
    <published>2026-09-30T23:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Can arthropods produce Paleodictyon?
Authors: Baucon, Andrea; Neto de Carvalho, Carlos; Uchman, Alfred; Lo Russo, Girolamo; Guerrini, Filippo; Moreira, Noel; Meloni, Mattia Alessio; Barucci, Andrea; Piazza, Michele
Abstract: Paleodictyon is a common structure documented in marine sediments from the Cambrian to the present times. Despite its pervasive distribution and distinctive hexagonal geometry, the tracemaker remains unidentified. This study investigates the hypothesis that a marine arthropod could be responsible for its production. We assess this hypothesis by reviewing six key characteristics of Paleodictyon: morphology, stratigraphic distribution, envi¬ ronmental distribution, taphonomy, tracemaker attributes, and inferred function. Arthropods are well-known for creating straight tunnel segments, a capability afforded by their jointed appendages and rigid exoskeletons, which also facilitate sharp directional changes. These attributes are consistent with the straight burrow segments of Paleodictyon, which converge at 120◦ angles. In contrast, worm-like organisms, characterised by their cylin¬ drical body plan and hydrostatic skeletons, tend to create more tortuous burrows because burrowing proceeds preferentially along paths of least resistance. A review of published evidence suggests that the tracemaker was likely highly motile and, if solitary, an exceptionally rapid burrower. Morphometric analysis of 1314 landmarks shows that interior angles depart from 120◦ by only 8.5◦ and side lengths vary within each cell by 0.5 mm. Rather than propagating errors between cells, the tracemaker corrected them locally, indicating advanced ca¬ pabilities in orientation and odometry. These cognitive skills are compatible (though not exclusive) with the sophisticated navigation skills of the arthropod brain. The first appearance of Paleodictyon in the early Cambrian coincides with the earliest fossil record of arthropods, further supporting the hypothesis. Although environ¬ mental distribution and inferred function provide less definitive evidence, they do not exclude arthropod tracemakers. Taken together, these observations suggest that arthropods are the most likely producers of Pale¬ odictyon, challenging the hypotheses of a vermiform or protist producer. Isopods and amphipods emerge as the best potential candidates for producing Paleodictyon. However, only direct neoichnological observation of burrow construction, or the discovery of a tracemaker preserved within a fossil burrow, can definitively resolve the enduring mystery of its tracemaker.</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-09-30T23:00:00Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>In Memoriam Luís Lopes (1964-2026)</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42534" />
    <author>
      <name>Moreira, Noel</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Martins, Ruben</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Peres, Marta</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Frazão, Joana</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Sousa, Mónica</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Kullberg, José Carlos</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Álvarez Areces, Enrique</name>
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    <id>http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42534</id>
    <updated>2026-09-03T14:12:55Z</updated>
    <published>2026-06-30T23:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: In Memoriam Luís Lopes (1964-2026)
Authors: Moreira, Noel; Martins, Ruben; Peres, Marta; Frazão, Joana; Sousa, Mónica; Kullberg, José Carlos; Álvarez Areces, Enrique
Abstract: In Memoriam Luís Lopes (1964-2026)</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-06-30T23:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Leeb D Hardness Test: in situ expedite method to evaluate mineral alterations and uniaxial compressive strength</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42533" />
    <author>
      <name>Moreira, Noel</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Madrinha, João</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Sitzia, Fabio</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Mirão, José</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Dionísio, Maria Amélia</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42533</id>
    <updated>2026-09-10T08:17:44Z</updated>
    <published>2026-08-31T23:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Leeb D Hardness Test: in situ expedite method to evaluate mineral alterations and uniaxial compressive strength
Authors: Moreira, Noel; Madrinha, João; Sitzia, Fabio; Mirão, José; Dionísio, Maria Amélia
Abstract: The Leeb D Hardness test uses the rebound of a semispherical penetrator to estimate the rock hardness. This method can be used in ornamental rocks, such as granites and marbles, as a expedite proxy to identify the main rock-forming mineral phases and mineral alteration processes (e.g. dolomitization and silicification on marbles), as well as to estimate the uniaxial compressive strength, through a correlation of both data.</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-08-31T23:00:00Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Duas unidades carbonatas distintas no Setor Estremoz-Barrancos (Zona de Ossa-Morena)? Discussão do significado biostratigráfico dos calcários de Bencatel, Ferrarias e Barrancos</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42420" />
    <author>
      <name>Silvério, Gonçalo</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Moreira, Noel</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Pereira, Sofia</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42420</id>
    <updated>2026-07-28T11:04:38Z</updated>
    <published>2026-05-31T23:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Duas unidades carbonatas distintas no Setor Estremoz-Barrancos (Zona de Ossa-Morena)? Discussão do significado biostratigráfico dos calcários de Bencatel, Ferrarias e Barrancos
Authors: Silvério, Gonçalo; Moreira, Noel; Pereira, Sofia
Abstract: No Setor Estremoz-Barrancos (Zona de Ossa-Morena; ZOM) afloram unidades carbonatadas de idade e correlação incertas. A sucessão do Anticlinal de Estremoz (AE) apresenta claras semelhanças com a transição Neoproterozoico-Câmbrico inferior da ZOM. Aqui desenvolve-se no topo da sucessão o Complexo Vulcano-Sedimentar-Carbonatado de Estremoz (CVSCE), constituído predominantemente por mármores calcíticos puros, que têm sido correlacionados com as unidades recifais do Câmbrico inferior do lado espanhol da ZOM com base em dados isotópicos (Moreira et al., 2019), embora a sua idade seja alvo de debate (Piçarra e Sarmiento, 2006). No bordo sul do AE, em Bencatel, aflora uma outra unidade carbonatada, distinguível cartográfica e litologicamente do CVSCE. Os mármores são impuros, ricos em argila e matéria orgânica, tendo baixa recristalização metamórfica e apresentandose silicificados e dolomitizados. Na parte média da sucessão ocorre um nível centimétrico com tentaculites diminutas (&lt;5mm). As câmaras embrionárias apresentam-se mal preservadas, mas a morfologia ortocónica da concha, com estrias anelares, e as suas dimensões sugerem formas planctónicas de Chonioconarida, apontando para uma idade no intervalo Ordovícico Superior-Devónico. Para SE, desenvolve-se a estrutura de Ferrarias, onde também aflora uma sucessão carbonatada impura, rica em matéria orgânica com metamorfismo insipiente. Os calcários apresentam silicificação e dolomitização crescente em direção ao núcleo da estrutura, onde aflora um filão de quartzo com sulfuretos. Também estes são fossilíferos, com elementos colunais de crinoides isolados e conodontes dos géneros Ozarkodina? e Oulodus? (Piçarra e Sarmiento, 2006), indicando uma idade silúrica. Calcários semelhantes surgem ainda em Barrancos, com elementos colunais de crinoides isolados. Apesar da escassez de dados paleontológicos, a coerência cronológica e as semelhanças texturais entre as sucessões carbonatadas de Bencatel, Ferrarias e Barrancos, sugerem que correspondem a uma sucessão de calcários de idade silúrica, possivelmente equivalente aos “Calcários com Scyphocrinites” e distintos dos mármores do CVSCE, de idade potencialmente&#xD;
câmbrica.</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-05-31T23:00:00Z</dc:date>
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