Evangelos Vlachos
Assistant Researcher
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Bio
I have completed my primary studies on the School of Geology in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and soon I continued in the Master’s program on Tectonics & Stratigraphy. My primary focus is the study of fossil turtles, and my main field of research deals with the anatomy and evolution of terrestrial tortoises (Testudinidae). Testudinids form a clade with an almost worldwide distribution and an excellent, but not analyzed in detail fossil record. In my doctoral thesis I studied and described the entire fossil chelonian fauna of Greece, that is the most diverse and best preserved in the east Mediterranean. My research is expanded on the evolution of the large testudinid record of Europe.
This work has led me to pursue further research in Patagonia as a postdoctoral fellow in CONICET.
During my postdoctoral research in MEF, I focused on the origin and evolution of the extant and extinct testudinids of South America (clade Chelonoidis). These amazing turtles show an excellent fossil record, which I currently revise, and compare with similar forms in a global scale.
Now, my research focuses on the changes that happened in the biodiversity of turtles during their evolutionary history, and to discover previously unknown extinction events.
Current Projects
2017 – ongoing – AGENCIA MinCyT PICT B 2334 “Análisis Filogenético de las tortugas terrestres (Testudines: Testudinidae) y la Historia Evolutiva de los testudínidos de Sudamérica”.
2017 – ongoing – Editing of the volume “The Fossil Vertebrates of Greece”, to be published by Springer Nature in 2019. This is a volume that summarizes the entire fossil record of Greek vertebrates.
2016 – ongoing – Contributor to the PaleoBiology DataBase, focusing on the records of Testudinata (turtles).
2016 – 2018 – National Geographic Society / Waitt Grant W435-16 | "The Gulf of Titanic Turtles: excavation and preservation of new fossil tortoises from the Neogene of Northern Greece."
2014 – 2015 – IKY-DAAD, “Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the European Giant tortoises” in cooperation with the University of Tübingen, Germany.
Publications
Vlachos, E., Sterli, J., Vasileiadou, K. & Syrides, G. (2019). A new species of Mauremys (Testudines, Geoemydidae) from the late Miocene – Pliocene of Central Macedonia (northern Greece) with exceptionally wide vertebral scutes. Papers in Palaeontology, doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1235.
Vlachos, E., Sterli, J. & de la Fuente, M. (2018). On the validity of Testudinites sellovii Weiss, 1830 from the Pleistocene of Paso del Catalán (Uruguay, South America). Ameghiniana, Paleontological Note, 55(3): 339–342.
Vlachos, E. (2015). Forming taxon names from Greek words. Bionomina, 9: 1-26 pp.
Portfolio
under construction...
Scientific Graphic Design has always been a passion for me. The ability to transform scientific information into a design that will inform but will also capture the interest of professionals and non-professionals is a challenge for me. What started as a hobby, has now become an obsession. Throughout my career, I have received professional training in graphic design. I was able to apply this knowledge and my ideas in several cases, including paleontological exhibitions, books, posters, and figures in scientific publications. A selection of my favorite designs is given below.
Paleontological Exhibitions
2018 | New Paleontological Exhibition of Milia, Grevena, Greece, with the longest tusks in the world!
Neticon
Networks of the International Codes of Nomenclature
Disclaimer: The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is published by the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1999. The text of the Code is reproduced herein with the written consent of the publisher.
The Code is available here
PeerJ manuscript and the supplements are available here.
> VERSIONS <
Neticon zoologicon
The Network of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Current version | version 1.0 [publication date: 24 October 2019]
The version 1.0 of the Neticon zoologicon contains the 4th edition of the ICZN (1999), including the 2012 Amendment on electronic publication, and Declarations 44, and 45.
Neticon_zoologiconv1.0 Html (Online) Version
(a new tab will open with the online html version of the Neticon)
Neticon_zoologiconv1.0 Html (Offline) Version
(a zipped file will be downloaded, containing the html version of the Neticon.
Unzip the folder, and open the file index.html with any browser except Google Chrome)
Neticon_zoologiconv1.0 Gephi Version (original and editable)
(a zipped file will be downloaded, containing the original network in Gephi format)
> TUTORIALS <
A series of videos explaining some of the functions and abilities of the Neticon
Neticon_zoologicon Tutorial 1: Basic Introduction to the Online Version.
Neticon_zoologicon Tutorial 2: Basic Introduction to the Gephi Version.
Neticon_zoologicon Tutorial 3: How to use the Ego Network filter, to create subsets of the Code.
> Questions that you might want to ask <
What is it?
This is a network analysis of the Code. All the elements of the Code (Articles, Recommendations, Examples, Glossary Items) are interconnected according to their direct and indirect connections. After the network is created, some structural layouts are applied to depict its structure.
How can I use it?
You could click on the links above for the different versions. The first two links (marked with Online and Offline) contains the exported network with the Force Atlas 2 layout. The user can navigate through the network, but cannot make any changes. The last link (marked with Gephi) is the original network to be opened with Gephi. There the user can enjoy the full capabilities of the network.
Please read the manuscript and especially the supplements for further information.
What shall I do if I discover any problems, malfunctions, errors, etc.?
Please report them to me by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). I will do my best to fix them.
Can I edit the network?
Of course!
I would encourage users to try to further develop this effort, correct mistakes and try different things and layouts. As I am planning to regularly release updates, if you do so, however, please inform me. In case you have made a significant update or change, your version could be hosted here.
Also, I am open to any kind of collaboration and further development. So please do not hesitate to contact me!
If I have questions?
If there are software-related please refer to the appropriate sources. The Gephi and Sigma communities are quite open and active, and host wonderful tutorials and forums.
For anything else, please do not hesitate to email me and I will do my best to respond.
May the Code be with you…
Evan Vlachos,
CONICET and Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio,
Av. Fontana 140, 9100, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
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Last Update: November 25, 2019