Asunción Linares Rodríguez (12 February 1921 – 21 April 2005) was a Spanish paleontologist who excelled in teaching and research. She earned a degree in Natural Sciences at the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

, obtaining her doctorate in 1952 under the direction of . She became the Chair of Paleontology at the

University of Granada The University of Granada (, UGR) is a public university located in the city of Granada, Spain, and founded in 1531 by Emperor Charles V. With more than 60,000 students, it is the fourth largest university in Spain. Apart from the city of Granad ...

in 1961, being the first woman to obtain such a position on a science faculty in Spain, and the second to become a full professor after the

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. Regarding her academic relevance, she stood out for the direction of numerous doctoral works over her career. She introduced the specialty of

Micropaleontology Micropaleontology (American spelling; spelled micropalaeontology in European usage) is the branch of paleontology (palaeontology) that studies microfossils, or fossils that require the use of a microscope to see the organism, its morphology and ...

at the University of Granada. She was Vice Chancellor of academic organization of the University of Granada from 1980 to 1981.

Awards and recognitions

* A plaza in Granada is named after her: Plaza de la Catedrática Asunción Linares. * A municipal nursery school in Granada is named after her. * Member of Honor of the Spanish Paleontology Society

Dedicated taxa

* '' Lemdadella linaresae'' Liñán and Sdzuy, 1978: a

trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three-lobed entities") are extinction, extinct marine arthropods that form the class (biology), class Trilobita. One of the earliest groups of arthropods to appear in the fossil record, trilobites were among the most succ ...

of the Lower

Cambrian The Cambrian ( ) is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 51.95 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran period 538.8 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Ordov ...

* '' Linaresia'' González-Donoso, 1968: a genus of

foraminifera Foraminifera ( ; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are unicellular organism, single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class (biology), class of Rhizarian protists characterized by streaming granular Ectoplasm (cell bio ...

of the

Cenozoic The Cenozoic Era ( ; ) is Earth's current geological era, representing the last 66million years of Earth's history. It is characterized by the dominance of mammals, insects, birds and angiosperms (flowering plants). It is the latest of three g ...

* '' Linaresites'' Sandoval 2012: a genus of

ammonites Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea) than they are to nautiluses (family N ...

of the

Aalenian The Aalenian () is a subdivision of the Middle Jurassic Epoch/Series of the geologic timescale that extends from about 174.7 ±0.8 Ma to about 170.9 ±0.8 Ma (million years ago). It was preceded by the Toarcian and succeeded by the Bajocian. St ...

and

Bajocian In the geologic timescale, the Bajocian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 170.9 ±0.8 Ma to around 168.2 ±1.2 Ma (million years ago). The Bajocian Age succeeds the Aalenian Age and precedes the Bathonia ...

(Middle Jurassic) of the

Subbaetic System The Subbaetic or Sub-Baetic System ( or ''Cordillera Subbética'') is one of the three systems of mountain ranges of the Baetic System in the southern Iberian Peninsula. Highest point high Peña de la Cruz in Sierra Arana. Its northern limit i ...

Works

* ''Sobre la estratigrafía del Eoceno del Alto Llobregat (Pirineo catalán)'': work presented at the Ia. Reunión del Terciario, Sabadell 1956 / by J.M. Fontboté, G. Colom, and A. Linares. Madrid: Instituto "Lucas Mallada", CSIC, 1957 (Library of the Complutense University of Madrid) * ''Observaciones sobre la sedimentación miocénica en el alto valle del Genil (Granada)'': work presented at the Ia. Reunión del Terciario, Sabadell 1956 / by A. Linares and G. Colom. Madrid: CSIC, Instituto "Lucas Mallada", 1957 (Library of the Complutense University of Madrid) * ''Decouverte de l'Hettagien dans la coupe de Alhama de Granada (Andalousie)'' / by Robert Busnardo, René Mouterde, and Asunción Linares. s.l. : s.n., 1966. (Library of the Complutense University of Madrid) * "Trilobites en Sierra Nevada (Granada)", in ''Estudios Geológicos'', no. 12, December 1950 * "Trias fosilifere a facies pelagique pres de Alhama de Granada (Andalousie)", Paris: Jouve, 1969, in ''C.R. Acad. Sc.'' Paris, t. 268, March 1969; pp. 1365–1367 * "Sobre la estratigrafía del Eoceno del alto Llobregat (Pirineo Catalan)", in ''Cursillos y Conferencias del Instituto 'Lucas Mallada'', fasc. IV, 1957; pp. 93–103 * "Presence de formes sub - boreales d'Ammonites (Amaltheides) dans le Lias moyen de la zone subbetique (Espagne meridionale)", in ''Bull. Soc. Geol. de France'', I, t. XVI, no. 4, 1974; pp. 453–455 * "Precisiones estratigráficas sobre la unidad de Moclin (zona subbética, provincia de Granada", in ''Cuadernos de Geología'', 2, 3, 1971 * "Perfiles de Leon", in ''Puntos de interés geológico'' * "Observations sur le Lias de la Sierra Elvira (Province de Grenade, Espagne)", in ''Livre a la memoire du Professeur Paul Fallot'', T. I; pp. 183–188 * "Observaciones sobre la sedimentación miocenica en el alto valle del Genil (Granada)", in ''Cursillos y Conferencias del Instituto 'Lucas Mallada'', fasc. IV, 1957; pp. 105–110 * "Nueva especie fósil del ordoviciense de Ciudad Real", in ''Estudios Geológicos'', no. 17, 1953; pp. 135–137: il * "Nota acerca de dos pigidios de trilobites", in ''Estudios Geológicos'', no. 12, December 1950; pp. 287–291 * "Metacronia del Amnonitico Rosso Liasico en la zona subbética (sector central)", in ''Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica'', V. 2, 1971; pp. 183–204 * "Los mármoles de la Cartuja de Granada", in ''Estudios Geológicos'', no. 6, 1947; pp. 95–100: il * ''Memoria'' urther studies of micropaleontology in Paris, Lille, Dijon, Lyon and Toulouse .l.: s.n. 1957 * ''Algunos aspectos de la dinámica de la vida según el registro fósil'', Granada: Secretariat of the University of Granada, 1983 * "Le domerien superieur dans le subbetique central (Andalouise)", in ''Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica'', vol. 2, 1971; pp. 237–254 * "La transición Lias - Dogger en el sector Alamedilla, zona subbética", in ''Cuadernos de geología'', 4. 1973; pp. 155–160 * "La serie estratigráfica de Alta Coloma, serie tipo del subbético medio en la transversal". in ''Cuadernos de Geología'', University of Granada, September–October 1970; pp. 193–211 * ''II Coloquio de Estratigrafía y Paleogeografía del Cretácico en España''. Albacete: .n. 1982 * ''Estratigrafía y geología de eventos'', Granada: Academia, 1990 * "El Lias medio en la parte sur de la zona subbética (Sierra Elvira, Illora e Iznalloz, prov.)", in ''Cuadernos de geología'', 4, 1973; pp. 141–154: il * "El Lias del sector central de la zona subbética (Vista de conjunto)", in ''Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica'', v. 2, 1971; pp. 227–236 * "Donnes micropaleontologiques sur les environs de Domingo Pérez (chaine Subbetique, prov. de Granade, Espagne)", in ''Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France'', 7 serie, t. II, no. 3, 1960; pp. 322–323 * "Contribución al estudio de la sedimentación en las cordilleras béticas", in ''Estudios Geológicos'', no. 25, Madrid, March 1955; pp. 37–42: il

References

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