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personal data approved: 2023. XII. 06.
Personal data
Gábor Botfalvai
name Gábor Botfalvai
year of birth 1984
name of institution
doctoral school
ELTE Doctoral School of Earth Sciences (Supervisor)
the share of work in the different doctoral schools. ELTE Doctoral School of Earth Sciences 100%
accreditation statement submitted to: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Contact details
E-mail address botfalvai.gaborgmail.com
phone number +36 30 495-8419
mobile phone number +36 30 495-8419
own web page
Academic title
scientific degree, title Ph.D.
year degree was obtained 2018
discipline to which degree belongs earth sciences
institution granting the degree Eötvös Loránd University
Employment
2022 - Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
university professor or researcher
2019 - Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum (research institute, not university)
other (not specified) (Tudományos munkatárs)
Thesis topic supervisor
number of doctoral students supervised until now 0.5
number of students who fulfilled course requirements 0
students who obtained their degrees:
present PhD students:
(50%) Zsófia Román (PhD) (2026/08)  DSES1-ELTE
(50%) János Magyar (PhD) (2025/08)  DSES1-ELTE
  Thesis topic proposals
Research
research area Taphonomical, sedimentological and trace element geochemical analyses of different vertebrate assemblages
research field in which current research is conducted earth sciences
Publications
2023

 Botfalvai Gábor, Kocsis László, Szabó Márton, Király Edit, Sebe Krisztina: Preliminarily report on rare earth element taphonomy of a Miocene mixed age fossil vertebrate assemblage (Pécs-Danitzpuszta, Mecsek Mts., Hungary): uptake mechanism and possible separation of palaeocommunities, HISTORICAL BIOLOGY 35: (4) pp. 498-517.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 2
language: English
URL 
2022

 Botfalvai Gábor, Magyar János, Watah Veronika, Szarvas Imre, Szolyák Péter: Large-sized pentadactyl carnivore footprints from the early Miocene fossil track site at Ipolytarnóc (Hungary): 3D data presentation and ichnotaxonomical revision, HISTORICAL BIOLOGY 2022: pp. 1-17.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 1
language: English
URL 
2021

 Botfalvai G, Csiki-Sava Z, Kocsis L, Albert G, Magyar J, Bodor ER., Ţabără D, Ulyanov A, Makádi L: ‘X’ marks the spot! Sedimentological, geochemical and palaeontological investigations of Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) vertebrate fossil localities from the Vălioara valley (Densuş-Ciula Formation, Hațeg Basin, Romania), CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 123: 104781
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 3
language: English
URL 
2021

 Botfalvai G, Prondvai E, Ősi A: Living alone or moving in herds? A holistic approach highlights complexity in the social lifestyle of Cretaceous ankylosaurs, CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 118: 104633
type of document: Journal paper/Review paper
number of independent citations: 3
language: English
URL 
2019

 Botfalvai G, Győri O, Pozsgai E, Farkas MI, Sági T, Szabó M, Ősi A: Sedimentological characteristics and paleoenvironmental implication of Triassic vertebrate localities in Villány (Villány Hills, Southern Hungary), GEOLOGICA CARPATHICA 70: (2) pp. 135-152.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 4
language: English
URL 
2017

 Botfalvai G, Csiki-Sava Z, Grigorescu D, Vasile Ş: Taphonomical and palaeoecological investigation of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Tuştea vertebrate assemblage (Romania; Haţeg Basin) - insights into a unique dinosaur nesting locality, PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 468: pp. 228-262.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 13
language: English
URL 
2016

 Botfalvai Gábor, Haas János, Bodor Emese Réka, Mindszenty Andrea, Ősi Attila: Facies architecture and palaeoenvironmental implications of the upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Csehbánya formation at the Iharkút vertebrate locality (Bakony Mountains, Northwestern Hungary), PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 441: (Part 4) pp. 659-678.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 9
language: English
URL 
2015

 Botfalvai G, Ősi A, Mindszenty A: Taphonomic and paleoecologic investigations of the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Iharkút vertebrate assemblage (Bakony Mts, Northwestern Hungary), PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 417: pp. 379-405.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 13
language: English
URL 
2014

 Botfalvai G, Prondvai E, Osi A: Inferred bite marks on a Late Cretaceous (Santonian) bothremydid turtle and a hylaeochampsid crocodilian from Hungary, CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 50: pp. 304-317.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 19
language: English
URL 
2012

 Rabi M, Tong H, Botfalvai G: A new species of the side-necked turtle Foxemys (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary and the historical biogeography of the Bothremydini, GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 149: (4) pp. 662-674.
type of document: Journal paper/Article
number of independent citations: 37
language: English
URL 
Number of independent citations to these publications:104 
Scientometric data
list of publications and citations
number of scientific publications that meet accreditation criteria:
84
number of scientific publications:
83
monographs and professional books:
0
monographs/books in which chapters/sections were contributed:
0 
number of independent citations to scientific publications and creative works:
278

 
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