Due to the ongoing Covid pandemic we have decided to extend the deadline for the submission of workshop applications until October 15th.
In order to be able to hold the planned workshops under all circumstances, we ask you to submit a proposal - in addition to the regular proposal - that describes ...
"Although belemnite rostra can be quite abundant in Jurassic and Cretaceous strata, the record of belemnite jaws was limited to a few specimens from Germany and Russia. Here, we describe and figure three cephalopod jaws from the Middle Jurassic Opalinus Clay of northern Switzerland. Although flatte...
Jansen recently completed his PhD at Cornell University (USA) in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and will provide scientific support for the project. To begin, he will evaluate the Big Questions submitted by the global paleontology community to identify common themes...
"Highlights
Birds and mammals likely acquired endothermy (warm-bloodedness) at the same time
This time was the Early Triassic, as suggested by phylogenetic macroevolutionary studies of both archosaurs and synapsids
Life remodelled itself most significantly in the aftermath of the devastat...
We plan to send our first newsletter to all interested colleagues in fall 2020.
At the moment we are working on creating a good overview of the Big Questions submitted. We will then present the results in the newsletter. In addition, we will also include further information about the project and...
Dear interested parties in the workshops,
as we are still in a pandemic and cannot predict if the workshops can take place in Erlangen as planned we would like to ask you to also suggest your workshop being held remotely.
Of course we hope... and will do everything to make sure that your worksho...
"Coralline algae occur from the the poles to the tropics. However, findings exclusively are from marine environments. In 2016 the first freshwater coralline alga was discovered and is described here."Coralline algae are one of the most diversified groups of red algae and represent a major component...
"Thecodontosaurus antiquus is a basal sauropodomorph from the Rhaetian locality of Durdham Down in Bristol, U.K. Sauropodomorph material putatively assigned to this species was found at the nearby site of Tytherington. Here, we describe the Tytherington specimens and compare them with T. antiquus a...
"Framework: We base our conceptualization of “isolation” on the arguments that no biological system is completely isolated; instead, isolation has multiple spatial and temporal dimensions relating to biological and environmental processes. We distinguish four key dimensions of isolation: (a) enviro...
