Bibi on board
February 3, 2014
Faysal Bibi joined the lab for the coming years. Welcome to Berlin!
Deltavjatia
February 3, 2014
Former labmate Linda Tsuji published her work on the pareiasaur Deltavjatia, which she carried out in Berlin as part of her Ph.D., and got the cover. Congratulations!
Gabi Sobral – best student article in JVP!
November 18, 2013
A follow-up to Gabi’s award notification: here’s a pic with her official certificate, handed over at the 2013 SVP meeting in Los Angeles. Congratulations again!
Two Review Papers on the Miocene Fossil Animals of Abu Dhabi
November 4, 2013
Our team has published two papers reviewing all the fossil species that we and previous teams have found from the Baynunah Formation of the Al Gharbiya region of Abu Dhabi Emirate. The first is titled Before archaeology: life and environments in the Miocene of Abu Dhabi (pdf), from the book Fifty Years of Emirates Archaeology (editors D. … More Two Review Papers on the Miocene Fossil Animals of Abu Dhabi
October 9, 2013
During his fieldwork in Namibia, Sebastian has been featured in a documentary on climate change: http://www.wetenschap24.nl/programmas/Klimaatjagers/wetenschappers/wetenschappers-afrika.html http://www.wetenschap24.nl/programmas/Klimaatjagers/afleveringen/Afrika.html
October 9, 2013
A selection of press coverage on a new rhynchocephalian from the Triassic of Germany, published in BMC Evolutionary Biology (with Marc Jones as lead author): http://phys.org/news/2013-09-oldest-lizard-like-fossil-hints-scaly.html http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130924193616.htm http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-09/ucl-oel092313.php http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/science-earliest-fossil-record-lepidosaurs-01406.html http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/40988-middle-triassic-lepidosaur/
May 29, 2013
Gabi Sobral won the Taylor & Francis award for the best student paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2012, honouring her study on Dysalotosaurus. Congratulations!
‘Hummus Rat’ Discovered
May 1, 2013
Our team has just published the discovery and description of a large fossil cane rat from the Al Gharbia region of Abu Dhabi Emirate, U.A.E. Cane rats today are only known from two species living in Africa, so it is very interesting to know that they once roamed across parts of the Arabian Peninsula. The fossil cane … More ‘Hummus Rat’ Discovered
Fossil Footprints Reveal Ancient Elephant Herd
May 1, 2013
In February 2012 we published a study on the fabulous fossil elephant trackways at the site of Mleisa 1. We made a separate page for this here http://mleisa1.wordpress.com
March 13, 2013
Today, Kristin successfully defended her Ms.Sc thesis on the dwarf snakes of the genus Eirenis. Congratulations!
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