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  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Hans-Dieter Sues is affiliated with the National Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences with significant contributions to Environmental Science. Within these broader areas, their work extensively covers subfields including Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Geology.

The scientist's research topics primarily center on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Turtle Biology and Conservation, and Plant Diversity and Evolution.

Recent publications by Hans-Dieter Sues include:

  • Colobops: a juvenile rhynchocephalian reptile (Lepidosauromorpha), not a diminutive archosauromorph with an unusually strong bite (2020), Royal Society Open Science
  • Arctic ice and the ecological rise of the dinosaurs (2022), Science Advances
  • Braincase anatomy of extant Crocodylia, with new insights into the development and evolution of the neurocranium in crocodylomorphs (2021), Journal of Anatomy
  • Osteology, relationships and functional morphology of Weigeltisaurus jaekeli (Diapsida, Weigeltisauridae) based on a complete skeleton from the Upper Permian Kupferschiefer of Germany (2021), PeerJ
  • First rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from Asia (2021), PLoS ONE

Hans-Dieter Sues frequently collaborates with a number of researchers. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Rainer R. Schoch (14 joint works)
  • Alexander O. Averianov (7 joint works)
  • Martín D. Ezcurra (6 joint works)
  • Stephan N. F. Spiekman (5 joint works)
  • Paul E. Olsen (5 joint works)

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (10 publications)
  • Journal of Paleontology (7 publications)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (4 publications)
  • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (3 publications)
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (3 publications)

Hans-Dieter Sues has been recognized by scientific communities, having received distinctions including Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada awarded in 2003 by the Academy of Science, and Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals

    Norton G. Miller;Anna K. Behrensmeyer;John D. Damuth;William A. DiMichele

  • Ascent of dinosaurs linked to an iridium anomaly at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.

    P. E. Olsen;Dennis Kent;Dennis Kent;H. D. Sues;C. Koeberl

  • Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time

    David Bartley;A.K. Behrensmeyer;J.D. Damuth;W.A. DiMichele

  • The Origins of Angiosperms and their Biological Consequences

    William A. DiMichele;Robyn J. Burnham;Hans-Dieter Sues;Else Marie Friis

  • Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs from the Sahara

    Paul C. Sereno;Jeffrey A. Wilson;Hans C.E. Larsson;Didier B. Dutheil

  • Irritator challengeri, a spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Eberhard Frey;David M. Martill;Diane M. Scott

  • Cretaceous Extinctions: Multiple Causes

    J. David Archibald;W. A. Clemens;Kevin Padian;Timothy B Rowe

  • Origins and early evolution of herbivory in tetrapods.

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Hans-Dieter Sues;Robert R. Reisz

  • A Middle Triassic stem-turtle and the evolution of the turtle body plan

    Rainer R. Schoch;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods

    Nicholas C. Fraser;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • Cranial osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Hamadasuchus rebouli (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Cretaceous of Morocco

    Hans C. E. Larsson;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Herbivory in late Paleozoic and Triassic terrestrial vertebrates

    Robert R. Reisz;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • Embryos of an Early Jurassic Prosauropod Dinosaur and Their Evolutionary Significance

    Robert R. Reisz;Diane Scott;Hans-Dieter Sues;David C. Evans

  • Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Scott L. Wing;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • On Chirostenotes, a Late Cretaceous oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from western North America

    Hans-Dieter Sues

  • A new specimen of Hesperosuchus agilis from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico and the interrelationships of basal crocodylomorph archosaurs

    James M. Clark;Hans-Dieter Sues;David S. Berman

  • Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates

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  • A new small theropod dinosaur from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Alberta Canada.

    Hans-Dieter Sues

  • Triassic Life on Land: The Great Transition

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Nicholas C Fraser

  • Sichuanosuchus shuhanensis, a new ?early Cretaceous protosuchian (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from Sichuan (China), and the monophyly of Protosuchia

    Xiao-Chun Wu;Hans-Dieter Sues;Zhi-Ming Dong

  • A new large-bodied oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of western North America.

    Matthew C. Lamanna;Hans-Dieter Sues;Emma R. Schachner;Tyler R. Lyson

  • A plant-eating crocodyliform reptile from the Cretaceous of China

    Xiao-chun Wu;Xiao-chun Wu;Hans-Dieter Sues;Hans-Dieter Sues;Ailing Sun

  • Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Chimaerasuchus paradoxus, an unusual crocodyliform reptile from the Lower Cretaceous of Hubei, China

    Xiao-Chun Wu;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • Major transitions in vertebrate evolution

    Jason S. Anderson;Hans-Dieter Sues

  • IRRITATOR CHALLENGERI, A SPINOSAURID (DINOSAURIA: THEROPODA) FROM THE

    Hans-Dieter Sues;Eberhard Frey;David M. Martill;Diane M. Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander O. Averianov
Alexander O. Averianov Russian Academy of Sciences
Paul E. Olsen
Paul E. Olsen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Rainer R. Schoch
Rainer R. Schoch Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Robert R. Reisz
Robert R. Reisz University of Toronto
David C. Evans
David C. Evans Royal Ontario Museum
William A. DiMichele
William A. DiMichele Smithsonian Institution
Dennis V. Kent
Dennis V. Kent Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Scott L. Wing
Scott L. Wing National Museum of Natural History
Paul M. Barrett
Paul M. Barrett Natural History Museum
Richard Potts
Richard Potts National Museum of Natural History

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