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P. Martin Sander

P. Martin Sander

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
8035
World Ranking
5301
National Ranking
354

Overview

P. Martin Sander is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has specialized mainly in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research output covers a substantial number of publications with a strong focus on paleontology and related disciplines.

Their main fields of study comprise:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Sander's subfields reflect a detailed concentration on paleobiological and conservation topics, including:

  • Paleontology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Geometry and Topology

The key topics in their work encompass:

  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Morphological variations and asymmetry
  • Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders

Among their recent papers are significant contributions centered on marine reptiles, evolutionary biology, and chemical analyses related to fossil organisms. Notable publications include:

  • "Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans," 2021, published in Science
  • "Chemistry of porphyrins in fossil plants and animals," 2021, published in RSC Advances
  • "A globally distributed durophagous marine reptile clade supports the rapid recovery of pelagic ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction," 2022, published in Communications Biology
  • "A new cymbospondylid ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA," 2020, published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • "A spinosaurid from Thailand (Sao Khua Formation, Early Cretaceous) and a reassessment of Camarillasaurus cirugedae from the Early Cretaceous of Spain," 2021, published in Historical Biology

Sander frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Tanja Wintrich
  • Nicole Klein
  • Mariam Tahoun
  • Christa E. Müller
  • Jun Liu

Their work is commonly published in journals such as:

  • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
  • Current Biology
  • PeerJ
  • Historical Biology
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism.

    P. Martin Sander;Andreas Christian;Marcus Clauss;Regina Fechner

  • Longbone histology of the Tendaguru sauropods: implications for growth and biology

    P. Martin Sander

  • Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur

    P. Martin Sander;Octávio Mateus;Thomas Laven;Nils Knötschke

  • Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) dinosaur eggs and eggshells

    Koen Stein;Koen Stein;Edina Prondvai;Edina Prondvai;Timothy Huang;Timothy Huang;Jean-Marc Baele

  • Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution, and phylogeny

    P. Martin Sander

  • Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Haţeg Island

    Michael J. Benton;Zoltan Csiki;Dan Grigorescu;Ragna Redelstorff

  • Developmental Plasticity in the Life History of a Prosauropod Dinosaur

    P. Martin Sander;Nicole Klein

  • Small body size and extreme cortical bone remodeling indicate phyletic dwarfism in Magyarosaurus dacus (Sauropoda: Titanosauria)

    Koen Stein;Zoltan Csiki;Kristina Curry Rogers;David B. Weishampel

  • Histology of ankylosaur osteoderms: implications for systematics and function

    Torsten M. Scheyer;P. Martin Sander

  • The norian Plateosaurus bonebeds of central Europe and their taphonomy

    P. Martin Sander

  • Shell bone histology indicates terrestrial palaeoecology of basal turtles

    Torsten M Scheyer;P.Martin Sander

  • Adaptive radiation in sauropod dinosaurs: bone histology indicates rapid evolution of giant body size through acceleration

    P.Martin Sander;Nicole Klein;Eric Buffetaut;Gilles Cuny

  • Fossilization transforms vertebrate hard tissue proteins into N-heterocyclic polymers.

    Jasmina Wiemann;Matteo Fabbri;Tzu-Ruei Yang;Koen Stein

  • A plywood structure in the shell of fossil and living soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) and its evolutionary implications

    Torsten M. Scheyer;P. Martin Sander;Walter G. Joyce;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Rare earth element systematics of fossil bone revealed by LA-ICPMS analysis

    Daniel Herwartz;Daniel Herwartz;Thomas Tütken;Klaus Peter Jochum;P. Martin Sander

  • Timescales and mechanisms of REE and Hf uptake in fossil bones

    Daniel Herwartz;Thomas Tütken;Carsten Münker;Klaus Peter Jochum

  • Adaptive Patterns in Aquatic Amniote Bone Microanatomy-More Complex than Previously Thought.

    Alexandra Houssaye;P. Martin Sander;Nicole Klein

  • In vitro digestibility of fern and gymnosperm foliage: implications for sauropod feeding ecology and diet selection

    Jürgen Hummel;Carole T Gee;Karl-Heinz Südekum;P. Martin Sander

  • Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans

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  • Growth Record and Histological Variation in the Dorsal Ribs of Camarasaurus sp. (Sauropoda)

    Katja Waskow;P. Martin Sander

  • A redescription of theearly archosauromorph Protorosaurus speneri Meyer, 1832, andits phylogenetic relationships

    Annalise Gottmann-Quesada;P. Martin Sander

  • THE LATE TRIASSIC BLACK SHALES OF THE GUANLING AREA, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, SOUTH‐WEST CHINA: A UNIQUE MARINE REPTILE AND PELAGIC CRINOID FOSSIL LAGERSTÄTTE

    Wang Xiaofeng;Gerhard H. Bachmann;Hans Hagdorn;P. Martin Sander

  • Fossil charcoal: techniques and applications

    P.Martin Sander;Carole T. Gee

  • An Evolutionary Cascade Model for Sauropod Dinosaur Gigantism - Overview, Update and Tests

    P. Martin Sander

  • THE SKULL OF THE PISTOSAURAUGUSTASAURUSFROM THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC OF NORTHWESTERN NEVADA

    Olivier Rieppel;P. Martin Sander;Glenn W. Storrs

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Rieppel
Olivier Rieppel Field Museum of Natural History
Hugo Bucher
Hugo Bucher University of Zurich
Thomas Tütken
Thomas Tütken Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Marcus Clauss
Marcus Clauss University of Zurich
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Christa E. Müller
Christa E. Müller University of Bonn
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra University of Zurich
Eric Buffetaut
Eric Buffetaut École Normale Supérieure
Jürgen Hummel
Jürgen Hummel University of Göttingen
Klaus Peter Jochum
Klaus Peter Jochum Max Planck Society

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