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Altner, Melanie; Reichenbacher, Bettina (2020): A small cichlid species flock from the Upper Miocene (9--10 MYA) of Central Kenya. In: Hydrobiologia, Vol. 848: pp. 3613-3637 [PDF, 6MB]

Angeletti, L.; Taviani, M.; Canese, S.; Foglini, F.; Mastrototaro, F.; Argnani, A.; Trincardi, F.; Bakran-Petricioli, T.; Ceregato, A.; Chimienti, G.; Macic, V.; Poliseno, A. (2014): New deep-water cnidarian sites in the southern Adriatic Sea. In: Mediterranean Marine Science, Vol. 15, No. 2: pp. 263-273 [PDF, 12MB]

Bauer, Kathleen; Grauvogel-Stamm, Lea; Kustatscher, Evelyn; Krings, Michael (2013): Fossil ginkgophyte seedlings from the Triassic of France resemble modern Ginkgo biloba. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:177 [PDF, 2MB]

Butler, Richard J.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Reich, Mike; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Schoch, Rainer R.; Hornung, Jahn J. (14. October 2011): The sail-backed reptile Ctenosauriscus from the latest Early Triassic of Germany and the timing and biogeography of the early archosaur radiation.
In: PLOS ONE 6(10), e25693 [PDF, 5MB]

Codorniu, Laura; Paulina Carabajal, Ariana; Pol, Diego; Unwin, David; Rauhut, Oliver W. M. (2016): A Jurassic pterosaur from Patagonia and the origin of the pterodactyloid neurocranium. In: PeerJ, Vol. 4, e2311 [PDF, 47MB]

Cummins, Scott F.; Erpenbeck, Dirk; Zou, Zhihua; Claudianos, Charles; Moroz, Leonid L.; Nagle, Gregg T.; Degnan, Bernard M. (2009): Candidate chemoreceptor subfamilies differentially expressed in the chemosensory organs of the mollusc Aplysia. In: BMC Biology 7:28 [PDF, 9MB]

Dohrmann, Martin; Kelley, Christopher; Kelly, Michelle; Pisera, Andrzej; Hooper, John N. A.; Reiswig, Henry M. (2017): An integrative systematic framework helps to reconstruct skeletal evolution of glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida). In: Frontiers in Zoology 14:18 [PDF, 6MB]

Erickson, Gregory M.; Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Zhou, Zhonghe; Turner, Alan H.; Inouye, Brian D.; Hu, Dongyu; Norell, Mark A. (2009): Was dinosaurian physiology inherited by birds? Reconciling slow growth in archaeopteryx.
In: PLOS ONE 4(10), e7390 [PDF, 578kB]

Eronen, Jussi T.; Rößner, Gertrud E. (2007): Wetland paradise lost: Miocene community dynamics in large herbivorous mammals from the German Molasse Basin. In: Evolutionary Ecology Research, Vol. 9: pp. 471-494 [PDF, 457kB]

Erpenbeck, Dirk; Galitz, Adrian; Ekins, Merrick; Cook, Steve de C.; Soest, Rob W. M. van; Hooper, John N. A.; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421 (2020): Soft sponges with tricky tree: On the phylogeny of dictyoceratid sponges. In: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Vol. 58, No. 1: pp. 27-40 [PDF, 1MB]

Erpenbeck, Dirk; Voigt, Oliver; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Lavrov, Dennis V. (2009): The mitochondrial genomes of sponges provide evidence for multiple invasions by Repetitive Hairpin-forming Elements (RHE). In: BMC Genomics 10:591 [PDF, 675kB]

Evers, Serjoscha W.; Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Milner, Angela C.; McFeeters, Bradley; Allain, Ronan (2015): A reappraisal of the morphology and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Sigilmassasaurus from the "middle" Cretaceous of Morocco. In: PeerJ, Vol. 3, e1323 [PDF, 8MB]

Flot, Jean-François; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Dattagupta, Sharmishtha (2010): Unsuspected diversity of Niphargus amphipods in the chemoautotrophic cave ecosystem of Frasassi, central Italy. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 171, No. 10 [PDF, 1MB]

Foth, Christian; Evers, Serjoscha W.; Pabst, Ben; Mateus, Octavio; Flisch, Alexander; Patthey, Mike; Rauhut, Oliver W. M. (2015): New insights into the lifestyle of Allosaurus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) based on another specimen with multiple pathologies. In: PeerJ, Vol. 3, e940 [PDF, 48MB]

Francis, Warren R.; Christianson, Lynne M.; Powers, Meghan L.; Schnitzler, Christine E.; Haddock, Steven H. D. (2016): Non-excitable fluorescent protein orthologs found in ctenophores. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology 16:167 [PDF, 992kB]

Germer, Juliane; Mann, Karlheinz; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Jackson, Daniel John (2015): The Skeleton Forming Proteome of an Early Branching Metazoan: A Molecular Survey of the Biomineralization Components Employed by the Coralline Sponge Vaceletia Sp.
In: PLOS ONE 10(11), e0140100 [PDF, 4MB]

Ghanbarifardi, Mehdi; Gut, Carolin; Gholami, Zeinab; Esmaeili, Hamid Reza; Gierl, Christoph; Reichenbacher, Bettina (2020): Osteology of the posterior vertebral column and caudal skeleton of marine amphibious gobies (mudskippers) (Teleostei: Gobioidei). In: The Journal Advanced Ichthyology, Vol. 36, No. 5: pp. 713-723 [PDF, 2MB]

Haug, Carolin ORCID: 0000-0001-9208-4229; Reumer, Jelle W. F.; Haug, Joachim T. ORCID: 0000-0001-8254-8472; Arillo, Antonio; Audo, Denis; Azar, Dany; Baranov, Viktor; Beutel, Rolf; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Feldmann, Rodney; Foth, Christian; Fraaije, René H. B.; Vega, Francisco J.; Wang, Bo; Wang, Yongdong; Xing, Lida; Reich, Mike; Frenzel, Peter; Gašparič, Rok; Greenwalt, Dale E.; Harms, Danilo; Hyžný, Matúš; Jagt, John W. M.; Jagt-Yazykova, Elena A.; Jarzembowski, Ed; Kerp, Hans; Kirejtshuk, Alexander G.; Klug, Christian; Kopylov, Dmitry S.; Kotthoff, Ulrich; Kriwet, Jürgen; Kunzmann, Lutz; McKellar, Ryan C.; Nel, André; Neumann, Christian; Nützel, Alexander; Perrichot, Vincent; Pint, Anna; Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Schneider, Jörg W.; Schram, Frederick R.; Schweigert, Günter; Selden, Paul; Szwedo, Jacek; Bakel, Barry W. M. van; Eldijk, Timo van (2020): Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding "Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data'': the importance of private collections. In: PalZ, Vol. 94: pp. 413-429 [PDF, 2MB]

Heckeberg, Nicola S.; Erpenbeck, Dirk; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Rößner, Gertrud E. (2016): Systematic relationships of five newly sequenced cervid species. In: PeerJ, Vol. 4, e2307 [PDF, 1MB]

Hornung, J. J.; Reich, Mike (2015): Tylosaurine mosasaurs (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of northern Germany. In: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, Vol. 94, No. 1: pp. 55-71 [PDF, 1MB]

Jackson, Daniel J.; Macis, Luciana; Reitner, Joachim; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421 (2011): A horizontal gene transfer supported the evolution of an early metazoan biomineralization strategy. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:238 [PDF, 1MB]

Jackson, Daniel J.; McDougall, Carmel; Green, Kathryn; Simpson, Fiona; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Degnan, Bernard M. (2006): A rapidly evolving secretome builds and patterns a sea shell. In: BMC Biology, Vol. 4, No. 40 [PDF, 1MB]

Jackson, Daniel J.; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Degnan, Bernard M. (2007): Dynamic expression of ancient and novel molluscan shell genes during ecological transitions. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 7, No. 160 [PDF, 1MB]

Karapunar, Baran; Werner, Winfried; Fürsich, Franz T.; Nützel, Alexander (2021): The earliest example of sexual dimorphism in bivalves—evidence from the astartid Nicaniella (Lower Jurassic, southern Germany). In: Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 95, No. 6: pp. 1216-1225 [PDF, 742kB]

Ketwetsuriya, Chatchalerm; Nose, Martin; Charoentitirat, Thasinee; Nützel, Alexander (2020): Microbial-, fusulinid limestones with large gastropods and calcareous algae: an unusual facies from the Early Permian Khao Khad Formation of Central Thailand. In: Facies, Vol. 66, No. 4 [PDF, 10MB]

Labandeira, Conrad C.; Kustatscher, Evelyn; Wappler, Torsten (2016): Floral Assemblages and Patterns of Insect Herbivory during the Permian to Triassic of Northeastern Italy.
In: PLOS ONE 11(11), e0165205 [PDF, 2MB]

López-Arbarello, Adriana; Stockar, Rudolf; Bürgin, Toni (2014): Phylogenetic Relationships of the Triassic Archaeosemionotus Deecke (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) from the 'Perledo Fauna'.
In: PLOS ONE 9(10), e108665 [PDF, 5MB]

Orsi, William D.; Vuillemin, Aurèle; Coskun, Ömer K.; Rodriguez, Paula; Oertel, Yanik; Niggemann, Jutta; Mohrholz, Volker; Gomez-Saez, Gonzalo V. (2021): Carbon assimilating fungi from surface ocean to subseafloor revealed by coupled phylogenetic and stable isotope analysis. In: ISME journal [PDF, 3MB]

Philippe, Hervé; Brinkmann, Henner; Lavrov, Dennis V.; Littlewood, D. Timothy J.; Manuel, Michael; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Baurain, Denis (15. March 2011): Resolving Difficult Phylogenetic Questions: Why More Sequences Are Not Enough.
In: PLOS Biology 9(3) [PDF, 473kB]

Pöppe, Judith; Sutcliffe, Patricia; Hooper, John N. A.; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Erpenbeck, Dirk (1. April 2010): CO I Barcoding Reveals New Clades and Radiation Patterns of Indo-Pacific Sponges of the Family Irciniidae (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida).
In: PLOS ONE 5(4) [PDF, 1MB]

Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Heyng, Alexander M.; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Hecker, Andreas (2012): A new rhynchocephalian from the late jurassic of Germany with a dentition that is unique amongst tetrapods.
In: PLOS ONE 7(10), e46839 [PDF, 1MB]

Rivera, Ajna S.; Hammel, Jörg U.; Haen, Karri M.; Danka, Elizabeth S.; Cieniewicz, Brandon; Winters, Ian P.; Posfai, Dora; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Lavrov, Dennis V.; Knight, Scott W.; Hill, Malcolm S.; Hill, April L.; Nickel, Michael (2011): RNA interference in marine and freshwater sponges. Actin knockdown in Tethya wilhelma and Ephydatia muelleri by ingested dsRNA expressing bacteria. In: BMC Biotechnology, Vol. 67, No. 11 [PDF, 4MB]

Schreiber, Fabian; Pik, Kerstin; Erpenbeck, Dirk; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Morgenstern, Burkhard (2009): OrthoSelect: a protocol for selecting orthologous groups in phylogenomics. In: BMC Bioinformatics, Vol. 10 [PDF, 907kB]

Schuster, Astrid; Lopez, Jose V.; Becking, Leontine E.; Kelly, Michelle; Pomponi, Shirley A.; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Erpenbeck, Dirk; Cardenas, Paco (2017): Evolution of group I introns in Porifera: new evidence for intron mobility and implications for DNA barcoding. In: BMC evolutionary biology 17:82 [PDF, 5MB]

Sferco, Emilia; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Báez, Ana María (3. December 2015): Phylogenetic relationships of †Luisiella feruglioi (Bordas) and the recognition of a new clade of freshwater teleosts from the Jurassic of Gondwana. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:268 [PDF, 2MB]

Sobral, Gabriela; Sookias, Roland B.; Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S.; Smith, Roger; Butler, Richard J.; Müller, Johannes (2016): New information on the braincase and inner ear of Euparkeria capensis Broom: implications for diapsid and archosaur evolution. In: Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 3, No. 7, UNSP 160072 [PDF, 4MB]

Solé-Cava, Antonio M.; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421 (2007): The perils and merits (or the Good, the Bad and the Ugly) of DNA barcoding of sponges – a controversial discussion. In: Museu Nacional Serie Livros: pp. 603-612 [PDF, 787kB]

Sookias, Roland B. (2016): The relationships of the Euparkeriidae and the rise of Archosauria. In: Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 3, No. 3, UNSP 150674 [PDF, 2MB]

Sookias, Roland B.; Böhmer, Christine; Clack, Jennifer A. (2014): Redescription and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Mandible of an Enigmatic Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) Tetrapod from Nova Scotia, and the Lability of Meckelian Jaw Ossification.
In: PLOS ONE 9(10), e109717 [PDF, 3MB]

Sookias, Roland B.; Sullivan, Corwin; Liu, Jun; Butler, Richard J. (2014): Systematics of putative euparkeriids (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Triassic of China. In: PeerJ, Vol. 2, e658 [PDF, 80MB]

Teichert, Sebastian; Nützel, Alexander (2015): Early Jurassic anoxia triggered the evolution of the oldest holoplanktonic gastropod Coelodiscus minutus by means of heterochrony. In: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Vol. 60, No. 2: pp. 269-276 [PDF, 633kB]

Thomas, Torsten; Moitinho-Silva, Lucas; Lurgi, Miguel; Björk, Johannes R.; Easson, Cole; Astudillo-García, Carmen; Olson, Julie B.; Erwin, Patrick M.; López-Legentil, Susanna; Luter, Heidi; Chaves-Fonnegra, Andia; Costa, Rodrigo; Schupp, Peter J.; Steindler, Laura; Erpenbeck, Dirk; Gilbert, Jack; Knight, Rob; Ackermann, Gail; Lopez, Jose Victor; Taylor, Michael W.; Thacker, Robert W.; Montoya, Jose M.; Hentschel, Ute; Webster, Nicole S. (2016): Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome. In: Nature Communications, Vol. 7, 11870 [PDF, 1MB]

Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Boury-Esnault, Nicole; Vacelet, Jean; Dohrmann, Martin; Erpenbeck, Dirk; De Voogd, Nicole J.; Santodomingo, Nadiezhda; Vanhoorne, Bart; Kelly, Michelle; Hooper, John N. A. (2012): Global diversity of sponges (Porifera).
In: PLOS ONE 7(4), e35105 [PDF, 9MB]

Vogler, Catherine; Benzie, John; Barber, Paul H.; Erdmann, Mark V.; Ambariyanto; Sheppard, Charles; Tenggardjaja, Kimberly; Gérard, Karin; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421 (2012): Phylogeography of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the Indian Ocean.
In: PLOS ONE 7(8), e43499 [PDF, 652kB]

Voigt, Oliver; Adamski, Marcin; Sluzek, Kasia; Adamska, Maja (2014): Calcareous sponge genomes reveal complex evolution of alpha-carbonic anhydrases and two key biomineralization enzymes. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:230 [PDF, 3MB]

Voigt, Oliver; Erpenbeck, Dirk; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421 (2008): A fragmented metazoan organellar genome. The two mitochondrial chromosomes of Hydra magnipapillata. In: BMC Genomics, Vol. 9 [PDF, 533kB]

Voigt, Oliver; Erpenbeck, Dirk; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421 (2008): Molecular evolution of rDNA in early diverging Metazoa. First comparative analysis and phylogenetic application of complete SSU rRNA secondary structures in Porifera. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 8 [PDF, 2MB]

Voigt, Oliver; Wülfing, Eilika; Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421 (2012): Molecular phylogenetic evaluation of classification and scenarios of character evolution in calcareous sponges (Porifera, Class Calcarea).
In: PLOS ONE 7(3), e33417 [PDF, 7MB]

Vuillemin, Aurèle (2017): Preservation and Significance of Extracellular DNA in Ferruginous Sediments from Lake Towuti, Indonesia. In: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 8, 1440 [PDF, 4MB]

Wörheide, Gert ORCID: 0000-0002-6380-7421; Epp, Laura S.; Macis, Luciana (2008): Deep genetic divergences among Indo-Pacific populations of the coral reef sponge Leucetta chagosensis (Leucettidae). Founder effects, vicariance, or both? In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol. 8 [PDF, 1MB]

Zhu, J.; Lücke, A.; Wissel, H.; Mayr, Christoph; Enters, D.; Kim, K. Ja; Ohlendorf, C.; Schäbitz, F.; Zolitschka, B. (2014): Climate history of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies belt during the last glacial-interglacial transition revealed from lake water oxygen isotope reconstruction of Laguna Potrok Aike (52 degrees S, Argentina). In: Climate of The Past, Vol. 10, No. 6: pp. 2153-2169 [PDF, 2MB]

Ősi, Attila; Prondvai, Edina; Butler, Richard; Weishampel, David B. (2012): Phylogeny, histology and inferred body size evolution in a new rhabdodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary.
In: PLOS ONE 7(9), e44318 [PDF, 7MB]