Biogeologie

Terrestrial ecosystems of the Paleocene and Neogen

In a nutshell

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Associated Projects

Core research team & scientific network

Biogeology research group

Scientific network

PhD, M.Sc. and B.Sc. students

2025

Thorben Grohrock (B.Sc. Geowissenschaften): 
Taxonomy of Diplocynodon sp. in Messel. (M. Rabi, H. Bocherens)

2023

Jeremias Glöggler (M.Sc. Geowissenschaften): 
Paleoecology and phylogeny of secondarily terrestrial crocodile-relatives. (H. Bocherens, M. Rabi)

Anne Bettermann (B.Sc. Geowissenschaften): 
Schädelbeschreibung von Titanochelon vitodurana aus dem Mittleren Miozän der Molasse: taxonomische Annahmen und Inspektion der zeitlichen und räumlichen Verteilung von Risenlandschildkröten in Mitteleuropa. (M. Rabi, H. Bocherens)

2020

Samuel Stern (M.Sc. Geowissenschaften): 
Isotope tracking of Messel (Eocene) and Schöningen Pleistocene fauna. (H. Bocherens,  D. Drucker)

Publications