Studied Geoscience B.Sc. at the Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen
Bachelor thesis: “Glacial temperatures of the eastern Mediterranean derived from planktonic foraminifera from the core Geo Tü-SL 110”
Graduated with a Bachelor in Geosciences
2010-2014
Studied Geoscience M.Sc. at the Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen
Master thesis: „The Boselaphine Miotragocerus monacensis from Middle to Late Miocene transition of Southern Germany“
Graduated with a Master in Geosciences
since 2015
PhD degree in Earth Sciences / Paleontology at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tuebingen : Taxonomy , phylogeny and ecology Miocene mammals
Research interests
Miotragocerus monacensis – a Middle Miocene forest antelope from the alpine foreland
The genus Miotragocerus Stromer 1928 was one of the dominant taxa among the Boselaphini (Bovidae) during the Middle to Late Miocene in terms of diversity and geographic distribution. It is known from across Eurasia to sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, the species M. monacensis Stromer 1928 holds a key function as it is the type species of Miotragocerus. It is documented from the late Middle Sarmatian (~11.5 Ma) of southern Germany and Lower Austria. Furthermore, this species is relevant in terms of faunal change and stratigraphy at the transition to the Upper Miocene.
New fossils from the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin provide a new insight into the taxonomy of the species. M. monacensis was originally described based on one single horn core. For the first time, both dentition and postcranial material can be studied on this species providing taxonomically new, important characters which improve our knowledge on M. monacensis.
Publications
Fuss J., Uhlig G., Böhme M. 2018: Earliest evidence of caries lesion in hominids reveal sugar-rich diet for a Middle Miocene dryopithecine from Europe. PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203307
Fuss, J., Prieto, J., Böhme, M. 2015: Revision of the bovid Miotragocerus monacensis Stromer, 1928 (Mammalia, Bovidae) at the Middle to Late Miocene transition in Central Europe. - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 276/3: 229-265.
