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 Mesozoic to Cenozoic reef ecosystems

Siliceous sponges

(incl. facies, taxonomy, palaeoecology and functional morphology).

At the moment I am focused on following regions:

• Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): Early Jurassic (Toarcian) (DAAD Project together with Dr. Luis Duarte/Coimbra)

• Neuquén Basin (Argentina): Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) together with Dr. Matilde Beresi/Mendoza (Argentina)

• Southern Alps (Italy): Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian)

• Iberian Chains (Spain): Late Jurassic (Oxfordian, Kimmeridgian)

• Murcia-region (Spain): Miocene

• Germany: Late Jurassic (Oxfordian, Kimmeridgian, Tithonian)

• Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound off British Columbia/Canada: hexactinosidan sponge reefs and sponge biostromes (DFG Project together with Kim W. Conway and Dr. J. Vaughn Barrie, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Geoscience Centre, Sidney, B.C./Canada)

Calcareous sponges

Jurassic and Cretaceous calcareous sponges (incl. facies, taxonomy, palaeoecology and functional morphology). At the moment I am focused on following regions:

• Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Alcobaça

• Germany: Middle and Late Jurassic (Bajocian, Oxfordian - Tithonian) of southern Germany and Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of northern Germany

Stratigraphy

• Ammonite biostratigraphy (focus on southern Germany)

• Foraminifera associated to Jurassic and modern siliceous sponge reefs

Basin Analysis

• Sedimentary Basin Research on the evolution and development of the Iberian and Lusitanian Basins (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous)

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Paleontological Collection in the Web

• Funded by University of Stuttgart ("100-online Project") the paleontological collection of the Institute of Geology and Paleontology is now available online including specific data-sheet and digital images of each specimen. There is the possibility for searching and browsing.

  click here to visit the collection

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