Sachs Vertebrate Palaeontology Research

Libonectes morgani skull

Vertebrate palaeontology is the study of ancient vertebrates. My name is Sven Sachs and this website introduces the research by me and my colleagues in the field of palaeoherpetology (a subfield of vertebrate palaeontology that includes the study of fossil reptiles and amphibians). I am an associate researcher at the Naturkunde-Museum in Bielefeld (Germany) and my current research focuses on Mesozoic marine reptiles and in particular on plesiosaurs, mosasaurs, sea turtles and thalattosuchian crocodyliforms. For more information about my ongoing and previous work visit research and publications.

During the past 20 years I have established several new species as lead or co-author, among them the plesiosaurs Lagenanectes richterae and Arminisaurus schuberti.

I am indebted to numerous people who have supported my research, either by providing access to specimens or by collaborating as co-author or palaeoartist. Some of my co-workers are introduced under collaborators. I hope you will find this website informative. If you have any queries about my research, please get in touch with me.


The mystery of Mystriosaurus

 

Cricosaurus bambergensis

 

Global perspective on Mesozoic marine amniotes

 

Nature: Warm-blooded ichthyosaurs

 

Late Cretaceous elasmosaurid from Germany

Reassessment of the Styxosaurus snowii holotype

 

Evidence of a large predatory plesiosaurian from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany

 

A rare new Pliensbachian plesiosaurian

 

First choristoderan from the Lower–mid-Cretaceous interval of Europe

Reassessment of Thalassomedon haningtoni

 

Revision of Holzmaden Toarcian plesiosauroids

 

Pliosauromorph plesiosaurian remains from the Late Cretaceous of Germany and Texas (USA)

 

Redescription of the Lower Cretaceous metriorhynchid Enaliosuchus schroederi



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Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld

Adenauerplatz 2

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Germany

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