Sachs Vertebrate Palaeontology Research

Welcome to my website

My name is Sven Sachs and this website introduces the research of 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, particularly plesiosaurs and thalattosuchian crocodyliforms. For more information on my current and previous work, please visit the research and publications pages. Some links to press articles are provided in the media section.

During the last 20 years I have established several new taxa as either lead or co-author, including the plesiosaurs Lagenanectes richterae, Arminisaurus schuberti, Lorrainosaurus keileni, and Franconiasaurus brevispinus and the thalattosuchians Cricosaurus bambergensis, Cricosaurus albersdoerferi, Thalattosuchus superciliosus, and Enalioetes schroederi.

I am indebted to many people who have supported my research by providing access to specimens under their care, or by collaborating as co-author or palaeoartist. Some of my co-workers are introduced at collaborators. 

I hope you will find this website informative. If you have any questions about my research, please contact me.