Team

2023

Peppe, D. J., S. M. Cote, A. L. Deino, D. L. Fox, J. D. Kingston, R. N. Kinyanjui, W. E. Lukens, L. M. MacLatchy, A. Novello, C. A. E. Strömberg, S. G. Driese, N. D. Garrett, K. R. Hillis, B. F. Jacobs, K. E. H. Jenkins, R. M. Kityo, T. Lehmann, F. K. Manthi, E. N. Mbua, L. A. Michel, E. R. Miller, A. A. T. Mugume, S. N. Muteti, I. O. Nengo, K. O. Oginga, S. R. Phelps, P. Polissar, J. B. Rossie, N. J. Stevens, K. T. Uno and K. P. McNulty (2023). „Oldest evidence of abundant C4 grasses and habitat heterogeneity in eastern Africa.“ Science 380(6641): 173-177. doi:10.1126/science.abq2834

2022

Brochu, C. A., De Celis, A., Adams, A. J., Drumheller, S. K., Nestler, J. H. et al. (2022). Giant dwarf crocodiles from the Miocene of Kenya and crocodylid faunal dynamics in the late Cenozoic of East Africa. The Anatomical Record 305(10) 2729-2765. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25005

Wagner, F., Ruf, I., Lehmann, T., Hofmann, R., Ortmann, S. et al. (2022). Reconstruction of evolutionary changes in fat and toxin consumption reveals associations with gene losses in mammals: A case study for the lipase inhibitor PNLIPRP1 and the xenobiotic receptor NR1I3. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 35(2) 225-239. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13970

Weidtke, J., Schultz, J. A., Lang, A., Lehmann, T., Morlo, M. et al. (2022). Functional analysis of the dentition of Lesmesodon (Mammalia, Hyaenodonta). Paper presented at the 18th International Symposium on Dental Morphology 3rd Congress of the International Association of Paleodontology, Frankfurt.

2021

Berlioz, E., Cornette, R., Lenoir, N., Santin, M. D. & Lehmann, T. (2021). Exploring the ontogenetic development of the inner ear in Aardvarks. Journal of Anatomy 238(5) 1128-1142. doi:10.1111/joa.13361

Hofmann, R., Lehmann, T., Warren, D. L. & Ruf, I. (2021). The squirrel is in the detail: Anatomy and morphometry of the tail in Sciuromorpha (Rodentia, Mammalia). Journal of Morphology 282(11) 1659-1682. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21412

Michel, L. A., Peppe, D. J., Deino, A. L., Cheng, K., Summers, H. et al. (2021). Stratigraphic revision of the early miocene deposits on rusinga island and its effect on interpretaions of paleoclimate and evolution. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 53(6). doi:10.1130/abs/2016AM-286613

Solé, F., Morlo, M., Schaal, T. & Lehmann, T. (2021). New hyaenodonts (Mammalia) from the late Ypresian locality of Prémontré (France) support a radiation of the hyaenodonts in Europe already at the end of the early Eocene Geobios 66-67 119-141.

Stefen, C., Wagner, F., Asztalos, M., Giere, P., Grobe, P. et al. (2021). Phenotyping in the era of genomics: MaTrics – a digital character matrix to document mammalian phenotypic traits coded numerically. bioRxiv 2021.2001.2017.426960. doi:10.1101/2021.01.17.426960

Wedmann, S., Schaal, S. & Lehmann, T. (2021). Online-Messel-Arbeitstreffen 2021. GMIT Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 84 105-106.

2020

Čerňanský, A., Herrel, A., Kibii, J., Anderson, Christopher V., Boistel, R., Lehmann, T. (2020) The only complete articulated early Miocene chameleon skull (Rusinga Island, Kenya) suggests an African origin for Madagascar’s endemic chameleons. Scientific Reports, 10 (109). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2045-2322

Michel, L. A., Lehmann, T., McNulty, K. P., Driese, S. G., Dunsworth, H. M., Fox, D. L., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H., Jenkins, K., Peppe, D. J. (2020) Sedimentological, paleoenvironmental study from Waregi Hill in the Hiwegi Formation (early Miocene) on Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya. Sedimentology. ISSN 0037-0746

Lehmann, T., Storch, A., Helfricht, A., Krohmann, K., Horáček, I. et al. (2020). Gerhard Storch – a legend in mammal research (II). Fossil Imprint 76(1) iii-v. doi:10.37520/fi.2020.001

Weyer, N., Taylor, A., Lehmann, T. (2020) Demystifying aardvark tracks, how (not) to determine aardvark sex. Afrotherian Conservation, 16. ISSN 1664-6754

2019

Taylor, A., Lehmann, T., Weyer, N. (2019) A roadmap for future aardvark research. Afrotherian Conservation, 15. pp. 25-10. ISSN 1664-6754

Garrett, N., Fox, D. L., Peppe, D. J., Michel, L. A., Lehmann, T., McNulty, K. P. (2019) Stable Isotope Ecology of the Early Miocene Rusinga Island Mammalian Communities from the Kulu, Hiwegi Formations. Journal of Human Evolution. ISSN 0047-2484 (Submitted)

Horáček, I., Lehmann, T., Ruf, I., Maul, L.C. (2019) Gerhard Storch – a legend in mammal research. Fossil Imprint, 75 (3-4). v-xxi. ISSN 2533-4069

Vianey-Liaud, M., Marivaux, L., Lehmann, T. (2019) A reevaluation of the taxonomic status of the rodent Masillamys Tobien, 1954 from Messel (Germany, Late Early to Early Middle Eocene, 48–47 m.y.). Fossil Imprint, 75 (3-4). pp. 454-483. ISSN 2533-4069

Hofmann, R., Lehmann, T., Warren, D. L., Ruf, I. (2019) A morphofunctional Study of the Tail in Sciuridae (Rodentia, Mammalia). Journal of Morphology. ISSN 0362-2525

Hofmann, R., Lehmann, T., Warren, D. L., Ruf, I. (2019) The squirrel is in the detail: A morphofunctional study on the tail in Sciuridae (Rodentia, Mammalia). Conference Abstract.

2018

Taylor, A., Lehmann, T., Weyer, N. (2018) Will aardvarks go thirsty under climate change? Afrotherian Conservation, 14. pp. 3-9. ISSN 1664-6754

Peppe, D. J., Cote, S., Deino, A. L., Driese, S. G., Fox, D. L., Kingston, J., Kinyajui, R., Kityo, R., Lehmann, T., Lukens, W. E., Jenkins, K., MacLatchy, L., Manthi, F. K., Mbua, E. N, McNulty, K. P., Michel, L. A., Miller, E. R, Mugume, A., Nengo, I., Novello, A., Ogonga O.K., Rossie, J. B. (2018) Adaptable apes: reconstructing habitats through space, time in the early Miocene of East Africa. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165. p. 203. ISSN 0002-9483

Michel, LA, Cheng, K, Chan, RL, Bowen, AF, Fox, DL, Lehmann, T., Peppe, DJ, McNulty, KP (2018) Evidence for seasonality from the Kiahera Formation from the Early Miocene deposits of Rusinga Island, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165. p. 177. ISSN 0002-9483

McNulty, KP, Lehmann, T., Jansma, RJW, Muteti, SN (2018) First fossil ape specimen from the early Miocene locality Magare, Kenya. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165. p. 173. ISSN 0002-9483

Wedmann, S., Uhl, D., Lehmann, T., Garrouste, R., Nel, A., Gomez, B., Smith,K. T., Schaal, S. F.K. (2018) The Konservat-Lagerstätte Menat (Paleocene; France) – an overview, new insights. Geologica Acta, 16 (2). pp. 189-213. ISSN 1696-5728

Sharma, V., Lehmann, T., Stuckas, H., Funke, L., Hiller,M. (2018) Loss of RXFP2, INSL3 genes in Afrotheria shows that testicular descent is the ancestral condition in placental mammals. PLOS Biology, 16 (6). e2005293. ISSN 1545-7885

Lukens, WE, Lehmann, T., Peppe, DJ, Fox , DL, Driese, SG, Kinyajui, R, Kingston, JD, McNulty, KP (2018) Open-canopy habitats at Karungu, Kenya: an early Miocene fossil site with few primate remains. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165. p. 161. ISSN 0002-9483

Hillis, K R, Michel, L A, Fox , D L, Driese, S G, Peppe , D L, Lehmann, T., McNulty, P (2018) Paleoclimate reconstruction from pedogenic carbonates from the early Miocene Wayando Formation, Mfangano Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya, the impact on early ape evolution. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165. p. 120. ISSN 0002-9483

Hofmann, R., Lehmann, T., Ruf, I. (2018) Structure, characteristics of the tail in Rodentia – Why primates should not be considered as the model organism for tail regionalization. Abstracts 92nd Annual Meeting German Society for Mammalian Biology (DGS), Bonn.

Lehmann, T. and Ruf, I. (2018) The Advent of Even-toed Hoofed Mammals. In: Messel – An ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 285-292.

Lehmann, T. and Ruf, I. (2018) Das Aufkommen der Paarhufer. In: Messel – Ein fossiles Tropenökosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 285-292.

Smith, K.T. and Lehmann, T. and Mayr, G. and Micklich, N. and Rabenstein, R. and Wedmann, S. (2018) Das Ökosystem Messel. In: Messel – Ein fossiles Tropenökosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 303-312.

Gunnell, G.F. and Lehmann, T.and Ruf, I. and Habersetzer, J. and Morlo, M. and Rose, K.D. (2018) Ferae – Animals that Eat Animals. In: Messel – An ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 271-294.

Gunnell, G.F. and Lehmann, T. and Ruf, I. and Habersetzer, J. and Morlo, M. and Rose, Ke.D. (2018) Ferae – Tiere, die andere Tiere fressen. In: Messel – Ein fossiles Tropenökosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 271-284.

Koenigswald, W.von and Gunnell, G.F. and Lehmann, T.and Rose, K.D. and Ruf, I. (2018) Four Archaic Yet Highly Specialized Mammals. In: Messel – An ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 223-234.

Smith, K.T. and Lehmann, T. and Mayr, G. and Micklich, N. and Rabenstein, R. and Wedmann, S. (2018) The Messel Ecosystem. In: Messel – An ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 303-314.

Wedmann, S. and Habersetzer, J. and Lehmann, T. and Ruf, I. and Schaal, S.F.K. and Smith, K.T. (2018) Messel Research – Methods and Concepts. In: Messel – An ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. E. Schweizerbart´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 34-41.

Wedmann, S. and Habersetzer, J. and Lehmann, T. and Ruf, I. and Schaal, S.F.K. and Smith, K.T. (2018) Messelforschung – Methoden und Begriffe. In: Messel – Ein fossiles Tropenökosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 35-42.

Lehmann, T. (2018) Mit oder ohne Stacheln – die Igel-Verwandten. In: Messel – Ein fossiles Tropenökosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 235-240.

Ruf, I. and Lehmann, T. (2018) Nagetiere: Erfolgsgeschichte mit Biss. In: Messel – Ein fossiles Tropenökosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 263-270.

Ruf, I. and Lehmann, T. (2018) Rodents – Gnawing Their Way to Success. In: Messel – An ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 263-270.

Koenigswald, W.von and Gunnell, G.F. and Lehmann, T.and Rose, K.D. and Ruf, I. (2018) Vier ursprüngliche, aber hoch spezialisierte Säugetiere. In: Messel – Ein fossiles Tropenökosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 223-234.

Lehmann, T. (2018) With and Without Spines: the Hedgehog Kindred from Messel. In: Messel – An ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. E. Schweizerbart‘sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp. 235-240.

2017

Lukens, W. E., Lehmann, T., Peppe, D. J., Fox, D. L., Driese, S. G., McNulty, K. P. (2017) The Early Miocene Critical Zone at Karungu, Western Kenya: An Equatorial, Open Habitat with Few Primate Remains. Frontiers in Earth Science, 5 (87). pp. 1-21. ISSN 2095-0195 (print version); 2095-0209 (electronic version)

Peppe, D. J., Deino, A. L., Driese, S. G., Fox, D. L., Kingston, J., Kinyajui, R., Lukens, W. E., Lutz, J. A., O.K., Michel, L. A., Cote, S., Lehmann, T., MacLatchy, L., McNulty, K. P., Miller, E. R, Nengo, I., Rossie, J. B. (2017) Early Miocene paleoclimate, paleoenvironments across East Africa. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 49.

Kinyajui, R., Peppe, D. J., MacLatchy, L., Kingston, J., Cote, S., Driese, S. G., Fox, D. L., Jacobs, B. F., Lehmann, T., Lukens, W. E., Rossie, J. B., McNulty, K. P. (2017) Early Miocene vegetation across eastern Africa as reconstructed from phytolith data. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 49.

Lächele, U., Giere, P., Ansorge, H., Hampe, J., Lehmann, T., Ortmann,S., Ruf, I., Stefen, C., Hiller,M., Stuckas, H. (2017) “Forward Genomics in Mammals”: morphological traits during ontogeny. Online Abstracts BioSyst.EU Meeting in Gothenburg 2017.

Giere, P., Hiller,M., Ansorge, H., Chavakis, T., Fickel, J., Grobe, P., Hampe, J., Lehmann, T., Ortmann,S., Ruf, I., Stefen, C., Tanaka, E., Vogt, L., Stuckas, H. (2017) Forward Genomics in Mammals: identifying the Genomic Basis of phenotypic differences in placental mammals. Abstract book of BioSyst.EU Meeting in Gotheburg 2017.

Lächele, U., Giere, P., Ansorge, H., Hampe, J., Lehmann, T., Ortmann,S., Ruf, I., Stefen, C., Hiller,M., Stuckas, H. (2017) “Mammalian Forward Genomics”: an ontogenetic approach. Abstract book 91st Annual Meeting Deutsche Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde (DGS). p. 136.

Cheng, K., Michel, L. A., Lehmann, T., McNulty, K. P., Fox, D. L., Driese, S. G., Peppe, D. J. (2017) Paleoclimate, paleoenvironmental reconstructions from stratigraphic analysis, paleosol descriptions from the early Miocene, Kiahera Formation, Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 49.

Michel, L. A., Cheng, K., Lehmann, T., McNulty, K. P., Driese, S. G., Fox, D. L., Peppe, D. J. (2017) Paleoclimatic variability, the role of seasonality from the early Miocene deposits on Rusinga, Mfangano Islands, Lake Victoria, Kenya. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 49.

Hofmann, R., Lehmann, T., Ruf, I. (2017) Patterns of tail reduction/loss among different locomotory types in Rodentia. Abstract book 91st Annual Meeting Deutsche Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde (DGS). p. 130.

2016

Driese, S. G., Peppe, D. J., Beverly, E. J., DiPietro, L., Arellano, L. N., Lehmann, T. (2016) Paleosols, paleoenvironments of the early Miocene deposits near Karungu, Lake Victoria, Kenya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 443. pp. 167-182. ISSN 00310182

Jansma, R. J. W., McNulty, K. P., Dunsworth, H. M., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H., Jenkins, K., Lehmann, T., Peppe, D. J. (2016) Another partial skull from the early Miocene: the first cranial fragments associated with both upper, lower dentition of Limnopithecus legetet. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159. p. 185. ISSN 0002-9483

Ruf, I., Volpato, V., Rose, K. D., Billet, G., de Muizon, C., Lehmann, T. (2016) Digital reconstruction of the inner ear of Leptictidium auderiense (Leptictida, Mammalia), North American leptictids reveals new insight into leptictidan locomotor agility. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 90 (1). pp. 153-171.

Hiller, M., Ansorge, H., Chavakis, T., Fickel, J., Giere, P., Grobe, P., Hampe, J., Lehmann, T., Ortmann, S., Ruf, I., Stefen, C., Tanaka , E., Vogt, L., Stuckas, H. (2016) Discovering the genomic basis of morphological, physiological differences between mammalian species with Forward Genomics. Mammalian Biology, 81 (suppl.). pp. 9-10. ISSN 1616-5047

Peppe, D. J., McNulty, K. P., Deino, A. L., Michel, L. A., McCollum, M. S., Driese, S. G., Dunsworth, H. M., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H., Jenkins, K., Lehmann, T. (2016) Early Miocene paleoenvironments of the Hiwegi formation on Rusinga island (Equatorial Africa, lake Victoria, Kenya) and their implications for hominoid evolution. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 48 (7). ISSN doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-286613

Lukens, W. E., Lehmann, T., Kingston, J., Fox, D. L., Deino, A. L., Peppe, D. J., Driese, S. G. (2016) Early Miocene Paleoenvironments near Karungu, Western Kenya. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 48 (7).

Geraads, D., Lehmann, T., Peppe, D. J., McNulty, K. P. (2016) New Rhinocerotidae from the Kisingiri localities (Lower Miocene of Western Kenya). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36 (3). e1103247. ISSN 0272-4634

Lehmann, T., Wenzel, T. (2016) Special: Paläontologische Grabungen in Kenia. Senckenberg Natur Forschung Museum, 7/8. ISSN 0028-1301

Lehmann, T. (2016)  Victoriaceros hoojieri Eine neue Nashornart aus dem Unteren Miozän Kenias. Senckenberg Natur Forschung Museum. pp. 236-237. ISSN 0028-1301

2015

Crochet, J.-Y., Hautier, L., Lehmann, T. (2015) A pangolin (Manidae, Pholidota, Mammalia) from the French Quercy phosphorites (Pech du Fraysse, Saint-Projet, Tarn-et-Garonne, late Oligocene, MP 28). Palaeovertebrata, 39 (2). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0031-0247

Benoit, J., Lehmann, T., Vatter, M., Lebrun, R., Merigeaud, S., Costeur, L., Tabuce, R. (2015) Comparative anatomy, three-dimensional geometric-morphometric study of the bony labyrinth of Bibymalagasia (Mammalia, Afrotheria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. ISSN 0272-4634

Uhl, D., Wedmann, S., Lehmann, T., Hervet, S., Schaal, S. (2015) A fresh look on the Paleocene Maar lake of Menat in France. ZfB-Scriptum. pp. 53-54.

Uhl, D., Wedmann, S., Lehmann, T., and Hervet, S. and Schaal, S.F.K. (2015) A fresh look on the Paleocene maar lake of Menat in France. In: Tagungsband zur 86. Tagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft e. V. vom 14.- 16. September in Landsweiler-Reden (Saarland). Zentrum für Biodokumentation, pp. 53-54. ISBN 978-3-938381-19-8

2014

Michel, L. A., Peppe, D. J., Lutz, J. A., Driese, S. G., Dunsworth, H. M., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H., Horner, W. H., Lehmann, T., Nightingale, S., McNulty, K. P. (2014) Remnants of an ancient forest provide ecological context for Early Miocene fossil apes. Nature Communications, 5:3236. ISSN 2041-1723

Pohlová, L., Schepsky, P., Lehmann, T., Hochkirch, A., Masopustová, R., Simek, J., Schoo, W., Robovský, J. (2014) Defining management units for European captive aardvarks. Zoo Biology, 33. pp. 433-439. ISSN 0733-3188

McNulty, K. P., MacLatchy, L., Rossie, J. B., Peppe, D. J., Deino, A. L., Mbua, E. N, Manthi, F. K., Nengo, I., Miller, E. R, S.s, Nancy J., Cote, S., Lehmann, T., Gutierrez, M. (2014) Research on East African catarrhine, hominoid evolution: Results from the first year. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 153. p. 182. ISSN 0002-9483

2013

Conrad, J., Jenkins, K., Lehmann, T., Manthi, F. K., Peppe, D. J., Nightingale, S., Cosette, A., Dunsworth, H. M., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H., McNulty, K. P. (2013) New specimens of ‘Crocodylus’ pigotti (Crocodylidae) from Rusinga Island, Kenya,, generic re-allocation of the species. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33 (3). pp. 629-646. ISSN 0272-4634

Lehmann, T. (2013) Family Orycteropodidae. In: The Mammals of Africa Vol. 1: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria. The Mammals of Africa, 1 (6). A & C Black Publishers Ltd, p. 289. ISBN 9781408122518

Lehmann, T., Taylor, A. (2013) Genus Orycteropus. In: The Mammals of Africa Vol. 1: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria. The Mammals of Africa, 1 (6). A & C Black Publishers Ltd, p. 289. ISBN 9781408122518

Lehmann, T. (2013) Order Tubulidentata. In: The Mammals of Africa Vol. 1: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria. The Mammals of Africa, 1 (6). A & C Black Publishers Ltd, p. 288. ISBN 9781408122518

2012

Ungar, P. S., Scott, J. R., Curran, S. C., Dunsworth, H. M., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H., Lehmann, T., Manthi, F. K., McNulty, K. P. (2012) Early Neogene environments in East Africa: Evidence from dental microwear of tragulids. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 342-3. pp. 84-96. ISSN 00310182

Ruf, I., Volpato, V., Billet, G., de Muizon, C., Lehmann, T. (2012) Inner ear anatomy of Leptictidium auderiense (Leptictida, Mammalia) reveals highly agile locomotion. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2012. p. 163. ISSN 1937-2809

Schepsky, P., Hochkirch, A., Veith, M., Wilms, T. M., Lehmann, T. (2012) Intra-specific variability of aardvarks (Orycteropus afer) – last living representatives of the Tubulidentata (Mammalia, Afrotheria). Mammalian Biology, 77S. p. 18. ISSN 1616-5047

Lehmann, T., Schaal, S. F.K. (2012) „Messel, the terrestrial Eocene” – Proceedings of the 22nd Senckenberg conference. Palaeobiodiversity, Palaeoenvironments, 92 (4). pp. 397-402. ISSN 1867-1594

Parys, A., Lehmann, T., Schoo, W., Wilms, T. M. (2012) Newcomers enrich the European zoo aardvark population. Afrotherian Conservation, 9. pp. 2-5. ISSN 1664-6754

Lehmann, T., Schaal, S. F.K. (2012) The World at the Time of Messel. Paläontologen aus fünf Kontinenten nahmen an der 22. Internationalen Senckenberg-Konferenz teil. Senckenberg Natur Forschung Museum. pp. 138-139. ISSN 0028-1301

Vatter, M., Lehmann, T. (2012) Is the ear region of the modern aardvark really primitive? – A comparison of the ear region in fossil and extant Tubulidentata (Mammalia). In: Terra Nostra. GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung, pp. 181-182.

Lehmann, T., Ungar, P.S., Scott, J.R., Curran, S.C., Dunsworth, H.M., Harcourt-Smith, W.E. H., Manthi, F.K., McNulty, K.P. (2012) Paleoecological context of the early Miocene African mammal transition: Evidence from dental microwear of tragulids. In: Terra Nostra. GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung, pp. 109-110.

Ruf, I., Volpato, V., Billet, G., de Muizon, C., Lehmann, T. (2012) The inner ear of Leptictidium auderiense (Leptictida, Mammalia) – a key to the reconstruction of leptictid locomotion. In: Terra Nostra. GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung, pp. 146-147.

2011

Volpato, V., Kardjillov, N., Hilger, A., Paulke, A., Lehmann, T. (2011) Endostructural morphology of the humerus, femur in placental quadrupeds, bipedal hoppers. Mammalian Biology, 76S. p. 24. ISSN 1616-5047

Peppe, D. J., Deino, A. L., McNulty, K. P., Lehmann, T., Dunsworth, H. M., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H. (2011) New age constraints for the early Miocene faunas of Rusinga, Mfangano islands (lake Victoria, Kenya). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2011. p. 173. ISSN 0272-4634

Peppe, D. J., Deino, A. L., McNulty, K. P., Lehmann, T., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H., Dunsworth, H. M., Fox, D. L. (2011) New age constraints on the early miocene faunas from Rusinga, Mfangano Islands (Lake Victoria, Kenya). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 144 (S52). p. 166. ISSN 0002-9483

Ganswindt, A., Parys, A., Wielebnowski, N., Lehmann, T. (2011) Non-invasive assessment of reproductive, adrenocortical steroid hormones in captive aardvarks (Orycteropus afer). Afrotherian Conservation, 8. pp. 17-18. ISSN 1664-6754

Michel, L. A., Peppe, D. J., Driese, Steve, McNulty, K. P., Lehmann, T., Dunsworth, H. M., Harcourt-Smith, W. E. H. (2011) Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of early Miocene catarrhine localities using fossil forest paleosols from Rusinga Island, lake Victoria, Kenya. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 43 (5). p. 429. ISSN 0016-7606

Lehmann, T., Schaal, S. F.K. (2011) Preface. In: The world at the time of Messel: Puzzles in Palaeobiology, Palaeoenvironment, and the history of early primates. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, pp. 7-9. ISBN 978-3-929907-86-5

Stefen, C., Lehmann, T. (2011) New skeletal finds of Kopidodon macrognathus (Mammalia: Paroxyclaenidae) including a juvenile from Messel, Germany. In: 22nd International Senckenberg Conference, The World at the Time of Messel: Puzzles in Palaeobiology, Palaeoenvironment, and the History of Early Primates. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main. ISBN 978-3-929907-86-5

2010

Lehmann, T. (2010) Evolutionary history of Tubulidentata (Mammalia, Afrotheria), the origin of the living aardvark. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2010. 122. ISSN 1937-2809

Stefen, C., Lehmann, T. (2010) New juvenile, adult material of Kopidodon macrognathus (Mammalia: Paroxyclaenidae) from Messel, Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2010. p. 170. ISSN 0272-4634

Lehmann, T. (2010) What if elephant shrews really were related to elephants? Palaios, 25 (3-4). pp. 141-143. ISSN 0883-1351

Volpato, V., Lehmann, T. (2010) Endostructural variations in the appendicular elements of running and hopping extant mammals. Implications for the reconstruction of Leptictidium (eocene, Messel Pit) locomotion. In: GeoDarmstadt2010 – Geowissenschaften sichern Zukunft. GeoDarmstadt2010 – Geowissenschaften sichern Zukunft, pp. 579-580. ISBN 978-3-510-49219-0

2020

Morlo, M., Nagel, D. & Bastl, K. (2020). Evolution of the carnivoran (Carnivora, Mammalia) guild structure across the Middle/Upper Miocene boundary in Germany. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020/109801, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109801

Morlo, M., Bastl, K., Habersetzer, J., Engel, T., Lischewsky, B., Lutz, H., von Berg, A., Rabenstein, R. & Nagel, D. (2020). The apex of amphicyonid hypercarnivory: Solving the riddle of Agnotherium antiquum Kaup, 1833 (Mammalia, Carnivora). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(5), e1705848-2. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1705848.

2019

Morlo, M., Engel, T., Bastl, K., Lischewsky, B., Lutz, H., von Berg, A.& Nagel, D. (2020). Hyaenidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene (MN 9/10) Dinotheriensande. Mainzer naturwissenschaftliches Archiv 56, 113-126.

Morlo, M., Le Mâitre, A., Bastl, K., Engel, T., Lutz, H., Lischewsky, B., von Berg, A. & Nagel, D. (2019). First record of the mustelid Trochictis (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the early.Late Miocene (MN 9/10) of Germany and a re-appraisal of the genus Trochictis. Historical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2019.1683172.

Morlo, M., Miller, E. R., Bastl, K., AbdelGawad, M. K., Hamdan, M., El-Barkooky, A. N. & Nagel, D. (2019). New amphicyonids (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Moghra, Early Miocene, Egypt. Geodiversitas 41(2), 731-745.

2018

Bastl, K., Nagel, D., Morlo, M. & Göhlich U. B. (2018). The Carnivora (Mammalia) from the middle Miocene locality of Gračanica (Bugojno Basin, Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 100(2), 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-018-0353-0 [issued 2020]

2016

Pfaff, C., Nagel, D., Gunnell, G. F., Weber, G. G., Kriwet, J., Morlo, M. & Bastl, K. (2016). Palaeobiology of Hyaenodon exiguus (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) based on morphometric analysis of the bony labyrinth. Journal of Anatomy 230(2), 282-289.

2015

Solé, F., Amson, E., Borths, M., Vidalenc, D., Morlo, M. & Bastl, K. (2015). A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia). PLoS ONE 10(9): e0135698.

2013

Morlo, M., Schaal, S., Wu, W. & Li, C. (2013). The first species of Sinopa (Hyaenodontidae, Creodonta) from outside of North America: Implications for proviverrine history in Asia and North America. Palaeontology 57(1), 111-125.

2012

Grohé, C., Morlo, M., Chaimanee, Y., Blondel, C., Coster, P., Valentin, X., Salem, M., Bilal, A. A., Jaeger, J.-J. & Brunet, M. (2012). New Apterodontinae (Hyaenodontida) from the Eocene Locality of Dur At-Talah (Libya): Systematic, Paleoecological and Phylogenetical Implications. PLoS ONE 7(11), e49054.

2011

Bastl, K., Morlo, M., Nagel, D. & Heizmann, E. (2011). Differences in the tooth eruption sequence in Hyaenodon (‘Creodonta’: Mammalia) and implications for the systematics of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31(1), 181–192.

Frey, E., Munk, W., Böhme, M., Morlo, M. & Hensel, M. (2011). First creodont carnivore from the Rupelian Clays (Oligocene)of the Clay Pit Unterfeld at Rauenberg (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg): Apterodon rauenbergensis n.sp. Kaupia 17, 107–113.

2009

Nagel, D., Stefen, C, & Morlo, M. (2009). Carnivora of Sandelzhausen, Middle Miocene (MN 5) of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 83(1), 151-174.

2008

Kullmer, O., Morlo, M., Sommer, J., Lutz, H., Engel, T., Forman, M. & Holzförster, F. (2008). The second specimen of Simocyon diaphorus (Kaup, 1832) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ailuridae) from the type-locality Eppelsheim (Early Late Miocene, Germany). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3), 928–932.

Bastl, K., Morlo, M., Heizmann, E. & Nagel, D. (2008). Hyaenodon sp. Unterkiefer aus der Spaltenfüllung Liptingen (Westliche Schwäbische Alb). Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 75, 5-6.

2007

Morlo, M. & Nagel, D. (2007). The carnivore guild of the Taatsiin Gol area: Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta), Carnivora, and Didymoconida from the Oligocene of Central Mongolia. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 108A, 217-231.

Peigné, S., Morlo, M., Chaimanee, Y., Ducrocq, S., Tun, S. T. & Jaeger, J.-J. (2007). New discoveries of hyaenodontids (Creodonta, Mammalia) from the Pondaung Formation, middle Eocene, Myanmar – palaeobiogeographic implications. Geodiversitas 29(3), 441-458.

Morlo, M., Miller, E. R. & El-Barkooky, A. N. (2007). Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1), 145–159.

2006

Morlo, M. (2006). New remains of Barbourofelidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Miocene of Southern Germany: implications for the history of barbourofelid migrations. Beiträge zur Paläontologie 30, 339-346.

Morlo, M. & Nagel, D. (2006). New Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Taatsiin Gol, Central Mongolia. Annales de Paléontologie 92(3), 305-321.

Van der Hoek Ostende, L., Morlo, M. & Nagel, D. (2006). Fossils explained 52, Majestic killers: the sabre-toothed cats. Geology Today 22(4): 150-157.

2005

Nagel, D., Morlo, M. & Stefen, C. (2005). Sandelzhausen, a unique carnivore guild in the Middle Miocene (MN 5) of Europe. Berichte des Instituts für Erdwissenschaften, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 10, 78-79.

Morlo, M. & Gunnell, G. F. (2005). New species of Limnocyon (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Bridgerian (middle Eocene). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1), 247-251.

2004

Morlo, M. & Semenov, Y. (2004). New dental remains of Machairodus Kaup, 1833 (Felidae, Carnivora Mammalia) from the Turolian of Ukraine. Kaupia 13, 123–138.

Morlo, M., Schaal, S., Mayr, G. & Seiffert, C. (2004). An annotated taxonomic list of the Middle Eocene (MP 11) Vertebrata of Messel. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 252, 95-108.

Morlo, M. (2004). Diet of Messelornis (Aves, Gruiformes), an Eocene bird from Germany. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 252, 29-33.

Morlo, M., Peigné, S. & Nagel, D. (2004). A new species of Prosansanosmilus: Implications for the systematic relationships of the family Barbourofelidae new rank (Carnivora, Mammalia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society London 140(1), 43-61.

2003

Nagel, D. & Morlo, M. (2003). Guild structure of the carnivorous mammals (Creodonta, Carnivora) from the Taatsiin Gol Area, Lower Oligocene of Central Mongolia. DEINSEA 10, 419-429.

Morlo, M. & Gunnell, G. F. (2003). New species of Limnocyon (Limnocyoninae, Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) from the middle Bridgerian (middle Eocene) of Southwestern Wyoming. Terra Nostra 2003(5), 114-115.

Morlo, M. & Gunnell, G. F. (2003). Small Limnocyoninae (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) from the Bridgerian, middle Eocene of Wyoming: Thinocyon, Iridodon n. gen., and Prolimnocyon. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan 31(2), 43-78.

Zhai, R., Ciochon, R. F., Tong, Y., Savage, D. E., Morlo, M., Holroyd, P. A. & Gunnell, G. F. (2003). An aberrant amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the latest Eocene of the Bose Basin, Guangxi, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(2), 293-300.

2002

Försterling, G., Kadolsky, D. & Morlo, M. (2002). Die Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) der Cerithienschichten (Oberoligozän) im Mainzer Becken. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 237, 275-292.

Nagel, D., Morlo, M. & Peigné, S. (2002). Prosansanosmilus nov. spec. (Carnivora, Mammalia) und die Wanderung der Barbourofeliden von Afrika nach Europa. Berichte des Instituts für Geologie und Paläontologie, Karl Franzens-Universität Graz 5: 16.

Morlo, M. & Nagel, D. (2002). New Didymoconidae (Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Central Mongolia and first information on tooth eruption sequence of the family. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 223(1), 123-144.

2001

Morlo, M. & Kundrát, M. (2001). The first carnivoran fauna from the Ruscinium (Early Pliocene, MN 15) of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 75(2), 163–187.

2000

Morlo, M., Nagel, D. & Morlo, H. (2000). Fossile und rezente Tiere aus der Höhle „Weiße Kuhle” in Marsberg. Marsberg 1999: Ereignisse und Erinnerungen, 126-128.

1999

Morlo, M. & Habersetzer, J. (1999). The Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta, Mammalia) from the lower Middle Eocene (MP 11) of Messel (Germany) with special remarks on new x-ray methods. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 216, 31-73.

Morlo, M. (1999). Niche structure and evolution in creodont (Mammalia) faunas of the European and North American Eocene. Géobios 32, 297–305.

Morlo, M. (1999). Buchbesprechung: “E. P. J. Heizmann (Hrsg.): Vom Schwarzwald zum Ries”. Natur und Museum 129(4), 423.

1998

Heizmann, E. P. J. & Morlo, M. 1998. Die semiaquatische Lartetictis dubia (Mustelinae, Carnivora, Mammalia) vom Goldberg/Ries (Baden-Württemberg). Mainzer naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, Beiheft 21, 141-153.

Morlo, M. 1998. Neues Urraubtier aus Messel liefert einzigartige Informationen. Natur und Museum 128(7), 208-211.

1997

Morlo, M. (1997). Ein neuer Proviverrine (Creodonta, Mammalia) aus dem Weltnaturerbe Grube Messel. Terra Nostra 1997(6), 154.

Roth, C. & Morlo, M. (1997). Die Raubtiere (Mammalia, Carnivora) von Dorn-Dürkheim 1 (Rheinhessen). 2. Ursidae. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 197, 49-71.

Morlo, M. (1997). Die Raubtiere (Mammalia, Carnivora) von Dorn-Dürkheim 1 (Rheinhessen). 1. Mustelida, Hyaenidae, Percrocutidae, Felidae. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 197, 11-47.

Wolsan, M. & Morlo, M. 1997. The status of ‘Plesictis‘ croizeti, ‘Plesictis‘ gracilis, and ‘Lutra‘ minor: synonyms of the early Miocene viverrid Herpestides antiquus (Mammalia, Carnivora). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Geology) 53, 1-9.

1996

Morlo, M. (1996). Carnivora (Mammalia) aus dem Untermiozän des Mainzer Beckens (SW-Deutschland). 2. Mustelida, Feliformia, Palaeogale. Senckenbergiana lethaea 76(1/2), 193-249.

1995

Morlo, M. (1995). Dorn-Dürkheim 1 – eine turolische Raubtierfauna aus Deutschland (Rheinhessen). Phylogenetische und paläobiologische Aspekte. Terra Nostra 1995(4), 42.

1994

Heizmann, E. P. J. & Morlo, M. (1994). Amphictis schlosseri n. sp. – eine neue Carnivoren-Art (Mammalia) aus dem Unter-Miozän von Südwestdeutschland. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde B216, 1-25.

Morlo, M. (1994). Die Schalenfeinstruktur bei plio-/pleistozänen Cephalaspideen (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) aus Griechenland. Münstersche Forschungen zur Geologie und Paläontologie 76, 67-90.

 

Books and book chapters

2018

Gunnell, G. F., Lehmann, T., Ruf, I., Habersetzer, J., Morlo, M. & Rose, K. (2018). Chapter 12.7 Ferae – Animals that eat animals; pp. 271-284 in Smith K. T., Schaal, S. F. K. & Habersetzer, J. (eds.). Messel – An Ancient Greenhouse Ecosystem. E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Gunnell, G. F., Lehmann, T., Ruf, I., Habersetzer, J., Morlo, M. & Rose, K. (2018). Chapter Kapitel 12.7 Ferae – Tiere, die andere Tiere fressen; pp. 271-284 in Schaal, S. F. K., Smith, K. T., Habersetzer, J. (eds.). Messel – ein fossiles Tropenökosystem. E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

2010

Lewis M. E. & Morlo, M. (2010). Chapter 7: ‘Creodonta’; pp. 543-560 in Werdelin, L. & Sanders, W. J. (eds.). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Morlo, M., Gunnell G, Nagel D. (2010). Chapter 10 – Ecomorphological analysis of carnivore guilds in the Eocene through Miocene of Laurasia; pp. 269-310 in Goswami, A. & Friscia, A. (eds.). Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form, and Function; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Morlo, M., Peigné, S. (2010). Chapter 4 – Molecular and morphological evidence for Ailuridae and a review of its genera; pp. 92–141 in Goswami, A. & Friscia, A. (eds.). Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form, and Function; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

2006

Morlo, M. in Storch, G., Habersetzer, J., Martin, T., Morlo, M., Franzen, J.L. (2006). The Stars of the oil-shale – The Mammals. Vernissage, 21/05, Unesco World Hertiage Sites, Messel Fossil Pit Site, Snapshots of the Eocene, 44-59.

Morlo, M. in Storch, G., Habersetzer, J., Martin, T., Morlo, M., Franzen, J.L. (2006). Die „Stars“ im Ölschiefer – Die Säugetiere. Vernissage, 21/05, Reihe: Unesco Welterbe, Fossilienlagerstätte Grube Messel, Momentaufnahmen aus dem Eozän: 44-59.

1998

Grimm, K. I., Grimm, M. C. & Morlo, M. (eds.). (1998). Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Rothausen. Mainzer naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, Beiheft 21: 1-186.

Morlo, M. (1998). Un prédateur archaique avec une queue touffue; pp. 76-77 in Koenigswald, W. & Storch, G. (eds.) Messel – ein Pompeji der Paläontologie; Edition du Seuil, Seuil.

Morlo, M. (1998). Ein Urraubtier mit buschigem Schwanz; pp.76-77 in Koenigswald, W. & Storch, G. (eds.) Messel – ein Pompeji der Paläontologie; Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen.

1997

Morlo, M. (1997). Zur Zahnphylogenese der Wirbeltiere, ein systematischer Überblick; p. 165-227 in Alt, K. W. & Türp, J. (eds.) Die Evolution der Zähne – Phylogenie, Ontogenie, Variation. Quintessenz Verlag, Hamburg.