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Prof. Dr. Torsten Scheyer

Articles in peer-reviewed journals, books and edited volumes

2024 and in press

  • 148. Gere, K., A. L. Nagy, T. M. Scheyer, I. Werneburg, and A. Ősi. 2024. Complex dental wear analysis reveals dietary shift in Triassic placodonts (Sauropsida, Sauropterygia). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143:4 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-024-00304-x].
  • 147. Klug, C., S. N. F. Spiekman, D. Bastiaans, B. Scheffold, and T. M. Scheyer. 2024. The marine conservation deposits of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Italy): the prototype of Triassic black shale Lagerstätten. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143:11 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-024-00308-7].
  • 146. Miedema, F., D. Bastiaans, T. M. Scheyer, C. Klug, and E. E. Maxwell. 2024. A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24:34 [doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02208-3].
  • 145. Scheyer, T. M., M. M. Johnson, D. Bastiaans, F. Miedema, E. E. Maxwell, and C. Klug. 2024. Oldest record of Machimosaurini (Thalattosuchia, Teleosauroidea): teeth and scavenging traces from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) of Switzerland. Royal Society Open Science 11: 240071 [doi: 10.1098/rsos.240071].

2023

  • 144. Bastiaans, D., V. Buffa, and T. M. Scheyer. 2023. To glide or to swim? A reinvestigation of the enigmatic Wapitisaurus problematicus (Reptilia) from the Early Triassic of British Columbia, Canada. Royal Society Open Science 10: 231171 [doi: 10.1098/rsos.231171].
  • 143. Cadena, E.-A., A. Link, A. Vanegas, C. A. Avellaneda-Otero, C. Perdomo, D. A. Urueña-Carrillo, R. Sánchez, R. Vanegas, T. M. Scheyer, and J. D. Carrillo-Briceño. 2023. New insights into the fossil record of the turtle genus Chelus Duméril, 1806 including new specimens with information on the cervicals and limb bones. Comptes Rendus Palevol 22:689-709 [doi: 10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a34].
  • 142. Klein, N., P. M. Sander, J. Liu, P. S. Druckenmiller, E. Metz, N. P. Kelley, and T. M. Scheyer. 2023. Comparative bone histology of two thalattosaurians (Diapsida: Thalattosauria): Askeptosaurus italicus from the Alpine Triassic (Middle Triassic) and a Thalattosauroidea indet. from the Carnian of Oregon (Late Triassic). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 142:15 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-023-00277-3].
  • 141. Laboury, A., T. M. Scheyer, N. Klein, T. L. Stubbs, and V. Fischer. 2023. High phenotypic plasticity at the dawn of the sauropterygian radiation. PeerJ 11:e15776 [doi: 10.7717/peerj.15776].
  • 140. Latimer, A. E., E. Sherratt, T. Bonnet, and T. M. Scheyer. 2023. Semicircular canal shape diversity among modern lepidosaurs: Life habit, size, allometry. BMC Ecology and Evolution 23:10 [doi: 10.1186/s12862-023-02113-1].
  • 139. Miedema, F., G. Bindellini, C. Dal Sasso, T. M. Scheyer, and E. E. Maxwell. 2023. Ontogenetic variation in the cranium of Mixosaurus cornalianus, with implications for the evolution of ichthyosaurian cranial development. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 142:27 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-023-00289-z].
  • 138. Miedema, F., N. Klein, D. G. Blackburn, P. M. Sander, E. E. Maxwell, E. M. Griebeler, and T. M. Scheyer. 2023. Heads or tails first? Evolution of fetal orientation in ichthyosaurs, with a scrutiny of the prevailing hypothesis. BMC Ecology and Evolution:23:12 [doi: 10.1186/s12862-023-02110-4].
  • 137. Ponce, D. A., T. M. Scheyer, I. A. Cerda, and J. B. Desojo. 2023. Palaeobiological inferences of "rauisichians" Fasolasuchus tenax (Los Colorados Fm., Argentina) and Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Santa Maria Super sequence, Brazil) from the Middle-Upper Triassic of South America based on microstructural analyses. Journal of Anatomy 243(6):893-909 [doi: 10.1111/joa.13937].
  • 136. Scheyer, T. M., G. R. Oliveira, P. S. R. Romano, D. Bastiaans, L. Falco, G. S. Ferreira, and M. Rabi. 2023. A forged 'chimera' including the second specimen of the protostegid sea turtle Santanachelys gaffneyi and shell parts of the pleurodire Araripemys from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Group of Brazil. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 142:6 [doi: 0.1186/s13358-023-00271-9].
  • 135. Szczygielski, T., N. Klein, J. Słowiak-Morkovina, and T. M. Scheyer. 2023. Limb histology of the Triassic stem turtles Proterochersis porebensis Szczygielski & Sulej, 2016 and Proganochelys quenstedtii Baur, 1887 with insights into growth patterns of early turtles. Comptes Rendus Palevol 22:635-665 [doi: 10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a32].
  • 134. Wang, W., S. N. F. Spiekman, L. Zhao, O. Rieppel, T. M. Scheyer, N. C. Fraser, and C. Li. 2023. A new long-necked archosauromorph from the Guanling Formation (Anisian, Middle Triassic) of southwestern China and its implications for neck evolution in tanystropheids. The Anatomical Record [doi: 10.1002/ar.25216] (in press).

2022

  • 133. Amson, E., T. M. Scheyer, Q. Martinez, A. H. Schwermann, D. Koyabu, K. He, and R. Ziegler. 2022. Unique bone microanatomy reveals ancestry of subterranean specializations in mammals. Evolution letters 6:552-561 [doi: 10.1002/evl3.303].
  • 132. Georgalis, G. L., and T. M. Scheyer. 2022. Crushed but not lost: a colubriform snake (Serpentes) from the Miocene Swiss Molasse, identified through the use of micro-CT scanning technology. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 115:15 [doi: 10.1186/s00015-022-00417-w].
  • 131. Herbst, E. C., L. E. Meade, S. Lautenschlager, N. Fioretti, and T. M. Scheyer. 2022. A toolbox for the retrodeformation and muscle reconstruction of fossil specimens in Blender. Royal Society Open Science 9: 220519 [doi: 10.1098/rsos.220519].
  • 130. Klein, N., H. Furrer, I. Ehrbahr, M. Torres Ladeira, H. Richter, and T. M. Scheyer. 2022. A new pachypleurosaur from the Early Ladinian Prosanto Formation in the Eastern Alps of Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141:12 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-022-00254-2].
  • 129. Klein, N., T. Wintrich, H. Hagdorn, D. Spiller, H. Winkelhorst, G. Goris, and T. M. Scheyer. 2022. Placodus (Placodontia, Sauropterygia) dentaries from Winterswijk, The Netherlands (middle Anisian) and Hünfeld, Hesse, Germany (late Anisian) with comments on ontogenetic changes. PalZ 96:289-302 [doi: 10.1007/s12542-022-00614-w].
  • 128. Scheyer, T. M., U. Oberli, N. Klein, and H. Furrer. 2022. A large osteoderm-bearing rib from the Upper Triassic Kössen Formation (Norian/Rhaetian) of eastern Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141:1 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-022-00244-4].
  • 127. Scheyer, T. M., N. Klein, S. W. Evers, A.-K. Mautner, and B. Pabst. 2022. First evidence of Proganochelys quenstedtii (Testudinata) from the Plateosaurus bonebeds (Norian, Late Triassic) of Frick, Canton Aargau, Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141:17 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-022-00260-4].
  • 126. Schwarzhans, W. W., O. A. Aguilera, T. M. Scheyer, and J. D. Carrillo-Briceño. 2022. Fish otoliths from the middle Miocene Pebas Formation of the Peruvian Amazon. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141:2 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-022-00243-5].

2021

  • 125.Bindellini, G., A. Wolniewicz, F. Miedema, T. M. Scheyer, and C. Dal Sasso. 2021. Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso and Pinna, 1996 from the Besano Formation (Anisian-Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland/Italy: taxonomic and palaeobiological implications. PeerJ 9:e11179 [doi: 10.7717/peerj.11179].
  • 124. Carrillo-Briceño, J. D., O. A. Aguilera, A. Benites-Palomino, A. S. Hsiou, J. L. O. Birindelli, S. Adnet, E.-A. Cadena, and T. M. Scheyer. 2021. A historical vertebrate collection from the Middle Miocene of the Peruvian Amazon. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140:26 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-021-00239-7].
  • 123. Carrillo-Briceño, J. D., R. Sánchez, T. M. Scheyer, J. D. Carrillo, M. Delfino, G. L. Georgalis, L. Kerber, D. Ruiz-Ramoni, J. L. O. Birindelli, E. A. Cadena, A. F. Rincón, M. Chavez-Hoffmeister, A. A. Carlini, M. R. Carvalho, R. Trejos-Tamayo, F. Vallejo, C. Jaramillo, D. S. Jones, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2021. A Pliocene-Pleistocene continental biota from Venezuela. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140:9 [doi: 10.1186/s13358-020-00216-6].
  • 122. Georgalis, G. L., and T. M. Scheyer. 2021. Lizards and snakes from the earliest Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France: an anatomical and histological approach of some of the oldest Neogene squamates from Europe. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21:144 [doi: 10.1186/s12862-021-01874-x].
  • 121. Herbst, E. C., S. Lautenschlager, D. Bastiaans, F. Miedema, and T. M. Scheyer. Modeling tooth enamel in FEA comparisons of whole skulls: Comparing common simplifications with biologically realistic models. iScience 24:103182 [doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103182].
  • 120. Maidment, S. C. R., S. J. Strachan, D. Ouarhache, T. M. Scheyer, E. E. Brown, V. Fernandez, Z. Johanson, T. J. Raven, and P. M. Barrett. 2021. Bizarre dermal armour suggests the first African ankylosaur. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5: 1576-1581 [doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01553-6].
  • 119. Pommery, Y., T. M. Scheyer, J. M. Neenan, T. Reich, V. Fernandez, D. F. A. E. Voeten, A. S. Losko, and I. Werneburg. 2021. Dentition and Feeding in Placodontia: tooth replacement in Henodus chelyops. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21: 136 [doi: 10.1186/s12862-021-01835-4].
  • 118. Rössner, G. E., L. Costeur, and T. M. Scheyer. 2021. Antiquity and fundamental processes of the antler cycle in Cervidae (Mammalia). The Science of Nature 108:3 (24 pages) 108: 3 [doi: 10.1007/s00114-020-01713-x].
  • 117. Scheyer, T. M., et al. 2021. Chapters 2.8.4 Fossils (Scheyer, Hotz, Vilhelmsen, Litman) and 2.9.1 Microslides (Scheyer, Stauffer, Freitag). In: H. Frick, and M. Greef (eds.), Handbook on natural history collections management - A collaborative Swiss perspective. Swiss Academies Communications 16 (2) [10.5281/zenodo.4316839].
  • 116. Scheyer, T. M., and I. A. Cerda. 2021. Chapter 19: Testudines; pp. 385-398 in V. d. Buffrénil, A. d. Ricqlès, L. Zylberberg, K. Padian, M. Laurin, and A. Quilhac (eds.), Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
  • 115. Scheyer, T. M., A. Houssaye, and N. Klein. 2021. Chapter 22: Sauropterygia: Nothosauria and Pachypleurosauria; pp. 435-443 in V. d. Buffrénil, A. d. Ricqlès, L. Zylberberg, K. Padian, M. Laurin, and A. Quilhac (eds.), Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
  • 114. Scheyer, T. M., and N. Klein. 2021. Chapter 21: Sauropterygia: Placodontia; pp. 425-434 in V. d. Buffrénil, A. d. Ricqlès, L. Zylberberg, K. Padian, M. Laurin, and A. Quilhac (eds.), Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
  • 113. Spiekman, S. N. F., N. C. Fraser, and T. M. Scheyer. 2021. A new phylogenetic hypothesis of Tanystropheidae (Diapsida, Archosauromorpha) and other "protorosaurs", and its implications for the early evolution of stem archosaurs. PeerJ 9:e11143 [doi: 10.7717/peerj.11143].

2020

  • 112. Cadena, E.-A., T. M. Scheyer, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, R. Sánchez, O. A. Aguilera-Socorro, A. Vanegas, M. Pardo, D. M. Hansen, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2020. The anatomy, paleobiology and evolutionary relationships of the largest extinct side-necked turtle. Science Advances 6(7): eaay4593 [doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4593].
  • 111. Clarac, F., T. M. Scheyer, J. B. Desojo, I. A. Cerda, and S. Sanchez. 2020. The evolution of dermal shield vascularization in Testudinata and Pseudosuchia: Phylogenetic constraints versus ecophysiological adaptations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190132 [doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0132].
  • 110. De Miguel Chaves, C., T. M. Scheyer, F. Ortega, and A. Pérez-García. 2018. The placodonts (Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Canales de Molina (Central Spain), and an update on the knowledge about this clade in the Iberian record. Historical Biology 32(1): 34-48 [doi: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1462805].
  • 109. Gere, K., T. M. Scheyer, L. Makádi, and A. Ösi. 2020. Placodont remains (Sauropsida, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic of Hungary (Transdanubian Range and Villány Mountains). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 100: 1047-1063 [doi: 10.1007/s12549-020-00432-5].
  • 108. Miedema, F., S. N. F. Spiekman, V. Fernandez, J. W. F. Reumer, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. Cranial morphology of the tanystropheid Macrocnemus bassanii unveiled using synchrotron microtomography. Scientific Reports 10: 12412 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68912-4].
  • 107. Scheyer, T. M., S. N. F. Spiekman, H.-D. Sues, M. D. Ezcurra, R. J. Butler, and M. E. H. Jones. 2020. Colobops: a juvenile rhynchocephalian reptile (Lepidosauromorpha), not a diminutive archosauromorph with an unusually strong bite. Royal Society Open Science 7: 192179 [doi: 10.1098/rsos.192179].
  • 106. Scheyer, T. M., W. Wang, C. Li, F. Miedema, and S. N. F. Spiekman. 2020. Osteological re-description of Macrocnemus fuyuanensis (Archosauromorpha, Tanystropheidae) from the Middle Triassic of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 58: 169-187 [doi: 10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.200525].
  • 105. Spiekman, S. N. F., J. M. Neenan, N. C. Fraser, O. Rieppel, V. Fernandez, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography. PeerJ 8:e10299 [doi: 10.7717/peerj.10299].
  • 104. Spiekman, S. N. F., J. M. Neenan, N. C. Fraser, V. Fernandez, O. Rieppel, S. Nosotti, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. Aquatic habits and niche partitioning in the extraordinarily long-necked Triassic reptile Tanystropheus. Current Biology 30: 1-7 [doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.025].
  • 103. Tschopp, E., D. E. Barta, W. Brinkmann, J. R. Foster, F. M. Holwerda, S. C. R. Maidment, S. F. Poropat, T. M. Scheyer, A. G. Sellés, B. Vila, and M. Zahner. 2020. How to Live with Dinosaurs: Ecosystems across the Mesozoic; pp. 209-229 in E. Martinetto, E. Tschopp, and R. Gastaldo (eds.), Nature through Time. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment [ Link ].

2019

  • 102. Butler, R. J., A. S. Jones, E. Buffetaut, G. W. Mandl, T. M. Scheyer, and O. Schultz. 2019. Description and phylogenetic placement of a new marine species of phytosaur (Archosauriformes: Phytosauria) from the Late Triassic of Austria. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187(1):198-228 [doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz014].
  • 101. Georgalis, G. L., and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. A new species of Palaeopython (Serpentes) and other extinct squamates from the Eocene of Dielsdorf (Zurich, Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geosciences 112:383-417 [doi: 10.1007/s00015-019-00341-6].
  • 100. Georgalis, G. L., and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. 3D data related to the publication: A new species of Palaeopython (Serpentes) and other extinct squamates from the Eocene of Dielsdorf (Zurich, Switzerland). MorphoMuseuM 5:e93 [doi: 10.1007/s00015-019-00341-6].
  • 99. Neenan, J. M., M. A. During, and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. The importance of Winterswijk for understanding placodontiform evolution. Grondboor & Hamer Volume 73 nr 5/6 - 2019 - Edition Staringia 16:222-225.
  • 98. Salas-Gismondi, R., J. W. Moreno-Bernal, T. M. Scheyer, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and C. Jaramillo. 2019. New Miocene Caribbean gavialoids and patterns of longirostry in crocodylians. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:1049-1075 [doi: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1495275].
  • 97. Scheyer, T. M., A. G. Neuman, and D. B. Brinkman. 2019. A large marine eosauropterygian reptile with affinities to Nothosauroidea (Diapsida) from the Early Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation of Wapiti Lake area, British Columbia, Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(4): 745-755 [doi: 10.4202/app.00599.2019].
  • 96. Scheyer, T. M., N. Klein, O. Sichelschmidt, J. M. Neenan, and P. Albers. 2019. With plates and spikes - the heavily armoured Eusaurosphargis aff. dalsassoi. Grondboor & Hamer Volume 73 nr 5/6 - 2019 - Edition Staringia 16:217-221.
  • 95. Scheyer, T. M., J. R. Hutchinson, O. Strauss, M. Delfino, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, R. Sánchez, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2019. Giant extinct caiman breaks constraint on the axial skeleton of extant crocodylians. eLife 2019;8:e49972 [doi: 10.7554/eLife.49972].
  • 94. Schoch, R. R., N. Klein, T. M. Scheyer, and H.-D. Sues. 2019. Microanatomy of the stem-turtle Pappochelys rosinae indicates a predominantly fossorial mode of life and clarifies early steps in the evolution of the shell. Scientific Reports 9:10430 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46762-z].
  • 93. Spiekman, S. N. F., and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. A taxonomic revision of the genus Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha, Tanystropheidae). Palaeontologia Electronica 22.3.80:1-46 [doi: 10.26879/1038].
  • 92. Wang, W., C. Li, T. M. Scheyer, and L. Zhao. 2019. A new species of Cyamodus (Placodontia, Sauropterygia) from the early Late Triassic of south-west China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(17):1457-1476 [doi: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1535455].
  • 91. Zurita-Altamirano, D., E. Buffetaut, A. M. Forasiepi, A. Kramarz, J. D. Carrillo, G. Aguirre-Fernández, A. A. Carlini, T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2019. The Allemann collection from the Santa Cruz Formation (late early Miocene), Argentina, in Zurich, Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 138:259-275 [doi: 10.1007/s13358-019-00185-5].

2018

  • 90. Cerda, I. A., J. B. Desojo, and T. M. Scheyer. 2018. Novel data on aetosaur (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) osteoderm microanatomy and histology: palaeobiological implications. Palaeontology 61(5):721-745 [doi: 10.1111/pala.12363].
  • 89. Foth, C., M. V. Fernandez Blanco, P. Bona, and T. M. Scheyer. 2018. Cranial shape variation in jacarean caimanines (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) and its implications in the taxonomic status of extinct species: the case of Melanosuchus fisheri. Journal of Morphology 279(2):259-273 [doi: 10.1002/jmor.20769].
  • 88. Scheyer, T. M. 2018. Reptilia (Kriechtiere); pp. 349-352 in P. Kürsteiner, and C. Klug (eds.), Fossilien im Alpstein. Kreide und Eozän der Nordschweiz. Appenzeller Verlag, Schwellbrunn.
  • 87. Scheyer, T. M., M. Delfino, N. Klein, N. Bunbury, F. Fleischer-Dogley, and D. M. Hansen. 2018. Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene. Royal Society Open Science 5:171800 [doi: 10.1098/rsos.171800].
  • 86. Veitschegger, K., C. Kolb, E. Amson, T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2018. Palaeohistology and life history evolution in cave bears, Ursus spelaeus sensu lato. PLoS ONE 13 (11): e0206791 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206791].
  • 85. Voeten, D. F. A. E., T. Reich, R. Araújo, and T. M. Scheyer. 2018. Synchrotron microtomography of a Nothosaurus marchicus skull informs on nothosaurian physiology and neurosensory adaptations in early Sauropterygia. PloS ONE 13(1):e0188509 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188509].

2017

  • 84. Bona, P., M. V. Fernandez Blanco, T. M. Scheyer, and C. Foth. 2017. Shedding light on the taxonomic diversity of the South American Miocene caimans: the status of Melanosuchus fisheri Medina, 1976 (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea). Ameghiniana 54(6):681-687 [doi: 10.5710/AMGH.08.06.2017.3103].
  • 83. Crofts, S. B., J. M. Neenan, T. M. Scheyer, and A. P. Summers. 2017. Tooth occlusal morphology in the durophagous marine reptiles, Placodontia (Reptilia: Sauropterygia). Paleobiology 43(1):114-128 [doi: 10.1017/pab.2016.27].
  • 82. Jaquier, V. P., and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. Bone histology of the Middle Triassic long-necked reptiles Tanystropheus and Macrocnemus (Archosauromorpha, Protorosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37:e1296456 (6 pages) [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1296456].
  • 81. Jaquier, V. P., N. C. Fraser, H. Furrer, and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. Osteology of a new specimen of Macrocnemus aff. M. fuyuanensis (Archosauromorpha, Protorosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Europe: implications for species recognition and paleogeography of tanystropheid protorosaurs. Frontiers in Earth Science 5:91 [doi: 10.3389/feart.2017.00091].
  • 80. Klein, N., and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. Microanatomy and life history in Palaeopleurosaurus (Rhynchocephalia: Pleurosauridae) from the Early Jurassic of Germany. The Science of Nature 104:4 [doi: 10.1007/s00114-016-1427-3].
  • 79. Mautner, A.-K., A. E. Latimer, U. Fritz, and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. An updated description of the osteology of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri (Testudines: Testudinidae) with special focus on intraspecific variation. Journal of Morphology 278(3):321-333 [doi: 10.1002/jmor.20640].
  • 78. Mautner, A.-K., A. E. Latimer, U. Fritz, and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. 3D data and models related to the publication: An updated description of the osteology of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri (Testudines: Testudinidae) with special focus on intraspecific variation. MorphoMuseuM 2 (2)-e4. doi: 10.18563/m3.2.2.e4.
  • 77. Nakajima, Y., I. G. Danilov, R. Hirayama, T. Sonoda, and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. Morphological and histological evidence for the oldest known softshell turtles from Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1278606 (11 pages) [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1278606].
  • 76. Romano, C., J. F. Jenks, R. Jattiot, T. M. Scheyer, K. G. Bylund, and H. Bucher. 2017. Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from Elko County (Nevada, USA): implications for the Smithian equatorial vertebrate eclipse. Journal of Paleontology 91(5):1025-1046 [doi: 10.1017/jpa.2017.36].
  • 75. Romano, C., J. F. Jenks, R. Jattiot, T. M. Scheyer, K. G. Bylund, and H. Bucher. 2017. 3D model related to the publication: Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from Elko County (Nevada, USA): implications for the Smithian equatorial vertebrate eclipse. MorphoMuseuM 3 (3)-e1 [doi: 10.18563/m3.3.3.e1].
  • 74. Scheyer, T. M., E. V. Syromyatnikova, and I. G. Danilov. 2017. Turtle shell bone and osteoderm histology of Mesozoic and Cenozoic stem-trionychian Adocidae and Nanhsiungchelyidae (Cryptodira: Adocusia) from Central Asia, Mongolia, and North America. Fossil Record 20:69-85 [doi:10.5194/fr-20-69-2017].
  • 73. Scheyer, T. M., J. M. Neenan, T. Bodogan, H. Furrer, C. Obrist, and M. Plamondon. 2017. A new, exceptionally preserved juvenile specimen of Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi (Diapsida) and implications for Mesozoic marine diapsid phylogeny. Scientific Reports. 7:4406 [doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04514-x].
  • 72. Scheyer, T. M., J. M. Neenan, T. Bodogan, H. Furrer, C. Obrist, and M. Plamondon. 2017. 3D model(s) related to the publication: A new, exceptionally preserved juvenile specimen of Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi (Diapsida) and implications for Mesozoic marine diapsid phylogeny. MorphoMuseuM 3 (3)-e2 [doi: 10.18563/m3.3.3.e2].

2016

  • 71. Cerda, I. A., J. Sterli, and T. M. Scheyer. 2016. Bone shell microstructure of Condorchelys antiqua Sterli 2008, a stem turtle from the Jurassic of Patagonia [Special issue: Current advances in paleohistology : A tribute to a generation of French Paleohistologists; Laurin, M., Cubo, J. (eds.)] Comptes Rendus Palevol 15:133-146 [doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.01.004].
  • 70. Hastings, A., M. Reisser, and T. M. Scheyer. 2016. Character evolution and the origin of Caimaninae (Crocodylia) in the New World tropics: new evidence from the Miocene of Panama and Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 90(2):317-332 [doi: 10.1017/jpa.2016.37].
  • 69. Klein, N., P. M. Sander, A. Krahl, T. M. Scheyer, and A. Houssaye. 2016. Diverse aquatic adaptations in Nothosaurus spp. (Sauropterygia)-inferences from humeral histology and microanatomy. PLOS ONE 11(7):e0158448 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158448].
  • 68. Lyson, T. R., B. Rubidge, T. M. Scheyer, K. de Queiroz, E. R. Schachner, R. Smith, J. Botha-Brink, and G. S. Bever. 2016. Fossorial origin of the turtle shell. Current Biology 26(14):1887-1894 [doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.020].
  • 67. Scheyer, T. M., and M. Delfino. 2016. The late Miocene caimanine fauna (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea) of the Urumaco Formation, Venezuela. Palaeontologia Electronica 19.3.48A: 1-57 [ Link ].
  • 66. Scheyer, T. M., and H.-D. Sues. 2016. Expanded dorsal ribs in the Late Triassic pseudosuchian reptile Euscolosuchus olseni. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1248768 (5 pages) [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1248768].
  • 65. Sobral, G., R. Reisz, J. M. Neenan, J. Müller, and T. M. Scheyer. 2016. Chapter 8: Basal reptilians, marine diapsids, and turtles: the flowering of reptile diversity; pp. 207-243 in J. A. Clack, A. N. Popper, and R. A. Fay (eds.), Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Volume 59 - Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear: Evidence from the Fossil Record. Springer, Cham, Switzerland [doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46661-3_8].

2015

  • 64. Amson, E., C. Kolb, T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Growth and life history of Middle Miocene deer (Mammalia, Cervidae) based on bone histology. Comptes Rendus Palevol 14:637-645 [doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.07.001].
  • 63. Cerda, I. A., J. B. Desojo, M. J. Trotteyn, and T. M. Scheyer. 2015. Osteoderm histology of Proterochampsia and Doswelliidae (Reptilia: Archosauriformes) and their evolutionary and paleobiological implications. Journal of Morphology 276(4):385-402 [doi: 10.1002/jmor.20348].
  • 62. Klein, N., A. Houssaye, J. M. Neenan, and T. M. Scheyer. 2015. Long bone histology and microanatomy of Placodontia (Diapsida: Sauropterygia). Contributions to Zoology 84(1):59-84. Link
  • 61. Klein, N., J. M. Neenan, T. M. Scheyer, and E. M. Griebeler. 2015. Growth patterns and life history strategies in Placodontia (Diapsida: Sauropterygia). Royal Society Open Science 2: 140440 [doi: 10.1098/rsos.140440].
  • 60. Kolb, C., T. M. Scheyer, K. Veitschegger, A. M. Forasiepi, E. Amson, A. A. E. van der Geer, L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, S. Hayashi, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Mammalian bone palaeohistology: a survey and new data with emphasis on island forms. PeerJ 3:e1358 [doi: 10.7717/peerj.1358].
  • 59. Kolb, C., T. M. Scheyer, A. M. Lister, C. Azorit, J. de Vos, M. A. J. Schlingemann, G. E. Rössner, N. T. Monaghan, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Growth in fossil and extant deer and implications for body size and life history evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:19 [doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0295-3].
  • 58. Neenan, J. M., C. Li, O. Rieppel, and T. M. Scheyer. 2015. The cranial anatomy of Chinese placodonts and the phylogeny of Placodontia (Diapsida: Sauropterygia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2):415-428 [doi: 10.1111/zoj.12277].
  • 57. Scheyer, T. M., A. Pérez-García, and X. Murelaga. 2015. Shell bone histology of solemydid turtles (stem Testudines): palaeoecological implications. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 15(1):199-212 [doi: 10.1007/s13127-014-0188-0].
  • 56. Scheyer, T. M., F. R. Straehl, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Crocodile in a Tree - An Exhibition on Evolution and Biodiversity [ISBN: 978-3-905923-20-9]. Scidinge Hall Verlag, Zurich. 87 pp.
  • 55. Scheyer, T. M., F. R. Straehl, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Das Krokodil im Baum - Eine Ausstellung über Evolution und Biodiversität [ISBN: 978-3-905923-19-3]. Scidinge Hall Verlag, Zürich. 87 pp.

2014

  • 54. Barrett, P. M., R. J. Butler, R. Mundil, T. M. Scheyer, R. B. Irmis, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2014. A palaeoequatorial ornithischian and new constraints on early dinosaur diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281(1791):20141147 [doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1147].
  • 53. Ezcurra, M. D., T. M. Scheyer, and R. J. Butler. 2014. The origin and early evolution of Sauria: reassessing the Permian saurian fossil record and the timing of the crocodile-lizard divergence. PLOS ONE 9(2):e89165 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089165].
  • 52. Houssaye, A., T. M. Scheyer, C. Kolb, V. Fischer, and P. M. Sander. 2014. A new look at ichthyosaur long bone microanatomy and histology: Implications for their adaptation to an aquatic life. PLOS ONE 9(4):e95637 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095637].
  • 51. Klein, N., and T. M. Scheyer. 2014. A new placodont sauropterygian from the Middle Triassic of the Netherlands. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(4):887-902 [doi: 10.4202/app.2012.0147].
  • 50. Lyson, T. R., E. R. Schachner, J. Botha-Brink, T. M. Scheyer, M. Lambertz, G. S. Bever, B. Rubidge, and K. de Queiroz. 2014. Origin of the unique ventilatory apparatus of turtles. Nature Communications 5:5211 [doi: 10.1038/ncomms6211].
  • 49. Maxwell, E. E., T. M. Scheyer, and D. A. Fowler. 2014. An evolutionary and developmental perspective on the loss of regionalization in the limbs of derived ichthyosaurs. Geological Magazine 151(1):29-40 [doi: 10.1017/S0016756812001070].
  • 48. Neenan, J. M., and T. M. Scheyer. 2014. New specimen of Psephoderma alpinum (Sauropterygia, Placodontia) from the Late Triassic of Schesaplana Mountain, Graubünden, Switzerland. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 107(2-3):349-357 [doi: 10.1007/s00015-014-0173-9].
  • 47. Neenan, J., C. Li, O. Rieppel, F. Bernardini, C. Tuniz, G. Muscio, and T. M. Scheyer. 2014. Unique method of tooth replacement in durophagous placodont marine reptiles, with new data on the dentition of Chinese taxa. Journal of Anatomy 224(5):603-613 [doi: 10.1111/joa.12162].
  • 46. Scheyer, T. M., J. B. Desojo, and I. A. Cerda. 2014. Bone histology of phytosaur, aetosaur, and other archosauriform osteoderms (Eureptilia, Archosauromorpha). The Anatomical Record 297(2):240-260 [doi: 10.1002/ar.22849].
  • 45. Scheyer, T. M., I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov, and E. V. Syromyatnikova. 2014. The shell bone histology of fossil and extant marine turtles revisited. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(4):701-718 [doi: 10.1111/bij.12265].
  • 44. Scheyer, T. M., C. Romano, J. Jenks, and H. Bucher. 2014. Early Triassic marine biotic recovery: the predators' perspective. PLOS ONE 9(3):e88987 [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088987].
  • 43. Scheyer, T. M., L. Schmid, H. Furrer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2014. An assessment of age determination in fossil fish: the case of the opercula in the Mesozoic actinopterygian Saurichthys. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 133(2):243-257 [doi: 10.1007/s13358-014-0068-4].

2013

  • 42. Cerda, I. A., J. B. Desojo, T. M. Scheyer, and C. L. Schultz. 2013. Osteoderm microstructure of "rauisuchian" archosaurs from South America. Geobios 46(4):273-283 [doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2013.01.004].
  • 41. Delfino, M., T. M. Scheyer, F. Chesi, T. Fletcher, R. Gemel, S. MacDonald, M. Rabi, and S. W. Salisbury. 2013. Gross morphology and microstructure of type locality ossicles of Psephophorus polygonus Meyer, 1847 (Testudines, Dermochelyidae). Geological Magazine 150(5):767-782 [doi:10.1017/S001675681200091X].
  • 40. Lyson, T. R., G. S. Bever, T. M. Scheyer, A. Hsiang, and J. A. Gauthier. 2013. Evolutionary origin of the turtle shell. Current Biology 23(12):1113-1119 [doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.003].
  • 39. Meier, P. S., C. Bickelmann, T. M. Scheyer, D. Koyabu, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Evolution of bone compactness in extant and extinct moles (Talpidae): exploring humeral microstructure in small fossorial mammals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:55 [doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-55].
  • 38. Neenan, J. M., N. Klein, and T. M. Scheyer. 2013. European origin of placodont marine reptiles and the evolution of crushing dentition in Placodontia. Nature Communications 4:1621 [doi: 10.1038/ncomms2633].
  • 37. Pérez-García, A., T. M. Scheyer, and X. Murelaga. 2013. The turtles from the uppermost Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Galve (Iberian Range, Spain): anatomical, systematic, biostratigraphic and palaeobiogeographical implications. Cretaceous Research 44:64-82 [doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.03.011].
  • 36. Scheyer, T. M., I. Werneburg, C. Mitgutsch, M. Delfino, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013 (16. August 2012). Three ways to tackle the turtle: integrating fossils, comparative embryology, and microanatomy; pp. 63-70 in D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, and J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Proceedings of the Gaffney Turtle Symposium (2009) in Honor of Eugene S Gaffney. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series. Springer, Dordrecht [ISBN 978-94-007-4308-3; 577 pp.].
  • 35. Scheyer, T. M., O. A. Aguilera, M. Delfino, D. C. Fortier, A. A. Carlini, R. Sánchez, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, L. Quiroz, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Crocodylian diversity peak and extinction in the late Cenozoic of the northern Neotropics. Nature Communications 4:1907 [doi: 10.1038/ncomms2940].
  • 34. Straehl, F. R., T. M. Scheyer, A. M. Forasiepi, R. D. McPhee, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Evolutionary patterns of bone histology and bone compactness in xenarthran mammal long bones. PLoS ONE 8(7):e69275 [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069275].

2012

  • 33. Hugi, J., and T. M. Scheyer. 2012. Ossification sequences and associated ontogenetic changes in the bone histology of pachypleurosaurids from Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland/Italy). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(2):315-327 [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2012.646376].
  • 32. Joyce, W. G., N. Micklich, S. Schaal, and T. M. Scheyer. 2012. Caught in the act: the first record of copulating fossil vertebrates. Biology Letters 8:846-848 [doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0361].
  • 31. Neenan, J. M., and T. M. Scheyer. 2012. The braincase and inner ear of Placodus gigas (Sauropterygia: Placodontia) - a new reconstruction based on micro-computed tomographic data. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32:1350-1357 [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2012.695241].
  • 30. Pérez-García, A., T. M. Scheyer, and X. Murelaga. 2012. New interpretations on Dortoka vasconica Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, a freshwater turtle with an unusual carapace. Cretaceous Research 36:151-161 [doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.006].
  • 29. Scheyer, T. M. 2012. Diversidad y Gigantismo en los Cocodrilos Fósiles; pp. 245-258 in M. R. Sánchez-Villagra (ed.), Venezuela Paleontológica. Printworkart Press, Zurich [382 pp.].
  • 28. Scheyer, T. M., T. Mörs, and E. Einarsson. 2012. First record of soft-shelled turtles (Cryptodira, Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32:1027-1032 [doi: 10.1080/02724634.2012.685036].
  • 27. Scheyer, T. M., J. M. Neenan, S. Renesto, F. Saller, H. Hagdorn, H. Furrer, O. Rieppel, and A. Tintori. 2012. Revised paleoecology of placodonts - with a comment on 'The shallow marine placodont Cyamodus of the central European Germanic Basin: its evolution, paleobiogeography and paleoecology' by C.G. Diedrich (Historical Biology, iFirst article, 2011, 1-19, doi: 10.1080/ 08912963.2011.575938). Historical Biology 24:257-267 [doi: 10.1080/08912963.2011.621083].

2011

  • 26. Hugi, J., T. M. Scheyer, P. M. Sander, N. Klein, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2011. Long bone microstructure gives new insights into the life of pachypleurosaurids from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland/Italy. Comptes Rendus Palevol 10(5-6):413-426 [doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.03.009].
  • 25. Kolb, C., M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and T. M. Scheyer. 2011. The palaeohistology of the basal ichthyosaur Mixosaurus Baur, 1887 (Ichthyopterygia, Mixosauridae) from the Middle Triassic: palaeobiological implications. Comptes Rendus Palevol 10(5-6):403-411 [doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.10.008].
  • 24. Scheyer, T. M., and J. B. Desojo. 2011. Palaeohistology and external microanatomy of rauisuchian osteoderms (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). Palaeontology 54(6):1289-1302 [doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01098.x].
  • 23. Scheyer, T. M., and M. Moser. 2011. Survival of the thinnest - Rediscovery of Bauer's (1898) ichthyosaur tooth sections from Upper Jurassic lithographic limestone quarries, south Germany. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104(Suppl 1): 147-157 [doi: 10.1007/s00015-011-0076-y].

2010

  • 22. Delfino, M., T. M. Scheyer, U. Fritz, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2010. An integrative approach to examining a homology question: shell structures in soft-shelled turtles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99(2):462-476.
  • 21. Hayashi, S., K. Carpenter, T. M. Scheyer, M. Watabe, and D. Suzuki. 2010. Function and evolution of ankylosaur dermal armor. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55(2):213-228.
  • 20. Müller, J., T. M. Scheyer, J. J. Head, P. M. Barrett, I. Werneburg, P. G. P. Ericson, D. Pol, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2010. Homeotic effects, somitogenesis and the evolution of vertebral numbers in recent and fossil amniotes. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 107(5):2118-2123.
  • 19. Sánchez-Villagra, M. R., and T. M. Scheyer. 2010. Fossil turtles from the northern Neotropics: the Urumaco sequence fauna and finds from other localities in Venezuela and Colombia; pp. 173-191 in M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, O. A. Aguilera, and A. A. Carlini (eds.), Urumaco and Venezuelan Palaeontology - The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
  • 18. Scheyer, T. M. 2010. New interpretation of the postcranial skeleton and overall body shape of the placodont Cyamodus hildegardis Peyer, 1931 (Reptilia, Sauropterygia). Palaeontologia Electronica Vol. 13, Issue 2; 15A:15p; Link
  • 17. Scheyer, T. M., and J. W. Moreno-Bernal. 2010. Fossil crocodylians from Venezuela in the context of South American faunas; pp. 192-213 in M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, O. A. Aguilera, and A. A. Carlini (eds.), Urumaco and Venezuelan Palaeontology - The Fossil Record of the Northern Neotropics. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
  • 16. Scheyer, T. M., N. Klein, and P. M. Sander. 2010. Developmental palaeontology of Reptilia as revealed by histological studies. In: Developmental Vertebrate Palaeontology (Sánchez-Villagra, M. R., ed.). Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 21(4):462-470.

2009

  • 15. Joyce, W. G., S. G. Lucas, T. M. Scheyer, A. B. Heckert, and A. P. Hunt. 2009. A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 276(1656):507-513.
  • 14. Klein, N., T. Scheyer, and T. Tütken. 2009. Skeletochronology and isotopic analysis of a captive individual of Alligator mississippiensis Daudin, 1802. Fossil Record 12(2):121-131.
  • 13. Sánchez-Villagra, M. R., H. Müller, C. A. Sheil, T. M. Scheyer, H. Nagashima, and S. Kuratani. Skeletal development in the Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis (Testudines: Trionychidae). Journal of Morphology 27(11):1381-1399.
  • 12. Scheyer, T. M. 2009. Conserved bone microstructure in the shells of long-necked and short-necked chelid turtles (Testudinata: Pleurodira). Fossil Record 12(1):47-57.
  • 11. Scheyer, T. M., and P. M. Sander. 2009. Bone microstructures and mode of skeletogenesis in osteoderms of three pareiasaur taxa from the Permian of South Africa. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(6):1153-1162.

2008

  • 10. Gaffney, E. S., T. M. Scheyer, K. G. Johnson, J. Bocquentin Villanueva, and O. Aguilera. 2008. Two new species of the side necked turtle genus, Bairdemys (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae), from the Miocene of Venezuela. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82:209-229.
  • 9. Scheyer, T. M., and J. Anquetin. 2008. Bone histology of the Middle Jurassic turtle shell remains from Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, England. Lethaia 41:85-96.
  • 8. Scheyer, T. M. 2008. Aging the oldest turtles: the placodont affinities of Priscochelys hegnabrunnensis. Naturwissenschaften 95:803-810.
  • 7. Scheyer, T. M., B. Brüllmann, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2008. The ontogeny of the shell in side-necked turtles, with emphasis on the homologies of costal and neural bones. Journal of Morphology 269:1008-1021.

2007

  • 6. Scheyer, T. M. 2007. Comparative bone histology of the turtle shell (carapace and plastron): implications for turtle systematics, functional morphology, and turtle origins. PhD Thesis, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, University of Bonn, Germany. 343 pages [URN: Link URL: Link ]
  • 5. Scheyer, T. M. 2007. Skeletal histology of the armor of Placodontia: the occurrence of 'postcranial fibro-cartilaginous bone' and its developmental implications. Journal of Anatomy 211:737-753.
  • 4. Scheyer, T. M., and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2007. Carapace bone histology in the giant pleurodiran turtle Stupendemys geographicus: phylogeny and function. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52:137-154.
  • 3. Scheyer, T. M., and P. M. Sander. 2007. Shell bone histology indicates terrestrial palaeoecology of basal turtles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 274:1885-1893.
  • 2. Scheyer, T. M., P. M. Sander, W. G. Joyce, W. Böhme & U. Witzel. 2007. A plywood structure in the shell of fossil and living soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) and its evolutionary implications. Organisms, Diverstiy & Evolution 7(2):136-144.

2004

  • 1. Scheyer, T. M., and P. M. Sander. 2004. Histology of ankylosaur osteoderms: implications for systematics and function. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):874-893.

Extended Abstracts & Symposia Contributions

  • Scheyer, T. M. 2023. Dermal ossifications in extinct tetrapods and their bearing on phylogenetics, function, and palaeoecology. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, 28. July-01. August 2023, Cairns, Australia [Invited Symposium Speaker].
  • Foelix, R. F., T. M. Scheyer, and N. Klein. 2022. Die Feinstruktur von Saurierknochen. Frick Gestern und Heute 14:112-119.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2022. History and palaeohistology of fossilized osteoderms in extinct tetrapods from the Mesozoic [Invited Symposium Speaker, 'Skeleton in the skin: Studying structure from all viewpoints' session] SEB Annual Conference, Montpellier, 05.-08. July 2022.
  • Klug, C., D. Hansen, B. Scheffold, and T. Scheyer. Die Triasforschung und das Paläontologische Museum der Universität Zürich. Fossilien 6: 18-25.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2020. Good News from the Badlands. New fossil discoversies illuminate Stupendemys geographicus, one of the largest turtles that ever lived. The Tortoise 3:136-141.
  • Scheyer, T. M., M. Delfino, N. Klein, N. Bunbury, F. Fleischer-Dogley, and D. M. Hansen. 2018. The re-emergence of the Aldabra Atoll during the Late Pleistocene - community structure and trophic interactions: In Turtle Evolution Symposium Tokyo, Japan, 26.-27. May 2018, pp. 73-75. Scidinge Hall Verlag Tübingen.
  • Scheyer, T. M., Desojo, J. B., and Cerda, I. A. Bone histology of osteoderms of archosauriform diapsid reptiles (Sauropsida: Archosauriformes). 11th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Washington, D.C. USA, June 29h-July 3rd, 2016: p. 74-75.
  • Scheyer, T. M. Bone histology of marine turtle shells through time. [Symposium "New advances in paleohistological studies"] 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Barcelona, 08.-12. July 2013.
  • Scheyer, T. M. Integration morphologischer, knochenhistologischer und embryologischer Datensätze - drei paläobiologische Fallbeispiele (Schildkröten, Krokodile und marine Reptilien aus der Trias-Zeit) [invited keynote lecture]. 6. Graduiertentreffen der Fachgruppe Morphologie der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Ulm University, Germany, 10.-13.10.2013.
  • Scheyer, T. M., J. M. Neenan, N. Klein, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2012. The rise of Mesozoic marine reptiles and a review of the developmental record. [Centenary Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft - Programme, Abstracts, and Field Guides, Berlin, 24.-29.09.2012]. Terra Nostra. Schriften der GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung - 2012/3:152-153.
  • Scheyer, T. M., O. A. Aguilera, D. C. Fortier, R. Sánchez, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2012: Neogene crocodylian megadiversity peak and faunal succession in Venezuela. [Symposium talk, Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 17-20 Oktober 2012] Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2012, 167A.
  • Scheyer, T. M., and J. M. Neenan. 2010. Evolution and paleobiology of marine reptiles: using Placodontia as a case study for integrating osteological and 3D imaging, developmental, and paleohistological data. International Symposium on Triassic and Later Marine Vertebrate Faunas, August 28-September 8, Beijing, China. Conference Abstract Book, 78-81.
  • Scheyer, T. M., I. Werneburg, C. Mitgutsch, M. Delfino, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2009: Three ways to tackle the turtle: integrating evolutionary, developmental, and bone histological data to elucidate a highly peculiar body plan; pp. 154-161. In: Braman, D. R. (ed.), Gaffney Turtle Symposium Abstracts and Program, Royal Tyrrell Museum Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, October 17.-18. 2009.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2009. Integration paläontologischer und entwicklungsbiologischer Daten -Vergleichende Studien an rezenten Reptilien und fossilen Formen aus dem UNESCO Weltnaturerbe Monte San Giorgio, Tessin, Schweiz. 79. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany, 5.-7.10.2009. Terra Nostra 3:103-104.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2006. Vergleichende Untersuchungen der Knochenmikrostruktur des Schildkrötenpanzers - Funktionelle, phylogenetische und palökologische Fragestellungen. Berichte-Reports, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 22:116-118.

Further Abstracts

  • Bastiaans, D., E. C. Herbst, T. Van de Kamp, M. Zuber, and T. M. Scheyer. 2023. The first 3D cranial and myological reconstruction of the highly flattened remains of Askeptosaurus italicus (Diapsida: Thalattosauriformes). International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, 28. July-01. August 2023, Cairns, Australia (conference poster).
  • Bastiaans, D., N. Klein, E. Herbst, and T. Scheyer. 2023. Bringing fossils back to life: 3d cranial reconstructions and ecological interpretations of Thalattosauriformes. 4th International Symposium on Triassic and later Marine Vertebrate Faunas, Varenna, Italy, 15.-19. September 2023. p. 29.
  • Jusufi, A., K. Le Verger, O. Lonneux, N. Ramstein, M. Sánchez-Villagra, T. Scheyer, and A. Ijspeert. 2023. PaleoRobotic reconstruction of a mammalian knight: When evolution leads to armor and tail weaponry. 1st International Symposium on Palaeo-bioinspiration (PALBINS), Paris, France, 13.-15. September 2023.
  • Kelley, N., D. Bastiaans, P. Druckenmiller, N. Klein, J. Liu, E. Metz, M. Sander, and T. Scheyer. 2023. Divergent evolutionary trajectories of thalattosauroid and askeptosauroid thalattosaurs (Diapsida: Thalattosauria). 83rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 2023.
  • Laboury, A., T. M. Scheyer, N. Klein, T. L. Stubbs, and V. Fischer. 2023. Initial morphological diversification of Eosauropterygia. 20th EAVP Conference, 26.06.-01.07.2023, Sabadell/Barcelona, Spain. p. 142.
  • Le Verger, K., N. Ramstein, O. Lonneux, A. J. Ijspeert, T. M. Scheyer, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and A. Jusufi. 2023. New paleontological insights on the armor and weaponery of the mammalian knight: from anatomy to paleorobotics. Paper presented at the 21st Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Mendrisio, 17.-18. November 2023.
  • Le Verger, K., N. Ramstein, O. Lonneux, A. J. Ijspeert, T. M. Scheyer, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and A. Jusufi. 2023. The mammalian knight: when evolution leads to armor and weaponry. 96th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology, Zurich, 25.-26. August 2023, 2023.
  • Miedema, F., D. B. Bastiaans, T. M. Scheyer, C. Klug, and E. E. Maxwell. 2023. A new ichthyosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Switzerland sheds light on the origins of the Ophthalmosauridae. 20th EAVP Conference, 26.06.-01.07.2023, Sabadell/Barcelona, Spain. p. 170.
  • Rössner, G. E., L. Costeur, and T. M. Scheyer. 2023. Bone microstructure and histology: unraveling the evolutionary history of the antler cycle. 96th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology, Zurich, 25.-26. August 2023, 2023.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2023. Research on marine reptiles from Monte San Giorgio at the University of Zurich, Switzerland: what did the new millennium reveal? 4th International Symposium on Triassic and later Marine Vertebrate Faunas, Varenna, Italy, 15.-19. September 2023. p. 30-31.
  • Scheyer, T. M., K. Kirwald and P. Bregant. 2023. Revision of Swiss placodonts: Paraplacodus from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio and the Late Triassic Psephoderma alpinum from Canton of the Grisons. 4th International Symposium on Triassic and later Marine Vertebrate Faunas, Varenna, Italy, 15.-19. September 2023. p. 17-18.
  • Spiekman, S., W. Wang, N. Fraser, O. Rieppel, T. Scheyer, L. Zhao, and C. Li. 2023: The remarkable Dinocephalosaurus and another, new, long-necked marine archosauromorph, Gracilicollum, from the Upper Member of the Guanling Formation. 4th International Symposium on Triassic and later Marine Vertebrate Faunas, Varenna, Italy, 15.-19. September 2023. p. 32.
  • Bastiaans, D., E. Herbst, N. Kelley, P. Druckenmiller, H.-D. Sues, T. Van de Kamp, M. Zuber, and T. Scheyer. 2022. 3D cranial reconstruction of the enigmatic Thalattosauriformes. 19th European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) Conference, Benevento/Pietraroja, Italy, 27.06.-02.07.2022, p. 8.
  • Laboury, A., T. M. Scheyer, T. Stubbs, N. Klein, and V. Fischer. 2022. Quantifying the early ecomorphological diversification of Eosauropterygia. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Toronto, Canada, 02.-05. November 2022, p. 220.
  • Martin Ming, K., M. Geiger, G. L. Georgalis, T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2022. The curious cases of insular dwarfism in horses: comparative morphology of Greek horses from Skyros and Rhodes. 95th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde e.V.), Hamburg, 19-22 September 2022.
  • Miedema, F., G. Bindellini, C. Dal Sasso, T. Scheyer, and E. Maxwell. 2022. Ontogenetic variation in the cranium of Mixosaurus cornalianus shows developmental transition over ichthyosaur evolutionary history. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Toronto, Canada, 02-05 November 2022, p. 252.
  • Torchet, A., J. Shaw, R. Stockar, and T. Scheyer. 2022. Trophic network reconstruction and analysis of the different fossiliferous layers of the Middle Triassic Monte San Giorgio world heritage (Switzerland/Italy). 20th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lausanne, 18-20 November 2022, p. 206. Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) Platform Geosciences, Lausanne.
  • Torchet, A., J. Shaw, A. Swain, R. Stockar, and T. Scheyer. 2022. Trophic network reconstruction and analysis of the different fossiliferous layers of the Middle Triassic Monte San Giorgio world heritage (Switzerland/Italy). 19th European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) Conference, Benevento/Pietraroja, Italy, 27.06.-02.07.2022. p. 205.
  • Bastiaans, D., E. C. Herbst, and T. M. Scheyer. 2021. Bringing fossils back to life: 3D cranial reconstructions of the highly flattened remains of Thalattosauriformes. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting (VAM), January 3rd - February 28th 2021. (abstract 39-3)
  • Herbst, E. C., D. Bastiaans, F. Miedema, T. M. Scheyer, and S. Lautenschlager. 2021. How important is modeling tooth enamel in FEA comparisons of whole skulls? Comparing common simplifications with biologically realistic models. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting (VAM), January 3rd - February 28th 2021. (poster P12-1)
  • Herbst, E. C., S. Lautenschlager, N. Fioritti, and T. M. Scheyer. 2021. Modelling muscle volumes for Finite Element Analysis and Multibody Dynamics. TGCS 2021, 18th International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics. Virtual Congress 21.-23. July 2021.
  • Miedema, F., G. Bindellini, C. Dal Sasso, T. Scheyer, and E. Maxwell. 2021. Conserved cranial development and early ontogeny in Triassic and Jurassic ichthyosaurs. EAVP Online meeting 6.-9. July 2021.
  • Rabi, M., J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, T. Bodogan, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and T. M. Scheyer. 2021. Plesiomorphic morphology in an early protostegid turtle from the Cretaceous of Venezuela. EAVP Online meeting 6.-9. July 2021.
  • Bastiaans, D., E. C. Herbst, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. Re-fleshing fossils: cranial reconstructions of Thalattosauriformes. 18th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Zurich (virtual meeting, 6h-7th November 2020).
  • Bastiaans, D., E. C. Herbst, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. Virtuele paleontologie: een moderne blik op oeroud materiaal. Paleotime NL (Dutch Palaeontological Association) meeting, 13th of March, 2020, Bouw & Infra Park, Ceintuurbaan 2, Harderwijk, The Netherlands, 2020. [Poster]
  • Bastiaans, D., E. C. Herbst, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. Thalattosauriformes: Schedelreconstructies van Triassische weirdos. NKVP 2020 (Nederlandse Kring van Vertebraten Paleontologen - Utrecht, Netherlands. 20. November 2020.
  • Bastiaans, D., E. C. Herbst, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. Virtual paleontology: a modern look at ancient material. OILS (Open Innovation in Life Sciences) Virtual Conference, 7.-8. September 2020.
  • Bastiaans, D., E. C. Herbst, N. M. Webb, M. Haeusler, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020c. 3D Data, a gateway to open science: the FEZ initiative. OILS (Open Innovation in Life Sciences) Virtual Conference, 7.-8. September 2020.
  • Gere, K., T. M. Scheyer, L. Makádi, and A. Ösi. 2020. Placodont remains (Sauropsida, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic of Hungary (Transdanubian Range and Villány Mountains): 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress. 01.-05. May 2020. p. 130.
  • Pochat-Cottilloux, Y., R. Salas-Gismondi, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. The false gharial Tomistoma schlegelii and its implications for phylogeny and character assessment of extant and extinct crocodylians. Paper presented at the 18th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Zurich (virtual meeting, 6h-7th November 2020).
  • Rössner, G., L. Costeur, and T. M. Scheyer. 2020. Why cervids shed antlers: Antiquity and fundamental processes of the antler cycle [ID: 215]. GeoUtrecht 2020, 24-26 August 2020 Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Scheyer T. M., Miedema, F., Wang, W., Li, C., F., Spiekman S.N.F., Fernandez V., and J. W. F. Reumer. 2020. Standard osteological and virtual 3D anatomical re-investigation of Macrocnemus (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha), a rare Middle Triassic terrestrial reptile with a Tethys-wide distribution. 80th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (virtual meeting, 12.-16. October 2020)
  • Carrillo-Briceño, J. D., and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. A historical freshwater fish collection from the Neogene oft he Peruvian Amazon. Annual Meeting of the Paleontological Society (Paläontologische Gesellschaft), Munich, Germany 15.-18. September 2019. [Poster]
  • Desojo J. B., Farias B. D. M, Scheyer T. M., Cerda I., Ribeiro A. M., and M. S. Soares. 2019. Limb Bones Microstructure in Rauisuchia (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia): New Insights in the Growth Strategies. 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 21.-25. July 2019.
  • Desojo J. B., Farias B. D. M, Scheyer T. M., Cerda I., Ribeiro A. M., and M. S. Soares. Palaeobiology of rauisuchian archosaurs based on limb bone histology. International Symposium on Palaeohistology. 31. July- 4.August 2019. Cape Town, South Africa. p. 74. [Poster]
  • Ladeira, M. T., T. Scheyer, H. Furrer, and I. Ehrbar. 2019. Pachypleurosaurs from the Ducan area, Switzerland. Biology19, 07.-08. February 2019, Zurich-Irchel, Switzerland. [Poster]
  • Miedema, F., Spiekman S.N.F., Fernandez V., Reumer, J. W. F., and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. Reconstructing the Cranial Morphology of the Early Archosauromorph Macrocnemus using Synchrotron Microtomography and 3D-Imaging. 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 21.-25. July 2019.
  • Rössner G. E., Scheyer T. M., Costeur L., Wang X., and S. Wang. 2019. Paleohistology of Early Antlers and Implications for Fundamental Processes in the Antler Cycle. 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 21.-25. July 2019.
  • Scheyer, T. M., Felder, A. A., Heck, L. and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2019. Bone histology of the smallest horse breed, the Falabella. International Symposium on Palaeohistology. 31. July- 4.August 2019. Cape Town, South Africa. p. 61.
  • Scheyer T. M., Hutchinson J. R., Strauss O., Delfino M., Carrillo-Briceño J. D., Sánchez R., and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2019. Anatomy of the girdle regions of the giant Purussaurus mirandai (Caimaninae, Alligatoridae) from the Miocene of Venezuela. 17th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Fribourg, 22.-23.11.2019.
  • Scheyer T. M., Hutchinson J. R., Strauss O., Delfino M., Carrillo-Briceño J. D., Sánchez R., and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2019. Anatomical Specialization in the Largest of Caimans: the girdles of Purussaurus mirandai (Alligatoridae) from the Miocene of Venezuela. 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 21.-25. July 2019.
  • Spiekman S.N.F., Neenan J.M., Fraser N. C., Rieppel O., Fernandez V., and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. The Skull of Tanystropheus as Revealed by Synchrotron Microtomography and its Implications for Phylogeny and Functional Morphology. 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 21.-25. July 2019.
  • Spiekman S.N.F., Neenan J.M., Fraser N. C., Rieppel O., Fernandez V., and T. M. Scheyer. 2019. Synchrotron microtomography and bone histology of Tanystropheus reveal its cranial morphology and the identification of a separate, small-sized species. 17th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Fribourg, 22.-23.11.2019.
  • Salas-Gismondi, R., J. Moreno-Bernal, T. Scheyer, M. Sánchez-Villagra, and C. Jaramillo. 2018. Neotropical gavialoids: a case study to explore patterns of longirostry in crocodylians. 5th International Paleontological Congress - Paris, 9th-13th July 2018: 73.
  • Scheyer, T., J. Desojo, and I. Cerda. 2018. Bone histology of shell bones and dermal ossifications with implications for the palaeophysiology of turtles and archosauromorphs. 5th International Paleontological Congress - Paris, 9th-13th July 2018: 897.
  • Scheyer, T. M., M. Delfino, N. Klein, N. Bunbury, F. Fleischer-Dogley, and D. Hansen. 2018. Trophic interactions between larger crocodylians and giant tortoises on Aldabra Atoll, Western Indian Ocean, during the Late Pleistocene. 5th International Paleontological Congress - Paris, 9th-13th July 2018: 470.
  • Scheyer, T. M., and N. Klein. 2018. Bone histology of Cyamodus hildegardis (Placodontia: Cyamodontoidea) from the Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland: inferences for ecology and lifestyle. 16th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern, 30. November- 01. December 2018, 2018: 181
  • Klein, N., T. M. Scheyer, A. Krahl, P. M. Sander, and A. Houssaye. 2017. Complex variability in microanatomical specializations and high histological diversity in shallow marine reptiles (Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic. Paper presented at the 8th Conference "Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water", 03. - 08. April 2017, Berlin, Germany, 2017.
  • Reich, T., D. F. A. E. Voeten, and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. Comparative anatomy of soft-tissue organs situated in the rostral region of Sauropterygia. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Association of European Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Munich, Germany 31.07-05.08.2017, 2017.
  • Scheyer, T. M., V. P. Jaquier, N. C. Fraser, and H. Furrer. 2017. A new specimen of Macrocnemus (Archosauromorpha: Tanystropheidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland: implications for species recognition and palaeogeography of the group. 15th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Davos, 17.-18. November 2017.
  • Scheyer, T. M., J. M. Neenan, T. Bodogan, H. Furrer, and M. Plamondon. 2017. A new, exceptionally preserved juvenile diapsid reptile from the Middle Triassic of the Ducan area, Switzerland, and implications for Mesozoic marine diapsid phylogeny. Paper presented at the 8th Conference "Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water", 03. - 08. April 2017, Berlin, Germany, 2017.
  • Wang, W., C. Li, and T. M. Scheyer. 2017. A new placodont specimen from the early Late Triassic in Southwest China with affinities to the European Cyamodus. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Association of European Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Munich, Germany 31.07-05.08.2017, 2017.
  • Zurita-Altamirano, A. D., J. D. Carrillo, A. M. Forasiepi, G. Aguirre-Fernández, T. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2017. "Rediscovery" of the Allemann vertebrate collection from the Santa Cruz Formation (late early Miocene), Argentina at the Paleontological Museum, Zurich. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Association of European Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Munich, Germany 31.07-05.08.2017, 2017.
  • Klein, N., P. M. Sander, T. M. Scheyer, A. Krahl, and A. Houssaye. 2015. Complex variability in microanatomical specializations in marine reptiles (Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic: Geologica Belgica Meeting 2016 (Mons, Belgium, January 26-29, 2016).
  • Kolb, C., T. M. Scheyer, E. Amson, K. Veitschegger, A. M. Forasiepi, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2016. Bone and tooth microstructure in extinct mammals and implications for growth and life history evolution, with an emphasis on cervids as a case study. 30. JAVP 2016. XXX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. 17.-20. May 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016: 23-24.
  • Nakajima, Y., Sonoda, T., Danilov, I. G., Scheyer, T. M. and Hirayama, R. 2016. On the evolution of early trionychids during "mid-" Cretaceous and the origin of present freshwater turtle fauna. Abstracts with Programs, 2016 Annual Meeting, The Paleontological Society of Japan p. 30A. (in Japanese with English title)
  • Nakajima, Y., T. Sonoda, I. G. Danilov, T. M. Scheyer, and R. Hirayama. 2016. Morphologically and histologically diagnostic softshell turtles from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book.
  • Neenan, J. M., T. Reich, and T. M. Scheyer. 2016. Cranial anatomy of a new specimen of Yunguisaurus liae and tooth replacement în Pistosauroidea (Diapsida, Sauropterygia). XIV Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Haarlem, The Netherlands; 6-10 July 2016, 2016.
  • Reich, T., D. F. A. E. Voeten, and T. M. Scheyer. 2016. The occipital skull openings in Simosaurus and Nothosaurus (Sauropterygia, Nothosauroidea), and their internal aspects as revealed by digital imagery. The XIV Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Haarlem, The Netherlands; 6-10 July 2016, 2016.
  • Rössner, G. E., L. Costeur, and T. M. Scheyer. 2016. What is a deer and what is an antler? [17Th Annual Meeting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS), Munich, Germany; 21-24 March 2016]. Zitteliana 88:42.
  • Rössner, G. E., L. Costeur, and T. M. Scheyer. 2016. Auf der Spur von Hirsch und Geweih: Morphologie, Physiologie und Taxonomie. Treffen des Arbeitskreis Wirbeltierpaläontologie der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, Burg Lichtenberg, Germany, 11.-13 March 2016.
  • Scheyer, T. M., and M. Delfino. 2016. Late Miocene caimanines (Crocodylia: Alligatoroidea) from the Urumaco Formation, Venezuela. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book.
  • Scheyer T. M., Neenan J. M., Bodogan T., Furrer H., Plamondon, M. A new, exceptionally preserved juvenile reptilian fossil (Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Ducan, Canton Grisons, Switzerland. 14th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 18.-19. November 2016 [Poster]
  • Scheyer T. M., Neenan J. M., Bodogan T., Furrer H., Plamondon, M. Ein neuer aussergewöhnlicher Saurierfund (Sauropsida: Diapsida) aus der Mitteltrias des Ducan-Gebietes, Kanton Graubünden, Schweiz. 9. Graduiertenforum der DZG Fachgruppe Morphologie, Karlsruhe, Germany, 13.-15. Oktober 2016 [Talk]
  • Syromyatnikova, E. V., T. M. Scheyer, and I. G. Danilov. 2016. Bone histology of Adocusia (Cryptodira: Adocidae and Nanhsiungchelyidae) from Asia and North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book.
  • Amson, E., T. M. Scheyer, C. Kolb, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. New data on cervid histology - Life history and allometry. 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists Opole, Poland, 8-12 July 2015: 31.
  • Amson, E., T. M. Scheyer, C. Kolb, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. New data on cervid histology - Life history and allometry. 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology (ISPH), Bonn, Germany, 02.07.-05.07.2015: 52.
  • Crofts, S. B., J. M. Neenan, and T. M. Scheyer. 2015. Changes in placodont tooth morphology and replacement. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Annual Meeting, Abstract Book, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, 03.-07. January 2015: 71.
  • Lyson T, E. R. Schachner, J. Botha-Brink, T. M. Scheyer, M. Lambertz, G. S. Bever, B. Rubidge, and K. de Queiroz. 2015. Origin of the unique ventilatory apparatus of turtles. PeerJ PrePrints 3:e1377 [doi: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.1128v1].
  • Lyson, T. R., T. M. Scheyer, B. Rubidge, K. de Queiroz, E. R. Schachner, R. M. Smith, and G. Bever. 2015. Fossorial adaptations in earliest stem turtles drove the evolution of their unique body plan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2015:169-170.
  • Rössner, G. E., L. Costeur, and T. M. Scheyer. 2015. Evolutionary evaluation of fundamental processes in the antler cycle as revealed by internal bone structure. 63rd Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), Southampton, UK, 29.08.-04.09.2015: 64.
  • Scheyer, T. M., L. Schmid, H. Furrer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Opercular microanatomy and microstructure in the Mesozoic predatory fish Saurichthys (Actinopterygii). 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology (ISPH), Bonn, Germany, 02.07.-05.07.2015:
  • Jaquier, V. P., and T. M. Scheyer. 2014. The long-necked Tanystropheus: a bone histological analysis. European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) meeting, Torino, Italy, 24.-28.06.2014: 81.
  • Klein, N., T. M. Scheyer, A. Houssaye, and J. Neenan. 2014. Microanatomy and bone histology of Placodontia. European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) meeting, Torino, Italy, 24.-28.06.2014: 85.
  • Lyson, T., E. Schachner, J. Botha-Brink, T. Scheyer, M. Lambertz, G. Bever, B. Rubidge, and K. de Queiroz. 2014. Origin of the unique ventilatory apparatus of turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2014:171.
  • Scheyer, T. M., C. Romano, J. Jenks, and H. Bucher. 2014. The Early Triassic marine biotic recovery: a predator's perspective. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 46:419.
  • Scheyer, T. M., C. Romano, J. Jenks, and H. Bucher. 2014. The Early Triassic marine biotic recovery from a predator's perspective. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2014:223.
  • Scheyer, T. M., M. Delfino, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2014. The Miocene crocodylian fauna of Venezuela - New insights into cranial anatomy and taxonomic composition. European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) meeting, Torino, Italy, 24.-28.06.2014: 134.
  • Strauss, O., M. Delfino, M. R. Sánchez-Villagra, and T. M. Scheyer. 2014. Postcranial osteology of a new specimen of the caimanine Purussaurus from the Neogene of Venezuela. European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) meeting, Torino, Italy, 24.-28.06.2014: 142.
  • Cerda, I. A., J. Sterli, and T. M. Scheyer. 2013. Preliminary data on the bone shell microstructure of Condorchelys antiqua Sterli 2008, a stem turtle from the Jurassic of Patagonia. Argentinean Symposium of the Jurassic.
  • Ezcurra, M. D., R. J. Butler, and T. Scheyer. 2013. The Permian archosauromorph record revisited: a new species from Tanzania and the potentially oldest archosauriform. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2013:124.
  • Jaquier, V. and T. M. Scheyer. 2013. Die Halswirbelsäule des Giraffenhalssauriers: eine knochenhistologische Untersuchung. 6. Graduiertentreffen der Fachgruppe Morphologie der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Ulm University, Germany, 10.-13.10.2013.
  • Lyson, T. R., G. S. Bever, T. M. Scheyer, A. Y. Hsiang, and J. A. Gauthier. 2013. The deep history of the turtle shell: integrating fossil and developmental data. 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Barcelona, 08.-12. July 2013, 2013.
  • Maxwell, E. E., T. M. Scheyer, and D. A. Fowler. 2013. Development and evolution of the mesopodialization of the ichthyosaurian limb skeleton. 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Barcelona, 08.-12. July 2013.
  • Maxwell, E. E., Sánchez-Villagra, M. R., T. M. Scheyer, L. Schmid, L. A. B. Wilson, and H. Furrer. 2013. On the taxonomy, life history and evolutionary patterns of diversification of the basal actinopteryigian fish Saurichthys: 61st Symposium for Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA), 27.-30. August 2013, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Neenan, J. M., and T. M. Scheyer. 2013. Systematics, origins and palaeoecology of placodont marine reptiles (Sauropterygia, Placodontiformes). 57th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Zurich, Switzerland. [Winner: Special Commendation for James]
  • Neenan, J. M., C. Li, O. Rieppel, F. Bernardini, C. Tuniz, G. Muscio, and T. M. Scheyer. 2013. Unique method of tooth replacement in Placodontia (Diapsida, Sauropterygia), with new data on the dentition of Chinese taxa. 11th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Lausanne, 15.-16.November 2013.
  • Scheyer, T. M., J. B. Desojo, and I. A. Cerda. 2013. Osteoderm microstructure of phytosaurs and aetosaurs (Eureptilia, Archosauriformes). 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Barcelona, 08.-12. July 2013.
  • Scheyer, T., and J. Neenan. Bone histology of placodont marine reptiles (Sauropterygia) from Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2013:206.
  • Barrett, P. M., R. J. Butler, R. B. Irmis, T. M. Scheyer, and M. Sánchez-Villagra. 2012. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Venezuelan Andes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 2012, 60A.
  • Butler, R. J., P. M. Barrett, R. B. Irmis, T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2012. A new primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the La Quinta Formation of Venezuela. 56th Annual Meeting, The Palaeontological Association (PalAss), 16th-18th December, 2012, Dublin.
  • Delfino, M., T. M. Scheyer, F. Chesi, T. Fletcher, et al. Ossicle gross morphology and microstructure of Psephophorus polygonus Meyer, 1847 (Testudines, Dermochelyidae). Program and Abstracts - Symposium on Turtle Evolution, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1-4 June 2012: 18.
  • Ehrbar, I., H. Furrer, and T. Scheyer. 2012. Pachypleurosaurs from the Ducan area - validation of the species Neusticosaurus staubi? 10th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern 2012.
  • Kolb, C., M. A. J. Schlingemann, T. M. Scheyer, C. Azorit, J. de Vos, N. T. Monaghan, A. M. Lister, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2012: Bone and tooth histological growth patterns in fossil and recent deer and their implications for island evolution. 60th Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Oxford, UK, 10.-15. September, 2012: 15.
  • Lyson, T. R., G. S. Bever, T. M. Scheyer, A. Hsiang, and J. A. Gauthier. 2012. Evolutionary developmental model for the origin of the turtle shell. Program and Abstracts - Symposium on Turtle Evolution, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1-4 June 2012: 28.
  • Neenan, J. M., and T. M. Scheyer. 2012. The cranial morphology of the Chinese placodont Psephochelys polyosteoderma (Sauropterygia, Placodontia), a reconstruction based on μCT data. 60th Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Oxford, UK, 10.-15. September, 2012: 18-19.
  • Neenan, J., and T. Scheyer. 2012. Comparative skull anatomy of placodonts (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) using μCT scanning - implications for palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology. 10th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern 2012.
  • Pérez-García, A., T. M. Scheyer, and X. Murelaga. 2012. The Mesozoic turtles from Galve (Spain): An update. In 10th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. Teruel: Fundacion Conjunto Paleontologico de Teruel-Dinopolis (Fundamental, 20) [290 pp.], 185-186.
  • Scheyer, T. M., A. Pérez-García, and X. Murelaga. 2012. Bone microstructure of selected fossil turtle shell plates from the Cretaceous of Spain (Solemydidae and Dortokidae). Program and Abstracts - Symposium on Turtle Evolution, University of Tübingen, Germany, 1-4 June 2012: 39.
  • Straehl, F., T. M. Scheyer, A. M. Forasiepi, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2012: Bone histology and bone compactness of fossil and extant xenarthran long bones. 60th Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, Oxford, UK, 10.-15. September, 2012: 22.
  • Horovitz, I., T. Scheyer, A. Carlini, O. Aguilera, and M. Sánchez-Villagra. 2011. New astrapothere postcranial remains from the Late Miocene of Venezuela. SVP Program and Abstracts Book:128A.
  • Joyce, W. G., and T. M. Scheyer. 2011. The taphonomic settings of the Eocene Messel pit, Germany: insights from the turtle fauna. 22nd International Senckenberg Conference. T. Lehmann & S.F.K. Schaal (eds), The World at the Time of Messel: Puzzles in Palaeobiology, Palaeoenvironment and the History of Early Primates, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), 15th-19th November 2011:87-88.
  • Scheyer, T. M., J. B. Desojo, and I. A. Cerda. 2011: Comparative palaeohistology of Triassic rauisuchian and aetosaurian osteoderms (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). SVP Program and Abstracts Book:188A.
  • Neenan, J. M., and T. M. Scheyer. 2011. The braincase of Placodus gigas (Sauropterygia: Placodontia) - A new reconstruction based on μCT scanning. SVP Program and Abstracts Book:165A-166A.
  • Neenan, J. M., and T. M. Scheyer. 2011. The braincase and inner ear region of Placodus (Sauropterygia, Placodontia). 55th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, 17. - 20.12.2011, Plymouth, UK, 2011:69.
  • Cerda, I. A., J. B. Desojo, T. M. Scheyer, and C. L. Schultz. 2011. Osteoderm microstructure of the rauisuchian archosaurs from the Santa Maria Formation (Middle-Late Triassic) of Brazil. IV Latinoamerican Congress of Vertebrate Palaeontology, 2011.
  • Scheyer, T. M., J. B. Desojo, and I. A. Cerda. 2011. Palaeohistology and microanatomy of Triassic rauisuchian osteoderms (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and a preliminary comparison with selected outgroup taxa (i.e., aetosaurs and Revueltosaurus). 1st International Symposium on Paleohistology (ISPH), Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell, Spain, 18-20 July 2011.
  • Geiger, M., L. A. B. Wilson, L. Costeur, T. M. Scheyer, O. Aguilera, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2011. Giant rodents from the northern Neotropics - taxonomic, phylogenetic and developmental aspects of their evolution within the caviomorph radiation. 9th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists Heraklion, Crete, 14-19 June 2011:27-28.
  • Kolb, C., J. De Vos, T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2011. The ontogeny of bone histology in the dwarfed island deer Candiacervus from the Late Pleistocene of Crete. 9th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists Heraklion, Crete, 14-19 June 2011:31-32.
  • Delfino, M., M. Rabi, R. Gemel, F. Chesi, and T. M. Scheyer. 2011. The type locality material of Psephophorus polygonus Meyer, 1847: whereabouts, gross morphology and histology. 9th Annual EAVP Meeting, Heraklion, Crete, 14-19 June 2011:22-23.
  • Hugi, J., T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2010. On becoming aquatic: the case of the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) and the pachypleurosaurs from the Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland. SVP Program and Abstracts Book: 8A.
  • Kolb, C., T. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2010. The palaeohistology of the basal ichthyosaur Mixosaurus Baur, 1887 (Ichthyosauria, Mixosauridae) from the Middle Triassic: palaeobiological implications. 80. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in München, 6.-8.10.2010. Zitteliana B 29:62.
  • Müller, J., T. Scheyer, J. Head, P. Barrett, I. Werneburg, and M. Sánchez-Villagra. 2010. Genes, development, and fossil morphologies: an example from vertebrates. 80. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in München, 6.-8.10.2010. Zitteliana B 29:75.
  • Nakajima, H., I. G. Danilov, R. Hirayama, and T. M. Scheyer. 2010. The evolution of "plywood like structure" in soft-shell turtles [in Japanese]. 2010 Annual Meeting of Palaeontological Society of Japan, June 12, 2010 (Saturday) - June 13 (Sunday), Tsukuba, Japan.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2010. Cyamodus hildegardis Peyer, 1931 (Sauropterygia: Placodontia) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Ticino) - new interpretation of the postcranial skeleton. 80. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in München, 6.-8.10.2010. Zitteliana B 29:90.
  • Hugi, J., T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2009. Ontogenetic and histological approaches to the study of limb evolution in pachypleurosaurs, with comparison to recent forms. 79. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Bonn, University of Bonn, Germany, 5.-7.10.2009. Terra Nostra 3:54-55.
  • Hugi, J., T. M. Scheyer, C. Mitgutsch, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2009. Fossilised ontogenies: morphology and ossification sequence of limbs in sauropterygian and ichthyosaurian clades from the UNESCO world heritage site of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, with a comparison to Recent reptiles. SVP Program and Abstracts Book, 118A.
  • Müller, J., T. M. Scheyer, P. M. Barrett, I. Werneburg, P. G. P. Ericson, J. Head, D. Pol, M. R. Sanchéz-Villagra. The evolution of vertebral numbers in recent and fossil amniotes. 7th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), 20.-26.7.2009, Berlin, Germany.
  • Scheyer, T. M., J. Hugi, M. Delfino, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2009. Fossilized ontogenies: osteological and bone microstructural case studies of fossil marine reptiles from the UNESCO world heritage site of Monte San Giorgio, Ticino, Switzerland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (Supplement to No. 3):177A.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2008. Bone histological and developmental aspects of the turtle shell: comparison with placodont armor and an assessment of Priscochelys hegnabrunnensis (Middle Triassic, southern Germany). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28, (Supplement to No. 3):137A.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2008. Knochenhistologische und entwicklungsbiologische Aspekte des Schildkrötenpanzers im Vergleich mit der Panzerschale von Placodontiern (Sauropterygia) sowie der Status von Priscochelys hegnabrunnensis (Muschelkalk, Süddeutschland); pp. 56-57 in S.-B. Löffler, and A. Freiwald (eds.), Erlanger Geologische Abhandlungen, Sonderband 6, Institut für Geologie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2008: Bone histology and the evolution and development of the vertebrate skeleton - case studies of recent sauropsids and fossils from the UNESCO world heritage site of Monte San Giorgio, Ticino, Switzerland. 2nd EED - Euro Evo Devo Converence Meeting, Ghent, Belgium, July 29. - August 01. 2008. pp. 176-177.
  • Müller, J., T. M. Scheyer, P. M. Barrett, P. Ericson, J. J. Head, D. Pol, I. Werneburg, R. J. Asher, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2008: Amniote paleontology and development: evolution of vertebral counts and other case studies. 2nd EED - Euro Evo Devo Converence Meeting, Ghent, Belgium, July 29. - August 01. 2008. pp. 139-140.
  • Scheyer T. M., B. Brüllmann, W. Maier, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2007. The ontogeny of the shell in side-necked turtles, with emphysis on the homologies of costal and neural bones. 8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris 16-21 July 2007, Abstracts:112.
  • Scheyer T. M., and P. M. Sander. 2007. Comparative bone histology of the turtle shell (carapace and plastron): implications for turtle systematics, functional morphology, and turtle origins. 8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris 16-21 July 2007, Abstracts:112.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2006. Amniote osteoderm and turtle shell bone histology: turtle origins remain enigmatic. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26, (Supplement to No. 3):121A.
  • Scheyer, T. M., and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2005. Auswirkungen phylogenetischer und funktioneller Zwänge auf die Knochenhistologie von Schildkrötenpanzern; pp. 114-115 in B. Hubmann, and W. E. Piller (eds.), 75. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft - Beitragskurzfassungen. - Berichte des Institutes für Erdwissenschaften. Institut für Erdwissenschaften, Bereich Geologie und Paläontologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz.
  • Scheyer, T. M., P. M. Sander, W. G. Joyce, W. Böhme, and U. Witzel. 2005. Is a bullet-proof vest linked to the evolutionary success of soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae)? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25, (Supplement to No. 3):110A.
  • Winkler, J. D., Scheyer, T., Aguilera, O. and Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. 2005. Palaeobiology and diversity of the turtle fauna from the Late Miocene Urumaco Formation in Venezuela; p. 113, Fifth World Congress of Herpetology, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2004. Biomechanische Besonderheiten im knochenhistologischen Internbau von Osteodermen; p. 202, Geobiologie - 74. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, Göttingen, 02. bis 08. Oktober 2004, Göttingen.
  • Scheyer, T. M. 2002. Histological examination of ankylosaur osteoderms: implications for growth and functional morphology; p. 295, Geo 2002 - Planet Erde: Vergangenheit, Entwicklung; Zukunft. 1. bis 5. Oktober 2002 in Würzburg. Programm und Kurzfassungen. Niebuhr, B. (Hsrg.), Hannover.

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