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Vertebrate palaeontologist, associate researcher at Naturkunde-Museum Bielefeld (Germany). Research topic Mesozoic marine reptiles. https://www.sachspal.de
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🚨 New plesiosaur paper 🚨 After 12 years of work, our paper about Seeleyosaurus was published today. Seeleyosaurus was the first complete plesiosaur found in Germany. The holotype at the NHM Berlin is almost complete, articulated and even has fossilised skin. 1/6 #FossilFriday #Science #Germany

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Reconstruction of the pliosaur Lorrainosaurus keileni by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social. We described Lorrainosaurus in 2023, naming it after Lorraine, France, where it was found. The specimen, curated in Luxembourg, comprises the mandible, teeth, and some postcranial bones. 1/2 #FossilFriday #Science

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This is the famous 'Ichthyosaur giving birth' specimen, a Stenopterygius mother found in the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden, Germany. It is one of my favourite ichthyosaurs and curated in the Stuttgart Museum of Natural History, Germany. #paleontology #fossils #science #germany #museum

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This photo shows the skeleton of Cricosaurus albersdoerferi, a metriorhynchid crocodylomorph found in a Late Jurassic limestone quarry in Painten, Germany. It is one of the best-preserved fossils of Cricosaurus, even revealing information about the integument. 1/2 #science #paleontology #fossil

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🚨 Big plesiosaur news 🚨 Our paper is out. We describe pigment cells and scales in a Jurassic plesiosaur. Small scales are found at the limbs which enforced them. Body and tail are scale-less. Many thanks to lead-author Miguel Marx & the team. www.cell.com/current-biol... #Science #News #Nature 1/3

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I'm happy that our paper on Macrospondylus was published today. This is the first of a series of papers on tetrapods from Holzmaden in which I was involved. A very important paper will in fact be published tomorrow, so stay tuned 🙂! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Science #paleontology #germany

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Life reconstruction of the bizarre sauropterygian Atopodentatus unicus, shown at the Science Museum in Hong Kong. #FossilFriday #paleontology #paleoart #museum #hongkong #atopodentatus #biodiversity

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Two short papers on plesiosaurs from Gronau have recently been published. Schwermann & Sachs (2025) Paddelechsen aus Gronau. Schwermann & Sachs (2024) Die Suche nach den verschollenen Knochen von Plesiosaurus kanzleri. Pdfs are available here: www.sachspal.de/publications/ #FossilFriday

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I'm pleased to present my new website Over the last weeks I was busy creating a new and updated website on my research. I have added all my publications (many with pdf) and provide information about my current and past projects. I hope you find it informative. www.sachspal.de #FossilFriday

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Happy New Year everyone. For me, 2025 starts with the publication of my last paper in 2024 (released yesterday): bioone.org/journals/the...

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Skeletons of the extinct birds Dodo and Solitaire on display at the Hunterian Museum in London. #biodiversity #museum #london

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I'm pleased to announce that our open access paper on new plesiosaur records from the Pliensbachian, an Early Jurassic stage where such fossils are rare, has been published today. The material from Germany includes the first early Pliensbachian pliosaur known to date. peerj.com/articles/184...

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Me studying the beautifully preserved holotype of the plesiosaur Microcleidus macropterus at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences in Cambridge. The specimen is Lower Jurassic in age and was found near Whitby in Yorkshire (UK). #FossilFriday #paleontology #palaeontology #science #research

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About my recent research visit to Cambridge. #FossilFriday www.instagram.com/p/DCq-48YBnD...

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Had the pleasure to visit the Science Museum in Hong Kong where this genuine skeleton of the theropod dinosaur Deinonychus antirrhopus is shown. According to the exhibition lable its the most complete specimen of its kind. #fossilfriday #hongkong #museum #dinosaur #fossil #paleontology

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Please welcome Enalioetes, a new Cretaceous metriorhynchid crocodylomorph from Germany. Enalioetes comprises a skull & the first vertebrae. The perfect preservation allowed us to reconstruct the internal skull, brain & inner ear. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #FossilFriday #Science #Nature

submitted 219 days ago • 1 comment

This is my first post at Bluesky and a great opportunity to introduce our new plesiosaur Franconiasaurus brevispinus that was published this morning: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... Many thanks to my co-author @danielmadzia.bsky.social & Stefan Eggmaier. Artwork by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social.

submitted 372 days ago • 2 comments