Contact

E-Mail: martin.sander@uni-bonn.de
Fon: +49 228 73 3105
Homepage: https://www.steinmann.uni-bonn.de/institut/bereiche/palaeontologie/mitarbeiter/sander-martin-1/sander-martin

Research topics

• Vertebrate Paleontology
• Fossil Bone Histology
• Evolution & Phylogeny
• Mesozoic Marine Reptiles

Resources and technologies

• Fossil Bone Histology
• Micro-CT-Scanning
• Polarizing Microscopy
• Scanning Electron Microscopy

Publications

• Koschowitz, M.-C., C. Fischer, and P. M. Sander (2014): Beyond the rainbow. Dinosaur color vision may have been key to the evolution of bird feathers. Science 346(6216):1416-1418
• Sander, P. M. (2013): An evolutionary cascade model for sauropod dinosaur gigantism - overview, update and tests. PLoS ONE 8(10):e78573
• Sander, P. M. (2012): Reproduction in early amniotes. Science 337(17 August 2012):806-808
• Sander, P. M., and M. Clauss. (2008): Sauropod gigantism. Science 322(10 October 2008):200-201
• Sander, P. M., O. Mateus, T. Laven, and N. Knötschke (2006): Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur. Nature 441:739-741