Welcome to my website! My name is Dr. Pascal Abel, I'm a paleontologist and nature enthusiast.

 

My research focuses mainly on tetrapod skull evolution and thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs. Additional projects include the paleoecology of ammonoids and the fossil reptiles of Germany.

 

 


Latest publications

  • Abel & Werneburg 2024. The temporal region of the tetrapod skull: a textbook example on integrative morphology. Revue de Paléobiologie.
  • Young et al. 2024. The history, systematics, and nomenclature of Thalattosuchia (Archosauria: Crocodylomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad165
  • Sachs et al. 2023b. Unusual plesiosaur vertebrae from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany. Historical Biology. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2242376
  • Blanco et al. 2023. The temporal region of the first aquatic crocodylomorphs and a comparison with extant crocodylians. ICVM 2023.

 

Latest blog entries

  • Skull sutures in early "anapsids" - what can they tell us about the evolution of temporal openings? Read
  • The first Valanginian pterosaur from Germany - one of the oldest known anhanguerians: Read
  • Review on the temporal skull region in tetrapods - the big question of temporal fenestrae: Read
  • Updated exhibition for the "Drügendorf croc" at Heimatmuseum Ebermannstadt: Read
  • Large marine crocodiles from the Late Jurassic of Southern Germany and a new branch of metriorhynchids: Read