Marco Schade - Faculty - University of Greifswald

Current Research

Nordmagazin - Land und Leute | 15.04.2025 - hier anschauen (ab 09:17)

DFG - GEPRIS - Thyreophora, the palaeobiology of armoured dinosaurs:

their phylogenetic relationships, evolutionary history and lifestyle

Current Student Theses

B.Sc. Geology

Tom Leibnitz tom.leibnitz@stud.uni-greifswald.de

Object: the appendicular skeleton of a bird from the Eocene of Europe

Matti Frenz matti.frenzstud.uni-greifswaldde

Object: the axial skeleton of a bird from the Eocene of Europe

M.Sc. Biodiversity, Ecology & Evolution

Natalie Kirstein natalie.kirsteinstud.uni-greifswaldde

Object: the braincase of the dwarfed sauropod dinosaur Europasaurus holgeri from the Lower Jurassic of Lower Saxony

Publications & Media

Schade, M. & Ansorge, J. (2024) Enigmatic fragment possibly marks the first pterosaur record from the Lower Toarcian of Grimmen, NE Germany. PalZ. doi.org/10.1007/s12542-024-00698-6
→ Nordmagazin: Flugsaurier-Fossil bei Grimmen entdeckt - hier anschauen
Schade, M., Deutschmann, A., Foth, C., Paetzel, C., Püttmann, T., Kenzler, M. & Stumpf, S. (2024) The long and icy journey of Mesozoic marine reptile vertebrae from northern Germany, their provenance and internal structures. Palaeontol Electron 27(2):a33. doi.org/10.26879/1313
→ Aufgeklärt – Die lange, eisige Wanderung ausgestorbener Meeresreptilien nach Norddeutschland - Universität Greifswald
Schade, M., Rauhut, O.W.M., Foth, C., Moleman, O. & Evers, S.W. (2023). A reappraisal of the cranial osteology of the spinosaurid Irritator challengeri (Dinosauria: Theropoda). Palaeontol Electron 26(2):a17. doi.org/10.26879/1242
→ Greifswalder Doktorand lüftet Geheimnis über Raubsaurier | NDR.de - Fernsehen - Sendungen A-Z - Nordmagazin
Schade, M., Knötschke, N., Hörnig, M.K., Paetzel, C. & Stumpf, S. (2022). Neurovascular anatomy of dwarf dinosaur implies precociality in sauropods. eLife 11, e82190. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.82190
→ Der Dinosaurier Europasaurus war vermutlich ein Nestflüchter - Spektrum der Wissenschaft
Schade, M. & Ansorge, J. (2022) New thyreophoran dinosaur material from the Early Jurassic of northeastern Germany. PalZ. doi.org/10.1007/s12542-022-00605-x
→ Schatzgrube Grimmen | KATAPULT MV
Schade, M., Stumpf, S., Kriwet, J., Kettler, C. & Pfaff, C. (2022). Neuroanatomy of the nodosaurid Struthiosaurus austriacus (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) supports potential ecological differentiations within Ankylosauria. Sci Rep 12, 144. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03599-9
→ 'Living fortress' dinosaur was lonesome, sluggish and hard of hearing | CNN
Schade, M., Rauhut, O.W.M. & Evers, S.W. (2020). Neuroanatomy of the spinosaurid Irritator challengeri (Dinosauria: Theropoda) indicates potential adaptations for piscivory. Sci Rep 10, 9259. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66261-w
→ Futtervorlieben des Dinosauriers Irritator challengeri durchleuchtet - Universität Greifswald