Mesozoic Tetrapods
Oliver Rauhut Lab
Members of the Mesozoic Tetrapods Research Group
The Mesozoic Tetrapods Research Group at the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie was set up by Oliver Rauhut in 2004. Many different scientists have since worked in the research group. Here are the current members and a small overview of past members.
Oliver Rauhut is curator of fishes, amphibians and reptiles at the Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie and adjunct professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University. His main research interest are Mesozoic dinosaurs, but he has also worked on a range of other topics.
Dr. Elena Cuesta
Elena Cuesta did her PhD on the theropod Concavenator at the University of Madrid. After a 15 month postdoc from 2020-2021 here in Munich, Elena joined us again as a Marie-Curie fellow, working on basal averostran anatomy and evolution. Currently, she is based in Argentina.
Dr. Rafael Delcourt
Dr. Rafael Delcourt holds a PhD in Science from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. He is currently conducting his postdoctoral project on the phylogenetic relationships of ceratosaur theropods at the Paleontology Laboratory (USP) and the BSPG.
Manuel Dussán Villanueva
Manuel Dussán holds an MSc in Palaeo- and Geobiology from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and is currently working on his PhD on the palaeoenvironments and taphonomy of the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Chubut, Argentina.
Alexandra Fernandes
Alexandra E. Fernandes completed her MSc in Paleontology at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and is currently working towards her PhD on the pterosaurs of the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Chubut, Argentina.
Victor Beccari
Victor Beccari did his MSc on sauropodomorph dinosaurs from Greenland at the Universidad Nova de LIsboa. He is now working on phylogenetic and morphofunctional aspects of the postcranial skeleton of rhynchocephalian lepidosaurs for his PhD .
Alexandra Reutter
Alexandra Reutter did her MSc in the Munich Graduate School for Evolution, Ecology and Systematics. She is currently working on her PhD on a new macronarian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Chubut, Argentina.
João Kirmse
João Kirmse completed his MSc in Comparative Biology on the relationships of early Dinosaurs at the University of São Paulo. He is currently working on the anatomy and relationships of early European Theropods for his PhD.
Maximilian Kellermann
Maximilian Kellermann did his MSc in Palaeo- and Geobiology at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. He is currently writing up his results on the Albian-Cenomanian Dinosaur fauna of North Africa.
Many researchers from several different countries have done research in the Mesozoic Tetrapods Research Group in Munich.