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91 ZittelianaAn International Journal of Palaeontology and Geobiology 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists Munich, Germany 1st to 3rd August 2017 Information and Abstracts EAVP2017 Munich 2017 3 Zitteliana 91 91 ZittelianaAn International Journal of Palaeontology and Geobiology CONTENTS / INHALT The Making of EAVP 2017 4 Welcome GeoBio-CenterLMU 5 Welcome EAVP 7 Invited Speakers 8 Pre-Meeting Events 15 Symposia 16 Abstracts 17 List of all authors / Autoren-Index 98 Floor Plan, Opening hours, Wi-Fi 103 Zitteliana 91 103 Seiten München, 24.07.2017 ISSN 0373-9627 Zitteliana 91 4 The Making of EAVP 2017 Local Organising Committee Gertrud Rößner (BSPG), Ella Schönhofer (BSPG), Femke Holwerda (BSPG), Jeff Liston (BSPG), Anneke van Heteren (ZSM), Oliver Rauhut (BSPG), Zeinab Gholami (LMU), Martine Focke (BSPG), Lydia Geißler (LMU), Diego Castanera (BSPG). Student Committee Mario Bronzati (Munich), Maria Camila Calderon Capote (Munich), YiYin Chang (Munich), Jonathan Guzmán (Munich), Charalampos Kevrekidis (Munich), Melanie Lex (Munich), Feiko Miedema (Utrecht, The Netherlands), Volkan Özen (Munich), Lilly-Sophie Rettenbacher (Munich), Valeria Rojas (Munich), Ann-Marie Schilling (Munich), Mart Smeets (Utrecht, The Netherlands), Sara Sneltorp (Munich), Tom Trapman (Utrecht, The Netherlands), Lukardis Wencker (Munich). Scientific Committee Gertrud Rößner (Munich), Oliver Rauhut (Munich), Matteo Belvedere (Porrentruy, Switzerland), Diego Castanera (Munich), Dino Frey (Karlsruhe), Anneke van Heteren (Munich), Jeff Liston (Munich), James Neenan (Oxford, United Kingdom), Edina Prondvai (Ghent, Belgium), Bettina Reichenbacher (Munich), Koen Stein (Brussels, Belgium). Host GeoBio-CenterLMU, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, D-80333 Munich, Germany Venue Palaeontological Museum Munich / Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology / Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (Bavarian Natural History Collections) Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, D-80333 Munich, Germany Environmentally Sustainable Conference Management EAVP 2017 is dedicated to the promotion of environmentally sustainable conference management. In order to keep the carbon footprint as low as possible many crucial aspects concerning venue, transport, catering, and equipment have been considered. Abstaining from merchandising articles was one of the core concerns, too. Sponsors and Partners Palaeontology GeoBio- & Geobiology Center LMU Munich LMU Munich FAKULTÄT FÜR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN Palaeontology Paläontologie GeoBio- Bayerische GeoBio- Geobiology Center Geobiologie Center & & Staatssammlung LMU Munich LMU Munich LMU München für Paläontologie und Geologie LMU München RO 1197/9-1 5 Zitteliana 91 Welcome GeoBio-CenterLMU Dear Delegates, Serdar Mayda (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey), and Maria McNamara (University College Cork, Ireland) represent As your hosts for the next few days, we sincerely wel- recently established hotspots of vertebrate palaeontology, come you to the 15th Annual Meeting of the European and introduce their research interests and work groups. Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP 2017) A substantial amount of contributions come from student at the Palaeontological Museum of Munich, which is also delegates who take advantage of this opportunity to pre- home to the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and sent themselves to the community for the first time. This Geology, as well as the Chair of Palaeontology & Geobiology is evidence of a vibrant young vertebrate palaeontologist of the Department of Geosciences at Ludwig-Maximilians- scene, and the extraordinarily successful promotion of the Universität München (LMU). The institutional host is the future of the field. GeoBio-CenterLMU, a collaborative platform to facilitate research in biodiversity and geobiology among scientists With its more than 250 years of history in vertebrate from different LMU faculties, the Bavarian Natural History palaeontology, Munich is an excellent location for EAVP Collections (Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen 2017. Nearby sites like those in the Plattenkalk of the Upper Bayerns, SNSB), and other research institutes. Hence, the Jurassic or in the molasse deposits were sources for fossil GeoBio-CenterLMU provides transdisciplinary expertise and vertebrate remains attracting scientific attention even be- access to infrastructure that fertilizes and facilitates new fore Georges Cuvier's systematic palaeontological studies approaches at the interface of earth and life sciences. Its in Paris, among those the first pterosaur ever described. overall objective is the advancement of our understanding Natural history collections in Munich were first established of past and present interactions between the geo- and in 1759. A separate palaeontological section of the State biospheres, in preparation for future challenges. Scientific Collections (today part of the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology) was instituted in Palaeontology per se is a bridging science in the afore- 1843, contemporaneously with the first chair in Palaeon- mentioned sense, that allows for direct insights into past tology in Germany. Then, Johann Andreas Wagner, curator life forms, their diversity, ecology and environments. Thus, and professor in one person, had a primary research interest we are delighted to provide a meeting location for over 200 in vertebrate palaeontology (among those, fossils from the delegates of vertebrate palaeontology from institutions of Plattenkalk in Solnhofen). The first skeleton of the icon of 24 countries from all over Europe and beyond, who are evolutionary sciences, Archaeopteryx, was subject to Carl passionate in sharing and discussing their research with the Albert Oppel's (the then museum's assistant and super- community. More than 200 oral and poster contributions, numerary professor of palaeontology) studies in Munich by over 560 authors, on all subfields of vertebrate palaeon- in 1860; much to the dismay of Richard Owen in London, tology, will be presented and discussed. Many of those who initiated the acquisition of the specimen by the Natural are part of three symposia dedicated to the most recent History Museum to impede support for Charles Darwin's advances in studying the biology of the extinct cave bear, evolutionary theory (1859). Oppel was followed by many to the initiation of a planned recurring forum on evolution more renowned Munich vertebrate palaeontologists (Karl in fish at EAVP meetings, and to the progress and future Alfred Zittel, Max Schlosser, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von of ecomorphology and functional anatomy in vertebrate Reichenbach, Ferdinand Broili, Joachim Schröder, Richard palaeontology. Plenary speakers Bhart-Anjan Bhullar (Yale Dehm, Volker Fahlbusch, Peter Wellnhofer, Kurt Heißig), University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA), Daniel DeMiguel proving that the study of vertebrates has always been a (Institut Català de Paleontologia, Barcelona, Spain), Anjali major focus within Munich palaeontology. Goswami (University College London, UK), Alexandra Hous- saye (Musée Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle / CNRS, Paris, Having stated all this, it is most remarkable that never France), Walter Joyce (University of Fribourg, Switzerland), before has Munich seen as many as 200 vertebrate palaeon- Zitteliana 91 6 tologists at one time. Hence, the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists is a historical event for this city, and we are very much looking forward to bearing witness to the coming days. Our sincere thanks go to several institutions which have provided financial, material, and non-material help to the hosting of EAVP 2017 and ultimately made the event possible: the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant RO 1197/9-1), the Bavarian Natural History Collections (Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology, Zoological State Collection, Botanical State Collection), and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (GeoBio- CenterLMU, Faculty of Geosciences, Palaeontology & Ge- obiology of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences). We are grateful to the fantastic team of helpers, both locally- and internationally-based, who have made EAVP 2017 a reality. Last, but not least, thank you for coming to Munich and for contributing with your research. Again, a warm welcome from us, and please accept our best wishes for the success of this meeting! Privatdozentin Dr. habil. Gertrud Rößner Curator of Fossil Mammals Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB) Ordinary Member GeoBio-CenterLMU Professor Dr. Gert Wörheide Chair of Palaeontology and Geobiology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, LMU München Director of the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB) Spokesman GeoBio-CenterLMU Vice-Dean, Faculty of Geosciences, LMU München Deputy Director, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, LMU München Privatdozent Dr. habil. Mike Reich Curator of Fossil Invertebrates and Micropalaeontology Deputy Director, Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB) Ordinary Member GeoBio-CenterLMU 7 Zitteliana 91 Welcome EAVP It was the summer of 2000, when the former European Workshop of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAWP) first landed on German ground in Karlsruhe. At that time this was a true ʽworkshop’ with a long time for discussions around posters, special meetings and a room for workshops that formed spontaneously (even including a linguistic one!).