Welcome to my website! My name is Dr. Pascal Abel, I'm a paleontologist and nature enthusiast.
My research focuses mainly on thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs and tetrapod skull evolution. Additional projects include the paleoecology of ammonoids and the fossil reptiles of Germany.
Latest publications
- Young et al. 2025. Case 3868 – Cricosaurus Wagner, 1858 (Reptilia, Crocodylomorpha, Metriorhynchidae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Stenosaurus elegans Wagner, 1852 as the type species. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. doi: 10.21805/bzn.v82.a014
- Johnson et al. 2025. A re-description of the teleosauroid Macrospondylus bollensis (Jaeger, 1828) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. doi: 10.1007/s12542-024-00712-x
- Young et al. 2024. Case 3871 – Cricosaurinae Koken, 1888 (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha, Metriorhynchidae): proposed emendation to Cricosaurusinae to remove homonymy with Cricosaurinae Cope, 1875 (Lepidosauria, Squamata, Xantusiidae). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. doi: 10.21805/bzn.v81.a007
- Abel & Werneburg 2024. The temporal region of the tetrapod skull: a textbook example on integrative morphology. Revue de Paléobiologie. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10732343
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