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ZPAL Ab. III

Collection Ab. III -

Vertebrates from the Triassic of Krasiejów (Poland)

Distribution of specimens from the collection


Publications


J. Dzik, T. Sulej, A. Kaim, R. Niedźwiedzki. 2000; Późnotriasowe cmentarzysko lądowych czworonogów w Krasiejowie na Śląsku Opolskim (Late Triassic graveyard of large Triassic tetrapods in the Opole Silesia). Przegląd Geologiczny 48: 226-235.
T. Sulej. 2002; Species discrimination of the Late Triassic labyrinthodont Metoposaurus diagnosticus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47: 535–546.
J. Dzik. 2003a; A beaked herbivorous archosaur with dinosaur affinities from the early Late Triassic of Poland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23: 556-574.
J. Dzik. 2003b; Krasiejów - u zarania ery dinozaurów. Ewolucja 1: 2-13. (no ZPAL numbers)
D. Majer, M. Lubka. 2003; An accumulation of bones of large late triassic reptiles at Krasiejów, Opolean Silesia, Poland. Opole Scientific Society: Nature Journal 36-2003: 69-76. (no ZPAL material)
M. Zatoń, A. Piechota. 2003; Carnian (Late Triassic) charophyte flora of the Paleorhinus biochron at Krasiejów (SW Poland). Freiberger Forschungshefte C 499: Palaontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies 11: 43-53. (no ZPAL material)
T. Sulej, D. Majer. 2005; The temnospondyl amphibian Cyclotosaurus from the Late Triassic of Poland. Palaeontology 48: 157–170.
T. Sulej. 2005; A new rauisuchian reptile (Diapsida: Archosauria) from the Late Triassic of Poland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25: 78–86.
E. Barycka. 2007; Morphology and ontogeny of the humerus of the Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus diagnosticus. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 243: 351-361.
J. Dzik and T. Sulej. 2007; A review of the early Late Triassic Krasiejów biota from Silesia, Poland. Palaeontologia Polonica 64: 3-27.
D. Konietzko-Meier, K. Wawro. 2007; Mandibular dentition in the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52: 213-215.
S.G. Lucas, J.A. Spielmann, A.P. Hunt. 2007; Biochronological significance of Late Triassic tetrapods from Krasiejów, Poland. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 41: 248-258.
Sulej, T. 2007; Osteology, variability, and evolution of Metoposaurus, a temnospondyl from the Late Triassic of Poland. Palaeontologia Polonica 64, 29–139.
R. Bronowicz. 2009; Osteohistology of the basal phytosaur Paleorhinus from the Late Triassic of southern Poland - a preliminary results. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 70A. (no ZPAL numbers)
D. Mazurek, J. Słowiak. 2009; Silezaur dinozaurem? Przegląd Geologiczny 57: 569-571. (no ZPAL numbers)
S.L. Brusatte, R.J. Butler, T. Sulej, G. Niedźwiedzki. 2009; The taxonomy and anatomy of rauisuchian archosaurs from the Late Triassic of Germany and Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54: 221-230.
Ł. Fostowicz-Frelik, T. Sulej. 2010; Bone histology of Silesaurus opolensis Dzik, 2003 from the Late Triassic of Poland. Lethaia 43: 137-148.
Gorzelak, P., Niedźwiedzki, G., Skawina, A., 2010. Pathologies of non-marine bivalve shells from the Late Triassic of Poland. Lethaia 43, 285-289.

A. Bodzioch, D. Konietzko-Meier, E. Jagt-Yazykova. 2010; Stanowisko dokumentacyjne "Trias" w Krasiejowie (punkt 3). XX Konferencja Sekcji Paleontologicznej PTG 2010: 107-111. (no ZPAL material)
R. Piechowski, J. Dzik. 2010; The axial skeleton of Silesaurus opolensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 1127-1141.
Skawina, A., Dzik, J., 2011. Umbonal musculature and relationships of the Late Triassic filibranch unionoid bivalves. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, 863-883.

A. Skawina. 2011; The origin and early evolution of the unionoid bivalves. Unpublished PhD. Dissertation, Faculty of Biology. University of Warsaw, Warszawa, p. 91.
M. Antczak. 2012; Jaw osteology and palaeoecology of an aetosaur from the "Trias" site at Krasiejów, southwest Poland. In: Jagt-Yazykova, E., Jagt, J.W.M., Bodzioch, A., Konietzko-Meier, D. (eds.) Krasiejów - inspiracje paleontologiczne. ZPW „Plik“, Bytom. (no ZPAL material)
K. Gądek. 2012; Palaeohistology of ribs and clavicle of Metoposaurus diagnosticus from Krasiejów (Upper Silesia, Poland). Opole Scientific Society Nature Journal 45: 39-42. (no ZPAL material)
A. Bodzioch, M. Kowal-Linka. 2012; Unraveling the origin of the Late Triassic multitaxic bone accumulation at Krasiejów (S Poland) by diagenetic analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 346/347: 25-36. (no ZPAL material)
Skawina, A., 2013. Population dynamics and taphonomy of the Late Triassic (Carnian) freshwater bivalves from Krasiejów (Poland). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 379-380, 68-80.

D. Konietzko-Meier, N. Klein. 2013; Unique growth pattern of Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Upper Triassic of Krasiejów, Poland. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 370: 145-157. (no ZPAL material)
J.B. Desojo, A.B. Heckert, J.W. Martz, W.G. Parker, R.R. Schoch, B.J. Small, T. Sulej. 2013. Aetosauria: a clade of armoured pseudosuchians from the Upper Triassic continental beds. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 379: 203-239.
D. Konietzko-Meier, P.M. Sander. 2013; Long bone histology of Metoposaurus diagnosticus (Temnospondyli) from the Late Triassic of Krasiejów (Poland) and its paleobiological implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33: 1003-1018.
A. Bodzioch. 2014; Idealized model of mineral infillings in bones of fossil freshwater animals, on the example of Late Triassic metoposaurs from Krasiejów (Poland). Austin Journal of Earth Science 2: 1008. (no ZPAL material)
R.J. Butler, O.W.M.Rauhut, M.R. Stocker, R. Bronowicz. 2014; Redescription of the phytosaurs Paleorhinus (‘Francosuchus’) angustifrons and Ebrachosuchus neukami from Germany, with implications for Late Triassic biochronology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 155-208.
R. Piechowski, M. Tałanda, J. Dzik. 2014; Skeletal variation and ontogeny of the Late Triassic dinosauriform Silesaurus opolensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 1383-1393.
D. Konietzko-Meier, M. Danto, K. Gądek; 2014. The microstructural variability of the intercentra among temnospondyl amphibians. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112: 747-764. (no ZPAL material)
P. Skrzycki; 2015. New species of lungfish (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from the Late Triassic Krasiejów site in Poland, with remarks on the ontogeny of Triassic dipnoan tooth plates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e964357.
K. Gruntmejer, D. Konietzko-Meier, A. Bodzioch. 2015; The Triassic world of Krasiejów. 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Abstracts: 17-27. (no ZPAL material)
S.L. Brusatte, R.J. Butler, O. Mateus, J.S. Steyer. 2016; A new species of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Portugal and comments on the systematics and biogeography of metoposaurid temnospondyls. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e912988.
J. Dzik, T. Sulej. 2016; An early Late Triassic long-necked reptile with a bony pectoral shield and gracile appendages. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 (4): 805-823. 
M. Antczak. 2016; Late Triassic aetosaur (Archosauria) from Krasiejów (SW Poland): new species or an example of individual variation? Geological Journal 51 (5): 779-788.
K. Gruntmejer, D. Konietzko-Meier, A. Bodzioch. 2016; Cranial bone histology of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Late Triassic of Poland. PeerJ 4:e2685. (no ZPAL material)
J. Fortuny, J. Marcé-Nogué, D. Konietzko-Meier. 2017; Feeding biomechanics of Late Triassic metoposaurids (Amphibia: Temnospondyli): a 3D finite element analysis approach. Journal of Anatomy 230: 752-765. (no ZPAL material)
M. Qvarnström, G. Niedźwiedzki, P. Tafforeau, Ž. Žigaite, P.E. Ahlberg. 2017; Synchrotron phase contrast microtomography of coprolites generates novel palaeobiological data. Scientific Reports 7: 2723. 
D. Konietzko-Meier, K. Gruntmejer, J. Marcé-Nogué, A. Bodzioch, J. Fortuny. 2018. Merging cranial histology and 3D-computational biomechanics: a review of the feeding ecology of a Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian. PeerJ 6: e4426. (no ZPAL material)
R. Piechowski, G. Niedźwiedzki, M. Tałanda. 2018; Unexpected bird-like features and high intraspecific variation in the braincase of the Triassic relative of dinosaurs. Historical Biology 31: 1065-1081. 
E.M. Teschner, P.M. Sander, D. Konietzko-Meier. 2018; Variability of growth pattern observed in Metoposaurus krasiejowensis humeri and its biological meaning. Journal of Iberian Geology 44 (1): 99-111. 
D. Dróżdż. 2018; Osteology of a forelimb of an aetosaur Stagonolepis olenkae (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Krasiejów locality in Poland and its probable adaptations for a scratch-digging behavior. PeerJ 6: e5595.
M. Antczak, A. Bodzioch. 2018a; A description of Late Triassic isolated fish scales from Krasiejów, Poland. Paleontological Research 22: 91-100. (no ZPAL material)
M. Antczak, A. Bodzioch. 2018b; Ornamentation of dermal bones of Metoposaurus krasiejowensis and its ecological implications. PeerJ 6: e5267.
K. Gruntmejer, D. Konietzko-Meier, A. Bodzioch,  J. Fortuny. 2019; Morphology and preliminary biomechanical interpretation of mandibular sutures in Metoposaurus krasiejowensis (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli) from the Upper Triassic of Poland. Journal of Iberian Geology, 45: 301–316. (no ZPAL material)
K. Gruntmejer, D. Konietzko-Meier, J. Marcé-Nogué, A. Bodzioch,  J. Fortuny. 2019; Cranial suture biomechanics in Metoposaurus krasiejowensis (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli) from the upper Triassic of Poland. Journal of Morphology, 280: 1850–1864.
R. Piechowski,  M. Tałanda. 2020; The locomotor musculature and posture of the early dinosauriform Silesaurus opolensis provides a new look into the evolution of Dinosauromorpha. Journal of Anatomy 236 (6): 965-1167.
Surmik D., Słowiak-Morkovina J., Szczygielski T., Kamaszewski M., Kalita S., Teschner E. M., Dróżdż D., Duda P., Rothschild B. M., Konietzko-Meier D. 2022. An insight into cancer palaeobiology: does the Mesozoic neoplasm support tissue organization field theory of tumorigenesis? BMC Ecology & Evolution 22: 143.
Teschner, E.M., Garbay, L., Janecki, P., and Konietzko-Meier, D. 2023. Palaeohistology helps reveal taxonomic variability in exceptionally large temnospondyl humeri from the Upper Triassic of Krasiejów, SW Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68 (1): 63-74.
Szczygielski, T., Van den Brandt, M.J., Gaetano, L., Dróżdż, D. 2024. Saurodesmus robertsoni Seeley 1891—The oldest Scottish cynodont. PLoS ONE 19 (5): e0303973.
M. Qvarnström, J. Vikberg Wernström, Z. Wawrzyniak, M. Barbacka, G. Pacyna, A. Górecki, J. Ziaja, A. Jarzynka, K. Owocki, T. Sulej, L. Marynowski, G. Pieńkowski, P.E. Ahlberg, G. Niedźwiedzki. 2024 Digestive contents and food webs record the advent of dinosaur supremacy. Nature
Skawina, A. and Ghilardi, R.P. 2025. Fossilized gill soft tissues in Mesozoic freshwater unionoid bivalves: reinvestigation and new evidence of the evolution of adaptation to the freshwater environment. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 70 (2): 375–384.