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  1. Peculiar macrophagous adaptations in a new Cretaceous pliosaurid

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, December 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  2. Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland

    Article • Scottish Journal of Geology, January 2015, Geological Society

    Dr Valentin Fischer, Dr Jeff J Liston

  3. Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates

    Article • Gondwana Research, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  4. Ichthyosaurs from the French Rhaetian indicate a severe turnover across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary

    Article • The Science of Nature, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  5. SimbirskiasaurusandPervushovisaurusreassessed: implications for the taxonomy and cranial osteology of Cretaceous platypterygiine ichthyosaurs

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  6. A New Look at Ichthyosaur Long Bone Microanatomy and Histology: Implications for Their Adaptation to an Aquatic Life

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  7. High Diversity in Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs from Europe Prior to Their Extinction

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2014, PLOS

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  8. Rediscovery of the forgotten de Ryckholt Collection (gastropods, bivalves, worms; Late Cretaceous, Belgium)

    Article • Cretaceous Research, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  9. A mysterious giant ichthyosaur from the lowermost Jurassic of Wales

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, January 2014, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  10. Mary Anning's legacy to French vertebrate palaeontology

    Article • Geological Magazine, October 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  11. A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2013, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Valentin Fischer, Dr Jeff J Liston

  12. Marine vertebrate remains from the Toarcian–Aalenian succession of southern Beaujolais, Rhône, France

    Article • Geological Magazine, March 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  13. A new Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Russia reveals skull shape conservatism within Ophthalmosaurinae

    Article • Geological Magazine, March 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  14. A longirostrineTemnodontosaurus(Ichthyosauria) with comments on Early Jurassic ichthyosaur niche partitioning and disparity

    Article • Palaeontology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  15. New Data on the Ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus and Its Implications for the Validity of the Genus

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, March 2012, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  16. New Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous Demonstrate Extensive Ichthyosaur Survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2012, PLOS

    Dr Valentin Fischer, Dr Jeff J Liston

  17. A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  18. New data on the palaeobiogeography of Early Jurassic marine reptiles: the Toarcian ichthyosaur fauna of the Vocontian Basin (SE France)

    Article • Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, July 2011, Schweizerbart

    Dr Valentin Fischer

  19. The first definite record of a Valanginian ichthyosaur and its implications on the evolution of post-Liassic Ichthyosauria

    Article • Cretaceous Research, April 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Valentin Fischer