Dr. Rainer Schoch
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS HIGHLIGHTED
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forthcoming BOOK
SCHOCH, R.R. Amphibian Evolution - The Life of Early Land Vertebrates. Wiley (New Jersey).
forthcoming articles
106. NAKAJIMA, Y. & SCHOCH, R. R. in press. The first temnospondyl amphibian from Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
105. FRÖBISCH, J., SCHOCH, R.R., MÜLLER, J., SCHINDLER, T. & SCHWEISS, D. 2011. A new basal sphenacodontid synapsid from the Late Carboniferous of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
104. SCHOCH, R.R. & WITZMANN, F. Cranial morphology of the plagiosaurid Gerrothorax pulcherrimus as an extreme example of evolutionary stasis. Lethaia.
103. SCHOCH, R.R. 2011. Tracing Seemann's dinosaur excavation: his field notes and current status of the material. Palaeodiversity.
102. SCHOCH, R.R. & NEIPP, V. 2011. Auf Saurierjagd in Trossingen - seit 100 Jahren. Schwäbische Heimat.
101. WITZMANN, F. & SCHOCH, R.R. A megalichthyid sarcopterygian from the Lower Permian (Autunian) of the Saar-Nahe Basin, Germany. Geobios.
100. SCHOCH, R.R. A new stereospondyl from the Middle Triassic of Jordan. Fossil Record.
99. SCHOCH, R.R. & WITZMANN, F. 2011. Bystrow's Paradox: gilss, fossils, and the fish-to-tetrapod transition. Acta Zoologica.
98. WITZMANN, F. & SCHOCH, R.R. in press. The braincase, otic region, and palatoquadrate of Gerrothorax pulcherrimus. Palaeontology.97. SCHOCH, R.R. In press. How diverse is the temnospondyl fauna in the Early Triassic of southwestern Germany? Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie.
96. SCHOCH, R.R. 2011. New archosauriform remains from the Lower Keuper of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie.
95. SCHOCH, R.R., HAGDORN, H. & NITSCH, E. (eds.): Der Lettenkeuper - Die faszinierende Welt der Keupersümpfe. Pfeil, Munich. (Mit Beiträgen von N. Adorf, R. Böttcher, C. Heunisch, K.-P. Kelber, R. Ziegler und den Herausgebern).94. SCHOCH, R.R. Ontogeny in Temnospondyls. In: SUES, H.D. Handbuch der Palaeoherpetologie, 3A, Basal Tetrapods and Temnospondyli. Pfeil, Munich.
93. SCHOCH, R.R. Plagiosauridae, Branchiosauridae, Micromelerpetontidae. In: SUES, H.D. Handbuch der Palaeoherpetologie, 3A, Basal Tetrapods and Temnospondyli. Pfeil, Munich.92. SCHOCH, R.R. & WERNEBURG, R. Wirbeltierlagerstätten. In: HAUSCHKE, N. & WILDE, V. (eds.): Die Trias II. Pfeil, Munich.
91. SCHOCH, R.R. Amphibien und Reptilien der Germanischen Trias. In: HAUSCHKE, N. & WILDE, V. (eds.): Die Trias II. Pfeil, Munich.
90. ZHOU, C.F. & SCHOCH, R.R. 2011. New material of the pterosaur Changchengopterus from the Jurassic of Liaoning, China. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie.
89. SCHOCH, R.R. 2011. A procolophonid-like tetrapod from the German Middle Triassic. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie.
2010
88. SCHOCH, R.R. 2010. Heterochrony: the interplay between development and ecology in an extinct amphibian clade. Paleobiology 36: 318-334.
87. SANCHEZ, S., STEYER, J.S., SCHOCH, R.R. & DE RICQLES. Accepted.
Palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental influences revealed by
long-bone palaeohistology: the example of the Permian branchiosaurid Apateon. Geological Society Special Volume (2010).
85. FRÖBISCH, N.B., OLORI, J., SCHOCH, R.R & WITZMANN, F. 2010. Amphibian development in the fossil record. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 21.
84. SCHOCH, R.R, HOSSFELD, U. & LEVIT, G. 2010. Wolf-Ernst Reif. Studies in the History of Biology, vol. 2010, pp. 92-96. Sankt Petersburg.
83. SCHOCH, R.R. 2010. A fresh look at an early theory of evolution and development: A new translation of Schmalhausen's Factors of Evolution. Acta Zoologica 91: 495-496.
82. SCHOCH, R.R. 2010. Riedl's burden and the body plan: selection, constraint, and deep time. Journal of Experimental Zoology B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution 314B: 1-10.
81. SCHOCH, R.R., VOIGT, S. & BUCHWITZ, M. in press. A chroniosuchid from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of chroniosuchian relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
79. SCHOCH, R.R. 2010. Wolf-Ernst Reif: A wonderful mind. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 255 (2): 1-5.
78. SCHOCH, R.R., NESBITT, S., MÜLLER, J., BOY, J.A. & LUCAS, S.G. 2010. The reptile assemblage of the Moenkopi Formation in New Mexico. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 255 (1)
2009
77. SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. The evolution of life cycles in early amphibians. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 37: 135-162.
76. SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. Developmental evolution as a response to diverse lake habitats in Paleozoic amphibians. Evolution 63: 2738-2749.
75. SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. Saurier - eine Erfolgsgeschichte der Evolution. Draco, 40: 4-27.
74. SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. Klassische Fossilfundstellen in Deutschland. Draco, 40: 74-78.
73. SCHOCH, R.R. & WITZMANN, F. 2009. The temnospondyl Glanochthon from the Permian Meisenheim Formation of Germany. Special Papers in Palaeontology 81: 121-136
72. SCHOCH, R.R. & WITZMANN, F. 2009. Osteology and relationships of the temnospondyl Sclerocephalus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society London 157: 135-168
71. FRÖBISCH, N.B. & SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. Testing the impact of miniaturization on phylogeny: Paleozoic dissorophoid amphibians. Systematic Biology 58: 312-327.
70. SCHULTZE, H.P. & SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. Tetrapoda. In WESTHEIDE, W. & RIEGER, R. (eds.): Spezielle Zoologie, 2. Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere, S. 322-325; Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
69. SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. Frühe Tetrapoda. In WESTHEIDE, W. & RIEGER, R. (eds.): Spezielle Zoologie, 2. Wirbel- oder Schädeltiere, S. 325-329; Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
68. MAISCH, M.W., VEGA, C.S. & SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. No dicynodont in the Keuper - a reconsideration of the occurrence of aff. Dinodontosaurus in the Middle Triassic of southern Germany. Palaeodiversity 2: 271-278.
67. SCHINDLER, T., UHL, D., SCHOCH, R.R. & WUTTKE, M. 2009. Die Fossilgemeinschaften des Buntsandsteins und des basalen Muschelkalks in der Pfalz - Abbilder einer stufenweisen Floren/Faunen-Erholung nach der Perm-Trias-Krise? Mitteilungen der Pollichia 94: 11-37.
66. REISZ, R.R., SCHOCH, R.R. & ANDERSON, J.S. 2009. The armoured dissorophid Cacops from the Early Permian of Oklahoma, and the exploitation of the terrestrial realm by amphibians. Naturwissenschaften 96: 789-796
65. GOWER, D.J. & SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. The postcranial skeleton of the rauisuchian Batrachotomus kupferzellensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29: 103-122.
64. DAMIANI, R.J., SCHOCH, R.R., HELLRUNG, H., WERNEBURG, R. & GASTOU, S. 2009. The plagiosaurid temnospondyl Plagiosuchus pustuliferus from the Middle Triassic of Germany: anatomy and functional morphology of the skull. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155: 348-373.
63. SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. Schritt für Schritt - Wie aus Fischen Landbewohner wurden. In: SCHMID, U. & BECHLY, G. (eds.): Evolution. Der Fluss des Lebens. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, C 66-67: 70-80.
62. FRÖBISCH, N.B. & SCHOCH, R.R. 2009. The largest specimen of Apateon, and the life history pathway of neoteny in the Palaeozoic family Branchiosauridae. Fossil Record 12: 83-90.
2008
61. SCHOCH, R.R. 2008. The Capitosauria (Amphibia): characters, phylogeny, and stratigraphy. Palaeodiversity 1: 189-226.
60. SCHOCH, R.R. & MILNER, A.R. 2008. The intrarelationships and evolutionary history of the temnospondyl family Branchiosauridae. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 6: 409-431.
59. WITZMANN, F., SCHOCH, R.R. & MAISCH, M.W. 2008. A relict basal tetrapod from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Naturwissenschaften, 95: 67-72. ABSTRACT
58. SCHOCH, R.R. 2008. A new stereospondyl from the Middle Triassic of Germany, and the origin of the Metoposauridae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 152: 79-113. ABSTRACT
2007
57. SCHOCH, R.R. 2007. An early landmark of Evolutionary Developmental Biology: The Evolution of the Amphibian Skull by Natalia Lebedkina. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 14
56. MOSER, M. & SCHOCH, R.R. 2007. Revision of the type material and nomenclature of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Temnospondyli) from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Palaeontology, 50: 1245-1266. ABSTRACT
55. SCHOCH, R.R. 2007. Osteology of the small archosaur Aetosaurus from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, 246: 1-35. ABSTRACT
54. SCHOCH, R. (Editor). 2007. Saurier - Expedition in die Urzeit. 136 pp., Stuttgart (Thorbecke). COVER
53. SCHOCH, R.R., FASTNACHT, M., FICHTER, J. & KELLER, T. 2007. Anatomy and relationships of the Triassic temnospondyl Sclerothorax. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 52: 117-136.
52. Fröbisch, N., Carroll, R.L. & Schoch, R.R. 2007. Limb ossification in the Paleozoic branchiosaurid Apateon (Temnospondyli) and the early evolution of preaxial dominance in tetrapod limb development. Evolution & Development, 9: 69-75.
2006
51. SCHOCH R.R. 2006. Skull ontogeny: developmental patterns of fishes conserved in aross major developmental stages. Evolution & Development, 8: 524-536. ABSTRACT
50. SCHOCH, R. R. & FRÖBISCH, N. 2006. Metamorphosis and neoteny: alternative developmental pathways in an extinct amhibian clade. Evolution, 60: 1467-1475. ABSTRACT
49. SCHOCH, R. 2006. Kupferzell: Saurier aus den Keupersümpfen. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde C 61: 1-79. COVER
48. Witzmann, F. & Schoch, R.R. 2006. Skeletal development of the temnospondyl Acanthostomatops vorax from the Lower Permian Döhlen Basin of Saxony. Transactions Royal Society Edinburgh, 96: 365-385. ABSTRACT
47. Witzmann, F. & Schoch, R.R. 2006. The postcranium of Archegosaurus decheni, and a phylogenetic analysis of temnospondyl postcrania. Palaeontology, 49: 1211-1235. ABSTRACT
46. SCHOCH, R.R. 2006. A complete trematosaurid amphibian from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26: 29-43. ABSTRACT
45. Nesbitt, S.J., Lucas, S.G., & Schoch, R.R. 2006. A new, large archosauriform from the Anton Chico Member of the Upper Moenkopi Formation (Middle Triassic), east-central New Mexico. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläo
2005
44. SCHOCH, R.R. & RUBIDGE, B.S. 2005. The amphibamid Micropholis stowi from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25: 502-522. ABSTRACT
2004
43. SCHOCH, R.R. 2004. Skeleton formation in the Branchiosauridae as a case study in comparing ontogenetic trajectories. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24: 309-319. ABSTRACT
42. SCHOCH, R.R. & MILNER, A.R. 2004. Structure and implications of theories on the origins of lissamphibians. In: Arratia, G., Wilson, M.V. & Cloutier, R. (eds.): Recent advances in the origin and early radiation of vertebrates, pp. 345-377; München (Pfeil). ABSTRACT
41. SCHOCH, R. R. & HAMPE, O. 2004. An eryopid-like temnospondyl from the Lower Rotliegend Meisenheim Formation of the Saar-Nahe Basin. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 232: 315-323.
40. SCHOCH, R. R. & MÜLLER, J. 2004. Jürgen Boy from a developmental perspective. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 232: 153-155.
39. MILNER, A. R. & SCHOCH, R. R. 2004. The last metoposaurid amphibians from Europe. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 232: 231-252.
38. DITTRICH, D. & SCHOCH, R. R. 2004. Wirbeltierreste in der ardennischen Unterkeuper-Randfazies – das Bonebed von Irsch (nördlich Bitburg/Südeifel). Mainzer geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, 32: 83-112.
37. Carroll, R.L., Boisvert, C., Bolt, J.R., Green, D., Philips, N., Rolian, C., Schoch, R.R. & Tarenko, A. 2004. Changing patterns of ontogeny from osteolepiform fish through Permian tetrapods as a guide to the early evolution of land vertebrates. In: Arratia, G., Wilson, M.V. & Cloutier, R. (eds.): Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates, pp. 321-343; München (Pfeil).
2003
36. SCHOCH, R.R. 2003. The early larval ontogeny of the Permo-Carboniferous temnospondyl Sclerocephalus. Palaeontology, 46: 1055-1072. ABSTRACT
35. Schoch, R.R. 2003. Frühe fossile Tetrapoden. In: Westheide, W. & Rieger, H. (eds.): Spezielle Zoologie, Wirbeltiere; Jena (Fischer).
34. Schoch, R.R. & Carroll, R.L. 2003. Ontogenetic evidence for the Palaeozoic ancestry of salamanders. Evolution & Development, 5: 314-324.
33. Schoch, R.R. & Schultze, H.-P. 2003. Tetrapoda, vierfüßige Landwirbeltiere. In: Westheide, W. & Rieger, H. (eds.): Spezielle Zoologie, Wirbeltiere; Jena (Fischer).
2002
32. Schoch, R.R. 2002. The early formation of the skull in extant and Paleozoic amphibians. Paleobiology, 28: 378-396. ABSTRACT
31. Schoch, R.R. 2002. The evolution of metamorphosis in temnospondyls. Lethaia, 35: 309-327. ABSTRACT
30. Schoch, R.R. 2002. The neurocranium of the stereospondyl Mastodonsaurus giganteus. Palaeontology, 45: 627-645.
29. Schoch, R.R. 2002. The palatoquadrate of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger, 1828) and the evolutionary modification of this region. Neues Jahrbuch Geologie Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 225: 401-423.
28. Schoch, R.R. 2002. The stapes and middle ear of the Permo-Carboniferous tetrapod Sclerocephalus. Neues Jahrbuch Geologie Paläontologie Monatshefte, 2002: 671-680.
27. Schoch, R.R. 2002. Stratigraphie und Taphonomie wirbeltierreicher Schichten im Unterkeuper (Mitteltrias) von Vellberg (SW-Deutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 318: 1-30.
26. Schoch, R.R., Milner, A.R. & Hellrung, H. 2002. The last trematosaurid amphibian Hyperokynodon keuperinus revisited. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 321: 1-9.
25. Lucas, S.G. & Schoch, R.R. 2002. Triassic temnospondyl biostratigraphy, biocgronology and correlation of the German Buntsandstein and North American Moenkopi Formation. Lethaia, 35: 97-106.
2001
24. Schoch, R.R. 2001. Can metamorphosis be recognized in Palaeozoic amphibians ? Neues Jahrbuch Geologie Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 221: 335-367.
23. Boy, J.A., Schoch, R.R. & Lucas, S.G. 2001. The Moenkopi Formation in north-central New Mexico: Stratigraphy, fauna, and vertebrate deposits. New Mexico Geological Society Bulletin, 52nd Field Conference, pp. 103-110.
22. Schoch, R.R. 2001. Hermann von Meyer, Pionier in der Erforschung der Labyrinthodonten. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe, November 2001.
2000
21. Schoch, R.R. 2000. Biogeography of Triassic capitosaur amphibians. Neues Jahrbuch Geologie Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 214: 177-200.
20. Schoch, R.R. 2000. The stapes of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger 1828) – structure, articulation, and functional implications. Neues Jahrbuch Geologie Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 214: 201-231.
19. Schoch, R.R. 2000. Two new cyclotosaurid amphibians from the Moenkopi Formation of northern Arizona. Neues Jahrbuch Geologie Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 216: 387-411.
18. Schoch, R.R. & Milner, A.R. 2000. Stereospondyli. In: Wellnhofer, P. (ed), Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie, 3B, 203 pp., 106 figs., 16 pl; München (Pfeil). COVER
17. SChoch, R.R. 2000. The origin and intrarelationships of capitosaurid amphibians. Palaeontology, 43: 705-727.
1999
16. Schoch, R.R. 1999. Studies on braincases of early tetrapods: Structure, homology, and phylogeny – 1. Trimerorhachis and other primitive temnospondyls. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 213: 233-259.
15. Schoch, R.R. 1999. Studies on braincases of early tetrapods: Structure, homology, and phylogeny – 2. Kamacops acervalis and other advanced temnospondyls. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 213: 289-299.
14. Schoch, R.R. 1999. Comparative osteology of Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Jaeger, 1828) from the Lettenkeuper (Longobardian) of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Thüringen). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, B 278: 1-175.
13. Schoch, R.R. & Wild, R. 1999. Die Wirbeltier-Fauna des Muschelkalks unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Süddeutschlands. In: Hauschke, N. & Wilde, V. (eds), Die Trias – eine ganz andere Welt, pp. 331-342, München (Pfeil).
12. Schoch, R.R. & Wild, R. 1999. Die Saurier von Kupferzell – der gegenwärtige Forschungsstand. In: Hauschke, N. and Wilde, V. (eds), Die Trias – eine ganz andere Welt, pp. 409-418; München (Pfeil).
11. SCHOCH, R.R. & WILD, R. 1999. Die Tetrapoden-Fauna im Keuper Süddeutschlands. In: Hauschke, N. & Wilde, V. (eds), Die Trias – eine ganz andere Welt, pp. 395-408; München (Pfeil).
1998
10. SCHOCH, R.R. & WERNEBURG, R. 1998. The Triassic labyrinthodonts from Germany. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, 3: 629-650.
9. Schoch, R.R. 1998. Homology of cranial ossification in urodeles: significance of developmental data for fossil basal tetrapods. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte, 1998: 1-25.
8. Schoch, R.R. 1998. Comparative anatomy of Mastodonsaurus giganteus from the Lettenkeuper of Kupferzell, and the phylogeny and evolution of capitosaur amphibians. 350 pp.; Tübingen (Eberhard-Karls-Universität).
Early embryonic stages...
7. Schoch, R.R. 1997. A new capitosaurid amphibian from the Upper Lettenkeuper (Ladinian) of Kupferzell (Southwestern Germany). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 203: 239-272.
6. Schoch, R.R. 1997. Phylogeny of the Capitosauroidea. World Congress of Herpetology, 3: 186.
5. Schoch, R.R. 1997. Cranial anatomy of the Permian temnospondyl Zatrachys serratus Cope, 1878, and the phylogenetic position of the Zatrachydidae. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 206: 223-248.
4. Schoch, R.R. 1995. Heterochrony and the development of the amphibian head. In: McNamara (ed.): Heterochrony and Evolutionary Change, pp. 107-124; Chichester (Wiley).
3. Schoch, R.R. 1993. Cranial development, heterochrony, and skull kinesis in temnospondyl larvae. European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 4: 405.
2. Schoch, R.R. 1992. Comparative ontogeny of Early Permian branchiosaurid amphibians. Developmental stages. Palaeontographica A 222: 43-83.
1. Schoch, R.R. 1988. On the taxonomy of a Lower Permian labyrinthodont amphibian. Base, 1988:15-28.