Olivier Rieppel

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Olivier Cedric Rieppel (born September 21, 1951 ) is a Swiss zoologist and paleontologist .

Life

Rieppel studied zoology and paleontology at the University of Basel , University of London and University of Montreal . He also received his doctorate in Basel . He then worked as a lecturer at the Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich , where he also completed his habilitation . He then moved to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago (USA) as Curator of Fossil Amphibians and Reptiles , where he has been a professor in the Department of Geology since 1991 .

He is primarily concerned with the morphology and phylogeny of the sauropsids in paleontology . Rieppel is a recognized expert in the field of sauropterygians ( placodon animals , pachypleurosaurs , nothosaurs ) and has also made significant contributions to Triassic fish (e.g. Saurichthys ) and reptiles in general. In particular he contributed to the discussion about the phylogenetic position of the turtles .

Rieppel has written numerous historical and biophilosophical writings. He paid special attention to the history and theory of phylogenetic systematics and cladistics . He is also interested in topics in evolutionary biology.

Rieppel is a member of various professional societies , co-editor of various scientific journals and author of numerous scientific and popular scientific publications.

Dedication names

The chameleon genus Rieppeleon was named after Rieppel in 2004 .

Fonts

Books:

  • Evolutionary theory and the creation controversy. Springer, Berlin et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-14895-8 .
  • Sauropterygia. Volume 1: Placodontia, Pachypleurosauria, Nothosauroidea, Pistosauroidea (= Handbuch der Paläherpetologie. Part 12A). Pfeil, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-931516-78-4 .
  • Introduction to computer-aided cladistics. Pfeil, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-931516-57-1 .
  • On the way to the beginning. History and consequences of the theory of evolution. Artemis-Verlag, Zurich et al. 1989, ISBN 3-7608-1009-8 .
  • Fundamentals of comparative biology. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 1988, ISBN 3-7643-1956-9 .
  • The genus Saurichthys (Pisces, Actinopterygii) from the middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Canton Ticino (= The Triassic Fauna of the Ticino Limestone Alps. No. 25 = Swiss Paleontological Treatises. Vol. 108, ISSN  0080-7389 ). Birkhäuser, Basel 1985, (at the same time: Zurich, University, habilitation paper, 1986).
  • On the border paths of biology. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 1984, ISBN 3-7643-1620-9 .
  • Cladism and the legend of the family tree. Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 1983, ISBN 3-7643-1525-3 .
  • The phylogeny of anguinomorph lizards (= memoranda of the Swiss Natural Research Society. Vol. 94). Birkhäuser, Basel et al. 1980, ISBN 3-7643-1224-6 .

Some essays:

  • The relationships of turtles within amniotes. In: Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels (Eds.): Biology of turtles. CRC Press, Boca Raton FL et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-8493-3339-2 , pp. 345-353.
  • Species: kinds of individuals or individuals of a kind. In: Cladistics. Vol. 23, No. 4, 2007, pp. 373-384, doi : 10.1111 / j.1096-0031.2007.00152.x .
  • with Maureen Kearney: Similarity. In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 75, No. 1, 2002, pp. 59-82, doi : 10.1046 / j.1095-8312.2002.00006.x .
  • with Robert R. Reisz : The origin and early evolution of turtles. In: Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. Vol. 30, 1999, pp. 1-22, doi : 10.1146 / annurev.ecolsys.30.1.1 .
  • with Michael deBraga: Turtles as diapsid reptiles. In: Nature . Vol. 384, No. 6608, 1996, pp. 453-455, doi : 10.1038 / 384453a0 .
  • with Toni Bürgin, Martin Sander and Karl Tschanz: Triassic fossils from the original Mediterranean. In: Spectrum of Science . No. 1, August 1989, pp. 110-119.
  • with Karl Tschanz, P. Martin Sander and Toni Bürgin: The fossils of Monte San Giorgio. In: Scientific American . Vol. 260, No. 6, 1989, pp. 74-78.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Turtle Origins. In: Science . Vol. 283, No. 5404, 1999, pp. 945-946, doi : 10.1126 / science.283.5404.945 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rieppel, Olivier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rieppel, Olivier Cedric (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss zoologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1951