Scientific Publications of P. Martin Sander
Last updated on September 8, 2022
Other names in bold were my students or postdocs at the time of research.
Books and Edited Books
- Gee, C. T., McCoy, V. E., and Sander, P. M. (Editors), 2021. Fossilization. Understanding the Material Nature of Ancient Plants and Animals: New York City, Johns Hopkins University Press, 264 pp.
- Sander, P. M. (Coordinating Author), 2013, Sauropod Gigantism: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach. PLoS One Collections: Berkeley, California, Public Library of Science, 215 pp.
- Klein, N., Remes, K., Gee, C. T., and Sander, P. M. (Editors), 2011, Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs. Understanding the Life of Giants: Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 322 pp.
- Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M. (Editors), 1997, Tooth Enamel Microstructure: Rotterdam, Balkema, 280 pp.
- Sander, P. M., 1994, Reptilien: Stuttgart, Enke, 226 pp.
Papers and Book Chapters with Peer Review
- Kalita, S., E. Teschner, P. M. Sander, and D. Konietzko-Meier. in press. To be or not to be heavier: the role of dermal bones in the buoyancy of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian Metoposaurus krasiejowensis. Journal of Anatomy.
- Henkemeier, N., K. Jäger, and P. M. Sander. in press. Redescription of the soft part preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuß, 1831). Palaeontologia Electronica.
- Yang, T.-R., and P. M. Sander. 2022. The reproductive biology of oviraptorosaurs: a synthesis; pp. 1-16, Geologial Society of London Special Publication "Mesozoic Biological Events and Ecosystems in East Asia". The Geological Society of London, London.
- Tahoun, M., M. Engeser, V. Namasivayam, P. M. Sander, and C. E. Müller. 2022. Chemistry and analysis of organic compounds in dinosaurs. Special Issue: "Paleontology in the 21st Century". Biology 11:1-25.
- Sander, P. M., P. Romero Pérez de Villar, H. Furrer, and T. Wintrich. 2022. Giant Late Triassic ichthyosaurs from the Kössen Formation of the Swiss Alps: Implications for body size evolution, feeding ecology, and end-Triassic extinction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2046017:1-15.
- Nakajima, Y., Y. Shigeta, A. Houssaye, Y. D. Zakharov, A. M. Popov, and P. M. Sander. 2022. Early Triassic ichthyopterygian fossils from the Russian Far East. Scientific Reports 12:1-15.
- Lallensack, J. N., A. Owais, P. L. Falkingham, B. Breithaupt, and P. M. Sander. 2022. How to verify fossil tracks: the first record of dinosaurs from Palestine. Historical Biology 2022:1-12.
- Krahl, A., A. Lipphaus, P. M. Sander, and U. Witzel. 2022. Determination of muscle strength and function in plesiosaur limbs: finite element structural analyses of Cryptoclidus eurymerus humerus and femur. PeerJ 10:e13342, 1-48.
- Oosterrink, H., N. Klein, H. Diependal, and P. M. Sander. 2021. Der Untere Muschelkalk von Winterswijk (Niederlande); pp. in N. Hauschke, M. Franz, and G. H. Bachmann, eds. Trias. Aufbruch in das Erdmittelalter. Friedrich Pfeil Verlag, Munich.
- Sander, P. M., E. M. Griebeler, N. Klein, J. V. Juarbe, T. Wintrich, L. J. Revell, and L. Schmitz. 2021. Early giant reveals faster evolution of large size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans. Science 374:eabf5787 (16 pages).
- Knaus, P. L., A. H. v. Heteren, J. K. Lungmus, and P. M. Sander. 2021. High blood flow into the femur indicates elevated aerobic capacity in synapsids since the Synapsida-Sauropsida split. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:751238 (18 pages).
- Hartung, J., P. M. Sander, M. Friedman, and T. Wintrich. 2021. First record of mawsoniid coelacanths (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the marine Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) of Bonenburg, Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(2):e1931258 (8 pages).
- Sander, P. M. 2021. Histology of Ichthyosauria; pp. 458-466 in V. de Buffrénil, A. de Ricqlès, L. Zylberberg, and K. Padian (eds.), Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
- Sander, P. M., and T. Wintrich. 2021. Histology of Plesiosauria; pp. 444-457 in V. de Buffrénil, A. de Ricqlès, L. Zylberberg, and K. Padian (eds.), Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
- Wiersma-Weyand, K., A. Canoville, H.-K. Siber, and P. M. Sander. 2021. Testing hypothesis of skeletal unity using bone histology: The case of the sauropod remains from the Howe-Stephens and Howe Scott quarries (Morrison Formation, Wyoming). Palaeontologia Electronica 24(1):a10, 1-33.
- Tahoun, M., C. T. Gee, V. E. McCoy, P. M. Sander, and C. E. Müller. 2021. Chemistry of porphyrins in fossil plants and animals. RSC Advances 2021(11):7552-7563.
- Lallensack, J. N., E. Teschner, B. Pabst, and P. M. Sander. 2021. New skulls of the basal sauropodomorph Plateosaurus trossingensis from Frick, Switzerland: is there more than one species? Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(1):1-28.
- Wiersma, K., S. Läbe, and P. M. Sander. 2021. Organic phase preservation in fossil dinosaur and other tetrapod bone from deep time: Extending the probable osteocyte record to the early Permian; pp. 16-54 in C. T. Gee, V. E. McCoy, and P. M. Sander (eds.), Fossilization. Understanding the Material Nature of Ancient Plants and Animals. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Sander, P. M., and C. T. Gee. 2021. Introduction to the limits of the fossil record; pp. 1-15 in C. T. Gee, V. McCoy, and P. M. Sander (eds.), Fossilization. Understanding the Material Nature of Ancient Plants and Animals. Johns Hopkins University Press, New York City.
- Samathi, A., P. M. Sander, and P. Chanthasit. 2021. A spinosaurid from Thailand (Sao Khua Formation, Early Cretaceous) and a reassessment of Camarillasaurus cirugedae from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. Historical Biology:1-15.
- Agliano, A., P. M. Sander, and T. Wintrich. 2021. Bone histology and mircroanatomy of Edaphosaurus and Dimetrodon (Amniota, Synapsida) vertebrae from the Lower Permian of Texas. Anatomical Record 304(3):570-583.
- Wintrich, T., M. Scaal, C. Böhmer, R. Schellhorn, I. Kogan, A. van der Reest, and P. M. Sander. 2020. Palaeontological evidence reveals convergent evolution of intervertebral joint types in amniotes. Scientific Reports 10:14106 (pages 1-14).
- Nau, D., J. N. Lallensack, U. Bachmann, and P. M. Sander. 2020. Postcranial osteology of the first early-stage juvenile skeleton of Plateosaurus trossingensis from the Norian of Frick, Switzerland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65:1-30.
- Konietzko-Meier, D., E. Teschner, A. Bodzioch, and P. M. Sander. 2020. Pentadactyl manus of the Metoposaurus krasiejowensis from the Late Triassic of Poland, the first record of pentadactyly among Temnospondyli. Journal of Anatomy 237(6):1151-1161.
- Klein, N., L. Schmitz, T. Wintrich, and P. M. Sander. 2020. A new cymbospondylid ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of Nevada, USA. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(14):1167-1191.
- Aureliano, T., A. M. Ghilardi, J. C. G. S. Junior, A. G. Martinelli, L. C. B. Ribeiro, T. Marinho, M. A. Fernandes, F. Ricardi-Branco, and P. M. Sander. 2020. Influence of taphonomy on histological evidence for vertebral pneumaticity in a Late Cretaceous titanosaur from South America. Cretaceous Research 108:1-8.
- Yang, T.-R., J. Wiemann, L. Xu, Y.-N. Cheng, X. Wu, and P. Sander. 2019. Reconstruction of oviraptorid clutches illuminates their unique nesting biology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(3):581-596.
- Wintrich, T., R. Jonas, H.-J. Wilke, and P. M. Sander. 2019. Neck mobility in the Jurassic plesiosaur Cryptoclidus eurymerus: finite element analysis as a new approach to understanding the cervical skeleton in fossil vertebrates. PeerJ 7:e7658 (26 pages).
- Stein, K., E. Prondvai, T. Huang, J.-M. Baele, P. M. Sander, and R. Reisz. 2019. Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic) dinosaur eggs and eggshells. Scientific Reports 9:4424 (9 pages)
- Schobben, M., J. Gravendyck, F. Mangels, U. Struck, R. Bussert, W. M. Kürschner, D. Korn, P. M. Sander, and M. Aberhan. 2019. A comparative study of total organic carbon-δ13C signatures in the Triassic–Jurassic transitional beds of the Central European Basin and western Tethys shelf seas. Newsletter on Stratigraphy 2019:1-25.
- Samathi, A., P. Chanthasit, and P. M. Sander. 2019. A review of theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic to mid-Cretaceous of Southeast Asia. Annales de Paléontologie 105(3):201-215.
- Samathi, A., P. Chanthasit, and P. M. Sander. 2019. Two new basal coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(2):239-260.
- O'Keefe, F. R. O., P. M. Sander, T. Wintrich, and S. Werning. 2019. Ontogeny of polycotylid long bone microanatomy and histology. Integrative Organismal Biology 1(1):oby007-oby007.
- Liu, J., and P. M. Sander. 2019. The significance of the Vossenveld Formation for understanding Anisian shallow marine biodiversity and biological recovery after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction: pp. 147-152, in D. F. A. E. Voeten, M. During, J. Lankamp, and J. Smit, eds. The Middle Triassic Vossenveld Formation in Winterswijk. Staringia 16. Grondboor & Hamer 73. Nederlandse Geologische Vereniging, Arnhem.
- Krahl, A., A. Lipphaus, U. Witzel, P. M. Sander, F. Maffuci, and S. Hochscheid. 2019. Humerus osteology, myology, and finite element structure analysis of Cheloniidae. Anatomical Record 303(8):2177-2191.
- Klein, N., and P. M. Sander. 2019. Anarosaurus heterodontus - the least aquatic pachypleurosaur; pp. 226-233 in D. F. A. E. Voeten, M. During, J. Lankamp, and J. Smit, eds. The Middle Triassic Vossenveld Formation in Winterswijk. Staringia 16. Grondboor & Hamer 73. Nederlandse Geologische Vereniging, Arnhem.
- Heijne, J., N. Klein, and P. M. Sander. 2019. The uniquely diverse taphonomy of the marine reptile skeletons (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian) of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 93(1):69-92.
- Fleischle, C. V., P. M. Sander, T. Wintrich, and K. R. Caspar. 2019. Hematological convergence between Mesozoic marine reptiles (Sauropterygia) and extant aquatic amniotes elucidates diving adaptations in plesiosaurs. PeerJ 7:e8022 (21 pages).
- Carballido, J. L., M. Scheil, N. Knötschke, and P. M. Sander. 2019. The appendicular skeleton of the dwarf macronarian sauropod Europasaurus holgeri from the Late Jurassic of Germany and the re-evaluation of its systematic affinities. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(9):739-781.
- Konietzko-Meier, D., J. D. Werner, T. Wintrich, and P. M. Sander. 2019. A large temnospondyl humerus from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Bonenburg (Westphalia, Germany) and its implications for temnospondyl extinction. Journal of Iberian Geology 45:287–300.
- Gee, C., P. M. Sander, S. E. Peters, M. T. El-Hennawy, M. S. M. Antar, I. S. Zalmout, and P. D. Gingerich. 2019. Fossil burrow assemblage, not mangrove roots: reinterpretation of the main whale- bearing layer in the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 99:143–158.
- Yang, T.-R., and P. M. Sander. 2018. The origin of the bird's beak: New insights from dinosaur incubation periods. Biology Letters 14:20170514 (5 pages).
- Yang, T.-R., Y.-H. Chen, J. Wiemann, B. Spiering, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Fossil eggshell cuticle elucidates dinosaur nesting ecology. PeerJ 6:e5144 (23 pages).
- Wiemann, J., M. Fabbri, T.-R. Yang, K. Stein, P. M. Sander, M. A. Norell, and D. E. G. Briggs. 2018. Fossilization transforms vertebrate hard tissue proteins into N-heterocyclic polymers. Nature Communications 9:4741 (9 pages).
- Waskow, K., D. Grzegorczyk, and P. M. Sander. 2018. The first record of Tyrannoneustes (Thalattosuchia: Metrorhynchidae): a complete skull from the Callovian (late Middle Jurassic) of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 92:457–480.
- Teschner, E., M., P. M. Sander, and D. Konietzko-Meier. 2018. Variability of growth pattern observed in Metoposaurus krasiejowensis humeri and its biological meaning. Journal of Iberian Geology 44:99-111.
- Sander, P. M., and J. N. Lallensack. 2018. Dinosaurs: Four legs good, two legs bad. Current Biology 28:R1160-R1163.
- Lambertz, M., F. Bertozzo, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Bone histological correlates for air sacs and their implications for understanding the origin of the dinosaurian respiratory system. Biology Letters 14(1):1-5.
- Jäger, K. R. K., H. Tischlinger, G. Oleschinski, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Goldfuß was right: Soft part preservation in the Late Jurassic pterosaur Scaphognathus crassirostris revealed by reflectance transformation imaging and ultraviolet light and the auspicious beginnings of paleo-art. Palaeontologia Electronica 21.3.3T:1-20.
- Houssaye, A., Y. Nakajima, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Structural, functional, and physiological signals in ichthyosaur vertebral centrum microanatomy and histology. Geodiversitas 40(7):161-170.
- Fleischle, C., T. Wintrich, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Quantitative histological models suggest endothermy in plesiosaurs. PeerJ 6:e4955 (25 pages).
- Aureliano, T., A. M. Ghilardi, P. V. Buck, M. Fabbri, A. Samathi, R. Delcourt, M. A. Fernandes, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Semi-aquatic adaptations in a spinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 90:283-295.
- Wintrich, T., M. Scaal, and P. M. Sander. 2017. Foramina in plesiosaur cervical centra indicate a specialized vascular system. Fossil Record 20:279-290.
- Wintrich, T., S. Hayashi, A. Houssaye, Y. Nakajima, and P. M. Sander. 2017. A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan. Science Advances 3:e1701144, 1-11.
- Wintrich, T., H. Hagdorn, and P. M. Sander. 2017. An enigmatic marine reptile – The actual first record of Omphalosaurus in the Muschelkalk of the Germanic Basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e1384739 (12 pages).
- Wiemann, J., T.-R. Yang, P. N. Sander, M. Schneider, M. Engeser, S. Kath-Schorr, C. E. Müller, and P. M. Sander. 2017. Dinosaur origin of egg color: oviraptors laid blue-green eggs. PeerJ 5:e3706 (20 pages).
- Shelton, C. D., and P. M. Sander. 2017. Long bone histology of Ophiacodon reveals the geologically earliest occurrence of fibrolamellar bone in the mammalian stem lineage. Comptes Rendus Palevol 16(4):397–424.
- Scheil, M., and P. M. Sander. 2017. Ein Zwerg unter Riesen: Der sauropode Dinosaurier Europasaurus und seine Evolution und Lebensweise. Pp. 49-56. In C. Hühne, ed. Jurassic Harz: Dinosaurier von Oker bis Wyoming. Verlag F. Pfeil, München.
- Mitchell, J., P. M. Sander, and K. Stein. 2017. Can secondary osteons be used as ontogenetic indicators in sauropods? Extending the histological ontogenetic stages into senescence. Paleobiology 43(2):321-342.
- Liebrecht, T., J. Fortuny, A. Galobart, J. Müller, and P. M. Sander. 2017. A large, multiple-tooth-rowed captorhinid reptile (Amniota: Eureptilia) from the Upper Permian of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1):e1251936 (6 pages).
- Wiersma, K., and P. M. Sander. 2016. The dentition of a well preserved specimen of Camarasaurus sp.: implications for function, tooth replacement, soft part reconstruction, and food intake. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 91(1):145-161.
- Sander, P. M., T. Wintrich, A. H. Schwermann, and R. Kindlimann. 2016. Die paläontologische Grabung in der Rhät-Lias-Tongrube der Fa. Lücking bei Warburg-Bonenburg (Kr. Höxter) im Frühjahr 2015. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 88:11-37.
- Konietzko-Meier, D., C. D. Shelton, and P. M. Sander. 2016. The discrepancy between morphological and microanatomical patterns of anamniotic stegocephalian postcrania from the Early Permian Briar Creek Bonebed (Texas). Comptes Rendus Palevol 15(1-2):103-114.
- Klein, N., P. M. Sander, A. Krahl, T. M. Scheyer, and A. Houssaye. 2016. Diverse aquatic adaptations in Nothosaurus spp. (Sauropterygia)—Inferences from humeral histology and microanatomy. PLoS ONE 11(7):1-30.
- Houssaye, A., P. M. Sander, and N. Klein. 2016. Adaptive patterns in aquatic amniote bone microanatomy - More complex than previously thought. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56(6):1349-1369.
- Clauss, M., I. Nurutdinova, C. Meloro, H.-C. Gunga, J. Duofang, J. Koller, B. Herkner, P. M. Sander, and O. Hellwich. 2016. Reconstruction of body cavity volume in terrestrial tetrapods. Journal of Anatomy 230(3):325-336.
- Lallensack, J. N., P. M. Sander, N. Knötschke, and O. Wings. 2015. Dinosaur tracks from the Langenberg Quarry (Late Jurassic, Germany) reconstructed with historical photogrammetry: Evidence for large theropods soon after insular dwarfism. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.2.25A: 1-34.
- Konietzko-Meier, D., C. D. Shelton, and P. M. Sander. 2015. The discrepancy between morphological and microanatomical patterns of anamniotic stegocephalian postcrania from the Early Permian Briar Creek Bonebed (Texas). Comptes Rendus Palevol 15(1-2):103-114.
- Klein, N., D. F. A. E. Voeten, J. Lankamp, R. Bleeker, O. J. Sichelschmidt, M. Liebrand, D. Nieweg, and P. M. Sander. 2015. Postcranial material of Nothosaurus marchicus from the Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian) of Winterswijk, The Netherlands, with remarks on swimming styles and taphonomy. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89(4):961-982.
- Marpmann, J. S., J. L. Carballido, P. M. Sander, and N. Knötschke. 2015. Cranial anatomy of the Late Jurassic dwarf sauropod Europasaurus holgeri (Dinosauria, Camarasauromorpha): ontogenetic changes and size dimorphism. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 13(3): 221-263.
- Voeten, D. F. A. E., P. M. Sander, and N. Klein. 2015. Skeletal material from larger Eusauropterygia (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) with nothosaurian and cymatosaurian affinities from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Paläontologische Zeitschrift8 9(4):961-982.
- Zhao, Q., M. J. Benton, X. Xu, and P. M. Sander. 2014. Juvenile-only clusters and behaviour of the Early Cretaceous dinosaur Psittacosaurus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(4):827-833.
- Waskow, K., and P. M. Sander. 2014. Growth record and histological variation in the dorsal ribs of Camarasaurus sp. (Sauropoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(4):852–869.
- Sander, P. M., N. Klein, P. C. H. Albers, C. Bickelmann, and H. Winkelhorst. 2014. Postcranial morphology of a basal Pistosauroidea from the Lower Muschelkalk of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:55-71.
- Redelstorff, R., P. M. Sander, and P. M. Galton. 2014. Unique bone histology in partial, large bone shafts from Aust Cliff (England, Upper Triassic): An early independant experiment in gigantism. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(3):607-615.
- Mitchell, J., and P. M. Sander. 2014. The three-front model: a developmental explanation of long bone diaphyseal histology of Sauropoda. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 112(4):765–781.
- Koschowitz, M.-C., C. Fischer, and P. M. Sander. 2014. Beyond the rainbow. Dinosaur color vision may have been key to the evolution of bird feathers. Science 346(6216):1416-1418.
- Koschowitz, M.-C., M. Lambertz, C. Fischer, and P. M. Sander. 2014. On the origins of feathers. Response. Science 346(6216):1466-1467.
- Houssaye, A., T. M. Scheyer, C. Kolb, V. Fischer, and P. M. Sander. 2014. A new look at ichthyosaurian long bone microanatomy and histology: Implications for their adaptation to an aquatic life. PLoS ONE 9(4):e95637 (10 pages).
- Hofmann, R., K. Stein, and P. M. Sander. 2014. Constraints on the lamina density of laminar bone architecture of large-bodied dinosaurs and mammals. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(2):287–294.
- Hofmann, R., and P. M. Sander. 2014. The first juvenile specimens of Plateosaurus engelhardti from Frick, Switzerland: isolated neural arches and their implications for developmental plasticity in a basal sauropodomorph. PeerJ 2:e458 (40 pages).
- Dumont, M., A. Borbely, A. Kaysser-Pyzalla, and P. M. Sander. 2014. Long bone cortices in a growth series of Apatosaurus sp. (Dinosauria: Diplodocidae): geometry, body mass, and crystallite orientation of giant animals. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, London 112(4):782–798.
- Carballido, J. L., and P. M. Sander. 2014. Postcranial axial skeleton of Europasaurus holgeri (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Germany: implications for sauropod ontogeny and phylogenetic relationships of basal Macronaria. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 12(3):335-387.
- Zhao, Q., Benton, M. J., Sullivan, C., Sander, P. M., and Xu, X., 2013, Histology, limb proportions and postural change during the growth of the ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis: Nature Communications, v. 4, p. 1-8.
- Chen, X.H., P. M. Sander, Cheng, L., and Wang, X.F., 2013, A new Triassic primitive ichthyosaur from Yuanan, South China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 87(3):672-677.
- Stein, M., Hayashi, S., and Sander, P., 2013, Long bone histology and growth patterns in ankylosaurs: implications for life history and evolution: PLoS ONE, v. 8, p. e68590 (13 pages).
- Shelton, C., Sander, P. M., Stein, K., and Winkelhorst, H., 2013, Long bone histology indicates sympatric species of Dimetrodon (Lower Permian, Sphenacodontidae): Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, v. 103, p. 217 - 236.
- Schanz, T., Lins, Y., Viefhaus, H., Barciaga, T., Läbe, S., Preuschoft, H., Witzel, U., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Quantitative interpretation of tracks for determination of body mass: PLoS ONE, v. 8, p. e77606 (12 pages).
- Sander, P. M., 2013, An evolutionary cascade model for sauropod dinosaur gigantism - overview, update and tests: PLoS ONE, v. 8, p. e78573 (23 pages).
- Redelstorff, R., Hübner, T. R., Chinsamy, A., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Bone histology of the stegosaur Kentrosaurus aethiopicus (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Upper Jurassic of Tanzania: Anatomical Record, v. 296, p. 933–952.
- Petermann, H., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Histological evidence for muscle insertion in extant amniote femora: Implications for muscle reconstruction in fossils Journal of Anatomy, v. 222, p. 419-36.
- Motani, R., Ji, C., Tomita, T., Kelley, N., Maxwell, E., Jiang, D.-y., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Absence of suction feeders among ichthyosaurs and its implications for the Mesopelagic paleoecology in the Triassic: PLoS ONE, v. 8, p. e66075 (11 pages).
- Krahl, A., Klein, N., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Evolutionary implications of the divergent long bone histologies of Nothosaurus and Pistosaurus (Sauropterygia, Triassic): BMC Evoutionary Biology, v. 13, p. 1-23.
- Konietzko-Meier, D., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Histological characteristics of the vertebral intercentra of Metoposaurus diagnosticus (Temnospondyli) from the Upper Triassic of Krasiejów (Upper Silesia, Poland). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edingburgh, v. 103, p. 237 - 250.
- Konietzko-Meier, D., Bodzioch, A., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Histology of long bones of Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis (Temnospondyli) from the Late Triassic of Krasiejów (Opole, Silesia Region): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 33, p. 1003-1018.
- Herwartz, D., Tütken, T., Jochum, K. P., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Rare earth element systematics of fossil bone revealed by LA-ICPMS analysis: Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, v. Volume 103, p. 161–183.
- Griebeler, E. M., Klein, N., and Sander, P. M., 2013, Aging, maturation and growth of sauropodomorph dinosaurs as deduced from growth curves using long bone histological data PLoS ONE, v. 8, p. e67012 (17 pages).
- Fröbisch, N., Fröbisch, J., Sander, P. M., Schmitz, L., and Rieppel, O., 2013, Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, v. 110 p. 1393–1397.
- Xu, X., Zhao, Q., Sullivan, C., Tan, Q.-W., Sander, P. M., and Ma, Q.-Y., 2012, The taxonomy of the troodontid IVPP V 1097 reconsidered: Vertebrata PalAsiatica, v. 50, p. 140-150.
- Wolf, D., Kalthoff, D., and Sander, P. M., 2012, Osteoderm histology of the Pampatheriidae (Cingulata, Xenarthra, Mammalia): Implications for systematics, osteoderm growth, and biomechanical adaptation: Journal of Morphology, v. 273, p. 388–404.
- Wings, O., and Sander, P. M., 2012, The Late Jurassic vertebrate assemblage of the Langenberg Quarry, Oker, northern Germany: ¡Fundamental!, v. 20, p. 281-284.
- Sander, P. M., 2012, Reproduction in early amniotes: Science, v. 337, p. 806-808.
- Prondvai, E., Stein, K., Ösi, A., and Sander, P. M., 2012, Life history of Rhamphorhynchus inferred from bone histology, and the diversity of pterosaurian growth strategies: PLoS ONE, v. 7, p. e31392, 1-18.
- Klein, N., Sander, P. M., Stein, K., Loeuff, J. L., Carballido, J. L., and Eric, B., 2012, Modified laminar bone in Ampelosaurus atacis and other titanosaurs (Sauropoda): implications for life history and physiology: PLoS ONE, v. 7, p. e36907 (17 pages).
- Klein, N., Christian, A., and Sander, P. M., 2012, Histology shows that elongated neck ribs in sauropod dinosaurs are ossified tendons: Biology Letters, v. 8 p. 1032-1035.
- Schwermann, L., and Sander, P. M., 2011, Osteologie und Phylogenie von Westphaliasaurus simonsensii: Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland: Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen, v. 79, p. 1-56.
- Sander, P. M., Klein, N., Stein, K., and Wings, O., 2011, Sauropod bone histology and implications for sauropod biology, in Klein, N., Remes, K., Gee, C. T., and Sander, P. M., editors, Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs. Understanding the Life of Giants: Bloomington, Indiana University Press, p. 276-302.
- Sander, P. M., Christian, A., Clauss, M., Fechner, R., Gee, C., Griebeler, E. M., Gunga, H.-C., Hummel, J., Mallison, H., Perry, S., Preuschoft, H., Rauhut, O., Remes, K., Tütken, T., Wings, O., and Witzel, U., 2011, Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism: Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, v. 86, p. 117–155.
- Sander, P. M., Chen, X.H., Cheng, L., and Wang, X.F., 2011, Short-snouted toothless ichthyosaur from China suggests Late Triassic diversification of suction feeding ichthyosaurs: PLoS One, v. 6, p. e19480 (10 pages).
- Hugi, J., Scheyer, T. M., Sander, P. M., Klein, N., and Sánchez-Villagra, M. R., 2011, Long bone microstructure gives new insights into the life history data of pachypleurosaurids from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland/Italy: Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 10, p. 413-426.
- Herwartz, D., Tütken, T., Münker, C., Jochum, K. P., Stoll, B., and Sander, P. M., 2011, Timescales and mechanisms of REE and Hf uptake in fossil bones: Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, v. 75, p. 82-105.
- Dumont, M., Kostka, A., Sander, P. M., Borbely, A., and Kaysser-Pyzalla, A., 2011, Size and size distribution of apatite crystals in sauropod fossil bones: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 310, p. 108–116.
- Dumont, M., Borbély, A., Kostka, A., Sander, P. M., and Kaysser-Pyzalla, A., 2011, Characterization of sauropod bone structure in Klein, N., Remes, K., Gee, C. T., and Sander, P. M., editors, Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs. Understanding the Life of Giants: Bloomington, Indiana University Press, p. 149-170.
- Stein, K., Csiki, Z., Rogers, K. C., Weishampel, D. B., Redelstorff, R., and Sander, P. M., 2010, Small body size and extreme cortical bone remodeling indicate phyletic dwarfism in Magyarosaurus dacus (Sauropoda: Titanosauria). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, v. 107 p. 9258-9263.
- Scheyer, T. M., Klein, N., and Sander, P. M., 2010, Developmental palaeontology of Reptilia as revealed by histological studies: Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, v. 21, p. 462-470.
- Sander, P. M., Gee, C. T., Hummel, J., and Clauss, M., 2010, Mesozoic plants and dinosaur herbivory, in Gee, C. T., editor, Plants in Mesozoic Time: Innovations, Phylogeny, Ecosystems (Ted Delevoryas festschrift): Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana University Press, p. 330-359.
- Benton, M. J., Csiki, Z., Grigorescu, D., Redelstorff, R., Sander, P. M., Stein, K., and Weishampel, D. B., 2010, Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Haţeg Island: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 293, p. 438-454.
- Stein, K., and Sander, P. M., 2009, Histological core drilling: a less destructive method for studying bone histology; pp. 69-80 in Brown, M. A., Kane, J. F., and Parker, W. G., editors, Methods in Fossil Prepraration: Proceedings of the First Annual Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium.
- Scheyer, T. M., and Sander, P. M., 2009, Bone microstructures and mode of skeletogenesis in osteoderms of three pareiasaur taxa from the Permian of South Africa: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, v. 22.
- Sander, P. M., Christian, A., and Gee, C. T., 2009, Response to "Sauropods kept their heads down": Science, v. 323, p. 1671-1672.
- Redelstorff, R., and Sander, P. M., 2009, Long and girdle bone histology of Stegosaurus: implications for growth and life history: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29, p. 1087-1099.
- Kolb, C., and Sander, P. M., 2009, Redescription of the ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus (KUHN, 1946) from the Lower Cretaceous of Salzgitter (Lower Saxony, Germany): Palaeontographica A, v. 288, p. 151-192.
- Klein, N., Sander, P. M., and Suteethorn, V., 2009, Bone histology and its implications for the life history and growth of the Early Cretaceous titanosaur Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae: Geological Society of London Special Publication, v. 315, p. 217-228.
- Gottmann-Quesada, A., and Sander, P. M., 2009, A redescription of the early archosauromorph Protorosaurus speneri MEYER, 1832, and its phylogenetic relationships: Palaeontographica A, v. 287, p. 123-220.
- Garilli, V., Klein, N., Buffetaut, E., Sander, P. M., Pollina, F., Galletti, L., Cillari, A., and Guzzetta, D., 2009, First dinosaur bone from Sicily identified by histology and its paleobiogeographical implications: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, v. 252, p. 207-216.
- Dumont, M., Zoeger, N., Streli, C., Wobrauschek, P., Falkenberg, G., Sander, P. M., and Pyzalla, A. R., 2009, Synchrotron XRF analyses of element distribution in fossilized sauropod dinosaur bones: Powder Diffraction, v. 24, p. 130-134.
- Wang, X.F., Bachmann, G. H., Hagdorn, H., Sander, P. M., Cuny, G., Chen, X.H., Wang, C., Chen, L., Cheng, L., Meng, F., and Xu, G., 2008, The Late Triassic black shales of the Guanling area (Ghuizhou Province, Southwest China) – a unique marine reptile and pelagic crinoid fossillagerstätte: Palaeontol., v. 51, p. 27-61.
- Sander, P. M., Peitz, C., Jackson, F. D., and Chiappe, L. M., 2008, Upper Cretaceous titanosaur nesting sites and their implications for sauropod dinosaur reproductive biology: Palaeontographica A, v. 284, p. 69-107.
- Sander, P. M., and Clauss, M., 2008, Sauropod Gigantism: Science, v. 322, p. 200-201.
- Klein, N., and Sander, P. M., 2008, Ontogenetic stages in the long bone histology of sauropod dinosaurs: Paleobiology, v. 34, p. 247-263.
- Hummel, J., Gee, C. T., Südekum, K.-H., Sander, P. M., Nogge, G., and Clauss, M., 2008, In vitro digestibility of fern and gymnosperm foliage – implications for sauropod feeding ecology and diet selection: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, v. 275, p. 1015-1021.
- Bickelmann, C., and Sander, P. M., 2008, A partial skeleton and isolated humeri of Nothosaurus (Reptilia: Eosauropterygia) from Winterswijk, The Netherlands: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, p. 326-338.
- Wings, O., and Sander, P. M., 2007, No gastric mill in sauropod dinosaurs: new evidence from analysis of gastrolith mass and function in ostriches: Proceedings of the Royal Society of B, v. 274, p. 635-640.
- Tütken, T., Sander, P. M., Hummel, J., and Gee, C. T., 2007, Ernährung und Mobilität von Sauropoden – Informationspotential der Isotopenzusammensetzung von Knochen und Zähnen: Hallesches Jahrbuch für Geowissenschaften, Beiheft, v. 23, p. 85-92.
- Schwarz, D., Ikejiri, T., Breithaupt, B. H., Sander, P. M., and Klein, N., 2007, A nearly complete skeleton of an early juvenile diplodocid (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Lower Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of north central Wyoming and its implications for early ontogeny and pneumaticity in sauropods: Historical Biology, v. 19, p. 225-253.
- Scheyer, T. M., Sander, P. M., Joyce, W. G., Böhme, W., and Witzel, U., 2007, Unique plywood structure in the shell of fossil and recent soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) revealed by soft tissue and bone histology: a key adaptation?: Organism Diversity & Evolution, v. 7, p. 136-144.
- Scheyer, T., and Sander, P. M., 2007, Shell bone histology indicates terrestrial palaeoecology of basal turtles: Proceedings of the Royal Society of B, v. 274, p. 1884-1893.
- Klein, N., and Sander, P. M., 2007, Bone histology and growth of the prosauropod Plateosaurus engelhardti MEYER, 1837 from the Norian bonebeds of Trossingen (Germany) and Frick (Switzerland): Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 77, p. 169-206.
- Sander, P. M., Mateus, O., Laven, T., and Knötschke, N., 2006, Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur: Nature, v. 441, p. 739-741.
- Sander, P. M., and Andrassy, P., 2006, Lines of arrested growth and long bone histology in Pleistocene large mammals from Germany: What do they tell us about dinosaur physiology?: Palaeontographica A, v. 277, p. 143-159.
- Pyzalla, A. R., Zoeger, N., Streli, C., Wobrauschek, P., Falkenberg, G., and Sander, P. M., 2006, Synchrotron XRF determination of element distribution in fossilized sauropod bones: SRMS-5 Conference, Chicago July 30 - Aug. 2, 2006, p. 204-206.
- Pyzalla, A., Sander, P. M., Hansen, A., R., F., Yi, S.-B., Stempniwicz, M., and Brokmeier, H.-G., 2006, Texture analysis of sauropod dinosaur bones from Tendaguru: Materials Science and Engineering: A, v. 437, p. 2-9.
- Fröbisch, N., Sander, P. M., and Rieppel, O., 2006, A new species of Cymbospondylus (Diapsida, Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and a re-evaluation of the skull osteology of the genus: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, v. 147, p. 515-538.
- Ferreyro, R., Zoeger, N., Cernohlawek, N., Jokubonis, C., Koch, A., Streli, C., Wobrauschek, P., Sander, P. M., and Pyzalla, A., 2006, Determination of element distribution in sauropod long bones by micro-XRF: Advances in X-ray Analysis, v. 49, p. 230-235.
- Sander, P. M., and Klein, N., 2005, Developmental plasticity in the life history of a prosauropod dinosaur: Science, v. 310, p. 1800-1802.
- Cheng, L., Wings, O., Chen, X. H., and Sander, P. M., 2005, Gastroliths in the Triassic ichthyosaur Panjiangsaurus from China: Journal of Paleontology, v. 78, p. 583-588.
- Stempniewicz, M., Hinkel, P., Weiss, S., Denker, A., Sander, M., and Pyzalla, A., 2004, Anwendung präparativer Methoden aus der Werkstoffkunde zur Untersuchung von Sauropodenknochen: Sonderbänder der praktischen Metallographie, v. 36, p. 217-221.
- Schmitz, L., Sander, P. M., Storrs, G. W., and Rieppel, O., 2004, On a new mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of Nevada.: Palaentographica A, v. 270, p. 133-162.
- Scheyer, T., and Sander, P. M., 2004, Histology of ankylosaur osteoderms: implications for systematics and function: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 24, p. 874-893.
- Sander, P. M., Klein, N., Buffetaut, E., Cuny, G., Suteethorn, V., and Le Loeuff, J., 2004, Adaptive radiation in sauropod dinosaurs: Bone histology indicates rapid evolution of giant body size through acceleration: Organism Diversity & Evolution, v. 4, p. 165-173.
- Perry, S. F., and Sander, P. M., 2004, Reconstructing the evolution of the respiratory apparatus in dinosaurs and other tetrapods using a two-step deductive process.: Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, v. 144, p. 125-139.
- Appenzeller, O., Gunga, H. C., Qualls, C., Furlan, R., Porta, A., Lucas, S. G., Heckert, A. B., Kirsch, K., Costa-Junqueira, M. A., Guilleén, S. E., Sander, P. M., Schneider, T., and Blottner, B., 2004, A hypothesis: autonomic rythms are reflected in growth lines of teeth in humans and extinct archosaurs: Autonomous Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, v. 117, p. 115-119.
- Sander, P. M., and Tückmantel, C., 2003, Bone lamina thickness, bone apposition rates, and age estimates in sauropod humeri and femora.: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 76, p. 161-172.
- Sander, P. M., and Faber, C., 2003, The Alpine specimen of the enigmatic durophagous ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus and its jaw anatomy: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, p. 799-816.
- Gee, C. T., Sander, P. M., and Petzelberger, B., 2003, A Miocene rodent nut cache in coastal dunes of the Lower Rhine Basin, Germany: Palaeontology, v. 46, p. 1133-1149.
- Böhme, W., and Sander, P. M., 2003, Synapsida, in Westheide, W., and Rieger, R., editors, Spezielle Zoologie: Stuttgart, Gustav Fischer Verlag, p. 441-444.
- Böhme, W., and Sander, P. M., 2003, Amniota, Nabeltiere, in Westheide, W., and Rieger, R., editors, Spezielle Zoologie: Stuttgart, Gustav Fischer Verlag, p. 341-402.
- Bergmann, H.-H., and Sander, P. M., 2003, Aves, Vögel, in Westheide, W., and Rieger, R., editors, Spezielle Zoologie: Stuttgart, Gustav Fischer Verlag, p. 342-440.
- Sander, P. M., 2002, Bone histology as a tool in life history studies of dinosaurs, v. 21, p. 290.
- Rieppel, O., Sander, P. M., and Storrs, G. W., 2002, The skull of the pistosaur Augustasaurus from the Middle Triassic of northwestern Nevada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, p. 577-592.
- Mueller-Töwe, I., Sander, P. M., Schüller, H., and Thies, D., 2002, Hatching and infilling of dinosaur eggs as revealed by computed tomography.: Palaeontographica A, v. 267, p. 119-168.
- Cuny, G., Rieppel, O., and Sander, P. M., 2001, The shark fauna from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of North-Western Nevada: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 133, p. 285-301.
- Sander, P. M., 2000, Prismless enamel in amniotes: terminology, function, and evolution, in Teaford, M., Ferguson, M. W. J., and Smith, M. M., editors, Development, Function and Evolution of Teeth: New York, Cambridge University Press, p. 92-106.
- Sander, P. M., 2000, Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution, and phylogeny: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 74, p. 1-35.
- Sander, P. M., 2000, Long bone histology of the Tendaguru sauropods: Implications for growth and biology: Paleobiology, v. 26, p. 466-488.
- Sander, P. M., 1999, The microstructure of reptilian tooth enamel: terminology, function, and phylogeny: Münchner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, v. 38, p. 1-102.
- Sander, P. M., 1999, Fischsaurier - einmal Landleben und zurück, in Gansloßer, U., editor, Spitzenleistungen. Unglaubliches aus dem Tierreich: Fürth, Filander Verlag, p. 159-178.
- Sander, P. M., 1999, Riesen an Land - extreme Großtiere, in Gansloßer, U., editor, Spitzenleistungen - Die unglaublichen Fähigkeiten der Tiere: Fürth, Filander Verlag, p. 131-157.
- Sander, P. M., 1999, Die Plateosaurus-Friedhöfe im Keuper: Belege für einen Massentod?, in Wilde, V., and Hauschke, N., editors, Die Trias. Eine ganz andere Welt. Mitteleuropa im frühen Erdmittelalter: München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 419-425.
- Sander, P. M., 1999, Life history of the Tendaguru sauropods as inferred from long bone histology: Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe, v. 2, p. 103-112.
- Salisbury, S. W., Willis, P. M. A., Peitz, S., and Sander, P. M., 1999, The crocodilian Goniopholis simus from Early Cretaceous of north-western Germany: Special Papers in Palaeontology, v. 60, p. 121-148.
- O'Keefe, F. R., and Sander, P. M., 1999, Shape disassociation and inferred heterochrony in a clade of pachypleurosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia): Paleobiology, v. 25, p. 504-517.
- O'Keefe, F. R., and Sander, P. M., 1999, Paleontological paradigms and inferences in phylogenetic pattern: a case study: Paleobiology, v. 25, p. 518-533.
- Sander, P. M., Peitz, C., Gallemi, J., and Cousin, R., 1998, Dinosaurs nesting on a red beach?: Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences, Sciences de la Terre, v. 327, p. 67-74.
- Sander, P. M., and Faber, C., 1998, New finds of Omphalosaurus and a review of Triassic ichthyosaur paleobiogeography: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, v. 72, p. 149-162.
- Sander, P. M., 1997, Teeth and jaws, in Currie, P. J., and Padian, K., editors, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: San Diego, Academic Press, p. 717-725.
- Sander, P. M., Rieppel, O. C., and Bucher, H., 1997, A new pistosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and its implications for the origin of plesiosaurs: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 17, p. 526-533.
- Gee, C. T., Abraham, M., and Sander, P. M., 1997, The occurence of carpofloras in coarse sand fluvial deposits: comparison of fossil and recent case studies: Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toogepaste Geowetenshappen TNO, v. 58, p. 171-178.
- Sander, P. M., 1997, The paleobiogeography of Shastasaurus, in Callaway, J. M., and Nicholls, E. L., editors, Ancient Marine Reptiles: San Diego, Academic Press, p. 17-43.
- Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., 1997, Leading and trailing edges, a specific biomechanical adaptation in small herbivores, in Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., editors, Tooth Enamel Microstructure: Rotterdam, Balkema, p. 259-266.
- Sander, P. M., 1997, Non-mammalian synapsid enamel and the origin of mammalian enamel prisms: The bottom-up perspective, in Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., editors, Tooth Enamel Microstructure: Rotterdam, Balkema, p. 41-62.
- Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., 1997, Glossary of terms used for enamel microstructure, in Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., editors, Tooth Enamel Microstructure: Rotterdam, Balkema, p. 267-280.
- Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., 1997, Introduction, in Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., editors, Tooth Enamel Microstructure: Rotterdam, Balkema, p. 1-3.
- Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., 1997, Schmelzmuster differentiation in leading and trailing edges, a specific biomechanical adaptation, in Koenigswald, W. v., and Sander, P. M., editors, Tooth Enamel Microstructure: Rotterdam, Balkema, p. 259-266.
- Michelis, I., Sander, P. M., Metzdorf, R., and Breitkreuz, H., 1996, Die Vertebratenfauna des Calloviums (Mittlerer Jura) aus dem Steinbruch Störmer (Wallücke, Wiehengebirge): Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen, v. 44, p. 1-66.
- Koenigswald, W. v., Sander, P. M., and Walders, M., 1996, The Upper Pleistocene tracksite Bottrop-Welheim: Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, v. 39, p. 235-244.
- Kolodny, Y., Luz, B., Sander, P. M., and Clemens, W. A., 1996, Dinosaur bones: fossils or pseudomorphs? The pitfalls of physiology reconstruction from apatitic fossils: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 126, p. 161-171.
- Ferguson, D. K., Van der Burgh, J., Clausing, A., Collison, M. E., Field, M. H., Gee, C. T., Gossmann, R., C.C., H., Jones, T. P., Kerp, H., Pingen, M., Sander, P. M., and Taylor, T. N., 1996, Actuopalaebotany - a taphonomic peep-show? - Summary of workshop discussions. In: C.T. Gee (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Plant Taphonomy: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 202, p. 149-158.
- Collinson, M. E., Jones, T. P., Berry, C., Blickwede, H., Ferguson, D. K., Gee, C. T., Hofmann, C. C., Kerp, H., Riegel, W., Sander, P. M., and Taylor, T. N., 1996, Biogeochemical aspects of taphonomy: Summary of workshop discussions. In: C.T. Gee (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Plant Taphonomy: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, v. 202, p. 191-203.
- Koenigswald, W. v., Walders, M., and Sander, P. M., 1995, Jungpleistozäne Tierfährten aus der Emscher-Niederterasse von Bottrop-Welheim: Münchner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, v. 27, p. 5-50.
- Sander, P. M., Rieppel, O. C., and Bucher, H., 1994, New marine vertebrate fauna from the Middle Triassic of Nevada: Journal of Paleontology, v. 68, p. 676-680.
- Koenigswald, W. v., Sander, P. M., Leite, M. B., Mörs, T., and Santel, W., 1994, Functional symmetries in the schmelzmuster and morphology of rootless rodent molars: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, v. 110, p. 141-179.
- Sander, P. M., and Gee, C. T., 1994, Der Buntsandstein der Eifel, in Koenigswald, W. v., and Meyer, W., editors, Erdgeschichte im Rheinland: München, Dr. Friedrich Pfeil Verlag, p. 117-124.
- Sander, P. M., and Mazin, J.-M., 1993, The paleobiogeography of Middle Triassic ichthyosaurs: The five major faunas: Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie, v. 2, p. 145-152.
- Sander, P. M., and Bucher, H., 1993, An ichthyosaur from the uppermost Toarcien of southern France: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, v. 1993, p. 631-640.
- Mazin, J. M., and Sander, P. M., 1993, Palaeobiogeography of the Early and Late Triassic Ichthyopterygia: Paleontologia Lombarda, Nuova Serie, v. 2, p. 93-107.
- Sander, P. M., 1992, The Norian Plateosaurus bonebeds of central Europe and their taphonomy: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 93, p. 255-299.
- Sander, P. M., and Gee, C. T., 1992, A volunteer-powered dinosaur excavation in the Late Triassic of Switzerland: Journal of Geological Education, v. 40, p. 194-203.
- Sander, P. M., 1992, Cymbospondylus (Shastasauridae: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Spitsbergen: filling a paleobiogeographic gap: Journal of Paleontology, v. 66, p. 332-337.
- Sander, P. M., and Meyer, C., 1991, A labyrinthodont jaw fragment from the marine Triassic of the Alps: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, v. 1991, p. 222-232.
- Sander, P. M., 1990, Skeletochronology in the small Triassic reptile Neusticosaurus: Annales des Sciecnes Naturelles Zoolologie Paris, v. 11, p. 213-217.
- Sander, P. M., and Bucher, H., 1990, On the presence of Mixosaurus (Ichthyopterygia: Reptilia) in the Middle Triassic of Nevada: Journal of Paleontology, v. 64, p. 161-164.
- Sander, P. M., 1990, Keuper und Lias der Tongrube Frick, in Weidert, W. K., editor, Klassische Fundstellen. Band II: Korb, Goldschneck Verlag, p. 89-96.
- Gee, C. T., Sander, T. H., Sander, P. M., and Mohr, B. A. R., 1989, Pollen morphometrics with the microcomputer: Pollen et Spores, v. 31, p. 329-340.
- Sander, P. M., 1989, The pachypleurosaurids (Reptilia: Nothosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) with the description of a new species: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, v. 325, p. 561-670.
- Sander, P. M., 1989, Description of stops 1 and 4., in Hook, R. W., editor, Vertebrate localities in the Texas Lower Permian. Field trip guidebook, 49th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: Austin, Texas, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, p. 55-56 and 60-64.
- Sander, P. M., 1989, The large ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus buchseri, sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland), with a survey of the genus in Europe: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 9, p. 163-173.
- Sander, P. M., 1989, Early Permian depositional environments and pond bonebeds in central Archer County, Texas: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 69, p. 1-21.
- Bürgin, T., Rieppel, O., Sander, M., and Tschanz, K., 1989, The fossils of Monte San Giorgio: Scientific American, v. 260, p. 74-81.
- Sander, P. M., 1988, A fossil reptile embryo from the Middle Triassic of the Alps: Science, v. 239, p. 780-783.
- Sander, P. M., 1987, Taphonomy of the Lower Permian Geraldine Bonebed in Archer County, Texas: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 61, p. 221-236.
Other Publications
- Wintrich, T., and P. M. Sander. 2020. The evolution of the spine and IVD. The Innovation Platform ISSUE 4:216-219.
- Wintrich, T., and P. M. Sander. 2018. Jahrhundert-Fund aus Bonenburg. Ältester bisher entdeckte Plesiosaurier stammt aus dem Kreis Höxter Kreises Höxter, Jahrbuch 2019:206-211.
- Schwermann, A. H., K. Waskow, and P. M. Sander. 2018. Westfalens Jurassic Park-Tetrapoden aus dem Ornatenton. Pp. 29-31. In A. f. W. LWL-Archäologie für Westfalen, ed. Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe 2017. Beier & Beran Verlag, Langenweißbach.
- Sander, P. M., T. Wintrich, and A. H. Schwermann. 2018. Der älteste Plesiosaurier – ein artikuliertes Skelett aus der Trias von Warburg-Bonenburg. Pp. 26-29. In A. f. W. LWL-Archäologie für Westfalen, ed. Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe 2017. Beier & Beran Verlag, Langenweißbach.
- Schwermann, A. H., T. Wintrich, and P. M. b. 2017. Das Ende der Trias – paläontologische Grabung im Rhät von Bonenburg. Pp. 23-25. In A. f. W. LWL-Archäologie für Westfalen, ed. Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe 2016. Beier & Beran Verlag, Langenweißbach.
- Scheil, M., and P. M. Sander. 2017. Ein Zwerg unter Riesen: Der sauropode Dinosaurier Europasaurus und seine Evolution und Lebensweise. In C. Hühne, ed. Jurassic Harz: Dinosaurier von Oker bis Wyoming. Verlag F. Pfeil, München.
- Sander, P. M. 2017. 1845 Schädel eines Mosasauriers. Pp. 64-65. In K. Herkenrath, and T. Becker, eds. Rheinische Wunderkammer. 200 Objekte aus 200 Jahren Universität Bonn 1818 - 2018. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen.
- Sander, P. M. 2017. 1860 Subfossile Moas. Pp. 94-95. In K. Herkenrath, and T. Becker, eds. Rheinische Wunderkammer. 200 Objekte aus 200 Jahren Universität Bonn 1818 - 2018. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen.
- Sander, P. M. 2017. 2016 Bruchstücke von Eierschalen. Pp. 406-407. In K. Herkenrath, and T. Becker, eds. Rheinische Wunderkammer. 200 Objekte aus 200 Jahren Universität Bonn 1818 - 2018. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen.
- Sander, P. M. 2017. 1926 Fischsaurier mit Hauterhaltung. Pp. 226-227. In K. Herkenrath, and T. Becker, eds. Rheinische Wunderkammer. 200 Objekte aus 200 Jahren Universität Bonn 1818 - 2018. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen.
- Sander, P. M. 2017. 1859 Fischfossilien auf Glarner Schiefer. Pp. 92-93. In K. Herkenrath, and T. Becker, eds. Rheinische Wunderkammer. 200 Objekte aus 200 Jahren Universität Bonn 1818 - 2018. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen.
- Sander, P. M. 2017. 1831 Kleiner Flugsaurier. Pp. 36-37. In K. Herkenrath, and T. Becker, eds. Rheinische Wunderkammer. 200 Objekte aus 200 Jahren Universität Bonn 1818 - 2018. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen.
- Sander, P. M. 2015. Zeitreise ins Erdmittelalter - Die Paläobiologie der Dinosaurier. Pp. 296-307. In G. Wefer, ed. Expedition Erde. 4., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Universität Bremen, Bremen.
- Sander, P. M. 2015. Mega-Dinosaurs. Yomiuri Shinbun, Tokyo. Pp 1-160.
- Sander, P. M. 2014. Why were cetatopsians not gigantic? Studies on the gigantism of sauropods sheds light on limits of body size in ceratopsians, hadrosaurs and mammals (In Japansese). Pp. 164-171. In M. Tsukagoshi, S. Fujiwara, and S. Hayashi, eds. Triceratops, the lord of Laramidia: The "Sengoku Period" at the end of the age of dinosaurs. Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo.
- Sander, P. M., 2012, Monte San Giorgio - der Berg der Saurier, in Martin, T., Koenigswald, W. v., Radtke, G., and Rust, J., editors, Paläontologie – 100 Jahre Paläontologische Gesellschaft: München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 96-97.
- Sander, P. M., 2012, Der schwäbische Lindwurm: eine Detektivgeschichte, in Martin, T., Koenigswald, W. v., Radtke, G., and Rust, J., editors, Paläontologie – 100 Jahre Paläontologische Gesellschaft: München, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 108-109.
- Gee, C. T., and Sander, P. M., 2010, 25 Millionen Jahre alte Pflanzenfossilien aus Rott bei Hennef: Die Odyssee der historischen Sammlung Statz und ihre Rückkehr ins Rheinland, in Otten, T., editor, Fundgeschichten. Archäologie in Nordrhein-Westfalen, p. 30-32.
- Sander, P. M., 2009, Die Biologie der Riesensaurier. Der Schlüssel zum Gigantismus, in Elsner, N., editor, Evolution - Zufall und Zwangsläufigkeit der Schöpfung: Göttingen, Wallstein, p. 311-338.
- Sander, P. M., 2008, Giant dinosaurs: how did they get so big?, in Benton, M. J., editor, The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Natural World: London, Thames & Hudson, p. 38-41.
- Sander, P. M., Hummel, J., Klein, N., and Clauss, M., 2007, Die Grenzen des Wachstums. Giganten auf der Spur: Wie der Organismus der 50 Tonnen schweren Riesensaurier funktionierte und wie sich ihre imposante Körpergröße entwickeln konnte: forschung, v. 32, p. 20-23.
- Sander, P. M., 2007, Book review: Fastovsky, D.E., Weishampel, D.B.: The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press: Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, v. 45, p. 173-174.
- Hagdorn, H., Wang, X. F., Bachmann, G. H., Cuny, G., Sander, P. M., and Wang, C. S., 2004, Kolonien der pelagischen Seelilie Traumatocrinus aus der obertriassischen Xiaowa-Formation von Guanling (Süd-China, Provinz Ghuizhou), in Reich, M., Hagdorn, H., and Reitner, H., editors, Stachelhäuter 2004. 3. Arbeitstreffen deutschsprachiger Echinodermenforscher in Ingelfingen, 29-31. Oktober 2004. Arbeiten und Kurzfassungen: Göttingen, Universitätsdrucke Göttingen, p. 17-30.
- Sander, P. M., 2002, Zeitreise ins Erdmittelalter - Die Paläobiologie der Dinosaurier, in Wefer, G., editor, Expedition Erde. Beiträge zum Jahr der Geowissenschaften 2002: Bremen, Universität Bremen, p. 134-145.
- Sander, P. M., and Schüller, H., 2000, Computertomographie in der Paläontologie: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen aufgezeigt an Fallbeispielen: Fossilien, v. 2000, p. 59-64.
- Sander, P. M., 1999, Von Atrypa bis Zamites: Das Goldfußmuseum für Paläontologie: Bonner Universitäts-Blätter, v. 1999, p. 49-59.
- Koenigswald, W. v., Sander, P. M., and Walders, M., 1995, Eiszeitliche Löwenfährten aus Bottrop-Welheim, in Horn, H. G., editor, Ein Land macht Geschichte. Archäologie in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Mainz, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, p. 167-171.
- Sander, P. M., 1994, Von der Paläontologie zur Dinowelle, in Ring, U., editor, Ein Dino kommt selten allein: Blankenheim, Kreismuseum Blankenheim, p. 10-15.
- Sander, P. M., 1993, Book review: Lockley, M.G. 1991. Tracking Dinosaurs. A New Look at an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press. 238 pp.: Earth Science Reviews, v. 34, p. 58-60.
- Sander, P. M., 1993, "Versumpft!" Die Fricker Plateosaurier: Fossilien, v. 1993, p. 303-309.
- Sander, P. M., 1991, Book review: Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. D. Gilette & M. Lockley (Eds.): Sed., v. 38, p. 184-185.
- Gee, C. T., and Sander, P. M., 1990, 150 Millionen Jahre alte Farne aus der Antarktis: Farnblätter, v. 21, p. 1-14.
- Sander, P. M., 1989, Fossile Teiche als Wirbeltierfundstellen im Unter-Perm von Texas, USA, in Furrer, editor, Tagungsheft zur 68. Jahresversammlung der Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Gesellschaft: Zürich, Schweizerische Paläontologische Gesellschaft, p. 8-10.
- Bürgin, T., Rieppel, O., Sander, M., and Tschanz, K., 1989, Trias-Fossilien aus dem Ur-Mittelmeer: Spektrum der Wissenschaft, v. 8, p. 110-119.