Vanessa Julie Roden
Dr. Vanessa Julie Roden
Dr. Vanessa Julie Roden
Research
- Scaling effects of rates of climate change
- Beta diversity of modern and fossil assemblages
- Biodiversity and ecology of the Late Triassic Cassian Formation (Dolomites, Southern Alps) and modern reef basin faunas
- Fossil and modern octocorals
- Dec. 2019 – March 2020: DFG-research unit TERSANE
- 2015-2019: PhD student at Geozentrum Nordbayern, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 2014: Welterbe Grube Messel gGmbH [Messel Pit Fossil Site]
- 2011-2014: Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt [Hessian State Museum Darmstadt]
- 2006-2011: Geoscience Museum Göttingen, Dept. of Geobiology, and Courant Research Centre, Geoscience Centre of the Georg-August University Göttingen
- 2005-2011: studied Geosciences at the Georg-August University Göttingen
- 01/2011: Diploma in Geosciences (major: Paleontology; minor: Zoology, Structural geology)
- 01/2007: Bachelor of Science
- 2002-2005: studied Geology/Paleontology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University Bonn
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Exploring biodiversity evolution in tropical seas based on comparisons of the Triassic fauna of the Cassian Formation with modern faunas
(Third Party Funds Single)
Term: since 1. May 2015
Funding source: DFG-Einzelförderung / Sachbeihilfe (EIN-SBH)The Triassic Cassian Formation yields an exceptionally diverse marine tropical invertebrate fauna offering a largely unbiased assessment of the complexity and biodiversity of early Mesozoic ecosystems. The fauna consist of various assemblages from different localities and paleoenvironments, which vary strongly in terms of diversity and composition. Fossil preservation is usually exceptional including primary aragonite and a rich fauna of small species. Based on standardized large-scale bulk-sampling, we want to assess the true within and between community biodiversity, ecological complexity, taxonomic structure, and size distribution of Triassic tropical shallow water assemblages. Comparisons with assemblages of Recent and Quaternary tropical settings will be used to assess biological changes in diversity and complexity over more than 200 million years of evolution. By comparison with modern samples and existing datasets representing diagenetically more strongly altered (`normal´) fossil assemblages, the effect of taphonomy on preserved diversity, size distribution and ecological structure can be tested. Many of the groups, which are highly diverse in recent tropical faunas (e.g., heterodont bivalves and neogastropods) radiated not before the Cretaceous. We aim at testing if similarly diverse and ecologically dominant clades were present in the Triassic or if diversity was more evenly spread among higher taxa.
Authored Books
The Geoscience Collections of the Göttingen University
Göttingen, 2013
ISBN: 978-3-943647-04-4
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The Geoscientific Collections of the Göttingen University
Göttingen, 2009
ISBN: 978-3-943647-01-3
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Journal Articles
Palaeoecology of tropical marine invertebrate assemblages from the Late Triassic of Misurina, Dolomites, Italy
In: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (2021), p. 1-50
ISSN: 0567-7920
DOI: 10.4202/APP.00659.2019
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Drivers of beta diversity in modern and ancient reef-associated soft-bottom environments
In: PeerJ 8 (2020)
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9139
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Biodiversity patterns across the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
In: Palaeontologia Electronica (2020)
ISSN: 1094-8074
DOI: 10.26879/1047
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Addressing priority questions of conservation science with palaeontological data
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 374 (2019), p. 20190222
ISSN: 0962-8436
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0222
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Fossil liberation: a model to explain high biodiversity in the Triassic Cassian Formation
In: Palaeontology (2019), Article No.: pala.12441
ISSN: 0031-0239
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12441
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Reliable estimates of beta diversity with incomplete sampling
In: Ecology 99 (2018), p. 1051-1062
ISSN: 0012-9658
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2201
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The formation of microbial-metazoan bioherms and biostromes following the latest Permian mass extinction
In: Gondwana Research 61 (2018), p. 187-202
ISSN: 1342-937X
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2018.05.007
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The youngest ophiocistioid: a first Palaeozoic-type echinoderm group representative from the Mesozoic
In: Palaeontology 61 (2018), p. 803-811
ISSN: 0031-0239
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12392
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Edited Volumes
Echinoderm Research 2010. 7th European Conference on Echinoderms, Göttingen, October 2-9, 2010. Abstract Volume and Field Guide to Excursions
Göttingen: 2010
ISBN: 978-3-941875-68-5
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Conference Contributions
Drivers of beta diversity in Triassic reefs and reef basins
Annual Conference of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Munich, 15. September 2019 - 18. September 2019)
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The role of liberation lagerstätten as windows into past biodiversity
11th North American Paleontological Convention (Riverside, CA, 23. June 2019 - 27. June 2019)
In: Droser, M., N. Hughes, N. Bonuso, D. Bottjer, D. Eernisse, R. Gaines, A. Hendy, D. Jacobs, J. Miller-Camp, R. Norris, K. Roy, P. Sadler, M. Springer, X. Wang, and M. Vendrasco (ed.): PaleoBios 36 (Supplement 1), Riverside, CA: 2019
URL: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6r18f8wn
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The Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) – Turnover rates during a phase of major climatic changes
Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in München (München, 15. September 2019 - 18. September 2019)
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Turnover rates of Paleozoic and modern taxa during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
GSA Annual Meeting (Phoenix, 22. September 2019 - 25. September 2019)
DOI: 10.1130/abs/2019am-336433
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A first Palaeozoic-type echinoderm group representative from the Mesozoic
GeoBonn 2018, Living Earth (Bonn, 2. September 2018 - 6. September 2018)
In: GeoBonn 2018, Living Earth - Abstracts 2018
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Beta diversity in Triassic and modern marine communities
5th International Palaeontological Congress (Paris, 9. July 2018 - 13. July 2018)
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Contrasting shallow and deeper water marine assemblages of the highly heterogeneous biota from the Late Triassic Cassian Formation, northern Italy
GeoBonn 2018, Living Earth (Bonn, 2. September 2018 - 6. September 2018)
In: GeoBonn 2018, Living Earth - Abstracts 2018
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Diversity and palaeoecology of tropical marine soft-bottom assemblages from the Late Triassic (Cassian Formation, northern Italy)
5th International Palaeontological Congress (Paris, 9. July 2018 - 13. July 2018)
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High beta diversity in a Triassic reef basin assemblage
Crossing the Palaeontological- Ecological Gap (Leeds, 30. August 2018 - 31. August 2018)
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High diversity in the Triassic Cassian Formation
GeoBonn2018, Living Earth (Bonn, 2. September 2018)
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Towards an assessment of true diversity in fossil ecosystems
1st Palaeontological Virtual Congress (Valencia, 1. December 2018 - 15. December 2018)
In: 1st Palaeontological Virtual Congress. Book of abstracts. Palaeontology in a virtual era 2018
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Reliable estimates of beta diversity with incomplete sampling
GSA Annual Meeting (Seattle, USA, 22. October 2017 - 25. October 2017)
In: GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017 2017
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Abundant taxa determine beta diversity
8th International Meeting on Taphonomy and Fossilization (Wien, 14. September 2017 - 17. September 2017)
In: Martin Zuschin Mathias Harzhauser Susanne Mayrhofer (ed.): Taphos 2017 Vienna - Programme and Abstracts 2017
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Biodiversity and palaeoecology of a marine basinal fauna from Misurina (Late Triassic Cassian Formation, Italy)
88th Annual Conference of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Münster, 26. March 2017 - 30. March 2017)
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A simpler method of determining beta diversity to address diversity patterns in the Cassian Formation (Triassic, Dolomites)
87th Annual Conference of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Dresden, 11. September 2016 - 15. September 2016)
In: Fossils: Key to evolution, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments - Programme, Abstracts, Field trip guides 2016
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Morphology and systematics of fossil and recent sea pens (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea)
12th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera (Muscat, Oman, 5. February 2015 - 15. February 2015)
In: GUtech Geoscience Conference Publication 2 (ed.): 12th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera 2015 - Abstract Volume 2015
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Das Hessische Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Geschichte und Neukonzeption
Centenary Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Berlin, 24. September 2012 - 29. September 2012)
In: Conference: Centenary Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft 2012
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Microstructures of modern sea pen axes – a tool for the systematics of fossil pennatulaceans (Octocorallia)
Annual conference of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Berlin, 24. September 2012 - 29. September 2012)
In: Terra Nostra 2012/3 2012
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Where are all the fossil pennatulacean octocorals? The need for more research on modern sea pens
82. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (Wien, 13. September 2011 - 15. September 2011)
In: Beiträge zur Paläontologie 32 2011
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A Late Barrêmian and Early Aptian Vertebrate Fauna of Garbsen near Hanover, Lower Saxony
79. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (Bonn, 4. October 2009 - 7. October 2009)
In: Terra Nostra 2009/3 2009
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Aus dem Archiv der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft II: Die Paläontologische Zeitschrift im Wandel der Zeit
79. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (Bonn, 5. October 2009 - 7. October 2009)
In: Terra Nostra 2009/3 (ed.): 79. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft in Bonn, 5.-7. Oktober 2009 2009
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Notes on Palaeontological Societies
Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (Erlangen, 8. September 2008 - 10. September 2008)
In: Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft. 8.-10. September 2008, Erlangen 2008
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Thesis
- Paläontologische Gesellschaft: Beauftragte für Marketing & Öffentlichkeitsarbeit