List of Publications by Oliver Wings


ORIGINAL PAPERS AND BOOKS


Rabi, M., Zhou, C.-F., Wings, O., Sun, G. & Joyce, W.G. (2013): A new xinjiangchelyid turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Xinjiang, China and the evolution of the basipterygoid process in Mesozoic turtles. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:203, 1-28. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-203

Wu, W.-H., Zhou, C.-F., Wings, O., Sekiya, T. & Dong, Z.-M. (2013): A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Shanshan, Xinjiang. Global Geology 32(3): 437-446.

Wings, O. (2012): Gastroliths in coprolites – A call to search. – New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 57: 73-77.

Wings O., Rabi M., Schneider J.W., Schwermann L., Sun G., Zhou C.-F., Joyce W.G. (2012): An enormous Jurassic turtle bone bed from the Turpan Basin of Xinjiang, China. Naturwissenschaften, 99 (11): 925-935. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0974-5

Milàn J, Clemmensen LB, Adolfssen JS, Estrup EJ, Frobøse N, Klein N, Mateus O, & Wings, O. (2012): A preliminary report on coprolites from the Late Triassic part of the Kap Stewart Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland. – New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 57: 203-206.

Fritz, J., Hummel, J., Kienzle, E., Wings, O., Streich, W. J. & Clauss, M. (2011): Gizzard vs. teeth, it's a tie: food-processing efficiency in herbivorous birds and mammals and implications for dinosaur feeding strategies. – Paleobiology, 37: 577-586.

Sander, P. M., Christian, A., Clauss, M., Fechner, R., Gee, C. T., Griebeler, E.-M., Gunga, H.-C., Hummel, J., Mallison, H., Perry, S. F., Preuschoft, H., Rauhut, O. W. M., Remes, K., Tütken, T., Wings, O. & Witzel, U. (2011): Biology of the sauropod dinosaurs: the evolution of gigantism. – Biological Reviews, 86 (1): 117-155.

Sander, P. M., N. Klein, K. Stein, & Wings, O. (2011): Sauropod bone histology and its implications for sauropod biology. pp. 276-302. In N. Klein, K. Remes, C. T. Gee, and P. M. Sander (eds.), Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: Understanding the Life of Giants. Life of the Past (series ed. Farlow, J.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington.

Wings, O., Schwarz-Wings, D. & Fowler, D. W. (2011): New sauropod material from the Late Jurassic part of the Shishugou Formation (Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, NW China). – Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 262 (2): 129-150.

Hinz, J., Smith, I., Pfretzschner, H.-U., Wings, O. & Sun, G. (2010): A high-resolution three-dimensional reconstruction of a fossil forest (Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation, Junggar Basin, Northwest China). – Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 90 (3): 215-240.

Klug, S., Tütken, T., Wings, O., Pfretzschner, H.-U. & Martin, T. (2010): A Late Jurassic freshwater shark assemblage (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiformes) from the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China. – Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 90 (3): 241-257.

Rabi, M., Joyce, W. & Wings, O. (2010): A review of the Mesozoic turtles of the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, Northwest China) and the paleobiogeography of Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Asian testudinates. – Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 90 (3): 259-273.

Richter, A., Wings, O., Pfretzschner, H.-U. & Martin, T. (2010): Late Jurassic Squamata and possible Choristodera from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China. – Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 90 (3): 275-282.

Wings, O., Schwarz-Wings, D., Pfretzschner, H.-U. & Martin, T. (2010): Overview of Mesozoic crocodylomorphs from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China, and description of isolated crocodyliform teeth from the Late Jurassic Liuhuanggou locality. – Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 90 (3): 283-294.

Schellhorn, R., Schwarz-Wings, D., Maisch, M. W. & Wings, O. (2009): Sunosuchus (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia) from the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation in the southern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, NW China). - Fossil Record, 12 (1):59-69.

Wings, O., Schwarz-Wings, D. & Heinrich, W.-D. (2009): Field trip guide. The Rixdorf Horizon (“Rixdorfer Horizont”) of the Niederlehme sand pits near Königs Wusterhausen. In: Schwarz-Wings, D.; Wings, O. & Sattler, F. (eds.) – Abstract Volume of the 7th EAVP Annual Meeting; Shaker Verlag, Aachen; p. 71-74.

Wings, O. (2009): Field trip guide. The Rüdersdorf Muschelkalk Quarry. In: Schwarz-Wings, D.; Wings, O. & Sattler, F. (eds.) – Abstract Volume of the 7th EAVP Annual Meeting; Shaker Verlag, Aachen; p. 68-70.

Wings, O. (2009): A simulated bird gastric mill and its implications for fossil gastrolith authenticity. - Fossil Record, 12 (1):91-97.

Wings, O., Hatt, J.-H., Schwarm, A. & Clauss, M. (2008): Gastroliths in a pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis Morton 1844). - Senckenbergiana biologica, 88 (2): 345-348.

Schwarz, D., Wings, O. & Meyer, C.A. (2007): Super sizing the giants: Evidence from cartilage preservation in a sauropod limb.- Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 164, pp. 61–65.

Weems, R.E., Culp, M.J., and Wings, O. (2007): Evidence for prosauropod dinosaur gastroliths in the Bull Run Formation (Upper Triassic, Norian) of Virginia (U.S.A.).- Ichnos, v. 14 (3/4): 271–295.

Wings, O. (2007) A review of gastrolith function with implications for fossil vertebrates and a revised classification. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 52 (1), pp. 1-16.

Wings, O. & 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 B: Biological Sciences, v. 274 (1610), pp. 635 – 640.

Wings, O., Pfretzschner, H.-U. & Maisch, M.W. (2007):The first evidence of a stegosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Jurassic of Xinjiang/China.- Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, v. 243 (1), pp. 113-118.

Wings, O. , Schellhorn, R., Mallison, H., Thuy, B., Wu, W. & Sun, G. (2007): The first dinosaur tracksite from Xinjiang, NW China (Middle Jurassic Sanjianfang Formation, Turpan Basin) – a preliminary report. Global Geology v. 10 (2), pp. 113-129.

Cheng, L., Wings, O., Chen, X.H. & Sander, M (2006): Gastroliths in the Triassic ichthyosaur Panjiangsaurus from China.- Journal of Paleontology, v. 80 (3), pp. 583-588.

Wings, O. & Joyce, W.G. (2006): Gambelia wislizenii Predation. Herpetological Review. v. 37 (2), pp. 221-222.

Wings, O. & Joyce, W.G. (2006): Jagd und Nahrungsaufnahme eines frei lebenden Leopardleguans Gambelia wislizenii.- Elaphe. v. 14 (4), pp. 55-58.

Broschinski, A. & Wings, O. (2005): Der Kinder Brockhaus, Dinosaurier und das Leben in der Urzeit. Brockhaus, Mannheim, 220 pp.

Bartholomäus, W.A., Reich, M., Krüger, F.J., Ansorge, J., & Wings, O. (2004): Das Liefergebiet der Magensteine von Baddeckenstedt (Cenoman, Harzvorland). - Bochumer geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten, v. 4, pp. 103-131.

Wings, O. (2004): Authigenic minerals in fossil bones from the Mesozoic of England: poor correlation with depositional environments.- Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 204 (1-2), pp. 15-32.

Wings, O. (2004): Identification, distribution, and function of gastroliths in dinosaurs and extant birds with emphasis on ostriches (Struthio camelus).- Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bonn, Bonn, 187 pp.

Zhou, Z., Clarke, J.A., Zhang, F. & Wings, O. (2004): Gastroliths in a specimen of the Early Cretaceous bird Yanornis - An indication for earliest radical diet switching and gizzard plasticity in the lineage leading to living birds? - Naturwissenschaften, v. 91 (12), pp. 571-574.

Wings, O. (2003): Observations on the release of gastroliths from ostrich chick carcasses in terrestrial and aquatic environments. - Journal of Taphonomy. v. 1 (2), pp. 97-103.

Wings, O. (2000): Ein Hartgrund als neuer Aspekt bei der Interpretation der untertithonischen Solnhofener Plattenkalke.- Archaeopteryx, v. 18, pp. 75-92.


SELECTED PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Schwarz-Wings, D. & Wings, O. (2010): The potential knowledge gain of isolated small crocodile teeth in Mesozoic vertebrate assemblages. – Abstract Volume of the 8th EAVP Annual Meeting, Aix-en-Provence: 75.

Wings, O. & Joyce, W. G. (2009): An exceptionally large Jurassic turtle taphocoenosis from Xinjiang Autonomous Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 29 (3, suppl.),  202A.

Wings, O. (2009): New early Late Jurassic vertebrate localities near Shanshan in the Turpan Basin (NW China) – a field report. In: Schwarz-Wings, D.; Wings, O. & Sattler, F. (eds.) – Abstract Volume of the 7th EAVP Annual Meeting; Shaker Verlag, Aachen; p. 67.

Wings, O. (2008): Kong Long & Co. – Jurassic vertebrates from the Turpan Basin (NW China). Abstract Volume of the 6th EAVP Annual Meeting, Spišská Nová Ves; supplement pages.

Martin, T., Pfretzschner, H.-U., Wings, O. & Sun, G. (2007): Palaeobiogeographical implications of Late Jurassic mammals from the southwestern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, NW China). In: Sun, G; Mosbrugger, V.; Sun, Y.W. & Bruch, A. (eds.) - Proceedings of the International Symposium for Sino-German Cooperation on Geology and Environmental Changes in Northern China; Urumqi/China, September 1-7, 2007; p. 1-4.

Richter, A., Wings, O., Richter, U. & Knötschke, N. (2007). "Happy Feet": A new Lower Cretaceous dinosaur tracksite from Münchehagen, Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 27 (3, suppl.), p. 134A.

Schellhorn, R., Maisch, M. W., Wings, O. & Schwarz, D. (2007): Sunosuchus (Archosauria, Crocodyliformes) im Jura des Junggar-Beckens (NW China). - Wissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen des Institutes für Geologie der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, v. 36, p. 121-122.

Schellhorn, R., Maisch, M. W., Wings, O., Schwarz, D. & Sun, G. (2007): Crocodyliform remains from the southern Junggar basin (NW China). In: Sun, G; Mosbrugger, V.; Sun, Y.W. & Bruch, A. (eds.) - Proceedings of the International Symposium for Sino-German Cooperation on Geology and Environmental Changes in Northern China; Urumqi/China, September 1-7, 2007; p. 11-15.

Schwarz, D., Wings, O. & Meyer, C. A. (2007): Taxonomische und systematische Revision von Cetiosauriscus greppini (Sauropoda). - Wissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen des Institutes für Geologie der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, v. 36, p. 147-148.

Schwarz, D., Meyer, C. A. & Wings, O. (2007): Revision of Cetiosauriscus greppini: the revival of a Late Jurassic sauropod from Switzerland. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 27 (3, suppl.), 143A.

Wings, O., Claessens, L. & Sullivan, C. (2007): Crocodilian gastroliths past and present: their distribution and function. - Wissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen des Institutes für Geologie der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, v. 36, p. 176-177.

Wings, O., Fowler, D. W., Maisch, M. W., Martin, T., Pfretzschner, H.-U. & Sun, G. (2007): Dinosaur teeth from the Jurassic Qigu and Shishugou Formations of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang/China and their palaeobiogeographical implications. In: Sun, G; Mosbrugger, V.; Sun, Y.W. & Bruch, A. (eds.) - Proceedings of the International Symposium for Sino-German Cooperation on Geology and Environmental Changes in Northern China; Urumqi/China, September 1-7, 2007; p. 5-10.

Wings, O., Sander, P. M., Tütken, T., Fowler, D. W. & Sun, G. (2007): Growth and life history of Asia's largest dinosaur. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27 (3, suppl.), p. 167A.

Wings, O. (2006): Gastroliths in Mesozoic tetrapods and their implications for palaeobiology. In: Barrett, P.M. & Evans, S.E. (eds.) Ninth International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota. Natural History Museum, London, UK, p. 184.

Wings, O., D. Schwarz & C. A. Meyer (2006): A preserved distal articular cartilage capsule at a humerus of the sauropod dinosaur Cetiosauriscus greppini and its taphonomical and palaeobiological implications. Hantkeniana, v. 5, p.111.

Wings, O. (2005): Taphonomy, gastroliths, and the lithophagic behavior of sauropodomorph dinosaurs. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Abstracts of papers, v. 25, Supplement to No.3, 131A.

Wings, O. Broschinski, A. & Knötschke, N. (2005): New theropod and ornithopod dinosaur trackways from the Berriasian of Münchehagen (Lower Saxony, Germany). - Kaupia, v. 14, p. 105.

Wings, O., Bahr, C., Fischmann, M. & Broschinski, A. (2005): Auferstanden aus Bits und Bytes: ein multimedialer Plateosaurus und sein musealer Einsatz. (Workshop Public Relations). Geobiology 2. 74th Annual Meeting of the German Paleontological Society, Göttingen. Excursions & workshops. Universitätsdrucke Göttingen. pp. 240-243.

Wings, O. (2004): Die "Magenmühle" der Dinosaurier - Mythos und Fakten von Dinosauriergastrolithen im Spiegel von Experimenten mit rezenten Vögeln. – (Tilly Edinger Award Session). Geobiology. 74th Annual Meeting of the German Paleontological Society, Göttingen. Abstracts of talks and posters. Universitätsdrucke Göttingen. pp. 37-39.

Wings, O. (2004): The distribution of gastroliths in dinosaurs, including birds, and the implications for gastrolith function. - 52nd SVPCA Leicester, England.

Weems, R.E., Culp, M.J. & Wings, O. (2004): Possible correlation between lithofacies and dinosaur trace fossil distribution in the Upper Triassic (Norian) Bull Run Formation of the Culpeper Basin, Virginia (USA). - 32nd International Geological Congress, electronic version posted on-line on July 20, 2004, abstract volume, part 1, abstract 128-7.

Wings, O. (2003): The function of gastroliths in dinosaurs - New considerations following studies on extant birds. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Abstracts of papers, v. 23, Supplement to No.3, 111A.

Wings, O. & Sander, M. (2002). Keen birds and their geoscientific behavior - How ratites help in evaluating dinosaur gastrolith function. GEO 2002 Program and Abstracts. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, v. 21, p. 356.


IN PRESS

Wings, O. (in press): Gastroliths in coprolites – A call to search. – New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin.

Other manuscripts have been submitted for publication. They will be added here as soon as their status has changed to “in press”.


NON-TECHNICAL PAPERS

SELECTED MEDIA RECOGNITION

2009: Der Knochenjäger aus Mitte. Berliner Morgenpost, June 13, p. 11.

2008, May 18: Live on Radio Station Deutschlandradio Kultur, Topic: "Dinosaur Research" 

2007: Riesendinosaurier hatten Verdauungsprobleme, Welt Online, January, 25.

2005, June 22: Live on TV Station RTL in the program „Stern TV“, Topic: „Dinosaur tracks“

2005: Ein Mahlwerk im Magen [A mill work in the stomach]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 4, 2005, No. 103, p. N2.

2003: Role of gastroliths in digestion questioned. Science News, v. 164(18), Nov. 1, 2003, p. 286.