My research focuses mainly on tetrapods from the Age of Dinosaurs; I have a particular interest in dinosaurs, mosasaurs and fossil trackways. I currently work on T. rex and Triceratops from North America, and on mosasaurs from Angola.
Keywords
Dinosaurs, Mosasaurs, Cretaceous, Jurassic
Researchinterest
“Trying to bring back fossils to life.”
I am currently working on:
- the Late Cretaceous mosasaur fauna of Angola
- Triceratops from Wyoming, USA
- Tyrannosaurus rex from Montana, USA
- and -closer to home- fossils from the Triassic of Winterswijk and the Cretaceous of Maastricht.
Keypublications
Schulp, Anne S., Janssen, Renée, Van Baal, Remy R., Jagt, John W.M., Mulder, Eric W.A. & Vonhof, Hubert B. (01.03.2017). Stable isotopes, niche partitioning and the paucity of elasmosaur remains in the Maastrichtian type area. Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 96: 29-33.
Buffetaut, Eric, Hartman, Axel Frans, Al-Kindi, Mohammed & Schulp, Anne S. (01.11.2015). Hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of the Sultanate of Oman. PLoS ONE, 10 (11).
Joordens, Josephine C.A., D'Errico, Francesco, Wesselingh, Frank P., Munro, Stephen, De Vos, John, Wallinga, Jakob, Ankjærgaard, Christina, Reimann, Tony, Wijbrans, Jan R., Kuiper, Klaudia F., Mücher, Herman J., Coqueugniot, Hélène, Prié, Vincent, Joosten, Ineke, Van Os, Bertil, Schulp, Anne S., Panuel, Michel, Van Der Haas, Victoria, Lustenhouwer, Wim, Reijmer, John J.G. & Roebroeks, Wil (12.02.2015). Homo erectus at Trinil on Java used shells for tool production and engraving. Nature, 518: 228-231.
Schulp, A. S., Bardet, N. & Bouya, B. (2009). A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and additional material of Carinodens belgicus from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 88: 161-167.
PhDsupervision
In the summer of 2019, Jimmy de Rooij started his PhD on the ontogeny of Triceratops.
Triceratops: Jimmy de Rooij
Teachingactivities
- Universiteit Utrecht: BSc and MSc course Paleontology
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: HOVO-course 'Dinosaurussen'
- Universiteit Maastricht/Hogeschool Zuyd: guest lectures in Masters' of Scientific Illustration
- Universiteit Leiden: HOVO-course 'Dinosaurussen'