List of Publications by Oliver Wings
ORIGINAL PAPERS AND BOOKS
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
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
Schellhorn, R., Schwarz-Wings, D., Maisch, M. W. & Wings, O. (in press): Sunosuchus (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia) from the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation in the southern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, NW China). – Fossil Record.
Wings, O. (in press): A simulated bird gastric mill and its implications for fossil gastrolith authenticity. – Fossil Record.
Wings, O., Hatt, J.-H., Schwarm, A. & Clauss, M. (in press): Gastroliths in a pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis Morton 1844). – Senckenbergiana biologica, 88 (2).
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
Athen, K., Wings, O. & Broschinski, A. (2005): Wildwechsel vor 140 Millionen Jahren – Dinosaurierspuren führen ins Niedersächsische Landesmuseum nach Hannover. Die Zeitschrift für Ausstellungspraxis und Museologie im deutschsprachigen Raum, Museum Aktuell, v. 116: 6-8.
Wings, O., Schulze, N., Knötschke, N. & Broschinski, A. (2005): Neue Dinosaurierfährten aus der niedersächsischen Unterkreide. - GMIT Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, v. 20, pp. 33-35.
Wings, O. (2004): Vom Steine schlucken bei Dinosauriern. GMIT Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, v. 18, p. 28-29.
Wings, O. (2003): Is it... or isn't it?- World of Klein Karoo. Quarterly newsletter of the KLEIN KAROO Group. v. 7(1), p.8.
Wings, O. & Schmitz, L. (2002). Sauriergrabung in Texas geplant.- Forsch. Bonner Universitäts-Nachrichten, February 2002, p. 22
SELECTED MEDIA RECOGNITION
2008, May 18: Live on Radio Station Deutschlandradio Kultur, Topic: "Dinosaur Research"
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.