Taxonomy, palaeodiversity and evolution of Devonian trilobites in the context of global extinction events

Basic data of the doctoral examination procedure

Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster

Period of time: 01/01/2015 - 31/01/2018

Status: in progress

Candidate: Helling, Stephan

Doctoral subject: Geologie/Paläontologie

Doctoral degree: Dr. rer. nat.

Awarded by: Department 14 - Geosciences

Supervisors: Becker, Ralph Thomas

Description

Impact of global extinction events on the evolution and palaeidiversity of selected Devonian trilobite groups (Proetida, Phacopida, Odontopleurida, Scutelluida), based on the identification and taxonomic revision of numerous new faunas from Morocco and the Rhenish Massif

Supervision at the University of Münster

Becker, Ralph Thomas

Professur für Paläontologie (Prof. Becker)

Projects in which the doctoral examination procedure takes/took place

Eovariscan evolution of the southern and northern Prototethys: high-resolution stratigraphy, facies developments, biogeography, and geodynamic interpretation Duration: 01/02/2011 - 31/12/2015 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project
Fauna, stratigraphy, and facies developments in the Devonian and Lower Carboniferous of Southern Morocco (Devon-Karbon, Süd-Marokko) Duration: since 01/10/2001 Type of project: Own resources project
Global events and mass extinctions in the Middle Palaeozoic (Devonian/Carboniferous) (Globale Events, Devon/Karbon) Duration: since 01/10/2001 Type of project: Own resources project

Publications resulting from doctoral examination procedure

Membership News: TM R. Thomas BECKER and the Münster Group Becker Ralph Thomas, Aboussalam Zhor Sarah, Hartenfels Sven (2015) Münster(kein Verlag angegeben). Working paper
Phacopid trilobites from the Daleje Event Interval (Emsian, Devonian) at El Khraouia (Amessoui Syncline, southern Tafilalt, Morocco) Helling Stephan, Becker Thomas (2015) In: STRATI 2015, 2nd International Congress on Stratigraphy, 19. – 23. July 2015, Graz, Austria, Graz. Abstract in digital collection (conference)
A new Pragian trilobite assemblage from Ain-Al-Aliliga (western Meseta, NW Morocco) Helling Stephan, Becker Ralph Thomas (2015) In: IGCP 596 – SDS Symposium, Climate change and Biodiversity patterns in the Mid-Palaeozoic, Brüssel. Abstract in digital collection (conference)
The allochthonous Silurian-Devonian in olistostromes at "the southern Variscan Front" (Tinerhir Region, SE Morocco) - preliminary data. Rytina Marie-Kristin, Becker Ralph Thomas, Aboussalam Zhor Sarah, Hartenfels Sven, Helling Stephan, Stichling Sören, Ward Dustin (2013) In: ((Bitte Journal prüfen)), 27. Research article (journal)
Lower Devonian trilobites from a Carboniferous olistostrome near Ait Issa (Tinerhir area, southern margin of the Variscan Zone, SE Morocco) Helling Stephan, Becker Ralph Thomas (2013) In: EL HASSANI A., BECKER R.T. & TAHIRI A. (eds.), Abstracts Book. Abstract in digital collection (conference)