Researchers

Earth sciences / SEILACHER, ADOLF

adolf.seilacher

Position

Ajunct Professor of Geology and Geophysics at the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, USA.

Research interests

Latest Precambrain and Paleozoic trace fossils, taphonomy and morphology.

Prizes and awards

1992 Crafoord Prize of the Swedish Academy for his innovative research concerning the evolution of life in interaction with the environment as documented in the geological record.
R.C. Moore Medal, SEPM
Paleontological Society Medal

Publications

Seilacher, A., 1997, Evolution of Burrowing Behaviour in Silurian Trilobites: Ichnosubspecies of Cruziana acacensis, 523-530.

Seilacher, A., 1997, Palaegeographic-Palaeotectonic Atlas of North-Eastern Africa, Arabia, and adjacent areas. A.A. Balkema, Rottendam ISBN 905410659 X.

Kull, U., Maeda, H., Nachtigall, W. and Seilacher, A., 1996, Funktions-und Konstruktionsmorphologie. - In: Teichmann, K. & Wilke, J. (Eds.): Prozess und Form "Natuerlicher Konstruktionen", Ernst & Sohn Verlag, Berlin: 34-51.

Seilacher, A., 1996, Explosive Evolution in the Precambrian/Cambrian Transition. Evolucion: Aspectos interdisciplinares - Cuadernos Interdisciplinares, 6, Zaragoza, 65-78.

Seilacher, A. and R. Goldring, 1996, Class Psammocorallia (Coelenterata, Vendian-Ordovician): Recognition, systematics, and distribution. GFF, v 118, pp. 207-216.

Maeda, H. & Seilacher, A. 1996: Ammonoid Taphonomy. - In: Landman, Tanable, & Davis (eds): Ammonoid Paleobiology, Vol. 13 of topics in Geobiology, Plenum Press, N.Y.

Seilacher, A., 1995, Fossile Kunst. Albumblatter der Erdgeschichte. Goldschneckverlag Korb, 48.