Dr. Erin Maxwell

• López-Arbarello, A., Maxwell, E.E., & Schweigert, G. 2020. New Halecomorph (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Jurassic, Late Kimmeridgian), Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(2):e1771348. 
• Maxwell, E.E., & Cortés, D. 2020. A revision of the Early Jurassic ichthyosaur Hauffiopteryx (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria), and description of a new species from southwestern Germany. Paleontologia Electronica 23(2):a31.
• Maxwell, E.E., Lambers, P. H., López-Arbarello, A., & Schweigert, G. 2020. Re-evaluation of pachycormid fishes from the Late Jurassic of Southwestern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(3):429-453.
• Pardo-Pérez, J.M., Kear, B.P. & Maxwell, E.E. 2020. Skeletal pathologies track body plan evolution in ichthyosaurs. Scientific Reports 10:4206.
• Serafini, G., Amalfitano, J., Cobianchi, M., Fornaciari, B., Maxwell, E.E., Papazzoni, C.A., Roghi, G. & Giusberti, L. 2020. Evidence of opportunistic feeding between ichthyosaurs and the oldest occurrence of the hexanchid shark Notidanodon from the Upper Jurassic of northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126(3).

• Anderson, K.L., Druckenmiller, P.S., Erickson, G.M., and Maxwell, E.E. 2019. Skeletal microstructure of Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Posidonienschiefer (Posidonia Shale, Lower Jurassic) of Germany. Palaeontology 62(3):433-449.
• Cortés, D., Larsson, H.C.E., Maxwell, E.E., Parra Ruge, M.L., Patarroyo, P., Wilson, J.A. 2019. An Early Cretaceous teleosaurid (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from Colombia. Ameghiniana 56 (5):365-379.
• Maxwell, E.E., Cortés, D., Patarroyo, P., and Parra Ruge, M.L. 2019. A new specimen of Platypterygius sachicarum (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia and its phylogenetic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(1):e1577875.
• Miedema, F. and Maxwell, E.E. 2019. Ontogeny of the braincase in Stenopterygius (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Jurassic of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39: e1675164.
• Pardo-Pérez, J.M., Kear, B., and Maxwell, E.E. 2019. Palaeoepidemiology in extinct vertebrate populations: factors influencing skeletal health in Jurassic marine reptiles. Royal Society Open Science 6:190264.

• Maxwell, E.E. and López-Arbarello, A. 2018. A new species of the deep-bodied actinopterygian Dapedium from the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) of southwestern Germany. PeerJ 6:e5033.
• Maxwell, E.E. 2018. Redescription of the ‘lost’ holotype of Suevoleviathan integer (Bronn, 1844) (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38:e1439833. 
• Maxwell, E.E., Argyriou, T., Stockar, R., and Furrer, H. 2018. Re-evaluation of the ontogeny and reproductive biology of the Triassic fish Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae). Palaeontology 61: 559-574.
• Pardo-Pérez, J. M., Kear, B.P., Gómez, M., Moroni, M., and Maxwell, E.E. 2018. Ichthyosaurian palaeopathology: evidence of injury and disease in fossil 'fish lizards'. Journal of Zoology 304: 21-33.
• Pardo-Pérez, J. M., Kear, B.P., Mallison, H., Gómez, M., Moroni, M., and Maxwell, E.E. 2018. Pathological survey on Temnodontosaurus from the Early Jurassic of southern Germany. PLoS ONE 13: e0204951.

• Fornaciari, B., Maxwell, E., Fornaciari, E., Papazzoni, C.A., and Zorzin, R. 2017. A new platypterygiine ichthyosaur rostrum from the Lower Cretaceous of the Lessini Mountains (Northern Italy). Cretaceous Research 71: 137–144.
• Maxwell, E.E. and Martindale, R.C. 2017. New Saurorhynchus (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) material from the Early Jurassic of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54: 714-719.
• Maxwell, E.E., and Stumpf, S. 2017. Revision of Saurorhynchus (Actinopterygii, Saurichthyidae) from the Early Jurassic of England and Germany. European Journal of Taxonomy 321: 1-29.
• Paparella, I., Maxwell, E.E., Cipriani, A., Roncacè, S., and Caldwell, M.W. 2017. The first ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Umbrian-Marchean Appenines (Marche, Central Italy). Geological Magazine 154: 837-858.
• Vincent, P., Allemand, R., Taylor, P.D., Suan, G., and Maxwell, E.E. 2017. New insights on the systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiology of a plesiosaurian with soft tissue preservation from the Toarcian of Holzmaden, Germany. The Science of Nature 104: 51.

• Argyriou, T., Clauss, M., Maxwell, E.E., Furrer, H., and Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. 2016. Exceptional preservation reveals gastrointestinal anatomy and evolution in early actinopterygian fishes. Scientific Reports 6: 18758.
• Dick, D.G., Schweigert, G., and Maxwell, E.E. 2016. Trophic niche ontogeny and palaeoecology of early Toarcian Stenopterygius (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Palaeontology 59(3): 423-431.
• Frey, L., Maxwell, E.E. and Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. 2016. Intraspecific variation in fossil vertebrate populations: fossil killifishes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontiformes) from the Oligocene of Central Europe. Palaeontologia Electronica 19.2.14A: 1-27.
• Kupfer, A., Maxwell, E., Reinhard, S., and Kuehnel, S. 2016. The evolution of parental investment in caecilian amphibians: a comparative approach. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 119(1): 4-14.
• Maxwell, E.E. 2016. First Middle Jurassic record of Saurichthyidae (Actinopterygii). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 90(2): 287-291. 
• Maxwell, E.E., Alexander, S., Bechly, G., Eck, K., Frey, E., Grimm, K., Kovar-Eder, J., Mayr, G., Micklich, N., Rasser, M., Roth-Nebelsick, A., Salvador, R.B., Schoch, R.R., Schweigert, G., Stinnesbeck, W., Wolf-Schwenninger, K., Ziegler, R. 2016. The Rauenberg fossil Lagerstätte (Baden-Württemberg, Germany): a window into early Oligocene marine and coastal ecosystems of Central Europe. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 463: 238–260.
• Maxwell, E.E., Diependaal, H., Winkelhorst, H., Goris, G., and Klein, N. 2016. A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Middle Triassic of Winterswijk, The Netherlands. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abh. 280(2): 119-134.
• Maxwell, E.E., and Vincent, P. 2016. Effects of the early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event on ichthyosaur body size and faunal composition in the Southwest German Basin. Paleobiology 42(1): 117-126.
• Schweigert, G., Maxwell, E.E., and Dietl, G. 2016. First record of a true mortichnium produced by a fish. Ichnos 23(1-2): 71-76.
• Maxwell, E.E., Dick, D., Padilla, S., and Parra, M.L. 2016. A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. Papers in Palaeontology 2(1): 59-70.

• Dick, D.G., and Maxwell, E.E. 2015. Ontogenetic tooth reduction in Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria): negative allometry, changes in growth rate, and early senescence of the dental lamina. PLoS ONE 10(11): e0141904.
• Dick, D.G., and Maxwell, E.E. 2015. The evolution and extinction of the ichthyosaurs from the perspective of quantitative ecospace modelling. Biology Letters 11: 20150339.
• Carrillo-Briceño J.D., Maxwell E.E., Aguilera O.A., Sánchez R., Sánchez-Villagra M.R. 2015. Sawfishes and other elasmobranch assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela). PLoS ONE 10: e0139230.
•  Maxwell, E.E., Romano, C., Wu, F., and Furrer, H. 2015. Two new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, with implications for character evolution in the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 887-912.

• Museum Spezial: Patient Fischsaurier – restoring damages fossils

The SMNS has one of the largest collections worldwide of fossils from the Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden. However, the depositional conditions resulting in the preservation of these spectacular finds also lead to an abundance of iron sulfide minerals deposited in and around the fossil. When exposed to the atmosphere following excavation, chemical changes begin that can damage and even eventually destroy the fossil. This exhibition focused on both the mineralogy and formation of iron sulfide minerals such as pyrite and marcasite in sedimentary environments, and also the process of fossil conservation and restoration.

• Curator for fossil aquatic vertebrates, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart

• Postdoctoral researcher, Evolutionary Morphology Group (Prof. Sánchez), Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Schweiz

•  Humboldt postdoctoral fellow, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (Host: Rainer Schoch) und Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (Host:Johannes Müller)

• Killam Forschungstipendiatin, Dept. of Biology, University of Alberta (Arbeitsgruppe: Michael Caldwell)

• PhD program, McGill University (Dissertation: Evolution of Avian Ossification Sequences)

• BSc program, University of Alberta (Evolutionary Biology)