Benjamin SAMES, Dipl.-Geol. Dr.
Raumnummer: 2B385A
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53479
Personal Website: homepage.univie.ac.at/benjamin.sames/
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Research Interests/Expertise:
- Micropaleontology of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Ostracoda (and Charophyta) with focus on Mesozoic non-marine deposits (Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous) of the world
- Integrated Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, chemostratigraphy, cyclostratigraphy) with focus on the Cretaceous
- Fundamentals, principles and methods of the biostratigraphic application of (late) Mesozoic non-marine Ostracoda
- Paleoclimatology and climate change, ocean-land interactons and its impact on life and the hydrological circle with focus on the Cretaceous
- Cretaceous greenhouse climate, Mesozoic climate shifts and climate extremes
- Mesozoic evolution of non-marine/terrestrial habitats
- Ostracod biostratigraphy, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography, phylogeny
- Palaobiology and application of ostracod reproductive and dispersal mechanisms
- Origin and early evolution of non-marine ostracods
- Taxonomy and application of Late Jurassic-Cretaceous Charophyta
- Theoretical, practical and applied taxonomy
Other Affiliations and professional activities:
- Affiliate Research Associate, Collections Division Vertebrate Paleontoloy, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
- Stratigraphic Consultant, Petrobras (Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Associate Editor of the Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences
- Visiting Staff, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Current Projects:
2017–2019: IGCP 632 Subproject “Late Mesozoic lacustrine systems in Tunisia and their global correlation” within the scope of the Earth System Sciences Programme (ESS) of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW) (PI in charge). See overview in FGGA’s news: http://fgga.univie.ac.at/en/research/research-portal-detail-view/news/in-the-footsteps-of-a-dinosaur/)
Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian to Albian, ~133 to 100 million years ago) succession at Jebel Chemsi, Gafsa region, central Tunisia. © B. Sames
2015–2018: FWF P 27687 “Lower Cretaceous Climate and Non-marine Stratigraphy” (LCCNS) (PI in charge).
2013–2017: UNESCO-IUGS IGCP 609 “Climate-environmental deteriorations during greenhousephases: Causes andconsequences of short-term Cretaceous sea-levelchanges” (Project-Secretary)
Teaching:
current semester: no teaching in summer term 2018
Publications (peer-reviewed articles):
Xing, L., Sames, B., McKellar, R., Xi, D., Bai, M., Wan, X., 2018. A gigantic marine ostracod (Crustacea: Myodocopa) trapped in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Scientific Reports, 8, 1365. www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-19877-y *OPEN ACCESS*
Amber specimen DIP-V-17118 in natural light with lateral view of ostracod specimen (left valve, anterior end to the left) clearly visible. Orange dot represents the eye tubercle, dark brownish spots are insect frass particles (© and courtesy of Lida Xing, China University of Geosciences).
Veröffentlichungen (aus u:cris)
2019
Tiss, L, Trabelsi, K, Kamoun, F, Soussi, M, Houla, Y, Sames, B & Martín-Closas, C 2019, 'Middle Jurassic charophytes from southern Tunisia: Implications on evolution and paleobiogeography', Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Jg. 263, S. 65-84. doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.01.011
2018
Wolfgring, E, Wagreich, M, Dinares-Turell, J, Gier, S, Bohm, K, Sames, B, Spoetl, C & Popp, F 2018, 'The Santonian-Campanian boundary and the end of the Long Cretaceous Normal Polarity-Chron: Isotope and plankton stratigraphy of a pelagic reference section in the NW Tethys (Austria)', Newsletters on Stratigraphy, Jg. 51, Nr. 4, S. 445-476. doi.org/10.1127/nos/2018/0392
Xing, L, Sames, B, McKellar, RC, Xi, D, Bai, M & Wan, X 2018, 'A gigantic marine ostracod (Crustacea: Myodocopa) trapped in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber', Scientific Reports, Jg. 8, 1365. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19877-y
Hammouda, SA, Sames, B, Adaci, M & Bensalah, M 2018, 'First record of non-marine ostracods from the Paleogene “hamadian deposits” of Méridja area, west of Bechar (southwestern Algeria)', Annales de paléontologie, Jg. 104, S. 27-44. doi.org/10.1016/j.annpal.2017.12.001
Qin, Z, Xi, D, Sames, B, Do Carmo, DA, Wang, X, Xu, Y, Yu, Z, Wei, F, Leite, AM & Wan, X 2018, 'Ostracods of the non-marine Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation at Yushuxia (Luanping basin, North China): Implications for the early Jehol Biota age', Cretaceous Research, Jg. 86, S. 199-218. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.010
2017
Steininger, FF, Gebhardt, H & Sames, B 2017, Field Trip POST-3: Eustasy and sea-level changes in the footsteps of Eduard Suess. in M Wagreich & H Gebhardt (Hrsg.), 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous Vienna, August 21–26, 2017 – FIELD TRIP GUIDE BOOK. Bd. 120, 4, Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Bd. 120, Geologische Bundesanstalt, Wien, S. 89-113, 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous, Vienna, Österreich, 21/08/17.
Sames, B (Hrsg.) 2017, 10th International Symposium on the Cretaceous – Abstracts, 21–26 August 2017, Vienna. Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Bd. 120, Bd. Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 120, Geologische Bundesanstalt.
Wang, Y, Sames, B, Liao, H, Xi, D & Pan, Y 2017, 'Late Cretaceous ostracod fauna from the Shenjiatun section (Songliao Basin, Northeast China): Biostratigraphic and palaeoecological implications', Cretaceous Research, Jg. 78, S. 174-190. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.001
2016
Sames, B, Wagreich, M, Wendler, JE, Haq, BU, Conrad, CP, Melinte-Dobrinescu, MC, Hu, X, Wendler, I, Wolfgring, E, Yilmaz, I & Zorina, SO 2016, 'Review: Short-term sea-level changes in a greenhouse world - A view from the Cretaceous', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Jg. 441, Nr. 3, S. 393-411. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.045
Wagreich, M, Wendler, J, Sames, B & Wendler, I 2016, 'Greenhouse sea-level changes: Growing evidence for aquifer-driven eustasy' Beitrag in Historical Studies of Gondwana. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, Südafrika, 27/08/16 - 2/09/16, .
Sames, B & Wagreich, M 2016, 'Unravelling short-term climate and sea-level changes in a greenhouse world – Evidence from the Cretaceous (IGCP 609)' Beitrag in Historical Studies of Gondwana. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, Südafrika, 27/08/16 - 2/09/16, .
2015
Trabelsi, K, Sames, B, Samouna, A, Piovesan, EK, Ben Rouina, S, Houla, Y, Touir, J & Soussi, M 2015, 'Ostracods from the marginal coastal Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of the Central Tunisian Atlas (North Africa): Paleoenvironment, biostratigraphy and paleobiography', Revue de Micropaléontologie, Jg. 58, Nr. 4, S. 309 - 331. doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2015.09.002
2014
Cifelli, RL, Davis, BM & Sames, B 2014, 'Earliest Cretaceous mammals from the western United States', Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Jg. 59, Nr. 1, S. 31-52. doi.org/10.4202/app.2012.0089
Wagreich, M, Lein, R & Sames, B 2014, 'Eustasy, its controlling factors, and the limno-eustatic hypothesis – concepts inspired by Eduard Suess', Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Jg. 107, Nr. 1, S. 115 - 131.
Danielopol, DL, Baltanás, A, Carbonel, P, Colin, J-P, Crasquin, S, Decrouy, L, De Deckker, P, Gliozzi, E, Groos-Uffenorde, H, Horne, DJ, Iepure, S, Keyser, D, Kornicker, LS, Lord, A, Martens, K, Matzke-Karasz, R, Miller, CG, Oertli, HJ, Pugliese, N, Russo, A, Sames, B, Schön, I, Siveter, DJ, Smith, A, Viehberg, FA, Wouters, K & Yassini, I 2014, 'From Naples 1963 to Rome 2013 – A brief review of how the International Research Group on Ostracoda (IRGO) developed as a social communication system', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Jg. 419, S. 3-22. doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.08.016
Queiroz Neto, JVD, Sames, B & Colin, J-P 2014, 'Kegelina: a new limnic ostracod (Cyprideidae, Crustacea) genus from the Lower Cretaceous of the Americas and Africa', Journal of Paleontology, Jg. 88, Nr. 4, S. 800-813. doi.org/10.1666/13-019
2013
Martin-Closas, C, Sames, B & Schudack, ME 2013, 'Charophytes from the Upper Berriasian of the Western Interior Basin of the United States', Cretaceous Research, Jg. 46, S. 11-23. doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2013.08.009
Gebhardt, H, Coric, S, Darga, R, Briguglio, A, Schenk, B, Werner, W, Andersen, N & Sames, B 2013, 'Middle to Late Eocene palaeoenvironmental changes in a marine transgressive sequence from the northern Tethyan margin (Adelholzen, Germany)', Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, Jg. 106, Nr. 2, S. 45-72.
2012
Sames, B & Horne, DJ 2012, 'Latest Jurassic to Cretaceous non-marine ostracod biostratigraphy: Unde venis, quo vadis?', Journal of Stratigraphy, Jg. 36, Nr. 2, S. 266-288.
2011
Sames, B 2011, 'Combined references for Taxonomic studies in Early Cretaceous nonmarine Ostracoda of North America', Micropaleontology, Jg. 57, Nr. 4-5, 5, S. 455-465.
Sames, B 2011, 'Early Cretaceous Cypridea Bosquet 1852 in North America and Europe', Micropaleontology, Jg. 57, Nr. 4-5, 3, S. 345-431.
Sames, B 2011, 'Early Cretaceous Theriosynoecum Branson 1936 in North America and Europe', Micropaleontology, Jg. 57, Nr. 4, 2, S. 291-344.
Sames, B 2011, 'Glossary of morphologic terms of late Mesozoic nonmarine Ostracoda, relevant to Theriosynoecum Branson 1936 and Cypridea Bosquet 1852', Micropaleontology, Jg. 57, Nr. 4-5, 4, S. 433-454.
2010
Sames, B, Whatley, R & Schudack, ME 2010, 'Praecypridea: A new non-marine ostracod genus from the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe, North and South America, and Africa', Journal of Micropalaeontology, Jg. 29, S. 163-176.
Sames, B, Cifelli, RL & Schudack, ME 2010, 'The nonmarine Lower Cretaceous of the North American Western Interior foreland basin: new biostratigraphic results from ostracod correlations and early mammals, and their implications for paleontology and geology of the basin – an overview', Earth-Science Reviews, Jg. 101, S. 207-224.