Benjamin Sames

Benjamin SAMES, Dipl.-Geol. Dr.

benjamin.sames@univie.ac.at

Raumnummer: 2B385A
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53479

Benjamin Sames

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
Visiting Staff, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA

Current Projects:

04/2020 – 04/2024: BrasCretOst I "Revision and integration of applied taxonomy of non-marine ostracods of the Buracica, Jiquiá and Alagoas local stages”, service contract funded by PETROBRAS (PI).

04/2022 – 03/2024: UNESCO-IUGS IGCP Project 710 – Western Tethys meets Eastern Tethys, Subproject NOMAJU: “Non-marine – marine correlation and sea-level changes in the Mid-Jurassic Tethys: Tectonic versus climate events” funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) (PI).

Teaching:

SoSe 2022: MA-ERD-W-3.14 Advanced Stratigraphy and Carbonate Sedimentology

Veröffentlichungen (aus u:cris)

2022

Modes of Pangean lake level cyclicity driven by astronomical climate pacing modulated by continental position and pCO ₂. / Landwehrs, Jan; Feulner, Georg; Willeit, Matteo et al.
in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Band 119, Nr. 46, e2203818119, 07.11.2022.

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Non-marine ostracods of the Codó Formation (upper Aptian, Lower Cretaceous), Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil: new biostratigraphic and paleoecological insights. / Barros, Cecília de Lima (Korresp. Autor*in); Silva, Sílvia Clara; Machado, Lucas Lage et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 133, 105125, 05.2022.

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Ostracod Response to a Major Middle Jurassic Sea-Level Fall: A Case Study from Southern Tunisia (North Gondwana) with Implications on Regional Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction. / Trabelsi, Khaled; Tiss, Lassad; Sames, Benjamin et al.
in: Geosciences (Switzerland), Band 12, Nr. 2, 93, 02.2022.

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2021

Paleoenvironmental analysis of a Lower Cretaceous Paleolake from the Iguatu Basin based on its ostracod fauna and XRF. / Dos Santos Filho, Marcos Antonio Batista; Fauth, Gerson; Sames, Benjamin et al.
in: Palaios, Band 36, Nr. 12, 12.2021, S. 356-376.

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A brackish to non-marine aquatic and terrestrial fossil assemblage with vertebrates from the lower Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) Gosau Group of the Tiefengraben locality near St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Austria. / Ősi, Attila; Szabó, Márton; Tóth, Emőke et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 127, 104938, 11.2021.

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Discovery of a new Lower Cretaceous Wealden-type ostracod fauna from the Bouhedma Formation, Central Tunisian Atlas, North Africa. / Chnayna, Manel (Korresp. Autor*in); Sames, Benjamin; Trabelsi, Khaled et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 127, 104942, 11.2021.

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Living environment of the early Jehol Biota: A case study from the Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation, Luanping Basin (North China). / Qin, Zuohuan; Xi, Dangpeng (Korresp. Autor*in); Wagreich, Michael et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 124, 104833, 08.2021.

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Ostracods from the non-marine Lower Cretaceous interval at Liying section of Luanping Basin, North China: A stratigraphic correlation. / Qin, Zuohuan; Xi, Dangpeng (Korresp. Autor*in); Sames, Benjamin (Korresp. Autor*in) et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 123, 104743, 07.2021.

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A new diverse charophyte flora and biozonation of the Eocene bauxite cover-sequence at Gánt (Vértes Hills, Hungary). / Trabelsi, Khaled; Sames, Benjamin; Wagreich, Michael et al.
in: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, Taylor & Francis, Band 19, Nr. 7, 26.06.2021, S. 541-563.

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Investigating Mesozoic Climate Trends and Sensitivities with a Large Ensemble of Climate Model Simulations. / Landwehrs, Jan Philip; Feulner, Georg; Petri, Stefan et al.
in: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, Band 36, Nr. 6, e2020PA004134, 20.05.2021.

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An integrated multi-proxy study of cyclic pelagic deposits from the north-western Tethys: the Campanian of the Postalm section (Gosau Group, Austria). / Wolfgring, E. (Korresp. Autor*in); Wagreich, M.; Hohenegger, J. et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 120, 104704, 04.2021.

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Lower Cretaceous non-marine ostracods of the Oros Formation, Iguatu basin: Taxonomy and biostratigraphic considerations. / Santos Filho, Marcos Antnio Batista dos; Fauth, Gerson; Sames, Benjamin.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 118, Nr. 2021, 104634, 02.2021.

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Ostracods as proxies for marginal marine to non-marine intervals in the mid-Cretaceous carbonate platform of the Central Tunisian Atlas (North Africa): Response to major short-term sea-level falls. / Trabelsi, Khaled (Korresp. Autor*in); Sames, Benjamin; Nasri, Ahmed et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 117, 104581, 01.2021.

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2020

New record of podocopid ostracods from Cretaceous amber. / Wang, He; Schädel, Mario; Sames, Benjamin et al.
in: PeerJ, Band 8, 10134, 26.10.2020.

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Aquifer-eustasy as the main driver of short-term sea-level fluctuations during Cretaceous hothouse climate phases. / Sames, Benjamin; Wagreich, Michael; Conrad, Clinton P. et al.
in: Geological Society Special Publications, Band 498, Nr. 1, 2020, S. 9-38.

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Cretaceous Climate Events and Short-Term Sea-Level Changes. / Wagreich, Michael (Herausgeber*in); Hart, Malcolm B. (Herausgeber*in); Sames, Benjamin (Herausgeber*in) et al.
London: The Geological Society of London, 2020. (Geological Society Special Publications, Band 498).

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2019

Advances in the Study of the Non-Marine Ostracods in Luanping Basin, Northern Hebei (North China): A Preliminary Result. / Qin, Zuohuan; Xi, Dangpeng; Sames, Benjamin et al.
in: Open Journal of Geology, Band 9, 23.09.2019, S. 601 - 604.

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Middle Jurassic charophytes from southern Tunisia: Implications on evolution and paleobiogeography. / Tiss, Lassad; Trabelsi, Khaled; Kamoun, Fekri et al.
in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Band 263, 04.2019, S. 65-84.

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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). / Wolfgring, Erik; Wagreich, Michael; Dinares-Turell, Jaume et al.
in: Newsletters on Stratigraphy, Band 51, Nr. 4, 09.2018, S. 445-476.

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Ostracods of the non-marine Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation at Yushuxia (Luanping basin, North China): Implications for the early Jehol Biota age. / Qin, Zuohuan; Xi, Dangpeng; Sames, Benjamin et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 86, 06.2018, S. 199-218.

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A gigantic marine ostracod (Crustacea: Myodocopa) trapped in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. / Xing, Lida; Sames, Benjamin; McKellar, Ryan C. et al.
in: Scientific Reports, Band 8, Nr. 1, 1365, 22.01.2018.

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First record of non-marine ostracods from the Paleogene “hamadian deposits” of Méridja area, west of Bechar (southwestern Algeria). / Hammouda, Sid Ahmed; Sames, Benjamin; Adaci, Mohammed et al.
in: Annales de paléontologie, Band 104, Nr. 1, 2018, S. 27-44.

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2017

Late Cretaceous ostracod fauna from the Shenjiatun section (Songliao Basin, Northeast China): Biostratigraphic and palaeoecological implications. / Wang, Yaqiong; Sames, Benjamin; Liao, Huanyu et al.
in: Cretaceous Research, Band 78, 10.2017, S. 174-190.

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2016

Greenhouse sea-level changes: Growing evidence for aquifer-driven eustasy. / Wagreich, Michael; Wendler, Jens; Sames, Benjamin et al.
2016. Beitrag in Historical Studies of Gondwana. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, Südafrika.

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Unravelling short-term climate and sea-level changes in a greenhouse world – Evidence from the Cretaceous (IGCP 609). / Sames, Benjamin; Wagreich, Michael.
2016. Beitrag in Historical Studies of Gondwana. 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, Südafrika.

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