Barbara Seuß
Dr. Barbara Seuß

- Organization: Geozentrum Nordbayern
- Working group: Lehrstuhl für Paläoumwelt
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-24785
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-22690
- Email: barbara.seuss@fau.de
- Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barbara_Seuss/info
- Address:
Fichtestraße 12
91054 Erlangen
Research
- Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry Lagerstätte (Oberkarbon) in Oklahoma
- Lagerstätten des Oberkarbon
- Diversitätsentwicklung während der Permokarbonen Vereisung
- Bioerosion in Nautilus sp.
Journal Articles
Bioerosion in fossil cephalopods - a case study from the Upper Carboniferous Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry Lagerstätte, Oklahoma, USA
In: Facies 65 (2019), p. 7-17
ISSN: 0172-9179
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-018-0547-y
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Desmoinesian (Middle Pennsylvanian) orthocerid cephalopods from the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstätte in Oklahoma, Midcontinent North America
In: Paleontological Research 22 (2018), p. 20-36
ISSN: 1342-8144
DOI: 10.2517/2017PR008
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The Unitary Association method in biochronology and its potential stratigraphic power between benthic and planktic organisms: A case study on foraminifers from Paleocene–Eocene strata of southern Egypt
In: Geobios 51 (2018), p. 259-268
ISSN: 0016-6995
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2018.06.005
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The fish assemblage from the Pennsylvanian Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry Lagerstätte (Oklahoma, USA)
In: Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 91 (2017), p. 565–576
ISSN: 0031-0220
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-017-0361-9
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Bryozoan fauna of the Boggy Formation (Deese Group, Pennsylvanian) of the Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry, Oklahoma, USA
In: Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 96 (2016), p. 517-540
ISSN: 1867-1594
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-016-0231-6
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Microbial bioerosion of erratic sub-fossil Nautilus shells in a karstic cenote (Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia)
In: Ichnos-An International Journal For Plant and Animal Traces 23 (2016), p. 108-115
ISSN: 1042-0940
DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2015.1030074
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Syn-vivo bioerosion of Nautilus by endo- and epilithic foraminiferans (New Caledonia and Vanuatu)
In: PLoS ONE 10 (2015), p. e0125558
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125558
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Taphonomy of backshore versus deep-marine collected nautilus macromphalus conchs (New Caledonia)
In: Palaios 30 (2015), p. 503-513
ISSN: 0883-1351
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2014.057
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A chaetetid sponge assemblage from the Desmoinesian (Upper Moscovian) Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry lagerstätte in Oklahoma, USA
In: Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia 120 (2014), p. 3-26
ISSN: 0035-6883
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Exceptional cameral deposits in a sublethally injured Carboniferous orthoconic nautiloid from the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstätte in Oklahoma, USA
In: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (2012), p. 375-390
ISSN: 0567-7920
DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0008
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The Paleozoic evolution of the gastropod larval shell: larval armor and tight coiling as results of predation-driven heterochronic character displacement
In: Evolution & Development 142 (2012), p. 212-222
ISSN: 1520-541X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2012.00536.x
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Oxygen and stable carbon isotopes from a nautiloid from the middle Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) impregnation Lagerstätte "Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry" - Primary paleo-environmental signals versus diagenesis
In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 319/320 (2012), p. 1-15
ISSN: 0031-0182
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Neuaufschluss des berühmten Schwarzjura-Profils am historischen Ludwig-Donau-Main-Kanal bei Dörlbach/Mittelfranken
In: GMIT - Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen 45 (2011), p. 21-23
ISSN: 1616-3931
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Facies and fauna of the Pennsylvanian Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry deposit: a review and new data on an important Palaeozoic fossil Lagerstätte with aragonite preservation
In: Facies 55 (2009), p. 609-645
ISSN: 0172-9179
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-009-0181-9
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Triassic-Jurassic carbonates from the Hochfelln Mountain (Northern Calcareous Alps) - Its facies, silicified fauna and implications for the end-Triassic biotic crisis
In: Facies 51 (2005), p. 405-418
ISSN: 0172-9179
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-005-0048-7
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Book Contributions
Cephalopoda
In: IGCP 596 Climate Change and Biodiversity Patterns in the Mid-Palaeozoic, 2016, p. 34
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Gastropoda
In: IGCP 596 Climate Change and Biodiversity Patterns in the Mid-Palaeozoic, 2016, p. 44
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Pennsylvanian in North Central Texas, USA - The Finis Shale
In: IGCP 596 Climate Change and Biodiversity Patterns in the Mid-Palaeozoic, 2016, p. 44
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Pennsylvanian of Southern Oklahoma (Upper Carboniferous, USA) - The Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry
In: IGCP 596 Climate Change and Biodiversity Patterns in the Mid-Palaeozoic, 2016, p. 42
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.008
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Evolutionary implications of an exceptionally preserved Carboniferous microboring assemblage in the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstätte (Oklahoma, USA)
In: Current Developments in Bioerosion, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2008, p. 21-54
ISBN: 9783540775973
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0-2
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Conference Contributions
A Case Study On Bioerosion In Fossil Cephalopods From The Upper Carboniferous Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry Lagerstätte, Oklahoma, USA
GSA (Indianapolis)
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High diversity in the Triassic Cassian Formation
GeoBonn2018, Living Earth (Bonn, 09/02/18)
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Endolithic bioerosion in cephalopods from the upper Carboniferous Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry Lagerstätte (Oklahoma, USA)
9th International Bioerosion Workshop (Rom, 10/19/17)
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The influence of bioerosion on taphonomy - a case stuy using Nautilus macromphalus
GSA Annual meeting (Seattle, 10/25/17)
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The gastropods from the Pennsylvanian Buckhorn Asphalt Deposit (Oklahoma, USA) – an unique mollusc Lagerstätte
88. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (Münster, 09/01/17)
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Pennsylvanian Bryozoans of Exceptional Preservation from the Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry, Oklahoma
GSA Annual Meeting (Denver, 09/01/16)
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Exceptional preservation of bryozoans from the Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry, Oklahoma, USA
Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (Dresden)
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Exceptional preservation of Carboniferous bryozoans in the Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry of Oklahoma, USA
13th Larwood Symposium (Thurso, 06/01/15)
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Bioerosion in shells of modern Nautilus - Taphonomy of deep-marine versus backshore collected Nautilus macromphalus conchs (New Caledonia); 2014)
9th International Symposium 'Cephalopods present and past' (Zürich, 09/01/14)
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Bioerosion in shells of modern Nautilus - Results from the investigation of live caught specimens
9th International Symposium 'Cephalopods present and past (Zürich, 09/01/14)
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Chaetetids from the Upper Carboniferous Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry Lagerstätte, Oklahoma
Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association (Zürich, 12/01/13)
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Chaetetids from the Upper Carboniferous Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry Lagerstätte, Oklahoma
Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Göttingen, 09/01/13)
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Study on a fossil nautiloid – surprising insights
Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Berlin, 09/01/12)
:- Barbara Seuss, Royal Mapes, Christian Klug, Alexander Nützel:
Cameral deposits in a sublethally damaged Pennsylvanian Pseudorthoceras sp. from the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstätte in Oklahoma, USA
Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (München, 09/01/10)
Cameral deposits in a sublethally damaged Pennsylvanian “Michelinoceras sp.” from the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstätte in Oklahoma, USA
Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association (Gent, 12/01/10)
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Primary versus diagenetic isotope signals in Pseudorthoceras sp. from the Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (mid-Pennsylvanian, Oklahoma) - a detailed study of cameral deposits
Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (München, 09/01/10)
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An exceptionally preserved Carboniferous faunal assemblage from the Buckhorn Asphalt Lagerstätte (Oklahoma, USA)
Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, (Erlangen, 09/01/08)
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The Buckhorn Asphalt deposit – An unique fossil Lagerstätte from the Pennsylvanian of Oklahoma
GSA (Houston, 09/01/08)
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Exceptional Preservation of Molluscs in the Buckhorn Asphalt
Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (Freiberg, 09/01/07)
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Exceptional Preservation of Molluscs in the Buckhorn Asphalt
World Congress of Malacology (Antwerpen, 09/01/07)
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Facies and fauna of Triassic to Early Jurassic deposits from the Hochfelln Massif (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria)
System Earth - Biosphere Coupling (Erlangen, 09/01/05)
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- Paleobiodiversity and community structures of Lagerstätten during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age and the response of the marine benthic invertebrate fauna to global cooling
(Third Party Funds Single)Term: 1 Jul 2014 - 1 Jul 2017
Funding source: DFG-Einzelförderung / Sachbeihilfe (EIN-SBH)Paleo-biodiversity studies have become of increasing interest and numerous manuscripts have been published dealing with global diversity trends throughout the Phanerozoic. However, data used in these studies mostly derive from databases that may contain various biases and therefore distort statistical analysis. Moreover, Fossil Lagerstätten are commonly excluded although the quality of preservation and information is much better than in other deposits - fossil assemblages from Lagerstätten reflect the composition of former living communities to a much higher degree.The Phanerozoic is marked by two long-term cooling events. One of these is the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA) with its major onset in the middle to late Mississippian (Lower Carboniferous) and ending in the mid-Sakmarian (Permian). This project focuses on the paleo-biodiversity during the Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian), i.e. during a large part of the LPIA. Instead of purely using information from databases three fossil Lagerstätten (here Lagerstätten is used in terms of exceptionally preserved fauna; e.g. original shell material, color patterns, delicate ornamentation, minute larval shells) are sampled. These localities were influenced by the glacio-eustatic regime during the LPIA and are, from the American Midcontinent, the Finis Shale (Virgilian) and the Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry (Desmoinesian) and, from the Appalachian Basin, the Kendrick Shale (Morrowan).One objective of this project is to study true biodiversities and ecological structures within deposits of exceptionally preserved fossils based on the fact that such deposits depict a more complete image of the original fossil assemblage than other localities. Stanley & Powell (2003) found that during the Pennsylvanian the rates of origination and extinction were depressed and that the global biodiversity remained relatively stable, whereas Alroy et al. (2008) found a general decrease in this period. Therefore, as the second objective, it will be tested if these previous results are visible in Lagerstätten from the Pennsylvanian as well: Do we also see depressed origination and extinction rates or decreasing biodiversity or are the results presented by Stanley & Powell (2003) and Alroy et al. (2008) caused by biases in their data, as for example by faunas of less quality of preservation? Furthermore, diversity dynamics will be studied by analyzing the Carboniferous-Permian faunal turnover. Which taxa control the diversities? The local marine paleo-temperatures within each profile will be investigated. Isotope-analyses will be carried out for the Finis Shale, the Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry, and the Kendrick Shale. Temperature and diversity will be cross correlated to shed light on the relation of temperature and biodiversity during the LPIA to answer the question 'How does the living environment react to global cooling?'.