Dr. Jason Dunlop

Dr. Jason Dunlop

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    Dr. Jason Dunlop

    178. Dunlop, J. A. , Scholtz, G. & Selden, P. A. 2013. Water-to-land transitions. pp. 417–439. In Minelli, A., Boxshall, G. & Fusco, G. (eds). Arthropod Biology and Evolution: Molecules, Development, Morphology. Springer, Heidelberg, ix + 532 pp.

    177. Dunlop, J. A., Kontschán, J. & Zwanzig, M. 2013. Fossil mesostigmatid mites (Mesostigmata: Gamasina, Microgyniina, Uropodina), associated with longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Baltic amber. Naturwissenschaften, 100: 337–344. [link] doi: 10.1007/s00114-013-1031-8

    176. Dunlop, J. A. & Selden, P. A. 2013. Scorpion fragments from the Silurian of Powys, Wales. Arachnology, 16: 27–32. [link]

    175. Hyžný, M., Józsa, S., Dunlop, J. A. & Selden, P. A. 2013. A fossil arachnid from Slovakia: the Carboniferous trigonotarbid Anthracomartus voelkelianus Karsch, 1882. Arachnology, 16: 21–26. [link]

    174. Vrenozi, B. & Dunlop, J. A. 2013. Albanian arachnids in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Arachnology, 16: 10–15. [link]

    173. Penney, D. & Dunlop, J. A. 2013. Fossil arachnids. Deposits Magazine, 33: 28–37.

    172. Gwiazdowicz, D. J. & Dunlop, J. A. 2012. Subfamily Arctoseiinae (Acari, Mesostigmata) in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Acta Scientiarium Polonorum, 11: 5–16.

    171. Kielhorn, K.-H., Dunlop, J. A. & Steffensen, C. 2012. Faunistic collections in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: The collection of Erich Hesse. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 44: 51–58. doi: 10.5431/aramit4409

    170. Dunlop, J. A., Compton, M. S. & Friederichs, A. 2012. An annotated catalogue of the horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura) held in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 88: 217–224. doi: 10.1002/zoos.201200018

    169. Kühl, G., Bergmann, A., Dunlop, J. A., Garwood, R. J. & Rust, J. 2012. Redescription and palaeobiology of Palaeoscorpius devonicus Lehmann, 1944 from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate of Germany. Palaeontology, 55: 775-787. [link] doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01152.x

    168. Dunlop, J. A., Wirth, S., Penney, D., McNeil, A., Bradley, R. S., Withers, P. J. & Preziosi, R. F. 2011. A minute fossil phoretic mite recovered by phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography. Biology Letters, 8: 457-460. [link] doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0923

    167. Dunlop, J. A., Krüger, J. & Alberti, G. 2012. The sejugal furrow in camel spiders and acariform mites. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 43: 29-36. [link] doi: 10.5431/aramit4303

    166. Legg, D., Garwood, R. J., Dunlop, J. A. & Sutton, M. D. 2012. A taxonomic revision of orthosternous scorpions from the English Coal Measures aided by x-ray micro-tomography (XMT). Palaeontologica Electronica, 15 (2;14A), 1–16. [link]

    165. Poschmann, M. & Dunlop, J. A. 2012. Reassessing Devonotarbus, a phalangiotarbid arachnid from the Lower Devonian (Siegenian and Emsian) of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge (SW Germany). Paläontologisches Zeitschrift, 86: 377-387. [link] doi: 10.1007/s12542-012-0138-0.

    164. Dunlop, J. A., Bartel, C. & Mitov, P. G. 2012. An enigmatic spiny harvestman from Baltic amber. Fossil Record, 15: 89–99. doi: 10.1002/mmng.201200007

    163. Penney, D., Dunlop, J. A. & Marusik, Y. A. 2012. Summary statistics for fossil spider species taxonomy. ZooKeys, 192: 1–13. [link] doi: 10.3897/zookeys.192.3093

    162. Dunlop, J. A. & Penney, D. 2012. Fossil arachnids. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, 192 pp.

    161. Dunlop, J. A. & Lamsdell, J. C. 2012. Nomenclatural notes on the eurypterid family Carcinosomatidae. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 88: 19–24. doi:10.1002/zoos.201200003 

    160. Dunlop, J. A. & Penney, D. 2012. Fossile Spinnen. Senckenberg – natur, forschung, museum, 142: 122–127.

    159. Muir, L. A., Dunlop, J. A. & Moore, A. 2012. Arthropod types from Sparth Bottoms in the Howard Collection (Rochdale Museum Service). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 123: 165-169.  doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.05.004.

    158. Dunlop, J. A. & Braddy, S. J. 2011. Cteniza bavincourti and the nomenclature of arachnid-related trace fossils. The Journal of Arachnology, 39: 250–257. [link]

    157. Dunlop, J. A. & Penney, D. 2011. Order Araneae Clerck, 1757. In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3138: 149–153. [link]

    156. Dunlop, J. A. 2011. The fate and status of the supposed fossil tick Ixodes tertiarius Scudder, 1885. Acarologia, 51: 399-404. [link] doi: 10.1051/acarologia/20112021

    155. Dunlop, J. A. 2011. Book review. Arachnidi sotterranei delle Alpi Occidentali italiane by Marco Isaia and collegues. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 122: 18–19.

    154. Kamenz, C., Staude, A. & Dunlop, J. A. 2011. Sperm carriers in Silurian sea scorpions. Naturwissenschaften, 98: 889-896. [link] doi:10.1007/s00114-011-0841-9 

    153. Dunlop, J. A. 2011. Book review: Fossil spiders by David Penney. Newletter of the British arachnological Society, 121: 14-15.

    152. Garwood, R. J., Dunlop, J. A., Giribet, G. & Sutton, M. D. 2011. Anatomically modern Carboniferous harvestmen demonstrate early cladogenesis and stasis in Opiliones. Nature Communications, 2:444: 1-7. [link] doi:10.1038/ncomms1458

    151. Liu, J., Steiner, M., Dunlop, J. A., Keupp, H., Shu, D., Ou, Q., Han, J. Zhang, Z.-f. & Zhang, X.-I. 2011. [Replying to R. C. P. Mounce & M. Wills; D. A. Legg et al. Nature 476]. Nature, 476: E3-4. [link] doi:10.1038/nature10268

    150. Dunlop, J. A. & Bertrand, M. 2011. Fossil labidostomatid mites (Prostigmata: Labidostommatidae) from Baltic amber. Acarologia, 51: 191-198. [link] doi:10.1051/acarologia/20112006

    149. Poschmann, M. & Dunlop, J. A. 2011. Trigonotarbids from the Lower Devonian (Siegenian) of Bürdenbach (Lahrbach Valley, Westerwald area, Rhenish Slate Mountains, Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift. [link] doi:10.1007/s12542-011-0109-x 

    148. Dunlop, J. A., Penney D., Dalüge, N., Jäger P., McNeil A., Bradley R.S., Withers P.J. & Preziosi R.F. 2011. Computed tomography recovers data from historical amber: an example from huntsman spiders. Naturwissenschaften, 98: 519-527. [link] doi:10.1007/s00114-011-0796-x

    147. Liu, J., Steiner, M., Dunlop, J. A., Keupp, H., Shu, D., Ou, Q., Han, J. Zhang, Z.-f. & Zhang, X.-I. 2011. An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages. Nature, 470: 526-530. [link] doi:10.1038/nature09704

    146. Garwood, R. J. & Dunlop, J. A. 2011. Morphology and systematics of Anthracomartidae (Arachnida: Trigonotarbida). Palaeontology, 54: 154-161. [link] doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01000.x

    145. Dunlop, J. A. & Mitov, P. 2011. The first fossil cyphophthalmid harvestman from Baltic amber. Arachnologische Mitteilung, 40: 47-54. [link] doi:10.5431/aramit4006

    144. Dunlop, J. A., Sempf, C., Wunderlich, J. 2010. A new opilioacarid mite in Baltic amber. In Nentwig, W., Schmidt-Entling, M. & Kropf, C. (eds). European Arachnology 2008: 59-70.

    143. Dunlop, J. A. & Mammitzsch, L. 2010. A new genus and species of harvestman from Baltic amber. Palaeodiversity, 3: 109-118. [link]

    142. Poschmann, M. & Dunlop, J. A. 2010. Trigonotarbid arachnids from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel (Rheinland-Palatinate, SW Germany). Paläontologische Zeitschrift [link] doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0061-1

    141. Krüger, J. & Dunlop, J. A. 2010. Schizomids (Arachnida: Schizomida) from Dominican Republic amber. Alavesia, 3: 43-53.

    140. Dunlop, J. A. 2010. The enigmatic Pennsylvanian arachnids Areomartus ovatus and Vratislavia silesica (Trigonotarbida). Journal of Arachnology, 38: 44-48. [link] doi:10.1636/Ha09-51.1

    139. Pepato, A. R., Rocha, C. E. F. da, Dunlop, J. A. 2010. Phylogenetic position of the acariform mites: sensitivity to homology assessment under total evidence. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10: 235. [link] doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-235

    138. Röhlig, D., Dunlop, J. A., Ruhberg, H. & Friederichs, A. 2010. An annotated catalogue of the velvet worms (Onychophora) held in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Zoosystematics & Evolution, 86: 225-234. [link] doi:10.1002/zoos.201000005

    137. Röhlig, D., Dunlop, J. A., Grau, J. H. & Friederichs, A. 2010. An annotated catalogue of the tongue worms (Pentastomida) held in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Zoosystematics & Evolution, 86: 129-154. [link] doi:10.1002/zoos.200900018

    136. Dunlop, J. A. 2010. Geological history and phylogeny of Chelicerata. Arthropod Structure and Development, 39: 124-142. [link] doi:10.1016/j.asd.2010.01.003

    135. Dunlop, J. A. 2010. Bitterfeld amber. pp. 57–68. In Penney, D. (ed.) Biodiversity of fossils in amber from the major world deposits. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, 304 pp.

    134. Garwood, R. J. & Dunlop, J. A. 2010. Fossils explained 58. Trigonotarbids. Geology Today, 26: 34-37. [link] doi:10.1111/j.1365-2451.2010.00742.x

    133. Dunlop, J. A. 2009. The trigonotarbid arachnid Alkenia mirabilis Størmer, 1970. Contributions to Natural History, 12: 489-498.

    132. Dunlop, J. A. 2009. Book Review. Arachnids by Jan Beccaloni. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society, 116: 11-12.

    131. Dunlop, J. A. & Jekel, D. 2009. Nomenclatural notes on fossil spiders. Bulletin of the British arachnological Society, 14: 357-360.

    130. Harms, D., Dunlop, J. A., Schütt, K. 2009. Neue Nachweise der Gerandeten Wasserspinne Dolomedes plantarius in Brandenburg (Araneae: Pisuridae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 37: 1-8. [link]

    129. Garwood, R. J., Dunlop, J. A. & Sutton, M. D. 2009. High-fidelity X-ray micro-tomography reconstruction of siderite-hosted Carboniferous arachnids. Biology Letters, 5: 841-844. [link] doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0464

    128. Dunlop, J. A. & Mitov, P. G. 2009. Fossil harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) from Bitterfeld amber. ZooKeys, 16: 347-375. [link] doi:10.3897/zookeys.16.224

    127. Stoev, P., Dunlop, J. A. & Lazarov, S. (eds.) 2009. A life caught in a spider's web. Papers in arachnology in honour of Christo Deltshev. ZooKeys, 16: 1-375.

    126. Harms, D. & Dunlop, J. A. 2009. A revision of the fossil pirate spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Mimetidae). Palaeontology, 42: 779-802. [link] doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00890.x

    125. Huang D.-y., Selden, P. A. & Dunlop, J. A. 2009. Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Naturwissenschaften, 96: 955-962. [link] doi:10.1007/s00114-009-0556-3

    124. Dunlop, J. A., Kamenz, C. & Talarico, G. 2009. A fossil trigonotarbid with a ricinuleid-like pedipalpal claw. Zoomorphology, 128: 305-313. [link] doi:10.1007/s00435-009-0090-z

    123. Dunlop, J. A. & Penney, D. 2009. Case 3475. Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 (Araneae, Salticidae): proposed conservation of the generic name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 66: 20-23. [link]

    122. Dunlop, J. A. & Klann, A. E. 2009. A second camel spider (Arachnida: Solifugae) from Baltic amber. Acta Geologica Polonica, 59: 39-44.

    121. Dunlop, J. A. & Selden, P. A. 2009. Calibrating the chelicerate clock: a paleontological reply to Jeyaprakash and Hoy. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 48: 183-197. [link] doi:10.1007/s10493-009-9247-1

    120. Poschmann, M., Dunlop, J. A., Kamenz, C., Scholtz, G. 2008. The Lower Devonian scorpion Waeringoscorpio and the respiratory nature of its filamentous structures, with the description of a new species from the Westerwald area, Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 82: 418-436. [link] doi:10.1007/BF03184431

    119. Dunlop, J. A., & Jekel, D. 2008. The oldest available fossil arachnid name. Palaeodiversity, 1: 87-92. [link]

    118. Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D., Tetlie, O. E & Anderson, L. I. 2008. How many species of fossil arachnids are there? Journal of Arachnology, 36: 267-272. [link] doi:10.1636/CH07-89.1

    117. Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D., Jekel, D. 2008. A summary list of fossil spiders. pp. 1-75. In Platnick, N. I. The world spider catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html [updated twice a year]

    116. Craven, D. J. & Dunlop, J. A. 2008. The holotype of the trigonotarbid arachnid Maiocercus orbicularis Gill, 1911, a junior synonym of M. celticus (Pocock, 1902). Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 57: 63-64. [link] doi:10.1144/pygs.57.1.61

    115. Dunlop, J. A., Harms, D. & Penney, D. 2008. A fossil tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Miocene Chiapas amber, Mexico. Revista Ibérica de Arachnologà­a, 15: 9-17.

    114. Delclós, X., Nel, A., Azar, D., Bechly, G., Dunlop, J. A., Engel, M. S., Heads, S. W. 2008. The enigmatic Mesozoic insect taxon Chresmodidae (Polyneoptera): New palaeobiological and phylogenetic data, with the description of a new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 247: 353-381.

    113. Tetlie, O. E. & Dunlop, J. A. 2008. Geralinura carbonaria (Arachnida; Uropygi) from Mazon Creek, Illinois, USA, and the origin of subchelate pedipalps in whip scorpions. Journal of Paleontology, 82: 299-312. [link] doi:10.1666/06-138.1

    112. Dunlop, J. A., Tetlie, O. E. & Prendini, L. 2008. Reinterpretation of the Silurian scorpion Proscorpius osborni (Whitfield): integrating data from Palaeozoic and Recent scorpions. Palaeontology, 51: 303-320. [link] doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00749.x

    111. Dunlop, J. A. & Tetlie, O. E. 2008. The Miocene whipscorpion Thelyphonus hadleyi is an unidentifiable organic remain. Journal of Arachnology, 35: 551-553. [link] doi:10.1636/JOAH07-15SC.1

    110. Dunlop, J. A., Brauckmann, C., Steur, H. 2008. A Late Carboniferous fossil scorpion from the Piesberg, near Osnabrück, Germany. Fossil Record, 11: 25-32. [link] doi:10.1002/mmng.200700010

    109. Kamenz, C., Dunlop, J. A. Scholtz, G., Kerp, H. & Hass, H. 2008. Microanatomy of Early Devonian book lungs. Biology Letters, 4: 212-215. [link] doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0597

    108. Dunlop, J. A. & Alberti, G. 2008. The affinities of mites and ticks: a review. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 46: 1-18. [link] doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00429.x

    107. Dunlop, J. A., Zhou, G. R. S. & Braddy, S. J. 2007. The affinities of the Carboniferous whip spider Graeophonus anglicus Pocock, 1911 (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 98: 165-178. [link] doi:10.1017/S1755691007006159

    106. Dunlop, J. A., Menon, F. & Selden, P. A. 2007. Arachnida: spiders, scorpions and allies. In Martill, D. M., Bechly, G. & Loveridge, R. F. (eds). The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 625 pp.

    105. Dunlop, J. A. & Miller, R. F. 2007. The fossil arachnid genus Eurymartus Matthew, 1895 and the eurypterid genus Eurypterella Matthew, 1889 from the Late Carboniferous 'Fern Ledges' of Saint John, New Brunsick, Canada. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 245: 295-300. [link] doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0245-0295

    104. Dunlop, J. A. 2007. A large parasitengonid mite (Acari, Erythraeoidea) from the Early Creataceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Fossil Record, 10: 91-98. [link] doi:10.1002/mmng.200700001

    103. Dunlop, J. A., Kamenz, C., Scholtz, G. 2007. Reinterpreting the morphology of the Jurassic scorpion Liassoscorpionides. Arthropod Structure and Development, 36: 245-252. [link] doi:10.1016/j.asd.2006.09.003

    102. Dunlop, J. A., Friederichs, A., Krapp, F. & Ring, C. 2007. An annotated catalogue of the sea spiders (Pycnogonida: Pantopoda) held in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 83: 43-74. [link] doi:10.1002/mmnz.200600017

    101. Dunlop, J. A. 2007. Paleontology. pp. 247-265. In Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds). Harvestmen. The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, x + 597 pp.

    100. Dunlop, J. A. 2007. A birthday, a christening and a Festschrift: ten years of the 'AraGes' in Frankfurt. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society, 108: 13-14. [Translation of Dunlop 2006]

    99. Dunlop, J. A. 2006. Ein Geburtstag, eine Taufe und eine Festschrift: Zehn Jahre 'AraGes' in Frankfurt. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 32: 51-52 [link]

    98. Dunlop, J. A. & Tetlie, O. E. 2006. Embrik Strand's eurypterids. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 2006 (11): 696-704.

    97. Dunlop, J. A. 2006. New ideas about the euchelicerate stem-lineage. In Deltshev, C. & Stoev, P. (eds). European Arachnology 2005. Acta zoologica bulgarica, Suppl. 1: 9-23. [link]

    96. Dunlop, J. A., Fayers, S. R., Hass, H. & Kerp, H. 2006. A new arthropod from the early Devonian Rhynie chert Aberdeenshire (Scotland), with a remarkable filtering device in the mouthparts. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, 80: 296-306 [link] doi:10.1007/BF02988443

    95. Muster, C. & Dunlop, J. A. 2006. Le temps marche si vite - in memory of Konrad Thaler. Journal of Arachnology, 34: 281-284. [link] doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2006)34[281:LTMSVM]2.0.CO;2

    94. Poschmann, M. & Dunlop, J. A. 2006. A new sea spider (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) with a flagelliform telson from the Lower Devonian Hünsruck Slate, Germany. Palaeontology, 49: 983-989. [link] doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00583.x

    93. Dunlop, J. A. 2006. Baltic amber harvestman types (Arachnida: Opiliones: Eupnoi and Dyspnoi). Fossil Record, 9: 167-182. [link] doi:10.1002/mmng.200600006

    92. Dunlop, J. A. & Brauckmann, C. 2006. A new trigonotarbid arachnid from the Coal Measures of Hagen-Vorhalle, Germany. Fossil Record, 9: 130-136. [link] doi:10.1002/mmng.200600004

    91. Dunlop, J. A. 2005. Buchbesprechung: Jörg Wunderlich (Hrsg.) 2004: Fossil spiders in amber and copal. Fossil Spinnen in Bernstein und Kopal. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 30: 32-34. [translation of Dunlop 2005]

    90. Dunlop, J. A. & Barov, V. 2005. A new fossil whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Crato Formation of Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Arachnologà­a, 12: 53-62. [link]

    89. Dunlop, J. A. & Anderson, L. I. 2005. A fossil harvestman (Arachnida, Opiliones) from the Mississippian of East Kirkton, Scotland. Journal of Arachnology, 33: 482-489. [link] doi:10.1636/04-79.1

    88. Dunlop, J. A. 2005. Book Review. Fossil spiders in amber and Copal. Edited by Jörg Wunderlich. Newsletter of the British arachnological society, 104: 10-11.

    87. Ubick, D. & Dunlop, J. A. 2005. On the placement of the Baltic amber harvestman Gonyleptes nemastomoides Koch & Berendt, 1854, with notes on the phylogeny of Cladonychiidae (Opiliones, Laniatores, Travunioidea). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin - Geowissenschaftliche Reihe, 8: 75-82. [link] doi:10.1002/mmng.200410005

    86. Tetlie, O. E. & Dunlop, J. A. 2005. A redescription of the Late Carboniferous eurypterids Adelophthalmus granosus von Meyer, 1853 and A. zadrai Pribyl, 1952. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin - Geowissenschaftliche Reihe, 8: 3-12. [link] doi:10.1002/mmng.200410001

    85. Giribet, G. & Dunlop, J. A. 2005. First identifiable Mesozoic harvestman (Opiliones: Dyspnoi) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 272: 1007-1013. [link] doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3063

    84. Dunlop, J. A. & Arango, C. P. 2005. Pycnogonid affinities: a review. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 43: 8-21. [link] doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2004.00284.x

    83. Poschmann, M., Anderson, L. I. & Dunlop, J. A. 2005. Chelicerate arthropods, including the oldest phalangiotarbid arachnid, from the early Devonian (Siegenian) of the Rhenish Massif, Germany. Journal of Paleontology, 79: 110-124. [link] doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079<0110:CAITOP>2.0.CO;2

    82. Fayers, S. R., Dunlop, J. A. & Trewin, N. H. 2005. A new Early Devonian trigonotarbid arachnid from the Windyfield chert, Rhynie Scotland. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2: 269-284. [link] doi:10.1017/S147720190400149X

    81. Kamenz, C., Dunlop, J. A. & Scholtz, G. 2005. Characters in the book lungs of Scorpiones (Chelicerata, Arachnida) revealed by scanning electron microscopy. Zoomorphology, 124: 101-109. [link] doi:10.1007/s00435-005-0115-1

    80. Dunlop, J. A. 2005. Buchbesprechung: Jörg Wunderlich (Hrsg.) 2004: Fossil spiders in amber and copal. Fossil Spinnen in Bernstein und Kopal. Arachnologische Mitteilung, 30: 32-34. [translation of Dunlop 2005]

    79. Dunlop, J. A. 2005. Book Review. Fossil spiders in amber and Copal. Edited by Jörg Wunderlich. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 104: 10-11.

    78. Dunlop, J. A. & Selden, P. A. 2004. A trigonotarbid arachnid from the Lower Devonian of Tredomen, Wales. Palaeontology, 47: 1469-1476. [link] doi:10.11111/j.0031-0239.2004.00417.x

    77. Dunlop, J. A., Anderson, L. I., Kerp, H. & Hass, H. 2004. A harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Early Devonian Rhynie cherts, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 341-354. [link] doi:10.1017/S0263593300000730

    76. Dunlop, J. A., Wunderlich, J. & Poinar, G. O. 2004. The first fossil opilioacariform mite (Acari: Opilioacariformes) and the first Baltic amber camel spider (Solifugae). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 261-273. [link] doi:10.1017/S0263593300000663

    75. Dunlop, J. A., Anderson, L. I. & Braddy, S. J. 2004. A redescription of Chasmataspis laurencii Caster & Brooks, 1956 (Chelicerata: Chasmataspidida) from the Middle Ordovician of Tennessee, USA, with remarks on chasmataspid phylogeny. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 207-225. [link] doi:10.1017/S0263593300000626

    74. Dunlop, J. A. & Martill, D. M. 2004. Four additional specimens of the fossil camel spider Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden 1996 (Arachnida: Solifugae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Arachnologà­a, 9: 143-156.

    73. Pollitt, J. R., Braddy, S. J. & Dunlop, J. A. 2004. The phylogenetic position of the extinct arachnid order Phalangiotarbida Haase, 1890, with reference to the fauna from the Writhlington Geological Nature Reserve (Somerset, UK). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 243-259. [link] doi:10.1017/S063593300000651

    72. Dunlop, J. A. 2004. A spiny harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Upper Carboniferous of Missouri, USA. pp. 67-74. In Logunov, D. V. & Penney, D. (eds) European Arachnology 2003. Arthropoda Selecta (Special Issue No. 1), KKM Scientific Press Ltd, Moscow. [link]

    71. Dunlop, J. A. 2004. The enigmatic fossil arachnid Kustarachne tenuipes Scudder, 1890 is a harvestman. pp. 17-25. In Samu, F. & Szinetár (eds) European Arachnology 2002. Plant Protection Institute & Berzsenyi College, Budapest. [link]
     
    70. Dunlop, J. A., Friederichs, A. & Jäger, P. 2004. An electronic future for some famous old arachnids (Projects: TYTEARBER & TYTEARFIS - Types of the Terrestrial Arthropods of Germany, Berlin & Frankfurt). GBIF-Deutschland. German Participation in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Status Report 2004: 104-105. [link]

    69. Dunlop, J. A. 2004. Klass, P. (2003): Vogelspinnen 2. Völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage [Review]. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 79: 136.

    68. Dunlop, J. A. & Giribet, G. 2003. The first fossil cythophthalmid (Arachnida, Opiliones) from Bitterfeld amber, Germany. Journal of Arachnology, 31: 371-378. [link]

    67. Dunlop, J. A., Anderson, L. I., Kerp, H. & Hass, H. 2003. Preserved organs of Devonian harvestmen. Nature, 425: 916. [link] doi:10.1038/425916a

    66. Dunlop, J. A. & Rößler, R. 2003. An enigmatic, solifuge-like fossil arachnid from the Lower Carboniferous of Kamienna Góra (Intra-Sudetic Basin), Poland. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 77: 389-400. [link] doi:10.1007/BF03006949

    65. Rößler, R., Dunlop, J. A. & Schneider, J. W. 2003. A redescription of some poorly known Rotliegend arachnids from the Lower Permian (Asselian) of the Ilfeld and Thuringian Forest Basins, Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 77: 417-427. [link] doi:10.1007/BF03006951
     
    64. Dunlop, J. A. 2003. Arachnid and myriapod loan statistics from the Berlin collections. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 97: 6-7.

    63. Bohn, J., Dunlop. J. A., Friederichs, A., Haszprunar, G., Jäger, P., Melzer, R. & Spelda, J. 2003. Types of the Terrestrial Arthropods in German Research collections. Sustainable use and Conservation of Biological Diversity: A Challenge for Society, Berlin, p. 299.

    62. Dunlop, J. A. & Rößler, R. 2002. The trigonotarbid arachnid Anthracomartus voelkelianus Karsch 1882. Journal of Arachnology, 30: 211-218. [link] doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0211:TTAAVA].0.CO;2

    61. Dunlop, J. A., Braddy, S. J. & Tetlie, E. 2002. The early Devonian eurypterid Grossopterus overathi (Gross, 1933) from Overath, Germany. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe, 5: 93-104. [link] doi:10.1002/mmng.20020050107

    60. Dunlop, J. A. 2002. Arthropods from the Lower Devonian Severnaya Zemlya Formation of October Revolution Island (Russia). Geodiversitas, 24: 349-379.

    59. Dunlop, J. A. & Martill, D. M. 2002. The first whipspider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and three new whipscorpions (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 92: 325-334. [link] doi:10.1017/S0263593300000262

    58. Waloszek, D. & Dunlop, J. A. 2002. A larval sea spider (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Upper Cambrian Orsten of Sweden, and the phylogenetic position of pycnogonids. Palaeontology, 45: 421-446. [link] doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00244

    57. Dunlop, J. A. 2002. Character states and evolution of the chelicerate claws. pp. 345-354. In Toft, S. & Scharff, N. (eds) European Arachnology 2000. Aarhus University Press, Aarhus. [link]

    56. Dunlop, J. A. 2002. Phylogeny of Chelicerata. pp. 117-141. In Bousquets, J. L. & Morrone, J. J. (eds) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeogrpahía de Arthrópodos de México. Vol III. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.

    55. Dunlop, J. A. 2002. Ernst Robert Abendroth's Contribution to Arachnid Phylogeny. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 95: 3-4.

    54. Jantscher, E. & Dunlop, J. A. 2002. The Austrian spider Thomisus togatus is a nomen dubium. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 94: 12-13.

    53. Dunlop, J. A., Poschman, M. & Anderson, L. I. 2001. On the Emsian (Early Devonian) arthropods of the Rhenish Slate Mountains: 3. The chasmataspidid Diploaspis. Paläontologisches Zeitschrift, 75: 353-269. [link] doi:10.1007/BF02988018

    52. Dunlop, J. A. & Braddy, S. J. 2001. Scorpions and their sister group relationships. In Fet, V. & Selden, P. A. (eds) Scorpions 2001. In Memoriam Gary A. Polis. British Arachnological Society, Burnham Beeches, Bucks, 1-24.

    51. Dunlop, J. A. 2001. Weygoldt, P. (2000). Whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi). [Review]. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Zoologische Reihe, 77: 337. [link] doi:10.1002/mmnz20010770220

    50. Jantscher, E. & Dunlop, J. A. 2001. Postcard from Salzburg: 2nd meeting of the Arachnologische Gesellschaft. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 92: 4-5.

    49. Anderson, L. I., Dunlop, J. A. & Trewin, N. H. 2000. A Middle Devonian chasmataspid arthropod from Achanaaras Quarry, Caithness, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 36: 151-158.

    48. Braddy, S. J. & Dunlop, J. A. 2000. Early Devonian eurypterids from the Northwest Territories of Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 37: 1167-1175. [link] doi:10.1139/cjes-37-8-1167

    47. Dunlop, J. A. 2000. The epistomo-labral plate and lateral lips in solifuges, pseudoscorpions and mites. In Gajdos, P. & Pekár, S. (eds). Proceedings of the 18th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Stará Lesná, 1999. Ekológia (Bratislavia), 19 (supplement 3/2000): 67-78. [link]

    46. Dunlop, J. A. 2000. 18th European Colloquium of Arachnology. High Tatras, Slovakia, 12th-17th July 1999. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 87: 4-6.

    45. Dunlop, J. A. 1999. A redescription of the Carboniferous arachnid Plesiosiro madeleyi Pocock, 1911 (Arachnida: Haptopoda). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 90: 29-47. [link]

    44. Dunlop, J. A., Anderson, L. I. & Braddy, S, J. 1999. A new chasmataspid (Chelicerata: Chasmataspida) from the Lower Devonian of the Midland Valley of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 89: 161-165. [link]

    43. Dunlop, J. A. & Webster, M. 1999. Fossil evidence, terrestrialisation and arachnid phylogeny. Journal of Arachnology, 27: 86-93. [link] doi:10.2307/3705969 Key: citeulike:7344001

    42. Dunlop, J. A. 1999. A new specimen of the trigonotarbid arachnid Aphantomartus areolatus Pocock, 1911 from the Stephanian of Montceau-les-Mines, France. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 1999 (1): 29-38.

    41. Dunlop, J. A. 1999. A fossil whipscorpion from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Journal of Arachnology, 26: 291-295. [link]

    40. Anderson, L. I., Dunlop, J. A., Eagar, R. M. C., Horrocks, C. A. & Wilson, H. M. 1999. Soft-bodied fossils from the roof shales of the Wigan Four Foot Coal, Westhaughton, Lancashire. Geological Magazine, 135: 321-329. [link]

    39. Dunlop, J. A. 1999. Pasando revista a la evolución de los quelicerados. In Melic, A., De Haro, J. J., Mendez, M. & Ribera, I. (eds.). Evolución y filogenia de Arthropoda. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 26: 255-272. [In Spanish and English] [link]

    38. Dunlop, J. A. 1999. A replacement name for the trigonotarbid Eotarbus Dunlop. Palaeontology, 42: 191. [link] doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00068

    37. Dunlop, J. A. 1999. A trigonotarbid from the Kent coalfield. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association, 110: 333-334. [link] doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(99)80027-3

    36. Dunlop, J. A. 1999. Poecilophysidea: a forgotten arachnid order illustrating a forgotten phylogenetic hypothesis. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 85: 4-6.

    35. Dunlop, J. A. 1998. A redescription of the trigonotarbid arachnid Pseudokreischeria pococki (Gill, 1924). Bulletin of the British arachnological Society, 11: 49-54. [link]

    34. Dunlop, J. A. 1998. The origins of tetrapulmonate book lungs and their significance for chelicerate phylogeny. In Selden, P. A. (ed.) Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh, 1997: 9-16. [link]

    33. Selden, P. A. & Dunlop, J. A. 1998. Fossil taxa and relationships of chelicerates. pp. 303-331. In Edgecombe, G. (ed.) Arthropod Fossils and Phylogeny. Columbia University Press, New York.

    32. Dunlop, J. A. 1998. Xenarachne, almost a spider... Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 82: 2-3.

    31. Dunlop, J. A. & Jantscher, E. 1998. The first meeting of the Arachnologische Gesellschaft, Mainz, 24th-26th April 1998. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 83: 12-13.

    30. Dunlop, J. A. & Poschmann, M. 1997. On the Emsian (Lower Devonian) arthropods of the Rhenish Slate Mountains: 1. Xenarachne, an enigmatic arachnid from Willwerath, Germany. Paläontologishe Zeitschrift, 71: 231-236. [link] doi:10.1007/BF02988492

    29. Dunlop, J. A. & Horrocks, C. A. 1997. Phalangiotarbid arachnids from the Coal Measures of Lancashire, UK. Geological Magazine, 134: 369-381.  [link]

    28. Rößler, R. & Dunlop, J. A. 1997. Redescription of the largest trigonotarbid arachnid - Kreischeria wiedei Geinitz 1882 from the Upper Carboniferous of Zwickau, Germany. Paläontologishe Zeitschrift, 71: 237-245. [link] doi:10.1007/BF02988493
     
    27. Anderson, L. I., Dunlop, J. A., Eager, R. M. C., Horrocks, C. A. & Winkelmann, H. M. 1997. Exceptionally preserved fossils from Bickershaw, Lancashire, UK (Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian A (Langsettian)). Geological Journal, 32: 197-210. [link] doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199709)32:2197::AIDGJ739>3.0CO;2-6

    26. Braddy, S. J. & Dunlop, J. A. 1997. The functional morphology of mating in the Silurian eurypterid, Baltoeurypterus tetragonopthalamus (Fischer, 1839). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121: 435-461. [link] doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1197.tb01282.x

    25. Dunlop, J. A. & Braddy, S. J. 1997. Slit-like structures on the prosomal appendages of the eurypterid Baltoeurypterus. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 1997 (1): 31-38.

    24. Dunlop, J. A. & Selden, P. A. 1997. The Early history and phylogeny of the chelicerates. pp. 221-235. In Fortey, R. A. and Thomas, R. H. (eds). Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Relationships of the Major Arthropod Groups. Chapman and Hall, London.

    23. Dunlop, J. A. 1997. Palaeozoic arachnids and their significance for arachnid phylogeny. Proceedings of the 16th European Colloquium of Arachnology, 65-82. [link]

    22. Dunlop, J. A. 1997. 16th European Colloquium of Arachnology W.S.R.P., Siedlce, Poland 8th-13th July 1996. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 78: 10-12.

    21. Dunlop, J. A. & Horrocks, C. A. 1996. A new Upper Carboniferous Whip Scorpion (Arachnida: Uropygi) with a revision of the British Carboniferous Uropygi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 234: 293-306.

    20. Dunlop, J. A. & Horrocks, C. A. 1996. A new specimen of the Carboniferous trigonotarbid arachnid Maiocercus celticus (Pocock 1902) from Lancashire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 51: 23-31. [link] doi:10.1144/pygs.51.1.23

    19. Dunlop, J. A. 1996. Movements of claw tufts at the tarsus tip of a tarantula spider. Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 45: 513-520. [link] doi:10.1163/156854295X00447

    18. Dunlop, J. A. 1996. A redescription of the trigonotarbid arachnid Pocononia whitei (Ewing 1930). Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 70: 145-151.
    [link] doi:10.1007/BF02988273

    17. Dunlop, J. A. 1996. A trigonotarbid arachnid from the Silurian of Ludford Lane, Shropshire. Palaeontology, 39: 605-614.

    16. Dunlop, J. A. 1996. Evidence for a sister group relationship between Ricinulei and Trigonotarbida. Bulletin of the British arachnological Society, 10: 193-204. [link]
     
    15. Dunlop, J. A. 1996. Systematics of the fossil arachnids. Revue suisse de Zoologie, hors serie, 173-184.

    14. Dunlop, J. A. 1996. Arácnidos fósiles (con exclusión de aranas y escorpiones). In Melic, A. (ed.) Volumen Monográfico: PaleoEntomologica. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 16: 77-92. [In Spanish and English]

    13. Dunlop, J. A. 1995. A redescription of two eophrynids (Arachnida Trigonotarbida) from the Coal Measures (Carboniferous), of Ostrava, Czech Republic. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 1995 (8): 449-461.

    12. Dunlop, J. A. 1995. A redescription of the Pennsylvanian trigonotarbid arachnid Lissomartus Petrunkevitch, 1949 from Mazon Creek, Illinois. Journal of Arachnology, 23: 118-124. [link]

    11. Manning, P. L. & Dunlop, J. A. 1995. The respiratory organs of eurypterids. Palaeontology, 38: 287-297.

    10. Dunlop, J. A. 1995. Are the fossil phalangiotarbids just big opilioacarid mites? Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 74: 8-9.

    9. Dunlop, J. A. 1994. Comparative anatomy of filtration mechanisms in tetrapulmonate arachnids (Trigonotarbida, Araneae, Amblypygi, Uropygi and Schizomida). Bulletin of the British arachnological Society, 9: 267-273. [link]

    8. Dunlop, J. A. 1994. An Upper Carboniferous amblypygid from the Writhlington Geological Nature Reserve. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 105: 245-250. [link] doi:10.1016/0016-7878(08)80177-0

    7. Dunlop, J. A. 1994. The palaeobiology of the Writhlington trigonotarbid arachnid. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 105: 287-296. [link] doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(08)80181-2

    6. Dunlop, J. A. 1994. Keeping and Breeding Tarantulas by Ronald N. Baxter. [Review]. Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 70: 16

    5. Dunlop, J. A. 1993. A review of the fossil mygalomorphs. Mygalomorph, 1: 1-17.

    4. Dunlop, J. A. 1993. Molting mortality in Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge) (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph, 1: 18-20.

    3. Dunlop, J. A. 1993. Palaeocharinids, the ancestors of spiders? Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 67: 2-3.

    2. Dunlop, J. A., Altringham, J. D. & Mill, P. J. 1992. Coupling between heart and sucking stomach in a tarantula. Journal of Experimental Biology, 166: 83-93. [link]

    1. Dunlop, J. A. 1992. The pedicel, a function at last? Newsletter of the British arachnological Society, 65: 5-6.

  • Lebenslauf

    Dr. Jason Dunlop

    • 1997 - heute: Kustos MfN Berlin
    • 1994 - 1997: Uni. Manchester, UK, Dept. Earth Sci.; NERC Forschungsstipendium Origins and early evolution of the chelicerates
    • 1991 - 1994: Uni. Manchester, UK, Dept. Earth Sci.; Ph.D. Palaeobiology of the trigonotarbid arachnids
    • 1988 - 1991: Uni. Leeds, UK, Dept. Pure & Applied Biology; B.Sc.(Hons) Special Studies Zoology (1st Class)
    • 1981 - 1988: Lindsey School, Cleethorpes, UK
    • 1974 - 1981: Signhills School, Cleethorpes, UK
    • 1970: geboren in Basingstoke, UK

  • Aufgabengebiete

    Kustos der Sammlung Arachnida und Myriapoda - Spinnentiere & Tausendfüßer

    Forschung

    • Evolution der Spinnentiere und ihrer Verwandten
    • Bedeutung fossiler Spinnentiere in der Stammbaumrekonstruktion
    • Vergleichende Morphologie der Gliederfüßer

    Forschungsprojekte

    Publikationen (Auswahl)

    • Dunlop, J. A., Wirth, S., Penney, D., McNeil, A., Bradley, R. S., Withers, P. J. & Preziosi, R. F. 2011. A minute fossil phoretic mite recovered by phase-contrast X-ray computed tomography. Biology Letters [link] doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0923
       
    • Dunlop, J. A., Penney D., Dalüge, N., Jäger P., McNeil A., Bradley R. S., Withers P. J. & Preziosi R. F. 2011. Computed tomography recovers data from historical amber: an example fromhuntsman spiders. Naturwissenschaften, 98: 519-527. [link] doi:10.1007/s00114-011-0796-x
    • Garwood, R. J., Dunlop, J. A., Giribet, G. & Sutton, M. D. 2011. Anatomically modern Carboniferous harvestmen demonstrate early cladogenesis and stasis in Opiliones. Nature Communications, 2:444, 2011: 1–7 [link] doi: 10.1038/ncomms1458
    • Kamenz,  C., Staude, A. & Dunlop, J. A. 2011. Sperm carriers in Silurian sea scorpions. Naturwissenschaften, 98: 889-896. [link] doi: 10.1007/s00114-011-0841-9
    • Liu, J., Steiner, M., Dunlop, J. A., Keupp, H., Shu, D., Ou, Q., Han, J. Zhang, Z.-f. & Zhang, X.-I. 2011. An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages. Nature, 470: 526-530. [link] doi: 10.1038/nature09704

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