Dr. Eli Amson

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsPalaeontology,Systematics and Morphology (Zoology)
KeywordsBone internal microstructure, Functional anatomy, Muscle architectural analysis, Xenarthra, XROMM analysis

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityStuttgart
InstitutionStaatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart - Zentrum für Biodiversitätsforschung
InstituteAbteilung Paläontologie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. John NyakaturaInstitut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2016

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2019W{\"{o}}lfer, J. and Amson, E. and Arnold, Patrick and Botton‐Divet, L{\'{e}}o and Fabre, Anne‐Claire and Heteren, Anneke H. and Nyakatura, John A.: {Femoral morphology of sciuromorph rodents in light of scaling and locomotor ecology}. In: Journal of Anatomy, 234, 2019, 731--747
2018Eli Amson, Guillaume Billet, Christian de Muizon: 3D models related to the publication: Evolutionary adaptation to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths can lead to systemic alteration of bone structure. In: MorphoMuseuM, 2018, e64
2018Kristof Veitschegger, Christian Kolb, Eli Amson, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra: Longevity and life history of cave bears – a review and novel data from tooth cementum and relative emergence of permanent dentition. In: Historical Biology, 2018,
2018Maya Mielke, Jan Wölfer, Anneke H. van Heteren, Eli Amson, John A. Nyakatura: Trabecular architecture in the sciuromorph femoral head: allometry and functional adaptation. In: Zoological Letters, 2018,
2018Monta{\~{n}}ez-Rivera, I. and Nyakatura, J. A. and Amson, E.: {Bone cortical compactness in 'tree sloths' reflects convergent evolution}. In: Journal of Anatomy, 233, 2018, 580--591
2018B{\"{o}}hmer, C. and Amson, E. and Arnold, P. and van Heteren, A. H. and Nyakatura, J. A.: {Homeotic transformations reflect departure from the mammalian ‘rule of seven' cervical vertebrae in sloths: inferences on the Hox code and morphological modularity of the mammalian neck}. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18, 2018, 84
2018Mielke, F. and Amson, E. and Nyakatura, J.A.: {Morpho-functional analysis using procrustes superimposition by static reference}. In: Evolutionary Biology, 45, 2018, 449--461
2018Amson, E. and Nyakatura, J. A.: {Palaeobiological inferences based on long bone epiphyseal and diaphyseal structure - the forelimb of xenarthrans (Mammalia)}. In: bioRxiv, 318121, ver. 5 peer-reviewed and recommended by PCI Paleo, 2018,
2018Veitschegger, K. and Kolb, C. and Amson, E. and Scheyer, T. M. and S{\'{a}}nchez-Villagra, M. R.: {Palaeohistology and life history evolution in cave bears, Ursus spelaeus sensu lato}. In: PLOS ONE, 13, 2018, e0206791
2018Carrillo, Juan D. and Amson, E. and Jaramillo, Carlos and S{\'{a}}nchez, Rodolfo and Quiroz, Luis and Cuartas, Carlos and Rinc{\'{o}}n, Aldo F. and S{\'{a}}nchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.: {The Neogene Record of Northern South American Native Ungulates}. In: Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 2018, 1--67
2017P. Arnold, E. Amson, & M.S. Fischer: Differential scaling patterns of vertebrae and the evolution of neck length in mammals. Evolution. In: Evolution, 2017,
2017F. Coutier, L. Hautier, R. Cornette, E. Amson, & G. Billet: Orientation of the lateral semicircular canal in Xenarthra and its links with head posture and phylogeny.. In: Journal of Morphology, 2017,
2017L. Dewaele, E. Amson, S. Louwye, & O. Lambert: Reappraisal of the extinct seal “Phoca” vitulinoides from the Neogene of the North Sea Basin, with bearing on its geological age, phylogenetic affinities, and locomotion.. In: PeerJ, 2017,
2017Eli Amson, John A. Nyakatura : The postcranial musculoskeletal system of xenarthrans: Insights from over two centuries of research and future directions. In: Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2017,
2017Eli Amson, Patrick Arnold, Anneke H. Van Heteren, Aurore Canoville, John A. Nyakatura: Trabecular architecture in the forelimb epiphyses of extant xenarthrans (Mammalia). In: Frontiers in Zoology, 2017, 52
2016Eli Amson, Juan Carrillo, Carlos Jaramillo: 3D models related to the publication: Neogene sloth assemblages (Mammalia, Pilosa) of the Cocinetas Basin (La Guajira, Colombia): implications for the Great American Biotic Interchange. In: MorphoMuseum, 2016, e3
2016Eli Amson, Christian de Muizon, Timothy Gaudin: A reappraisal of the phylogeny of the Megatheria (Mammalia: Tardigrada), with an emphasis on the relationships of the Thalassocninae, the marine sloths. In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016,
2016Jorge Domingo Carrillo-Briceño, Eli Amson, Alfredo Zurita, Marcelo Ricardo Sánchez-Villagra: Hermann Karsten (1817–1908): a German naturalist in the Neotropics and the significance of his paleovertebrate collection. In: Fossil Record, 2016, 21-36
2016Eli Amson, Juan Carrillo, Carlos Jaramillo: NEOGENE SLOTH ASSEMBLAGES (MAMMALIA, PILOSA) OF THE COCINETAS BASIN (LA GUAJIRA, COLOMBIA): IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN BIOTIC INTERCHANGE. In: Palaeontology, 2016, 563-582
2016Eli Amson, Christian Kolb: Scaling effect on the mid-diaphysis properties of long bones—the case of the Cervidae (deer). In: The Science of nature (Naturwissenschaften-, 2016, 1-10
1878Eli Amson, Guillaume Billet, Christian de Muizon: Evolutionary adaptation to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths can lead to systemic alteration of bone structure. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 1878, 20180270
201Saleta De los Arcos, Diego Partarrieu, Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Eli Amson: The southernmost occurrence of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Tardigrada) from two new Pliocene localities in Chile. In: Ameghiniana , 201, 351-369