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Prof. Dr. Philip D. Gingerich

Profil

Derzeitige StellungEmeritus
FachgebietPaläontologie,Geologie,Systematik und Morphologie der Tiere
KeywordsCetacea, Comparative anatomy, Evolution, Functional morphology, Paleontology

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtAnn Arbor
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Michigan
Institut/AbteilungMuseum of Paleontology

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Wighart KoenigswaldForschungsbereich Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Prof. Dr. Jes RustForschungsbereich Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.06.2006

Programm(e)

2005Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Prof. Philip Gingerich at the University of Michigan is a well-renowned vertebrate palaeontologist of international standing. One of his major contributions to the field has been Gingerich's extensive studies in the Tertiary of Wyoming in which he was clearly able to demonstrate gradual evolution in several mammalian lineages and to refute the major jumps in evolution that had been postulated by others. Similarly, his fieldwork in Pakistan and Egypt focuses on one of the most significant developments in mammalian phylogeny, the transition from terrestrial artiodactyls (hoofed mammals) to marine whales. Major changes in diet and locomotion were prerequisites before whales could adapt successfully to the marine realm. Instead of using feet, the whale's tail became the driving force behind propulsion in water. The most primitive whale, Pakicetus, first appeared in the Eocene and holds the clues to many questions regarding cetacean evolution. The geologically oldest tail of this genus will be studied in Bonn with Wighart v. Koenigswald. Pivotal to the understanding of this group is how and when the fluke of the cetacean tail evolved.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2013Wighart von Koenigswald, Philip D. Gingerich: Ein Knochen zum Forschen und Spielen. In: Fossilien, 2013, 84-90
2013Julia M. Fahlke, Katharina A. Bastl, Gina M. Semprebon, Philip D. Gingerich: Paleoecology of archaeocete whales throughout the Eocene: dietary adaptations revealed by microwear analysis. In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2013, 690-701
2013Alexander Gehler, Andreas Pack, Philip D. Gingerich: Triple oxygen isotope composition of mammalian bioapatite from the Palaeocene-Eocene transition a combined proxy for fluctuations in air temperature and atmospheric CO2 concentration (abstract). In: Joachim Reitner, Yang Qun, Yongdong Wang, Mike Reich, Palaeobiology and Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History. Universittsdruke Göttingen, 2013. 57-58
2012Wighart von Koenigswald, Jörg Habersetzer, Philip D. Gingerich: Pedal distal phalanges of the Eocene adapoids Europolemur and Darwinius compared to phalanges of Notharctus and other primates. In: Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2012, 539-565
2012Julia M. Fahlke, Manja Voss, Philip D. Gingerich, Mohamed Sameh M. Antar, Iyad S. Zalmout: Predation of Basilosaurus isis on Dorudon atrox (Cetaea): a case study from the middle-late Eocene of Egypt (abstract). In: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Program and Abstracts, 2012, 91-92
2012Philip D. Gingerich: Primates in the Eocene. In: Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2012, 649-663
2012Philip D. Gingerich, Kurt Heissig, Wighart von Koenigswald: Richard Dehm collection of pakicetid astragali (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Eocene of Pakistan. In: Terra Nostra, 2012, 63-64
2011Fahlke, Julia M., Philip D. Gingerich, Robert C. Welsh, Aaron R. Wood: Cranial asymmetry in Eocene archaeocete whales and directional hearing in water (abstract). In: Annalisa Berta, Thomas A. Deméré, Eric G. Ekdale, Sixth Triennial Conference on Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water. San Diego State University, 2011. 26-27
2011Julia M. Fahlke, Philip D. Gingerich, Robert C. Welsh, Aaron R. Wood: Cranial asymmetry in Eocene archaeocete whales and the evolution of directional hearing in water. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2011, 14545-14548
2011Wighart von Koenigswald, Jörg Habersetzer, Philip D. Gingerich: Morphology and evolution of the distal phalanges in primates (extended abstract). In: Thomas M. Lehmann, Stephan F. K. Schall, The World at the Time of Messel: Puzzles in Palaeobiology, Palaeoenvironment, and the History of Early Primates. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2011. 91-94
2010Julia M. Fahlke, Aaron R. Wood, Philip D. Gingerich: Chewing movement and tooth function in Basilosaurus isis (Mammalia, Cetacea) based on digital analysis of wear facets (abstract). In: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Program and Abstracts, 2010, 86-87
2010Philip D. Gingerich, Jens Lorenz Franzen, Jörg Habersetzer, Jørn H. Hurum, B. Holly Smith: Darwinius masillae is a haplorhine-- reply to Williams et al. (2010). In: Journal of Human Evolution, 2010, 574-579
2010Philip D. Gingerich, Jens Lorenz Franzen, Jörg Habersetzer, Jørn H. Hurum, B. Holly Smith: Systematic position of the Eocene primate Darwinius masillae (abstract). In: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Program and Abstracts, 2010, 97-97
2010Wighart von Koenigswald, Philip D. Gingerich: Vom Land ins Meer-- Evolution der Wale. In: G. Wefer, F. Schmieder, Expedition Erde: Wissenswertes und Spannendes aus den Geowissenschaften. MARUM Bibliothek: Verständliche Geowissenschaften, 2010. 284-291
2009Philip D. Gingerich, Jens Lorenz Franzen, Jörg Habersetzer, Jørn H. Hurum, Wighart von Koenigswald, B. Holly Smith: . In: PLoS One, 2009, 1-27
2009Wighart von Koenigswald, Irina Ruf, Philip D. Gingerich: Cranial morphology of a new apatemyid, Carcinella sigei n. gen. n. sp. (Mammalia, Apatotheria) from the late Eocene of southern France. In: Palaeontographica, Stuttgart, Abteilung A, 2009, 53-91
2009Wighart von Koenigswald, Philip D. Gingerich: Wale in der Wüste: Fossilbericht zum Weg der Wale vom Land ins Wasser. In: N. Elsner, H.-J. Fritz, R. Gradstein, J. Reidtner, Evolution: Zufall und Zwangsläufigkeit der Schöpfung. Wallstein Verlag, 2009. 341-361
2008Irina Ruf, Philip D. Gingerich, Wighart von Koenigswald: Do internal cranial features reflect adaptations in 'woodpecking' mammals?. In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of Papers, 2008, 134-135
2007Wighart von Koenigswald, Philip D. Gingerich: Well preserved skull of a European apatemyid (Mammalia) from the Phosphorites du Quercy (abstract). In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of Papers, 2007, 101-101
2006Wighart von Koenigswald, Kenneth D. Rose, Philip D. Gingerich, Enamel microstructure in Coryphodon and the possible correlation of body size and schmeltzmuster (abstract). In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of Papers, 2006, 86-86