Dr. Laura Yanina Herrera

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-2 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPaläontologie
Keywordssystematics, thalattosuchian, paleobiology, crocodylomorpha, three dimensional reconstructions

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandArgentinien
OrtLa Plata
Universität/InstitutionUniversidad Nacional de La Plata
Institut/AbteilungMuseo de Ciencias Naturales de la Plata, Departamento Paleontologia Vertebrados

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Oliver RauhutBayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie München (BSP), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Oliver RauhutBayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.09.2015

Programm(e)

2014Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm für Postdocs

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2021Yanina Herrera and Manuela Aiglstorfer and Mario Bronzati: A new species of Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) from southern Germany: the first three-dimensionally preserved Cricosaurus skull from the Solnhofen Archipelago. In: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 19, 2021, 145-167
2020Young, Mark T and Sachs, Sven and Abel, Pascal and Foffa, Davide and Herrera, Yanina and Kitson, James J N: Convergent evolution and possible constraint in the posterodorsal retraction of the external nares in pelagic crocodylomorphs. In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 189, 2020, 494-520
2020Schwab, Julia A. and Young, Mark T. and Neenan, James M. and Walsh, Stig A. and Witmer, Lawrence M. and Herrera, Yanina and Allain, Ronan and Brochu, Christopher A. and Choiniere, Jonah N. and Clark, James M. and Dollman, Kathleen N. and Etches, Steve and Fritsch, Guido and Gignac, Paul M. and Ruebenstahl, Alexander and Sachs, Sven and Turner, Alan H. and Vignaud, Patrick and Wilberg, Eric W. and Xu, Xing and Zanno, Lindsay E. and Brusatte, Stephen L.: Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 2020, 10422--10428
2019Manuela Aiglstorfer, Philipe Havlik, Yanina Herrera: The first metriorhynchoid crocodyliform from the Aalenian (Middle Jurassic) of Germany, with implications for the evolution of Metriorhynchoidea. In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2019, 1-30
2018Yanina Herrera, Juan Martín Leardi, and Marta S. Fernández: Braincase and endocranial anatomy of two thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs and their relevance in understanding their adaptations to the marine environment. In: PeerJ, 2018, 1-41