Peer reviewed journal articles

Schädel, M. & Schubert, R. (2024). Flatbed scanners as versatile tools for studying surface details of compression fossils. Palaeontologia Electronica 27(2):a27 HTML PDF

Schädel, M., Nagler, C. & Hyžný, M. (2023). Fossil Relatives of Extant Parasitic Crustaceans from the Mesozoic of Europe. Boletín de La Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 75(2), 1-57. HTML PDF

Schädel, M., Yavorskaya, M. I., Beutel R. G. (2022). The earliest beetle †Coleopsis archaica (Insecta: Coleoptera) – morphological re-evaluation using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and phylogenetic assessment. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 495-510. HTML PDF

Schädel, M., Hörnig, M. K., Hyžný, M., & Haug, J. T. (2021). Mass occurrence of small isopodan crustaceans in 100-million-year-old amber: an extraordinary view on behaviour of extinct organisms. PalZ, 1-17. HTML PDF

Schädel, M., Hyžný, M. & Haug, J. T. (2021). Ontogenetic development captured in amber - the first record of aquatic representatives of Isopoda in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Nauplius 29, e2021003. HTML PDF

Haug, J. T., Baranov, V., Schädel, M., Müller, P., Gröhn, C., & Haug, C. (2020). Challenges for understanding lacewings: how to deal with the incomplete data from extant and fossil larvae of Nevrorthidae?(Neuroptera). Fragmenta entomologica, 52(2), 137-168. PDF

Wang, H., Schädel, M., Sames, B. & Horne, D. J. (2020). New record of podocopid ostracods from Cretaceous amber. PeerJ 8, e10134. HTML PDF

Schädel, M. & Haug J. T. (2020). A new interpretation of the enigmatic fossil arthropod Anhelkocephalon handlirschi Bill, 1914 – important insights in the morphology of Cyclida. Palaeodiversity 13, 69–81. HTML PDF

Schädel, M., Van Eldijk, T., Winkelhorst, H., Reumer, J. W. F. & Haug, J. T. (2020). Triassic Isopoda – three new species from Central Europe shed light on the early diversity of the group. Bulletin of Geosciences 95(2).HTML PDF

Haug, J. T., Schädel, M., Baranov, V. A. & Haug, C. (2020). An unusual 100-million-year old holometabolan larva with a piercing mouthcone. PeerJ 8, e8661. PDF

Schädel, M., Müller, P. & Haug J. T. (2020). Two remarkable fossil insect larvae from Burmese amber suggest the presence of a terminal filum in the direct stem lineage of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). Rivista Italiana di Palaeontologia e Stratigrafia 126(1), 13-35. PDF

Baranov, V. A., Schädel, M. & Haug, J. T. (2019). Fly palaeo-evo-devo: immature stages of bibionomorphan dipterans in Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. PeerJ 7, e7843. PDF

Schädel, M., Perrichot, V. & Haug, J. T. (2019). Exceptionally preserved cryptoniscium larvae - morphological details of rare isopod crustaceans from French Cretaceous Vendean amber. Palaeontologia Electronica, 22.3.71, 1-45. HTML PDF

Braig, F., Haug, J. T., Schädel, M. & Haug, C. (2019). A new thylacocephalan crustacean from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of southern Germany and the diversity of Thylacocephala. Palaeodiversity 12, 69–87. PDF

Schädel, M., Pazinato, P. G., van der Wal, S. & Haug, J. T. (2019). A fossil tanaidacean crustacean from the Middle Jurassic of southern Germany. Palaeodiversity 12, 13–30. PDF

Schädel, M. & Lechner, T. S. (2017). Two new dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the Miocene of Carinthia (Austria). Zootaxa, 4243(1), 153-164. ResearchGate

Schädel, M. & Bechly, G. (2016). First record of Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) from mid- Cretaceous Burmese Amber. Zootaxa, 4103(6), 537-549. ResearchGate

Conference contributions

Schädel, M. 2023. Multi Light Imaging as a tool to capture fine details of compression fossils – dedicated hardware and a convenient alternative. 94th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Jena, 18-22 September 2023. (talk)

Schädel, M. 2023. Multi light imaging of small compression fossils – proper tools and a neat shortcut. The Palaeontological Association 67th Annual Meeting, University of Cambridge, UK, 11-15 September 2023. (poster) PDF

Schädel, M. 2022. Shape from Shading as an inexpensive tool to study surface details of even small insect fossils. 5th International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology, Vienna, 8–12 August 2022. (poster + short presentation)

Schädel, M., Hyžný, M., Nagler, C. & Haug, J. T. (2021). Close relatives of extant parasitic forms of crustaceans from the Mesozoic of Europe. 92th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Vienna (online), 29 September – 1 October 2021. (talk)

Schädel, M. Hyžný, M. & Haug, J. T. (2019). From a systematic waste basket to the fossil record of giant isopods. Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Valencia, 19-20 December 2019. (poster)

Schädel, M. & Lechner, T. S. (2019). Schaßbach – eine neue Fundstelle für gut erhaltene Insektenfossilien aus dem Miozän von Kärnten (Österreich). Schaßbach – a new field site for well preserved insect fossils from the Miocene of Carinthia (Austria). Palaeoentomology meeting, Frankfurt am Main, 25–27 October 2019. (talk)

Schädel, M. Hyžný, M. & Haug, J. T. (2019). How to dispose a systematic waste basket – Revision of the fossil isopod form genus “Palaega”. 90th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Munich, 15–18 September 2019. (talk)

Schädel, M. & Lechner, T. S. (2019). Schaßbach - A new locality for abundant and well preserved fossil insects from the Miocene of Carinthia (Austria). 90th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft, Munich, 15–18 September 2019. (poster)

Schädel, M. Hyžný, M. & Haug, J. T. (2019). Upper Cretaceous misfits – cirolanid-like isopodans in Burmese Amber. International Conference on Fossil Insects, Arthropods & Amber, St. Domingo, 7–11 April 2019. (talk)

Schädel, M. & Haug, J. T. (2019). New insights in the character evolution in the lineage towards modern dragonflies and damselflies. 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biogical Systematics, Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, München, 24–27 April 2019. (poster)

Schädel, M. Hyžný, M. & Haug, J. T. (2019). Taphonomisch interessante Asseln aus Burmesischem Bernstein. Taphonomically interesting isopods from Burmese amber. 28–31 March 2019. (poster)

Schädel, M., Müller, P. & Haug, J. T. (2018). 100 million years old insect larvae shed light on the ancestral morphology of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). 10–15 September 2018. (talk)

Schädel, M., Müller, P. & Haug, J. T. (2018). Fossil aquatic insect larvae in Burmese amber with important implications on the ground pattern of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). GeoBonn (Annual meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft), Bonn, 2–6 September 2018. (talk)

Schädel, M., Perrichot, V. & Haug, J. T. (2018). Marine larvae in Cretaceous amber-important insight into the evolution of parasitic life habits of epicaridean isopods. GeoBonn (Annual meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft), Bonn, 2–6 September 2018. (poster)

Schädel, M., Perrichot, V. & Haug, J. T. (2018). Marine life captured in amber - Exceptional preservation of small aquatic isopod larvae in Cretaceous amber from France. 5th International Paleontological Congress, Paris, 9–13 July 2018. (talk)

Schädel, M., Van Eldijk, T. & Haug, J. T. (2018).Isopod diversity in deep time-Assessing the morphological diversity of isopod crustaceans back in the Triassic. 5th International Paleontological Congress, Paris, 9–13 July 2018. (poster)

Schädel, M., Perrichot, V. & Haug, J. T. (2018). Exceptionally Preserved Fossils of Minute Infective Larvae – 90 Million Years Old Window Into the Evolution of the Parasitism of Epicaridean Isopods. 9th International Crustacean Congress, Washington (DC), 22–25 May 2018. (talk)

Schädel, M., Nagler, C. & Haug, J. T. (2018).Taking a Deeper Look-A Fossil Isopod Revisited By ‘Virtual Paleontology’. 9th International Crustacean Congress, Washington (DC), 22–25 May 2018. (poster)