As a vertebrate paleontologist, I study the fossilized remains of extinct animals with a backbone. My research focuses mainly on tetrapods from the Age of Dinosaurs; I have a particular interest in dinosaurs, mosasaurs and fossil trackways.
Keywords
Dinosaurs, mosasaurs, Cretaceous, Jurassic, fossils, palaeontology, fossil trackways, tetrapods.
Researchinterest
“Trying to bring back fossils to life.”
I am currently working on:
- the Late Cretaceous mosasaur fauna of Angola
- T. rex, Triceratops and the Morrison Formation of North America
- and -closer to home- fossils from the Triassic of Winterswijk
Publicengagement
Without sharing the results to a wider audience, even the most interesting research projects are only half-meaningful. Over the past decade I was responsible for the content development of the new dinosaur and human evolution galleries at Naturalis, the Rexperience, as well as the travelling exhibition “T. rex on tour” and, more recently, the temporary exhibition on the Triceratops herd.
Fieldwork
Current project
Naturalis, in collaboration with the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, is working in the Morrison Formation of northern Wyoming, to excavate dinosaurs and other Jurassic fossils from a very productive quarry, nicknamed the “Jurassic Mile”.
Past projects
The excavation of the large T. rex “Trix” (RGM 792000) in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana was one of the highlights in my career. Over the past decade we excavated a herd of Triceratops in the Lance Formation of Wyoming, which resulted in the Triceratops herd exhibition. Earlier work included the description of the first dinosaurs of the Arabian Peninsula, and the first dinosaur tracks of Arabia.
PhDsupervision
I have the honour of supervising Pasha's PhD project on the evolutionary biomechanics of locomotion, as well as Isaak's PhD project (with Frank Wesselingh) on fossil remains from the late Quaternary found on Dutch beaches.
Importantpublications
Schulp, Anne S., Janssen, Renée, Van Baal, Remy R., Jagt, John W.M., Mulder, Eric W.A. & Vonhof, Hubert B. (01.03.2017). Stable isotopes, niche partitioning and the paucity of elasmosaur remains in the Maastrichtian type area. Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 96: 29-33.
Buffetaut, Eric, Hartman, Axel Frans, Al-Kindi, Mohammed & Schulp, Anne S. (01.11.2015). Hadrosauroid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of the Sultanate of Oman. PLoS ONE, 10 (11).
Joordens, Josephine C.A., D'Errico, Francesco, Wesselingh, Frank P., Munro, Stephen, De Vos, John, Wallinga, Jakob, Ankjærgaard, Christina, Reimann, Tony, Wijbrans, Jan R., Kuiper, Klaudia F., Mücher, Herman J., Coqueugniot, Hélène, Prié, Vincent, Joosten, Ineke, Van Os, Bertil, Schulp, Anne S., Panuel, Michel, Van Der Haas, Victoria, Lustenhouwer, Wim, Reijmer, John J.G. & Roebroeks, Wil (12.02.2015). Homo erectus at Trinil on Java used shells for tool production and engraving. Nature, 518: 228-231.
Schulp, A. S., Bardet, N. & Bouya, B. (2009). A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and additional material of Carinodens belgicus from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 88: 161-167.
Teachingactivities
- Leiden University: Paleobiology (MSc course)
- Utrecht University: Introduction to Palaeontology (BSc course) and Tetrapod Evolution (MSc course)
- Utrecht University: HOVO-course on palaeontology topics