Welcome to the website of the Fossil Shark Research (FSR) Lab at the Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin.
Our research group seeks to understand the mechanisms underlying diversification patterns and adaptive traits of extinct and extant sharks, skates, rays (the neoselachians) both at the organismal and molecular levels. Modern neoselachians are the distillate of 450 million years of cartilaginous fish evolution. In our lab, we are focussing on the evolution, special adaptations, and diversity fluctuations of these aquatic top predators. |