Dr.Verónica Díez Díaz

Scientist / (Senior) Scientist

Veronica.Diez-Diaz@mfn.berlin+49 0 30 889 140 - 8591
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Department:
Evolutionary Morphology

I am a dinosaur paleontologist specializing in sauropods (anatomy, systematics, and biomechanics). I also conduct research on the digitization of natural history collections, including the ethical considerations and best practices involved.

I work in the laboratories:
3D LaboratoryPaläontologische Präparationslabore
I work in the collections:
ArchiveFossil VertebratesHerpetology

Project(s)

  • Third-Party Funded Project

    Research and Responsibility

    Virtual Access to Integrated Fossil and Archival Material from the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909–1913)

Publications

Díez-Díaz, V., Akhlaq, S., Kaiser, K., Heumann, I., Schwarz, D. (2025). Digitization as a research methodology in colonial natural history collections. Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 1(3), 145-146. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00031-2

Díez-Díaz, V., van Bijlert, P., Sellers, W., Wedel, M., Schwarz, D. (2025). Centres of rotation and osteological constraints on caudal ranges of motion in the sauropod dinosaur Giraffatitan brancai. Royal Society Open Science, 12(8). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250851Open Access

Díez-Díaz, V., Akhlaq, S., Campbell, A., Depraetere, M., Mahlow-Tillack, K., Heumann, I., Schwarz, D. (2025). Risks and Responsibilities: The German Tendaguru Collection as Cultural Heritage and Its 3D Digitisation. In Ioannides, M., Issini, G., Oliveira, D. (Hrsg.), 3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage IV (69-82). Cham: Springer Nature. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93753-8_5Open Access

Díez-Díaz, V., Mannion, P., Csiki‐Sava, Z., Upchurch, P. (2025). Revision of Romanian sauropod dinosaurs reveals high titanosaur diversity and body-size disparity on the latest Cretaceous Haţeg Island, with implications for titanosaurian biogeography. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 23(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2024.2441516Open Access

Gorscak, E., Lamanna, M.C., Schwarz, D., Díaz, V.D., Salem, B.S., Sallam, H.M., Wiechmann, M.F. (2023). A new titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Quseir Formation of the Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42(6), e2199810. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2023.2199810Open Access

Depraetere, M., Akhlaq, S., Díez-Díaz, V., Heumann, I., Schwarz, D. (2025). Virtual Access to Fossil & Archival Material from the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909–1913): More Than 100 years of Data-Meta-paradata Management for Improved Standardisation. In Ioannides, M., Baker, D., Agapiou, A., Siegkas, P. (Hrsg.), 3D Research Challenges in Cultural Heritage V (89-102). Cham: Springer Nature. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78590-0_8Open Access

Díez Díaz, V. (2024). Ankylosaurus magniventris. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 8(1048). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02395-8