Dr.Jason Dunlop
Wissenschaftliche Sammlungsleitung
Ich bin wissenschaftlicher Leiter der Arachniden-, Myriapoden- und Stammgruppen-Arthropoden-Sammlung. Meine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind fossile Arachniden und ihre Verwandten sowie deren vergleichende Anatomie.
- Sammlung
- Arachnida und Myriapoda
Vita
- 1988–1991, B.Sc. (Hons.) Spezialstudien Zoologie, Universität Leeds, Großbritannien
- 1991–1994, Promotion in Geowissenschaften, Universität Manchester, Großbritannien
- 1994–1997, Postdoktorandenforschung, Universität Manchester, Großbritannien
- seit 1997, Kurator am Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Weiteres
Auszeichnungen und Preise
- Wynne-Owen-Preis der Universität Leeds (beste Abschlussarbeit)
- Bonnet-Preis (für Verdienste um die Gemeinschaft) der International Society of Arachnology
Mitgliedschaften
- Sekretär der International Society of Arachnology
- Mitgliederverwalter der Europäischen Gesellschaft für Arachnologie
Redaktionelle Tätigkeiten
- Mitglied der Redaktion von Arachnology Letters
Publikationen
æ Dunlop, J.A., Dernov, V.S. (2023). The first trigonotarbid arachnid from Ukraine. Acta Geologica Polonica, 181-187. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24425/agp.2022.143600
Bartel, C., Dunlop, J.A., Giribet, G. (2023). An unexpected diversity of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa, 5296(3), 421-445. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5296.3.6
Dunlop, J.A., Garwood, R.J. (2023). The status of two fossils assigned to the scorpion genus Palaeophonus and its interpretation as a senior synonym of Allopalaeophonus. Arachnology, 19(6), 940-943. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2023.19.6.940
æ Garwood, R.J., Dunlop, J.A. (2023). Consensus and conflict in studies of chelicerate fossils and phylogeny. Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters, 66(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.30963/aramit6602
Dunlop, J.A., Erdek, M., Bartel, C. (2023). A new species of camel spider (Arachnida: Solifugae) in Baltic amber. Arachnology, 19(4), 772-776. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2023.19.4.772
Dunlop, J.A., Wellman, C.H., Prendini, L., Shear, W.A. (2023). A pectinal tooth with peg sensilla from an Early Devonian scorpion. The Journal of Arachnology, 51(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-22-024
æ Cianferoni, F., Dunlop, J.A., Ceccolini, F. (2023). Atypus affinis Eichwald, 1830 in Tuscany. Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna, 57, 145-150. URL: http://www.ssnr.it/57-7.pdf
æ Garwood, R.J., Dunlop, J.A. (2023). X-ray microtomography of the late Carboniferous whip scorpions (Arachnida, Thelyphonida) Geralinura britannica and Proschizomus petrunkevitchi. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 21(1), 2180450. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2023.2180450
Bartel, C., Dunlop, J.A. (2023). First eupnoid harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Eupnoi) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, with notes on sexual dimorphism in Halitherses grimaldii (Arachnida: Opiliones: Dyspnoi). Palaeoentomology, 6(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.3.11
æ Šlapeta, J., Halliday, B., Dunlop, J.A., Nachum-Biala, Y., Salant, H., Ghodrati, S., Modrý, D., Harrus, S. (2023). The “southeastern Europe” lineage of the brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato) identified as Rhipicephalus rutilus Koch, 1844: Comparison with holotype and generation of mitogenome reference from Israel. Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases, 3, 100118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2023.100118
æ Dunlop, J.A. (2023). The first Palaeozoic spider (Arachnida: Araneae) from Germany. PalZ, 97(3), 497-504. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00657-7
Wang, H., Lei, X.J., Luo, C.H., Dunlop, J.A. (2023). First jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from mid-Miocene Zhangpu amber. Palaeoworld, 32(4), 716-720. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2022.06.002
æ Bisong, P.T., Dunlop, J., Madruga, C. (2023). Mammalian type material from Cameroon in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 99(2), 503-517. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.110878
Bartel, C., Dunlop, J.A., Sharma, P.P., Selden, P.A., Tarasov, P.E., Ren, D., Shih, C. (2023). Four new Laniatorean harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeoworld, 32(1), 124-135. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2022.06.006
æ Siyam, M., Dunlop, J.A., Kovařík, F., Mohammad, A. (2023). Additions to the distribution of Sudanese scorpions. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 99(1), 45-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.90875
Chitimia-Dobler, L., Pfeffer, T., Würzinger, F., Handschuh, S., Dunlop, J.A. (2023). New larval records of the extinct hard tick Compluriscutula vetulum (Arachnida: Ixodida) from Burmese amber, with notes on its morphology. Palaeoworld, 33(5), 1327-1335. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2023.10.002
Knecht, R.J., Benner, J.S., Dunlop, J.A., Renczkowski, M.D. (2023). The largest Palaeozoic whip scorpion and the smallest (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonida); a new species and a new ichnospecies from the Carboniferous of New England, USA. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 200(3), 690-704. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad088
æ Bartel, C., Dunlop, J.A., Wedmann, S. (2024). Iridescent harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae) from the Eocene of Messel, Germany. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 104(4), 963-975. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-024-00607-4
æ Selden, P.A., Dunlop, J.A. (2024). A remarkable spiny arachnid from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois. Journal of Paleontology, 98(3), 395-401. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2024.13
æ Dunlop, J.A., Garwood, R.J. (2024). A review of fossil scorpion higher systematics. PeerJ, 12, e18557. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18557
æ Chitimia-Dobler, L., Handschuh, S., Dunlop, J.A., Pienaar, R., Mans, B.J. (2024). Nuttalliellidae in Burmese amber: implications for tick evolution. Parasitology, 151(9), 891-907. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182024000477
æ Knecht, R.J., Benner, J.S., Swain, A., Azevedo-Schmidt, L., Cleal, C.J., Labandeira, C.C., Engel, M.S., Dunlop, J.A., Selden, P.A., Eble, C.F., Renczkowski, M.D., Wheeler, D.A., Funderburk, M.M., Emma, S.L., Knoll, A.H., Pierce, N.E. (2024). Early Pennsylvanian Lagerstätte reveals a diverse ecosystem on a subhumid, alluvial fan. Nature Communications, 15(1), 7876. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52181-0
Sherwood, D., Dunlop, J., Sharp, A. (2024). On the identity of Opopaea euphorbicola Strand, 1909 and first records of three other non-native goblin spiders from Ascension Island (Araneae: Oonopidae). Zootaxa, 5437(1), 125-130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.9
Sherwood, D., Cobo, S.A., Dunlop, J.A., Tsavalas, A.T., Geci, D., Lucas, S.M., Brescovit, A.D. (2025). Reidentification of historical specimens assigned to Cupiennius oculifer (Karsch, 1879) (Araneae: Trechaleidae). Zootaxa, 5723(1), 138-142. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.1.8
Bicknell, R.D.C., Dunlop, J., Young, A., Lauer, B., Lauer, R., McCoy, V.E. (2025). Unique, dimple-like exoskeletal structures suggest syn-vivo infestations in Late Carboniferous horseshoe crabs. Biology Letters, 21(12), 20250565. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0565
æ Santos, A.A., Dunlop, J.A., Hernández-Orúe, A., Selden, P.A., Diez, J.B., McLoughlin, S. (2025). Trigonotarbids (Arachnida) hidden in plant debris from a Late Pennsylvanian tropical forest at El Bierzo, Castilla y León, Spain. PalZ, 99(4), 567-580. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-025-00745-w
æ Wu, Z., Dunlop, J., Klimov, P., Mai, H., Peng, A., Liu, Y. (2025). A new whip scorpion (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) with a phoretic mite (Acariformes: Trochometridiidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02392-w
Dunlop, J., Bartel, C. (2025). A new species of fossil Phrynus Lamarck, 1801, from Dominican Republic amber (Amblypygi: Phrynidae). Zootaxa, 5563(1), 64-72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.7