Marek DEC, M.Sc.

 Department of Evolutionary Paleobiology

Ph.D. student in 2010-2014

Research interests: Early vertebrates, evolution of paleozoic agnthan

Academic degrees:
2010-2014 Ph.D. in palaeobiology candidate, GEOBIOS, Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (Paleozoic agnathan from Poland), scientific supervisor Professor Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka, Ph.D., D.Sc.
2010 M.Sc. in paleontology,  Faculty of Geology, Warsaw University, Poland (Lower dewonian sarcopterygian from placoderm sandstone)
Original articles:
Mazurek, D., Dec, M., and Łukowiak, M. 2015. A new echinocaridid phyllocaridan from the Lower Devonian of central-eastern Poland. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 35 (6): 785–788. [text - journal site]
Szrek, P., Dec, M., and G. Niedźwiedzki. 2015. The first placoderm fish from the Lower Devonian of Poland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(3): e930471. [text - journal site]

Conference abstracts:

Szrek, P., Salwa, S., Niedźwiedzki, G., Dec, M., Ahlber, P.E. & Uchman, A. 2015. Fish faces – an exceptional trace fossil assemblage from the Lower Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. 13th International symposium on Early and Lower Vertebrates; Melbourne, Australia August 3rd-7th, 2015, Melbourne, Australia: 30.
Skrzycka R., Skrzycki P., Dec, M. 2013. First record of polish Late Triassic coelocanth from non-marine sediments. 6th International Meeting on Mesozoic Fishes. Diversification and Diversity Patterns. Vienna, Austria: 60.
Szrek P., Niedźwiedzki G. & Dec, M. 2012. The Lower Devonian marginal-marine ecosystems of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland – new discoveries and observations. Konferencja: European Geosciences Union General Asembly 2012, Wiedeń, 22-27 kwiecień.

Popular and review articles:
M. Dec  2011. Ryby mięśniopłetwe we wczesnym dewonie Gór Świętokrzyskich. Ewolucja, 4: 52-56.
P. Szrek, M. Dec, A. Jaszczuk, C. Krawczyński, D. Nast, G. Niedźwiedzki 2010. Complex history of studies of Devonian vertebrates in Poland. Przegląd Geologiczny, 58: 495-498.

Contact:
Marek Dec

Institute of Paleobiology PAS
ul. Twarda 51/55
PL-00-818 Warsaw, POLAND
e-mail: mdec@twarda.pan.pl
phone: (+48 22) 6978-880; room 137