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