Scientific publications

Vinther, J. and Rudkin D. 2010. The first articulated specimen of Plumulites canadensis (Woodward, 1889) from the upper Ordovician of Ontario, with a review of the anterior region of Plumulitidae (Annelida: Machaeridia). Palaeontology.

Sperling, E. A. and Vinther, J. 2010. A placozoan affinity for Dickinsonia and the evolution of late Proterozoic feeding modes. Evolution and Development.

Vinther, J., Briggs, D. E. G., Clarke, J., Mayr, G. and Prum, R. O. 2010, Structural coloration in a fossil feather. Biology Letters 6, 128-131. PDF.

Sperling, E. A., Vinther, J., Moy, V., Wheeler, B. M., Semon, M. Briggs, D.E.G. and Peterson, K. J. 2009. MicroRNAs resolve an apparent conflict between annelid systematics and their fossil record. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 276, 4315-4322.

Vinther, J. and Briggs, D.E.G. 2009. Machaeridian Locomotion. Lethaia 42, 357-364. PDF.

Vinther, J. 2009. the canal system in sclerites of Lower Cambrian Sinosachites (Halkieriidae: Sachitida): Significance for the molluscan affinites of the sachitids. Palaeontology 52, 689-712. PDF.

Vinther, J., Briggs, D. E. G., Prum, R. O. and Saranathan, V. 2008 The colour of fossil feathers. Biology Letters 4, 522-525, PDF.

Vinther, J. Van Roy, P. and Briggs, D. E. G. 2008. Machaeridians are Palaezoic armoured annelids. Nature 451, 185-188. PDF, Supp.

Kenrick, P and Vinther, J. 2006. Chaetocladus gracilis n. sp., a non-calcified Dasycladales from the Upper Silurian of Skåne, Sweden. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology; 142, 153-160. PDF 

Vinther, J. and Nielsen, C. 2005 The Early Cambrian Halkieria is a mollusc, Zoologica Scripta, 34(1), 81-89. PDF

Books

Danmarks ældste fossil (Denmarks oldest fossil), box in the book:

Naturen i Danmark - Geologien, K. S. Jensen and G. Larsen (Eds), Gyldendal, 552 pp.

Popular scientific publications

Vinther, Jakob. Pansrede fossile børsteorme. DYR, Zoologisk Museum 2, 2008.  

Vinther, Jakob. Den Kambriske Eksplosion; Dag fem i skabelsesberetningen (Translated title: The Cambrian Explosion; the fifth day in the story of creation) Dansk Naturhistorisk Forenings Årsskrift Nr. 16 and 17, 2005/2006 - 2006/2007 (Danish Natural History Society, "Yearly Magazine") PDF

Vinther, Jakob; Halkieria- et fossil fra Nedre Kambrium (Translated title: Halkieria- a fossil from the Lower Cambrian) Varv 2004, 4

Interview with me in the Copenhagen University Newspaper, June the 8. 2006.

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Radio Interviews

Videnskabens verden, feathers 24th January 2009

Videnskabens verden, Cambrian fossils from Greenland, 30th of January, 2009, a less succesful explanation of the importance of the Cambrian explosion but an in depth explanation about penis worms

Radio New Zealand about feathers, fall of 2008

Yale University »

Yale University, apparently one of the major socalled Ivy league universities. They can proudly tell you that both George Bush senior and junior studied here.

Department of Geology and Geophysics »

Click here and read about the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University where I am studying.

Geological Institute of Copenhagen »

The Geological Institute of Copenhagen where I studied in Denmark. They have done a great work on their new homepage. Click in left corner of page for english text.

Geological museum of Copenhagen »

The Geological Museum of Copenhagen. I did my Masters and Bachelors thesis there with David A. T. Harper. A great museum with an excellent exhibition on the geology of Greenland, the worlds largest bivalve, A magnificent new exhibition on meteorites and the solar system, decoration by the Danish artist and geologist Per Kirkeby and many other things. there is an english version on page as well

Regensen »

Before starting my study as a graduate at Yale, I studied in Copenhagen, Denmark and were staying in one of the oldest and most social residential halls in town. Click the logo above to see their homepage. Unfortunately you can only view it in Danish, but there is some great pics.