Viktor Baranov
Relevant employment
Dec. 2022 – today:
Ramon y Cajal Fellow/ Junior Group Leader
ESTACIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE DOÑANA-CSIC, SEVILLE, SPAIN
Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2022:
Postdoctoral researcher/ assistant professor (100% position), Research group Haug (Arthropoda morphology, palaeontology and evolution)
LMU MUNICH, BIOCENTER, FACULTY OF BIOLOGY, PLANEGG-MARTINSRIED, GERMANY
Jun. 2017 – Sept. 2018:
Postdoctoral researcher (100% position), Dept. of River Ecology and restoration (Climate change and aquatic ecology)
SENCKENBERG RESEARCH MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY, GELNHAUSEN, GERMANY
Feb. 2014 – May 2017:
Early stage researcher in FP7 Marie Curie ITN fellow “INTERFACES” (100% position), Dept. of Ecohydrology (Ecohydrology, biogeochemistry and aquatic ecology)
LEIBNIZ-INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES, BERLIN, GERMANY
Sept. 2016 – Oct. 2016:
Visiting research fellow (Seasonal variation in the diversity and activity of the Corethrellidae midges in Gamboa, Panama)
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN, USA
Sept. 2015 – Nov. 2015:
Visiting research fellow (Adaptation of resazurin-resorufin technique for the measurements of aerobic respiration in marine costal sediments)
PLYMOUTH MARINE LAB, PLYMOUTH, UK
Nov. 2013 – Dec. 2013:
Visiting research fellow (Non-biting midges of the madicolous ecosystems of the Ukrainian Carpathians)
ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
Nov. 2012, Aug. – Sept. 2013, Dec. 2013, Nov. 2014, May 2018:
Visiting research fellow in the group of evolutionary systematics (Systematics and evolution of the non-biting midges from Eocene)
BERGEN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, BERGEN, NORWAY
Nov. 2012 – Jan. 2014:
Junior research fellow (100% position), Department of Entomology (Curation of Diptera inclusions in Rovno amber, comparative analysis of the biodiversity and taxonomy of non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) of Ukraine)
I.I. SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY NAS OF UKRAINE, KIEV, UKRAINE
Sept. 2012 – Jan. 2014:
Lecturer/ junior research fellow (50% position), School of basic and applied medicine (Teaching of invertebrate zoology; research projects on non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae), curation of
ethanol collection of invertebrates)
V. N. KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
Educational background
Feb. 2014 – May 2017:
PhD defence (Dr. rer. nat.) in Geography, Earth and Environmental Science;
Thesis title: “Influence of bioturbation on sediment respiration in advection and diffusion dominated systems” (defence May 30, 2017, magna cum laude)
HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, BERLIN, GERMANY
Sept. 2011 – June 2012:
Master of Science, Zoology and Animal Ecology (Honours);
Project: “Biodiversity and biogeography of the non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae, Tanytarsini) of the wood-and-steppe of the Kharkiv region”
V. N. KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
Sept. 2007 – June 2011:
Bachelor of Science, Zoology and Animal Ecology;
Project: “Cold springs of the city of Kharkiv as hot spots of aquatic insects’ biodiversity”
V. N. KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, KHARKIV, UKRAINE
Funding acquired
2022
Ramon y Cajal research fellowship to establish a junior research group from Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain and Next Generation EU program, 236 450 EUR.
Horizon 2020, Marie Curie Initial Training Network PlasticUnderground (101072777). Amount allocated to me as a PI is 260 539 EUR out of 2 684 462 EUR total.
LMUexcellent Postdoc Support Fund, 10 000 EUR.
2021
DESY Block Allocation Group project “Understanding different scales of the ecosystem amber forest using SRμCT”, in kind contribution of beamtime.
2019
Research scholarship of the Australian Museum Research Institute, 6 500 AUD.
2018
Systematic research fund, joint foundation of the Systematic Association and the Linnean Society, granted towards fieldwork in central Namibia in December 2018, 1150 EUR.
DAAD scholarships for conferences and lecture journeys, for International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia, November 2018, 1600 EUR.
2017
Sensory Bases and Evolution of Interspecific Eavesdropping, NSF research grant (#1433990). Collaborator, PI Dr. Ximena Bernal, 446 000 USD.
Marie Curie Alumni Association travel grant, 300 EUR.
Royal Entomological Society Conference and Outreach Grant, for attendance of the 5th NEREIS PARK CONFERENCE, Southampton, NY, USA, 500 GBP.
2014
Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher fellowship: 142 560 EUR, recipient, PhD student.
Ernst Mayr grant by Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, for project "Non-biting midges (Diptera; Chironomidae) of the Faroe Islands: Fauna and taxonomy", PI, USD 1500.
2013
Grant for scientific cooperation between Russian Federation and Ukraine, by Russian Foundation of Basic Research. “Non-Biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) of madicolous habitats of Gorgani massif (Ukraine)”, PI, Circa 3000 USD (100000 RUB).
Tonolli Memorial Award for young limnologists by International Society of Limnology. Awarded for the project, titled “Ecology and taxonomy of non-biting midges of Crimean peninsula, Ukraine”, PI, USD
1300.
Ernst Mayr Grant by Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology for project "Underestimated groups of non –biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) in Bergen University Museum collection", PI, USD 1300.
2012
Field work grant by Environment Unit United Nations Development Program, in frames of project “Reinforcement of the marine and costal nature protection territories of Russian Federation”, for the project “Aquatic insects of Commander Islands, Russian Far East”, PI, circa 3000 USD (90000 RUB).
Awards and honours
2022: Conservation Biology / Society for conservation biology article award – best altmetric in 2020 (3rd place)
2020: R.J.H. Hintelmann Wissenschaftspreis der "Freunde der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München e.V." (5 000 Euro)
2019: BioNa Award of the Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich (10 000 Euro)
2019: LMUexcellent Junior Researcher Fund (40 000 Euro)
2017: Best Student Talk Award, 20th International Symposium on Chironomidae, MUSE, Trento, Italy, 2-8th July 2017, 500 EUR
2014: Best Student Talk Award, Nereis Park - World of bioturbation 4th Conference, Plymouth, UK (http://www.nereispark.org/conferences/)
2013: Best Student Talk Award, Conference of Young researchers in Zoology, Kiev, Ukraine
2013: Ju. Sapronov stipend for best young scientists of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv University in Chemistry, Physics and Biology, circa 2480 USD (20 400 UAH)
2012: Prize of "Zavtra.Ua" foundation for best young scientists of Ukraine, section “Biology”, circa 1400 USD (11 300 UAH)
2011: Competitive travel grant of organization committee to attend the 18th International Chironomidae Symposium, Trondheim, Norway, 650 EUR
2011: Ju. Sapronov stipend for the best young scientists of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv University in Chemistry, Physics and Biology, circa 1650 USD (13 200 UAH)
2007: Stipend of the President of Ukraine for the best undergraduate students in natural science, circa 1400 USD (7200 UAH)
Publications in peer-reviewed journals (ISI listed)
complete list here: https://sites.google.com/view/swarmofthought
2022
Baranov, V., Haug, C., Fowler, M., Kaulfuss, U., Müller, P. & Haug, J.T. 2022. Summary of the fossil record of megalopteran and megalopteran-like larvae, with a report of new specimens. Bulletin of Geosciences 97, 89–108. Free access PDF
Baranov, V.A., Haug, J.T., Greenwalt, D.E. & Harbach, R. 2022. A vanished ecosystem: Diversity of culicomorphan dipterans in the Eocene Kishenehn Konservat-Lagerstätte (Montana, USA) and its palaeoecological implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 25, a4. Free access PDF Supplement
Baranov, V., Jourdan, J., Hunter-Moffatt, B., Noori, S., Schölderle, S. & Haug, J.T. 2022. Global size pattern in a group of important ecological indicators (Diptera, Chironomidae) is driven by latitudinal temperature gradients. Insects 13, 34. Free access PDF Supplement
Baranov, V., Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Engel, M.S., Hammel, J.U., Kiesmüller, C., Hörnig, M.K., Pazinato, P.G., Stahlecker, C., Haug, C. & Haug, J.T. 2022. The first adult mantis lacewing from Baltic amber, with an evaluation of the post-Cretaceous loss of morphological diversity of raptorial appendages in Mantispidae. Fossil Record 25, 11–24. Free access PDF Supplement 1 Supplement 2
Haug, J.T., Hörnig, M.K., Kiesmüller, C., Pazinato, P.G., Baranov, V. & Haug, C. 2022. A 100-million-year-old ensiferan with unusual mouthparts and comments on the evolution of raptorial appendages within Polyneoptera. Geodiversitas 44, 57–73. Free access PDF
McCurry, M.R., Cantrill, D.J., Smith, P.M., Beattie, R., Dettmann, M., Baranov, V., Magee, C., Nguyen, J.M.T., Forster, M.A., Hinde, J., Pogson, R., Wang, H., Marjo, C. E., Vasconcelos, P. & Frese, M. 2022. A Lagerstätte from Australia provides insight into the nature of Miocene mesic ecosystems. Science Advances – AAAS, 8, eabm1406.
Zippel, A., Baranov, V.A., Hammel, J.U., Hörnig, M.K., Haug, C. & Haug, J.T. 2022. The first fossil immature of Elmidae: an unusual riffle beetle larva preserved in Baltic amber. PeerJ 10, e13025. Free access PDF
2021
Baranov, V. A., Engel, M. S., Hammel, J., Hörnig, M. K., van de Kamp, T., Zuber, M. & Haug, J. T. 2021. Synchrotron-radiation computed tomography uncovers ecosystem functions of fly larvae in an Eocene forest. Palaeontologia Electronica 24(1), a07. Free access PDF
Haug, C., Haug, G.T., Baranov, V.A., Solórzano-Kraemer, M.M. & Haug, J.T. 2021. An owlfly larva preserved in Mexican amber and the Miocene record of lacewing larvae. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 73, A271220. Free access PDF
Haug, G. T., Baranov, V., Wizen, G., Pazinato, P. G., Müller, P., Haug, C. & Haug, J. T. 2021. The morphological diversity of long-necked lacewing larvae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontiformia). Bulletin of Geosciences 96. Free access PDF Supplement
Haug, J.T., Baranov, V., Müller, P. & Haug, C. 2021. New extreme morphologies as exemplified by 100 million-year-old lacewing larvae. Scientific Reports 11, 20432. Free access PDF
Haug, J.T., Zippel, A., Haug, G.T., Hoffeins, C., Hoffeins, H.-W., Hammel, J.U., Baranov, V. & Haug, C. 2021. Texas beetle larvae (Brachypsectridae) – the last 100 million years reviewed. Palaeodiversity 14, 161–183. Free access PDF Supplement
2020
Baranov, V., Jourdan, J., Pilotto, F., Wagner, R. & Haase, P. 2020. Complex and nonlinear climate-driven changes in freshwater insect communities over 42 years. Conservation Biology 34, 1241–1251.
Baranov, V. A., Wang, Y., Gašparič, R., Wedmann, S. & Haug, J. T. 2020. Eco-morphological diversity of larvae of soldier flies and their closest relatives in deep time. PeerJ 8, e10356. Free access PDF low res PDF high res Supplement
Haug, J. T., Baranov, V., Schädel, M., Müller, P., Gröhn, P. & Haug, C. 2020. Challenges for understanding lacewings: how to deal with the incomplete data from extant and fossil larvae of Nevrorthidae? (Neuroptera). Fragmenta entomologica 52, 137–167. Free access PDF
Haug, J. T., Schädel, M., Baranov, V. A. & Haug, C. 2020. An unusual 100-million-year old holometabolan larva with a piercing mouth cone. PeerJ 8, e8661. Free access PDF
2019
Baranov, V., Giłka, W., Zakrzewska, M., & Jarzembowski, E. 2019. New non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Lower Cretaceous Wealden amber of the Isle of Wight (UK). Cretaceous Research 95, 138–145.
Baranov, V., Hoffeins, C., Hoffeins, H.-W. & Haug, J. T. 2019. More than dead males: reconstructing the ontogenetic series of terrestrial non-biting midges from the Eocene amber forest. Bulletin of Geosciences 94, 187–199. Free access PDF
Baranov, V., Hoffeins, C., Hoffeins, H.-W. & Haug, J. T. 2019. Reaching across the ocean of time: A midge morphotype from the Cretaceous of Gondwana found in the Eocene Baltic amber. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(2), art. 38A, 17 pp. Free access PDF
Baranov, V. A., Schädel, M. & Haug, J. T. 2019. Fly palaeo-evo-devo: immature stages of bibionomorphan dipterans in Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. PeerJ 7, e7843. Free access PDF low res PDF high res
2018
Beermann, A. J., Zizka, V. M., Elbrecht, V., Baranov, V. & Leese, F. 2018. DNA metabarcoding reveals the complex and hidden responses of chironomids to multiple stressors. Environmental Sciences Europe, 30(1), 1–26.
Legett, H. D., V. Baranov & X.E. Bernal 2018. Seasonal variation in abundance and diversity of eavesdropping frog-biting midges (Diptera, Corethrellidae) in a neotropical
rainforest. Ecological Entomology, 43, 226–233.
Moubayed-Breil, J. & V. Baranov 2018. Taxonomic notes on the genus Hydrobaenus Fries, 1830 with description of Hydrobaenus simferopolus sp. n. from the Crimean
Peninsula, Ukraine (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 58(2), 347–355.
Schmidt, A., U. Kaulfuss, J. M. Bannister, V. Baranov, C. Beimforde, N. Bleile, A. Borkent, A. Busch, J. G. Conran, M.S. Engel, M.Harvey, E. M. Kennedy, P. Kerr, E. Kettunen, A.
Philie Kiecksee, F. Lengeling, J. K. Lindqvist, M. Maraun, D. C. Mildenhall, V. Perrichot, J. Rikkinen, E.-M. Sadowski, L. J. Seyfullah, F.Stebner, J. Szwedo, P. Ulbrich, D. E. Lee 2018. Amber
inclusions from New Zealand. Gondwana Research, 56, 135–146.
2017
Baranov, V., T. Góral & A. Ross 2017. A new genus of Buchonomyiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber, with the phylogeny of the subfamily
revisited. Cretaceous Research, 79, 146–152.
Baranov, V., D. Milosevic, M. Kurz, J. Zarnetske, F. Sabater, E. Marti, A. Robertson, T. Brandt, A. Sorolla, J. Lewandowski, S. Krause 2017. Helophyte impacts on the response of
hyporheic invertebrate communities to inundation events in intermittent streams. Ecohydrology, 10(6), e1857.
Stebner, F., V. Baranov, M. Zakrzewska,H. Singh, & W. Giłka 2017. Chironomidae based habitat reconstruction in an ancient amber forest in early Eocene India. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 475, 154–161.
2016
Abbott, B.W., V. Baranov, C. Mendoza-Lera, M.Nikolakopoulou, A.Harjung, T. Kolbe, M. N. Balasubramanian, T. N. Vaessen, F. Ciocca, A. Campeau, M. B. Wallin, P.Romeijn, M. Antonelli, J. Gonçalves, T. Datry, A. M. Laverman, J.-R.De Dreuzy, D. M. Hannah, S.Krause, C. Oldham, G. Pinay 2016. Using multi-tracer inference to move beyond single-catchment ecohydrology. Earth-Science Reviews, 160, 19–42.
Andersen, T., V. Baranov, L. K.Hagenlund, Marija Ivković, G. M. Kvifte, M. Pavlek. 2016. Blind Flight? A New Troglobiotic Orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukina Jama –
Trojama Cave in Croatia. PLoS ONE, 11(4), e0152884.
Baranov, V., J. Lewandowski, S. Krause 2016. Bioturbation enhances the aerobic respiration of lake sediments in warming lakes. Biology Letters, 12(8), 20160448.
Baranov, V., J. Lewandowski, P. Romeijn, G. Singer, S. Krause 2016. Effects of bioirrigation of non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) on lake sediment respiration. Scientific
Reports, 6, 27329.
Baranov, V., G. M. Kvifte, E. Perkovsky 2016. Two new species of fossil Corethrella Coquillett from Late Eocene Rovno amber, with a species-level phylogeny for the family based on
morphological traits (Diptera: Corethrellidae). Systematic Entomology, 41(3), 531–540.
Giłka, W., M. Zakrzewska, V. Baranov, B. Wang, F. Stebner 2016. The first fossil record of Nandeva Wiedenbrug, Reiss & Fittkau (Diptera: Chironomidae) in early Eocene
Fushun amber from China. Alcheringa, 40, 390–397.
2015
Andersen, T., V. Baranov, T. Goral, P. Langton, E. Perkovsky, D. Sykes 2015. First record of a Chironomidae pupa in amber. Geobios, 48(4), 281–286.
Baranov, V. 2015. Adult female of Chaetocladius insolitus Caspers, 1987 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with notes on species distribution. Aquatic Insects, 36(1), 9–14.
Baranov, V., T. Andersen, E. E. Perkovsky 2015. Orthoclads from Eocene Amber from Sakhalin (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 46(4),
359–378.
Ivković, M., M. Miliša, V. Baranov, Z. Mihaljević 2015. Environmental drivers of biotic traits and phenology patterns of Diptera assemblages in karst springs: The role of canopy
uncovered. Limnologica, 54, 44–57.
2014
Baranov, V., T. Andersen, E. Perkovsky 2014. A new genus of Podonominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Late Eocene Rovno amber from Ukraine. Zootaxa, 3794(4), 581–586.
2013
Giłka, W., M. Zakrzewska, V. Baranov, P. Dominiak 2013. Diagnostic clues for identification of selected species of the Micropsectra atrofasciata group, with description of
M. uva sp. nov. from Croatia (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini). Zootaxa. 3702(3), 288–294.
Publications in peer-reviewed journals (non-ISI listed)
2017
Baranov, V. and I. Nekhaev 2017. Impact of the bird-manure caused eutrophication on the abundance and diversity of chironomid larvae (Diptera; Chironomidae) in lakes of the Bolshoy Aynov Island (Russia, Barents Sea). CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research, 30, 72–75.
2016
Antczak, O., M. Plóciennik, T. Rewicz, V. Baranov and J. Bilecka 2016. New records of Chironomidae (Diptera) from the Republic of Moldova. Lauterbornia, 81, 155–162.
Baranov, V., G. Kvifte 2016. New records of non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Mallorca, Spain. CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research, 29, 11–14.
2015
Baranov, V., T. Andersen, L. K. Hagenlund 2015. A new species of Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Baltic amber. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 62, 53–56.
2014
Baranov, V. 2014. Additions to the inventory of the Portuguese chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae, based on material from Vaiamonte parish. Dipteron, 30, 2–7.
Baranov, V. and E. Perkovsky. 2014. First record of gynandromorphy in fossil Chironomidae (Diptera) from Late Eocene Rovno amber. CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research, 27(1),
55–57.
Baranov, V. and A. Przhiboro 2014. New records of non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from springs and streams of the Ukrainian Carpathians (Gorgany Massif). Zoosystematica Rossica, 23(1), 150–157.
2013
Baranov, V. 2013. First records of several Tanypodinae species (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii, 47(3), 59–62.
Baranov, V., L. Ferrington Jr. 2013. Hibernal Emergence of Chironomidae in Crimea (Ukraine). CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 26(1), 33–40.
Baranov, V., M. Ivković, E. Willassen 2013. First record of Diamesa thomasi Serra-Tosio, 1970, from Croatia. CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research, 26(1), 53–55.
Baranov, V. and E. Perkovsky. 2013. New chironomids from Eocene Sakhalinian amber (Diptera; Chironomidae; Orthocladiinae). Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, 6(1–2), 61–69.
2012
Zelentsov, N., V. Baranov, E. Perkovsky and N. Shobanov 2012. First records on non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Rovno amber. Russian Entomological Journal, 21(1), 79–87.
2011
Baranov, V. 2011. New and rare species of Orthocladiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Crimea, Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii, 45(5), 405–410.
Baranov, V. 2011. New and additional records of the non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) with terrestrial and semiaqutic larvae from Ukraine. Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka, 2(5),
13–15.
Baranov, V. 2011. Preliminary annotated checklist of non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) of Ukraine. Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka, 2(1), 7–24 (in Ukrainian).
Baranov, V. 2011 First record of the genus Pseudosmittia (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii, 45(2), 126 (in Ukrainian).
2010
Baranov, V. 2010. New records of non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Kharkiv Region. Vestnik Zoologii, 44(6), 555 (in Ukrainian).
Baranov, V. 2010. New records of the non-biting midges (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Kharkivska Region. Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka, 1(3), 17–18 (in Ukrainian).
Additional Publications
2020
Haug, C., Reumer, J. W. F., Haug, J. T., Arillo, A., Audo, D., Azar, D., Baranov, V., Beutel, R., Charbonnier, S., Feldmann, R., Foth, C., Fraaije, R. H. B., Frenzel, P., Gašparič, R., Greenwalt, D. E., Harms, D., Hyžny, M., Jagt, J. W. M., Jagt-Yazykova, E. A., Jarzembowski, E., Kerp, H., Kirejtshuk, A. G., Klug, C., Kopylov, D. S., Kotthoff, U., Kriwet, J., Kunzmann, L., McKellar, R. C., Nel, A., Neumann, C., Nützel, A., Perrichot, V., Pint, A., Rauhut, O., Schneider, J. W., Schram, F. R., Schweigert, G., Selden, P., Szwedo, J., van Bakel, B. W. M., van Eldijk, T., Vega, F. J., Wang, Bo, Wang, Yongdong, Xing, Lida & Reich, M. 2020. Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding “Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data”: the importance of private collections. PalZ 94, 413–429. Free access PDF
Haug, J. T., Azar, D., Ross, A., Szwedo, J., Wang, Bo, Arillo, A., Baranov, V., Bechteler, J., Beutel, R., Blagoderov, V., Delclòs, X., Dunlop, J., Feldberg, K., Feldmann, R., Foth, C., Fraaije, R. H. B., Gehler, A., Harms, D., Hedenäs, L., Hyžny, M., Jagt, J. W. M., Jagt‐Yazykova, E. A., Jarzembowski, E., Kerp, H., Khine, P. K., Kirejtshuk, A. G., Klug, C., Kopylov, D. S., Kotthoff, U., Kriwet, J., McKellar, R. C., Nel, A., Neumann, C., Nützel, A., Peñalver, E., Perrichot, V., Pint, A., Ragazzi, E., Regalado, L., Reich, M., Rikkinen, J., Sadowski, E.‐M., Schmidt, A. R., Schneider, H., Schram, F. R., Schweigert, G., Selden, P., Seyfullah, L. J., Solórzano‐Kraemer, M. M., Stilwell, J. D., van Bakel, B. W. M., Vega, F. J., Wang, Yongdong, Xing, Lida & Haug, C. 2020. Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding “Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil‐based scientific data”: Myanmar amber. PalZ 94, 431–437. Free access PDF