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Tomasz Sulej is a Polish vertebrate paleontologist at the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research covers Triassic labyrinthodonts, early Mesozoic tetrapods, and the origin and evolution of archosauriforms. He has contributed to the study of the Late Triassic predator Smok wawelski and to research on dicynodont material from Woźniki and the Lisowice fauna, making his work relevant to studies of Triassic vertebrate evolution in Europe.
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Where does Tomasz Sulej work?
Tomasz Sulej is a Polish vertebrate paleontologist at the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. His specialty includes Triassic labyrinthodonts, early tetrapods, archosauriforms, and the origins of early Mesozoic faunas.
What is Sulej known for studying in Poland?
His doctoral research, completed in 2006, examined the osteology, variation, and evolution of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Poland. He has also worked extensively on fossil assemblages from Krasiejów, Lisowice, Woźniki, and Poręba.
What did Sulej's work at Woźniki and Lisowice reveal?
Research associated with Sulej described the first dicynodonts known from the Germanic Basin at Woźniki in 2011. Work at Lisowice documented a fauna containing some of Europe's oldest dicynodonts and one of its largest known Triassic predatory dinosaurs.
What recent large amphibian discovery is linked to Tomasz Sulej?
Sulej and Wojciech Pawlak were credited with discovering a very large Mastodonsaurus skeleton in southern Poland in 2023. Reports describe the specimen as nearly 6 meters long and part of a public preparation project in Warsaw.
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