BSc.
MSc. Iris Feichtinger

New Book
HAIE IM ALPENVORLAND - Fossile Zeugen eines verschwundenen Paradieses.
Verlag Anton Pustet, 264 Seiten, ISBN-10:3702510230
Scientific projects:
Elasmobranch diversity across the K/Pg boundary in the Tethyan realm
PI: Mathias Harzhauser (NHMW) & Guillaume
Guinot (Montpellier, France)
Funded projects:
The aftermath
of the impact on sharks across the K/Pg boundary in Gams: Deep-sea refugium or lost world?
Team: M. Harzhauser (NHMW), H. Kollmann (NHMW), G. Auer (Graz) & G. Guinot (Montpellier)
Since 12/2017 Preparator at the Department of Geology & Palaeontology, NHM Vienna
Since 2017 Member of the Advisory Board of the Palaeontological Society Austria (ÖPG)
2017 Master's thesis: Systematic position of Early Cretaceous elasmobranchs revealed by enameloid microstructure and root vacularization
2017 Research assistant: Evolutionary success of pycnodontiform fishes (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii), University of Vienna
2016-2017 Master student in Earth Science with focus in Palaeontology, University of Vienna
2016 Bachelorthesis: Palaeoecology and diversity of early Miocene Elasmobranchii of the Paratethys of Austria
2014-2016 Tutor in Palaeobiodiversity, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna
2012-2016 Bachelor student in Earth Science, University of Vienna
Feichtinger I., Guinot, G., Pollerspöck, J., Auer, G., Ćorić, S., Kranner, M., Harzhauser, M. 2023. The role of habitability and changing environmental parameters as trigger for a faunal turnover of sharks at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary in Austria. 3rd Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists. Conference Paper
Feichtinger I., Pollerspöck, J., Harzhauser, M., Auer, G., Ćorić, S., Kranner, M., Guinot, G. 2023. Shifts in composition of northern Tethyan elasmobranch assemblages during the last millennia of the Cretaceous. Cretaceous Research, 142, 105414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105414
2022
Feichtinger I., Kindlimann R., Guinot G., Harzhauser M. & Pollerspöck J. 2022 (online first). First record of the somniosid shark Protoxynotus misburgensis from the Santonian (Late Cretaceous) of the southern Tethyan Realm. Historical Biology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2162401
Feichtinger I., Guinot G., Pollerspöck J., Auer G., Ćorić S., Kranner M. & Harzhauser M. 2022. Shark diversity at the K/Pg boundary in Austria – A tale of extinction and hidden survival. In: Rantitsch G & Raith J.G (Eds) PANGEO Austria 2022 - Abstracts and Field guides. Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 413, p. 45.
Feichtinger I., Guinot G., Straube N., Harzhauser M., Auer G., Ćorić S., Kranner M., Schellhorn S., Ladwig J., Thies D. & Pollerspöck J. 2022. Revision of the Cretaceous shark Protoxynotus (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes) and early evolution of somniosid sharks. Cretaceous Research 140 (105331). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105331
Feichtinger I., Fritz I. & Göhlich U. 2022. A window into the past: Oldest predator-prey interaction between tiger sharks and dugongs. 2nd Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists. Conference Paper.
Schnetz L., Dunne E., Feichtinger I., Butler R., Coates M. I. & Sansom I. 2022. Diversity patterns of early chondrichthyans. In: 16th International Symposium on Early and Lower Vetrebrates. Special Publication 15 of ichthyolith Issues, ISSN 1302-1314. Conference Paper.
2021
Feichtinger I., Adnet S., Cuny G., Guinot G., Kriwet J., Neubauer T.A., Pollerspöck J., Shimada K., Straube N., Underwood C., Vullo R. & Harzhauser M. 2021. Comment on “An early Miocene extinction in pelagic sharks”. Science, Vol. 374, Issue 6573. DOI: 10.1126/science.abk0632
Feichtinger I., Guinot G., Pollerspöck J., Ćorić S., Kranner M. & Harzhauser M. 2021. Consequences of the K/Pg mass extinction event on chondrichthyan evolution in the Tethyan realm. 3rd Palaeontological Virtual Congress. Conferenece Paper.
Feichtinger I., Ivanov A.O., Winkler V., Dojen C., Kindlimann R., Kriwet J., Pfaff C., Schraut G. & Stumpf S. 2021. Scarce ctenacanthiform sharks from the Mississippian of Austria with an analysis of Carboniferous elasmobranch diversity in response to climatic and environmental changes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1925902
Pollerspöck J., Beaury B., Straube N. & Feichtinger I. 2021. Oldest evidence of the genus Squalus in the north alpine realm with remarks on its evolution and distribution through time. Paleoichthys 2, pp. 1-9.
Adnet S., Feichtinger I., Harzhauser M. & Pollerspöck J. 2021. A mesopelagic selachian fauna from the middle Eocene of St. Pankraz (Austria) reveals homogeneity in deep-marine environments during the warm period in Europe. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie (301/1). DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2021/0996
Filek T., Hofmayer F., Feichtinger I., Berning B., Pollerspöck J., Zwicker J., Smrzka D., Peckmann J., Kranner M., Mandic O., Reichenbacher B., Kroh A., Uchman A., Roetzel R. & Harzhauser M. (2021) Environmental conditions during the late Oligocene transgression in the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Eferding Formation, Egerian) – a multidisciplinary approach. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Feichtinger I., Fritz I. & Göhlich U.B. (online first) Tiger shark feeding on sirenian – first fossil evidence from the middle Miocene of the Styrian Basin (Austria). Historical Biology: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2021.1906665
Berning B., Filek T., Hofmayer F., Feichtinger I., Pollerspöck J., Zwicker J., Smrzka D., Peckmann J., Kranner M., Mandic O., Reichenbacher B., Kroh A., Uchman A., Roetzel R. & Harzhauser M. (2021) Alter Aufschluss, neue Funde und Interpretationen: die Transgressionsabfolge von Unterrudling bei Eferding (Egerium, Oberoligozän). Jahrestagung ÖPG. Conference Paper.
Pollerspöck J., Feichtinger I., Harzhauser M., Guinot G. & Adnet S. (2021) Hai Life in St. Pankraz - elasmobranch diversity from the Cretaceous to Eocene. Jahrestagung ÖPG. Conference Paper.
Feichtinger I., Ivanov A.O., Winkler V., Dojen C., Kindlimann R., Kriwet J., Schraut G. & Stumpf S. (2021) A lucky find - 325 million year old teeth represents the oldest sharks of Austria. Jahrestagung ÖPG. Conference Paper.
Feichtinger I. & Dojen C. (2021) Haie in Kärnten. In: Rudolfinum. Jahrbuch des Landemuseums für Kärnten 2020. Sonderdruck. S. 230 - 239. ISBN 978-3-900575-73-1
2020
Feichtinger I., Lukeneder A., Topa D., Kriwet J., Libowitzky E. & Westall F. 2020. Fossil microbial shark tooth decay documents in situ metabolism of enameloid proteins as nutrition source in deep water environments. Scientific Reports, 10 (20979), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77964-5
Feichtinger I., Pollerspöck J. & Harzhauser M. 2020. A new species of the enigmatic shark genus Nanocetorhinus (Chondrichthyes) from the Oligocene of Austria with palaeoceanographic implications. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 113/2, 229-236. https://doi.org/10.17738/ajes.2020.0014
Feichtinger I., Lukeneder, A. & Guinot, G. 2020 A Lower Cretaceous chondrichthyan dermal denticle assemblage and its bearing on placoid scale diversity and histology. Cretaceous Research 111(104444), DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104444
Feichtinger I., Engelbrecht A., Lukeneder A., Kriwet J. 2020 New Chondrichthyans characterised by cladodont-like tooth morphologies from the Early Cretaceous of Austria, with remarks on the microstructural diversity of enameloid. Historical Biology 32(6).
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1539971
2019
Bracher, H., Unger, E., Jost, J., Lüdi, B., Feichtinger, I. & Pollerspöck, J. 2019
Haie und Rochen der Molasse, www.molasse-haie-rochen.de
Feichtinger I., Kranner M., Zeitlinger F., Pollerspöck J., Harzhauser M. 2019
New data on the elasmobranch fauna of the Eferding Formation (Egerian, North Alpine Foreland Basin) of Austria. Jahrestagung ÖPG. Conference Paper.
Zeitlinger F. & Feichtinger I. 2019.
Über 200 Jahre Kaolinbergbau im Mühlviertel - Wissensvermittlung über Bergbau, Geologie und Paläontologie der Region. Jahrestagung ÖPG. Conference Paper.
Feichtinger I., Kranner M., Rupp Ch., Harzhauser M. 2019
A new outer neritic elasmobranch-assemblage from the Egerian (late Oligocene) of the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Austria).
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie.
2018
Feichtinger I. 2018. Und der Haifisch der hat Zähne... Universum Magazin, September Ausgabe
Fuchs I., Schwab J., Messner, F. 2018. Fossilien aus marinen Karbon-Ablagerungen des Gebiets um die Kronalpe (Kärnten, Österreich). Der Steinkern, Heft 34, Steinkern Verlag.
Fuchs I., Engelbrecht A., Lukeneder A., Kriwet J. 2018. New Early Cretaceous sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from deep-water deposits of Austria. Cretaceous Research, 84, 245-257.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.013
Fuchs I., Engelbrecht A., Wagreich M. 2018. Cold case: in search of the provenience of an exceptionally preserved Cretaceous shark. Pangeo, Wien. Conference Paper.
Fuchs I., Engelbrecht A., Pfaff C., Kriwet J. 2018. Identifying hidden secrets of shark teeth (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) using sophisticated approaches. Pangeo, Wien. Conference Paper.
2017
Fuchs I. 2017. Vom Beifund zum Schmuckstück: Präparation eines gagatisierten Holzes aus dem Unterjura der Grand Causses. Der Steinkern, Heft 31, Steinkern Verlag
2015
Fuchs I., Schwab J., Kriwet J. 2015. Palaeoecology and diversity of Miocene sharks and rays (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) of the Paratethys. Nobis, Eggenburg. Conference Paper
Preise:
Preis für Paläobiologie der
Akademie der Wissenschaften 2020
PANGEO Konferenz 2018, Posterpreis
Erstbeschreibungen neuer Taxa:
Gattungen
Fredipristis Feichtinger et al. 2022b
Cretacladoides Feichtinger,
Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet 2020
Natarapax Feichtinger, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet 2020
Altusmirus Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet, 2018
Fornicatus Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder
& Kriwet 2018
Similiteroscyllium Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet 2018
Arten
Cretascymnus beauryi Feichtinger et al. 2022b
Proetmopterus lukasi Feichtinger
et al. 2022b
Eoetmopterus davidi Feichtinger et al. 2022b
Fredipristis eximia Feichtinger et al. 2022b
Protoxynotus mayrmelnhofi Feichtinger et al. 2022a
Cladodus gailensis Feichtinger et al. 2021
Nanocetorhinus zeitlingeri Feichtinger, Pollerspöck & Harzhauser 2020
Cretacladoides ogiveformis Feichtinger,
Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet 2020
Cretacladoides noricum Feichtinger, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet
2020
Natarapax trivortex Feichtinger, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet 2020
Altusmirus triquetrus
Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet 2018
Fornicatus austriacus Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet
2018
Similiteroscyllium iniquus Fuchs, Engelbrecht, Lukeneder & Kriwet 2018