Here, you find information about available jobs, topics for bachelor and master theses and latest publications from our lab.
Save the Date! We will host the 24th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) in Vienna, Austria, from July 12 to July 16, 2027 .
New Bachelor and Master topics available
We are seeking motivated and dedicated, academically sound bachelor and master students with an outstanding iunterest in (palaeo)ichthyology for various projects on extinct and extant chondrichthyan fishes!
For more information contact Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kriwet (juergen.kriwet@univie.ac.at).
Latest Publications from the Lab
Pichler, R.-C., Kriwet, J., Mollen, F.H. & Staggl, M.A. 2026. The cranial and locomotory musculature and associated skeletal system of the epaulette shark Hemiscyllium ocellatum (Bonnaterre, 1788): A morphological framework for understanding fin-based substrate locomotion. – Fishes (MDPI), 11(10), 592 (26 pages). DOI: 10.3390/fishes11100592
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Marx, T.E., Göhlich, U.B., Harzhauser, M. & Kriwet, J. 2026. New data on the morphology, taphonomy, and phylogeny of Saghacetus osiris (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) and other archaeocetes from the late Eocene (Priabonian) of Fayoum, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2701156 (19 pp.). DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2026.2701156
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Cawley, J.J., Villalobos-Segura, E. & Kriwet, J. 2026. Is Coccodontoidea valid? The systematic placement of the armoured Lebanese pycnodonts within Pycnodontiformes and the utility of homoplasy in resolving relationships employing cladistic principles. Papers in Palaeontology, 12: e70122 (13 pp.). DOI: 10.1002/spp2.70122.
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Türtscher, J., Jambura, P.L. & Kriwet, J. 2026. Skeletal morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the Late Cretaceous freshwater ray Myledaphus bipartitus (Chondrichthyes; Batomor-phii).
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Jambura, P.L., Türtscher, J. …., Kriwet, J., et al. 2026. When Scientific Reassessment Fails Citizen Science.
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Kriwet, J. 2026. Evolution: Shark and ray biodiversity in deep time.
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Begat, A. […..] Kriwet, J. 2026. Revision of the extinct shark Synechodus prorogatus Kriwet, 2003 (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) and its galeomorph affiliation.
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Stumpf, S. […..] Kriwet, J. 2026. Reappraisal of the extinct barbelthroat shark †Bavariscyllium and the nebulous origin of carcharhiniform galeomorphs