Schwarz-Wings, Daniela

Address
Museum für Naturkunde
Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity
at the Humboldt University Berlin
Invalidenstrasse 43
10115 Berlin
Germany

Phone +49 (0)30 2093 8754
Fax +49 (0)30 2093 8868
E-mail d.schwarz-wings@mfn-berlin.de

Fossil archosaurs: dinosaurs (i.e., the material from Tendaguru collected between 1909 and 1913), pterosaurs, crocodylomorphs and basal crurotarsi, fossil birds, basal archosaurs

• Sauropod dinosaurs: Pneumaticity of the axial skeleton, anatomy and functional morphology of the vertebral column, taxonomy and phylogeny
• Mesozoic Crocodylomorpha: Taxonomy and phylogeny, anatomy and functional aspects of skull and postcranial skeleton
• Application of computed tomography and Finite-Element based methods to questions related with anatomy and function in fossil archosaurs
  
  

• Vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs: anatomy, influence on the biomechanis of the skeleton, biological roles of pneumatisation, evolutionary aspects
•  Antomy and biomechanics of the vertebral column of sauropod dinosaurs: soft-tissue reconstructions (ligaments, epaxial musculature) and their varying development in different sauropods, Finite-Element-Analysis of sauropodian vertebrae, bracing system of the vertebral column, functional and evolutionary implications
• Taxonomy and phylogeny of Late Jurassic sauropods:
• 1. Revision and re-description of the eusauropod "Cetiosauriscus" greppini (Huene, 1922)
• 2. Revision und new descriptions of the genus Dicraeosaurus of the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru/Tanzania
• Rekonstruction of locomotion and prey-catching mechanisms in dyrosaurids
• Taxonomy and biogeography of the small neosuchian Theriosuchus in Europe, e.g., description of new tooth finds from the Lower Cretaceous of Bornholm and Sweden, and description of skeletal finds from the Upper Jurassic of Langenberg/Oker
• Finite-Element-Structure-Synthesis (FESS) of the pelvic girdle of extant crocodylians and dinosauromorphs: determination of the mechanical determinants and restrictions of distinct pelvis types
  
  

(Samples)

Krebs, B. & Schwarz, D. (2000). The crocodiles from the Guimarota mine. P. 69-74. In: Martin, T. & Krebs, B. (eds). Guimarota. A Jurassic Ecosystem. 155 Seiten, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München.

Schwarz, D. (2002). A new species of Goniopholis from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. – Palaeontology 45 (1): 185-208.

Schwarz, D. (2003). A procoelous crocodilian vertebra from the lower Tertiary of Central Africa (Cabinda enclave, Angola). – Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 2003 (6): 376-384.

Jouve, S. & Schwarz, D. (2004). Congosaurus bequaerti, a Paleocene dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes; Mesoeucrocodylia) from Landana (Angola) – Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 74: 129-146.

Schwarz, D. & Fechner, R. (2004). Lusitanisuchus, a new genus name for Lisboasaurus mitracostatus (Crocodylomorpha, Mesoeucrocodylia), with a description of new remains from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) and Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Portugal. – Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41: 1259-1271.

Schwarz, D., Meyer, C. A., Lehmann, E. H., Vontobel, P. & Bongartz, G. (2005). Testing Neutron tomography in comparison with X-ray computed tomography as a technique for the investigation of the internal structure of sauropod vertebrae and ribs. – Palaeontologia Electronica 8 (2): 1-11, palaeo-electronica.org.

Schwarz, D. & Salisbury, S. W. (2005). A new species of Theriosuchus (Atoposauridae,
Crocodilia) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Guimarota, Portugal. – Géobios 38: 779-802.