Tanja Wintrich
Contact Information
Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn
Bereich Paläontologie
Nussallee 8
D-53115 Bonn
Telefon: +49 (0)228 73-60055
E-Mail: tanja.wintrich[at]uni-bonn.de
Research Interests
- secondary aquatic adaptation
- postcranial skeleton
- functional morphology, locomotion
- reptile dentition
- SEM, µCt, 3D-reconstruction
Education
2010 - 2012 | B.Sc. in Geoscience, University of Berlin, Germany. |
2012 - 2014 | B.Sc. in Geoscience, University of Bonn, Germany. Title of Thesis: The first record of the enigmatic marine reptile Omphalosaurus from Poland (Middle Triassic) of the Germanic Basin. (Supervisor: P.M. Sander) |
2014 - 2016 | M.Sc. in Organismic Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Palaeobiology, University of Bonn, Germany. |
2016 - present | PhD student in paleontology, working on plesiosaurs, DFG grant: SA 469/47-1 |
Professional Qualifications
- Histological thin-sectioning
- SEM thin sectioning
- Histological core-drilling
- Fossil excavation
- Fossil preparation
- Photogrammetry (unmanned aerial vehicle project)
Scientific Memberships
- Member of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft e.V.
- Member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Congress Participation
- SVP 76th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (held in 2016 in Salt Lake City, USA).
Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja: THE FUNCTION OF THE PLESIOSAUR NECK – A SMART INVENTION FOR THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT - 8th Conference of Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water (held in 2017 in Berlin, Germany).
Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja: THE MARINE REPTILE CLADE PLESIOSAUR RETAINS AN EARLY ONTOGENETIC STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN - SVP 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (held in 2017 in Calagary, Canada).
Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja: THE AMAZING PLESIOSAUR NECK: SUBCENTRAL FORAMINA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE THERMOREGULATION AND DEEP DIVING - 5th International Geologica Belgica 2016 Congress (held in 2016 in Mons, Belgien). Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja and Sander, P. Martin: THE FIRST TRIASSIC PLESIOSAUR: A SKELETON FROM THE RHAETIAN OF GERMANY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PLESIOSAUR LOCOMOTION
- SVP 75th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (held in 2015 in Dallas, TX, USA). Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja: THE FIRST TRIASSIC PLESIOSAUR: A SKELETON FROM THE RHAETIAN OF GERMANY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PLESIOSAUR LOCOMOTION
- 3rd International Symposium on Paleohistology (held in 2015 in Bonn, Germany). Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja, and Sander, P. Martin: TWO RECORDS OF OMPHALOSAURUS FROM THE MUSCHELKALK - THE RECONSTRUCTION OF TRIASSIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS BASED ON TEETH
- SVP 74th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (held in 2014 in Berlin, Germany). Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja: THE FIRST TRIASSIC PLESIOSAUR: A SKELETON FROM THE RHAETIAN OF GERMANY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PLESIOSAUR LOCOMOTION
- 42. Treffen des Arbeitskreises Wirbeltierpaläontologie der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft (held in Ahrensburg, Germany). Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja: THE FIRST RECORD OF THE ENIGMATIC MARINE REPTILE OMPHALOSAURUS FROM POLAND (MIDDLE TRAISSIC) OF THE GERMANIC BASIN
- Digital Specimen 2014 (held in 2014 in Berlin, Germany). Oral presentation: Wintrich, Tanja and Sander, P. Martin: CRACKING THE SECRETS OF THE OMPHALOSAURUS DENTITION. A MULTI-METHODOLOGY APPROACH USING PHOTOGRAMMETRY; µ-CT; SEM; AND POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY
Selected publications
- Wintrich et al. (2017): A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan. Science advances 3 (12), e1701144
- Wintrich et al. (2017): An enigmatic marine reptile—the actual first record of Omphalosaurus in the Muschelkalk of the Germanic basin. JVP, e1384739
- Wintrich et al. (2017): Foramina in plesiosaur cervical centra indicate a specialized vascular system. Fossil Record 20 (2), 279
- Sander, Wintrich, Kindlimann, Schwermann (2016): Die paläontologische Grabung in der Rhät-Lias-Tongrube der Fa. Lücking bei Warburg-Bonenburg (Kr. Höxter) im Frühjahr 2015. LWL Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen-Lippe
Field Experiences
- 2017: paleontological excavation in the Triassic (Rheatian) in Germany, supervised by Tanja Wintrich (Bonn, Germany)
- 2017: paleontological excavation in the Triassic in Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA
- 2016: paleontological excavation in the Triassic (Rheatian) in Germany, supervised by Tanja Wintrich (Bonn, Germany)
- 2016: paleontological excavation in the Triassic in Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA
- 2016: paleontological excavation in the Triassic in Spitsbergen, Norway, supervised by Jörn Hurum (Oslo, Norway)
- 2015: paleontological excavation in the Triassic in Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA supervised by P. Martin Sander (Bonn, Germany) and Tanja Wintrich (Bonn, Germany)
- 2014: : paleontological excavation in the Triassic in Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA supervised by P. Martin Sander (Bonn, Germany), Lars Schmitz (Los Angeles, USA), Jörg Fröbisch (Berlin, Germany)
- 2013: paleontological excavation in the Triassic of Netherlands, Winterswijk, supervised by Dr. Nicole Klein (Stuttgart, Germany)
- 2012: geological mapping of the Nockberge near Radenthein, Carinthia, Austria
Grants
- 2017 DAAD Congress Travel Grant for the annual meeting of the SVP in Calgary, Canada
- 2016 Jackson School of Geosciences Student Member Travel Grant association with the annual SVP meeting in Salt Lake City, USA