• Maidment, S. C. R.*, Butler, R. J., Brusatte, S. L., Meade, L. E., Augustin, F. J., Csiki-Sava, Z., Ősi, A. (2026): A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe. Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09897-w).

• Treiber, T.*, Csiki-Sava, Z., Ebner, A. J., Augustin, F. J.* (2025): New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 105, 517–543. 

• Massonne*, T., Augustin, F. J. (2025). Re-evaluation of historic putative caimanine material from the lower Palaeocene Salamanca Formation in Patagonia (Argentina). Fossil Record, 28, 147–163. 

• Ebner, A. J.*, Csiki-Sava, Z., Treiber, T., Totoianu, T., Augustin, F. J.* (2025): First hadrosauroid record from Petreşti-Arini (Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Upper Cretaceous) and its implications for the evolution of the Haţeg Island vertebrate faunas. Palaeoworld, 34, 200937 (1–10). 

• Kampouridis*, P., Mirzaie Ataabadi, M., Hartung, J., Augustin, F. J. (2024): The easternmost occurrence of the Late Miocene schizotheriine chalicothere Ancylotherium pentelicum at the classical locality of Maragheh (Iran). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 31, 1–37. 

• Magyar, J.*, Csiki-Sava*, Z., Ősi, A., Augustin, F. J., Botfalvai, G. (2024): Rhabdodontid (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) diversity suggested by the first documented occurrence of associated cranial and postcranial material at Vălioara (uppermost Cretaceous Densuş-Ciula Formation, Haţeg Basin, Romania). Cretaceous Research, 156, 105810 (1–35).

• Augustin, F. J.*, Ősi, A., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2023): The Rhabdodontidae (Dinosauria, Ornithischia), an enigmatic dinosaur group endemic to the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago. Fossil Record, 26, 171–189. 

• Kampouridis, P.*, Hartung, J., Augustin, F. J., El Atfy, H., Ferreira, G. S. (2023): The enigmatic ptolemaiid Qarunavus meyeri from the early Oligocene of the Fayum Depression (Egypt) – new insights from micro-computed tomography. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society of London, 199, 1078–1091. 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Rabi, M., Spindler, F., Kampouridis, P., Hartung, J., Albersdörfer, R., Matzke, A. T. (2023). A new specimen of Solnhofia parsonsi from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Plattenkalk deposits of Painten (Bavaria, Germany) and comments on the relationship between limb taphonomy and habitat ecology in fossil turtles. PLoS ONE, 18, e0287936 (1–17). 

• Massonne, T.*, Augustin, F. J., Matzke, A. T., Böhme, M. (2023): A new cryptodire from the Eocene of the Na Duong Basin (northern Vietnam) sheds new light on Pan-Trionychidae from South East Asia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 21, 1–25.

• Kampouridis, P.*, Hartung, J., Augustin, F. J. (2023): The Eocene – Oligocene vertebrate assemblages of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. In: Z. Hamimi, H. Khozyem, T. Adatte, F. H. Nader, F. Oboh-Ikuenobe, M. K. Zobaa, H. El Atfy (Eds.), The Phanerozoic geology and natural resources of Egypt, Springer, pp. 373–405. 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Hartung, J., Kampouridis, P. (2023): Dinosaur faunas of Egypt – the terrestrial Late Cretaceous vertebrate record. In: Z. Hamimi, H. Khozyem, T. Adatte, F. H. Nader, F. Oboh-Ikuenobe, M. K. Zobaa, H. El Atfy (Eds.), The Phanerozoic geology and natural resources of Egypt. Springer, pp. 253–284. 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Kampouridis, P., Hartung, J., Albersdörfer, R., Matzke, A. T. (2022): The geologically oldest specimen of Pterodactylus: a new exquisitely preserved skeleton from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) Plattenkalk deposits of Painten (Bavaria, Germany). Fossil Record, 25, 331–343.

• Augustin, F. J.*, Bastiaans, D., Dumbravă, M. D., Csiki-Sava, Z.* (2022): A new ornithopod dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Ornithischia),             from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 42, e2133610 (1–23).  

• Augustin, F. J.*, Dumbravă, M. D., Bastiaans, D., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2023): Reappraisal of the braincase anatomy of the ornithopod dinosaurs Telmatosaurus and Zalmoxes from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin (Romania) and the taxonomic reassessment of some previously referred specimens. PalZ, 97, 129–145.  

• Massonne, T.*, Augustin, F. J., Matzke, A. T., Weber, E., Böhme, M. (2022): A new species of Maomingosuchusfrom the Eocene of the Na Duong Basin (northern Vietnam) sheds new light on the phylogenetic relationship of tomistomine crocodylians and their dispersal from Europe to Asia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 19, 1551–1585. 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Csiki-Sava, Z., Matzke, A. T., Botfalvai, G., Rabi, M.* (2021): A new latest Cretaceous pleurodiran turtle (Testudinata: Dortokidae) from the Haţeg Basin (Romania) documents end-Cretaceous faunal provinciality and selective survival during the K-Pg extinction. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 19, 1059–1081. 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Matzke, A. T., Maisch, M. W., Kampouridis, P., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2022): The first record of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Hutubei Formation (lower Tugulu Group) of the southern Junggar Basin (NW China) – A glimpse into an unusual ecosystem. Cretaceous Research, 130, 105066 (1–8). 

• Hartung, J.*, Augustin, F. J., Kampouridis, P., Chure, D. J. (2021): A unique notostracan trace fossil assemblage from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation (northeastern Utah, USA) and its paleoecological and paleoenvironmental implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 583, 110667 (1–11). 

• Kampouridis, P.*, Svorligkou, G., Kargopoulos, N., Augustin, F. J. (2021): Reassessment of ‘Chilotherium wegneri’ (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Miocene of Samos (Greece) and the European record of Chilotherium. Historical Biology, 34, 412–420. 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Matzke, A. T., Maisch, M. W., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2021): Pterosaur remains from the Lower Cretaceous Lianmuxin Formation (upper Tugulu Group) of the southern Junggar Basin (NW China). Historical Biology, 34, 312–321. 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Matzke, A. T., Maisch, M. W., Pfretzschner, H.-U. (2021): Dinosaur taphonomy of the Jurassic Shishugou Formation (Northern Junggar Basin, NW China) – insights from bioerosional trace fossils on bone. Ichnos, 28, 87–96. 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Matzke, A. T., Maisch, M. W., Pfretzschner, H.-U. (2021): New information on Lonchognathosaurus (Pterosauria: Dsungaripteridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of the southern Junggar Basin (NW China). Cretaceous Research, 124, 104808 (1–12). 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Matzke, A. T., Maisch, M. W., Pfretzschner, H.-U. (2020): A theropod dinosaur feeding site from the Upper Jurassic of the Junggar Basin, NW China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 560, 109999 (1–12). 

• Augustin, F. J.*, Matzke, A. T., Maisch, M. W., Hinz, J. K., Pfretzschner, H.-U. (2020): The smallest eating the largest: the oldest mammalian feeding traces on dinosaur bone from the Late Jurassic of the Junggar Basin (northwestern China). The Science of Nature, 107, 1–5.  

• Hinz, J. K.*, Matzke, A. T., Augustin, F. J., Pfretzschner, H.-U. (2020): A Nothosaurus (Sauropterygia) skull from Kupferzell (Triassic, late Ladinian; SW Germany). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie — Abhandlungen, 297, 101–111.  

• Augustin, F. J.*, Matzke, A. T., Maisch, M. W., Pfretzschner, H.-U. (2020): First evidence of an ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Jurassic Qigu Formation (Junggar Basin, NW China) and the early fossil record of Ankylosauria. Geobios, 61, 1–10.  

• Augustin, F. J.*, Matzke, A. T., Csiki-Sava, Z., Pfretzschner, H.-U. (2019): Bioerosion on vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania and its taphonomic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 534, 109318 (1–16). 

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• Augustin, F. J.*, Treiber, T., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2025): New material of the rhabdodontid Transylvanosaurusplatycephalus (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the uppermost Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin (western Romania). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 92–93.

• Maidment, S. C. R.*, Butler, R. J., Brusatte, S. L., Meade, L. E., Augustin, F. J., Csiki-Sava, Z., Ősi, A. (2025): Ceratopsian dinosaurs were widespread in the Upper Cretaceous of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 401–402.

• Augustin, F. J.*, Csiki-Sava, Z. (2025): Meaningful smiles - The diagnostic value of the rhabdodontid dentition. Book of Abstracts of the 15th Romanian Symposium on Palaeontology at Cluj, Romania, 26–27.

• Augustin, F. J.*, Csiki-Sava, Z., Rabi, M. (2025): New important turtle specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin (Transylvania, western Romania). Book of Abstracts of the 15th Romanian Symposium on Palaeontology at Cluj, Romania, 28–29.

• Nikolov, V.*, Augustin, F. J., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2025): Feast on the bones of titans: Diverse traces of bioerosion on dinosaur and turtle bones from the Upper Cretaceous of Bulgaria. Book of Abstracts of the 15th Romanian Symposium on Palaeontology at Cluj, Romania, 90–91.

• Csiki-Sava, Z.*, Augustin, F. J., Vasile, Ş., Magyar, J., Botfalvai, G. (2025): Recalibrating the Faunal Evolution of the Late Cretaceous ‘Hateg Island’ (Transylvania, Romania). Book of Abstracts of the International Scientific Conference of Interdisciplinary Archaeology at Orheiul Vechi, Moldova, 1–3.

• Augustin, F. J.*, Bettermann, A., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2025): Not only boring issues: bioerosion on bones and their implications for carcass decomposition on Haţeg Island. Book of Abstracts of the 22 Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists at Krakow, Poland, 39–40.

• Czepiński, Ł.*, Augustin, F. J., Magyar, J., Bastiaans, D., Botfalvai, G., Madzia, D., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2025): Reevaluating the diversity and disparity of Transylvanian rhabdodontid (Ornithopoda) dinosaurs. Book of Abstracts of the 22 Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists at Krakow, Poland, 104–105.

• Massonne, T.*, Augustin, F. J. (2025): Re-evaluation of historic putative caimanine (Crocodylia) material from the lower Paleocene Salamanca Formation in Patagonia (Argentina). Book of Abstracts of the 22 Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists at Krakow, Poland, 233.

• Augustin, F. J.*, Magyar, J., Bastiaans, D., Botfalvai, G., Csiki-Sava, Z. (2025): Revisiting the diversity of rhabdodontid dinosaurs from Transylvania. Book of Abstracts of the 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress (Online), 296.

• Ebner, A. J.*, Csiki-Sava, Z., Treiber, T., Totoianu, R., Augustin, F. J. (2025): Early advent of hadrosauroids on Hațeg Island. Book of Abstracts of the 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress (Online), 303.

• Massonne, T.*, Augustin, F. J. (2025): Re-evaluation of historic putative caimanine (Crocodylia) material from the lower Paleocene Salamanca Formation in Patagonia (Argentina). Book of Abstracts of the 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress (Online), 249.

• Treiber, T.*, Csiki-Sava, Z., Ebner, A. J., Augustin, F. J. (2025): Rare but not forgotten - the latest Cretaceous struthiosaurid record of Haţeg Island. Book of Abstracts of the 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress (Online), 320.

• Magyar, J.*, Csiki-Sava, Z., Augustin, F. J., Ősi, A., Botfalvai, G. (2023): Got the head and tail of it? – New ornithopod dinosaur fossils from Vălioara represent the most complete rhabdodontid skeletal association from the Densuș-Ciula Formation (Hațeg Basin). Book of Abstracts of the 14th Romanian Symposium on Palaeontology at Bucharest, Romania, 73–74.

• Massonne, T.*, Augustin, F. J., Ferreira, G. S., Matzke, A. T., Böhme, M. (2023): A new cryptodire from the Eocene of the Na Duong Basin (northern Vietnam) sheds new light on Pan-Trionychidae from South East Asia. Book of Abstracts of the 4th Palaeontological Virtual Congress (Online), 314.

• Massonne, T.*, Augustin, F. J., Matzke, A. T., Weber, E., Böhme, M. (2021): A new species of Maomingosuchusfrom the Eocene of Vietnam sheds light on the phylogenetic relationship of tomistomine crocodylians and their dispersal from Europe to Asia. Book of Abstracts of the 3rd Palaeontological Virtual Congress (Online), 264.

* = Corresponding author(s)

Fields of Interest

• Vertebrate palaeontology
• Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems
• Taxonomy and systematics
• Palaeoecology
• Reconstruction of biotic interactions
• TaphonomyProject:

Projects

Diversity and palaeoecology of the latest Cretaceous vertebrates from Transylvania
Post-doc project funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Foundation)

Duration: March 2024–February 2027 (36 months)
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. Felix Augustin 
Co-Investigators: Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Zoltán Csiki-Sava, Prof. Dr. Hervé Bocherens, Dr. Márton Rabi 
Grant-No. (Projektnummer): 533750820

https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/533750820
https://fit.uni-tuebingen.de/Project/Details?id=10620

Fieldwork Experience

Grants and awards

2023 DFG grant for the project ‘Diversity and palaeoecology of the latest Cretaceous vertebrates from Transylvania’ funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Research Foundation); Principal investigator (PI): Dr. Felix Augustin, Co-Investigators: Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Zoltán Csiki-Sava, Prof. Dr. Hervé Bocherens, Dr. Márton Rabi; Duration: March 2024–February 2027 (36 months); Grant-No. (Projektnummer): 533750820
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/533750820
​​​​​​​https://fit.uni-tuebingen.de/Project/Details?id=10620

2023 Bernd Rendel Preis, awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in recognition of early-career success in the geosciences prior to obtaining a doctorate, €2,000 intended to enable academic activities
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