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Production Scientifique CR2P 2007-2012 Production Scientifique CR2P 2007-2012 Note: dans ce bilan, la production du CR2P est scindée en deux parties. A : Bilan 2007-2008 (configuration du CR2P, ex-UMR 5143, en 5 équipes). Ce bilan inclut les publications de l’ensemble des personnels. B : Bilan 2009-2012 (configuration du CR2P UMR 7207 en 2 équipes. Ce bilan inclut l’ensemble des productions des équipes 1 (partie 1) et 2 (partie 2), les productions inter-équipes (partie 3) et des attachés honoraires et ITA (partie 4). Les IF pour chaque revue sont ceux relevés sur ISI Web of knowledge en décembre 2011 A. Production scientifique 2007-2008 du CR2P (= UMR 5143 Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnements : 5 équipes) ACL : Articles dans des revues à comité de lecture, indexées dans ISI Web of knowledge (WoS) 1. Adaci M., Tabuce R., Mebrouk F., Bensalah M., Fabre P.-H., Hautier L., Jaeger J.-J., Lazzari V., Mahboubi M., Marivaux L., Otero O., Peigné S. & Tong H., 2007. Nouveaux sites à vertébrés paléogènes dans la région des Gour Lazib (Sahara nord-occidental, Algérie). Comptes Rendus Palevol 6 : 535-544. [IF : 1,000] 2. Allain R. & Aquesbi N., 2008. Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Tazoudasaurus naimi (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the late Early Jurassic of Morocco. Geodiversitas 30 : 345-424. [IF: 0,986] 3. Allain R., Tykoski R., Aquesbi N., Jalil N.E., Monbaron M., Russell D. & Taquet P., 2007. An abelisauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, and the radiation of ceratosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 : 610-624. [IF: 2,241] 4. Amiot R., Gohlich U.B., Lecuyer C., Muizon C. de, Cappetta H., Fourel F., Heran M.-A. & Martineau F., 2008. Oxygen isotope compositions of phosphate from Middle Miocene-Early Pliocene marine vertebrates of Peru. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 264 : 85-92. [IF: 2,390] 5. Angiolini L., Carabelli L., Nicora A., Crasquin-Soleau S., Marcoux J. & Rettori R., 2007. Brachiopods and other fossils from the Permo-Triassic boundary beds of the Antalya Nappes (SW Tauris, Turkey). Geobios 40 : 715-729. [IF: 0,868] 6. Anquetin J., Antoine P.O. & Tassy P., 2007. Middle Miocene Chalicotheriinae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from France, with a discussion on chalicotheriine phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151 : 577–608. [IF: 2,319] 7. Antoine P.O., Karadenizli L., Saraç G. & Sen S., 2008. A giant rhinocerotoid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the late Oligocene of north-central Anatolia (Turkey). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 : 581-592. [IF: 2,319] 8. Atif K., Bessedik M., Belkebir L., Mansour B. & Saint Martin J.P., 2008. Le passage mio- pliocène dans le Bassin du Bas Chélif (Algérie) : biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnements. Geodiversitas 30 : 96-116. [IF: 0,986] 9. Audebert F. & Durette-Desset M.C., 2007. Do Lagomorphs play a relay role in the evolution of the Trichostrongylina nematodes? Parasite 14 : 183-97. [IF: 1,710] 10. Bardet N., Fernandez M., Garcia-Ramos J.C., Pereda Suberbiola X., Pinuela L., Ruiz- Omenaca J.I. & Vincent P., 2008. Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) Plesiosaurs: A juvenile specimen from Asturias, Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 : 258-263. [IF: 2,241] 11. Bardet N., Houssaye A., Pereda Suberbiola X. & Rage J.-C., 2008. The Cenomanian-Turonian (Late Cretaceous) radiation of marine squamates (Reptilia): the role of the Mediterranean Tethys. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 179 : 605-622. [IF 0,864] 12. Bardet N., Pereda Suberbiola X. & Corral J.C., 2007. A tylosaurine Mosasauridae (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous of the Basque-Cantabrian Region. Estudios Geologicos 62 : 213- 218. [IF: 0,231] 13. Bartier D., Ledesert B., Clauer N., Meunier A., Liewig N., Morvan G & Addad A., 2008. Hydrothermal alteration of the Soultz-sous-Forêts granite (Hot Fractured Rock geothermal exchanger) into a tosudite and illite assemblage. European Journal of Mineralogy 20 : 131- 142. [IF: 1,469] 14. Baudin F., Combourieu-Nebout N. & Zahn R., 2007. Signatures of rapid climatic changes in Western Mediterranean during North Atlantic cold events of the Last Glacial. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 178 : 3-13. [IF : 1,250] 15. Belhadji A., Belkebir L., Saint Martin J.P, Mansour B., Bessedik M. & Conesa G., 2008. Biostratigraphie à partir des foraminifères planctoniques du Miocène supérieur et du Pliocène de Djebel Diss (Bassin du Chélif, Algérie). Geodiversitas 30 : 79-96. [IF: 0,986] 16. Belkebir L., Labdi A., Mansour B., Bessedik M. & Saint-Martin J.P., 2008. Biostratigraphie et lithologie des séries serravallo-tortoniennes du massif du Dahra et du Bassin du Chélif (Algérie) : implication sur la position de la limite serravallo-tortonienne. Geodiversitas 30 : 9- 19. [IF: 0,986] 17. Bercovici A. & Broutin J., 2008. La flore autunienne du site de l'étang de Martenet (Blanzy– Montceau-les-Mines, Bourgogne, France) : description, étude taphonomique et implications paléoenvironnementales. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7 : 1-16. [IF: 1,000]. 18. Billet G., Muizon C. de & Mamani B., 2008. Late Oligocene mesotheriids (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from Salla and Lacayani (Bolivia): implications for basal mesotheriid phylogeny and distribution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 : 153-200. [IF: 2,319] 19. Bodin S., Godet A., Matera V., Steinmann Ph., Vermeulen J., Gardin S., Adatte T., Coccioni R. & Föllmi K.B., 2007. Enrichment of redox-sensitive trace metals (U, V, Mo, As) associated with the late Hauterivian Faraoni oceanic anoxic event. International Journal of Earth Sciences 96 : 327-341. [IF: 1,980] 20. Boisserie J.-R., Guy F., Delagnes A., Hlusko L. J., Bibi F., Beyene Y. & Guillemot C., 2008. New palaeoanthropological research in the Plio-Pleistocene Omo Group, Lower Omo Valley, SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and People Regions), Ethiopia. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7 : 429-439. [IF: 1,000]. 21. Bonis L. de, Peigné S., Likius A., Mackaye H.T., Vignaud P. & Brunet M., 2008. The fossil vertebrate locality Kossom Bougoudi, Djurab desert, Chad: A window in the distribution of the carnivoran faunas at the limit Mio-Pliocene in Africa. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7 : 571- 581. [IF: 1,000] 22. Bonis L. de, Peigné S., Andossa L., Mackaye H.T., Vignaud P. & Brunet M., 2007. The oldest African fox (Vulpes riffautae n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad. Naturwissenschaften 94 : 575-580. [IF : 2,250] 23. Bonis L. de, Peigné S., Andossa L., Mackaye H.T., Vignaud P. & Brunet M., 2007. First occurrence of the ‘hunting hyena’ Chasmaporthetes in the Late Miocene fossil bearing localities of Toros Menalla, Chad (Africa). Bulletin de la Société géologique de France 178 : 317-326. [IF : 1,250] 24. Bosellini F.R. & Perrin C., 2008 Estimating Mediterranean Oligocene – Miocene sea-surface temperatures: an approach based on coral taxonomic richness. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 258 : 71-88. [IF: 2,390] 25. Botella H., Blom H., Dorka M., Ahlberg P.E. & Janvier P., 2007. Jaws and teeth of the earliest bony fishes. Nature 448 : 583-586. [IF: 36,104] 26. Boura A. & De Franceschi D., 2007. Is porous wood structure exclusive of deciduous trees? Comptes Rendus Palevol 6 : 385-391. [IF: 1,000] 27. Boura A. & De Franceschi D., 2008. Une méthode simple de collecte de bois et d'écorce pour des études anatomiques. Adansonia 30 : 7-15. [IF: 0,444] 28. Broecker W., Clark E., Barker S., Hajdas I., Bonani G. & Moreno E., 2007. Radiocarbon age of late glacial deep water from the equatorial Pacific. Paleoceanography 22 : PA2206. [IF: 4,030] 29. Buffrénil V. de, Astibia H., Pereda Suberbiola X., Berretezaga A. & Bardet N., 2008. Variation in bone histology of middle Eocene sirenians from western Europe. Geodiversitas 30 : 425-432. [IF: 0,986] 30. Buffrénil V. de, Bardet N., Pereda Suberbiola X. & Bouya B., 2008. Specialisation of bone structure in Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, an aquatic squamate from the Late Cretaceous of the southern Tethyan margin. Lethaia 41: 59-69. [IF: 2,282] 31. Buffrénil V. de, Houssaye A., & Böhme W., 2008. Bone vascular supply in monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae): Influence of size, growth, and phylogeny. Journal of Morphology 269 : 533-543. [IF: 1,773] 32. Cao N., Zaragüeta Bagils R. & Vignes-Lebbe R., 2007. Hierarchical representation of hypotheses of homology. Geodiversitas 29 : 5-15. [IF: 0,986] 33. Cao N., Le Péchon T. & Zaragüeta-Bagils R., 2008. Does minimizing homoplasy really maximize homology? MaHo: A method for evaluating homology among most parsimonious trees. 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