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PUBLICATION LIST – Guillaume BILLET ______

PUBLICATION LIST

Publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals:

2017

32. Westbury M, Baleka S, Barlow A, Hartmann S, Paijmans JLA, Kramarz A, Forasiepi AM, Bond M, Gelfo JN, Reguero MA, López Mendoza P, Taglioretti M, Scaglia F, Rinderknecht A, Jones W, Aguilar JL, Billet G, de Muizon C, MacPhee RDE, Hofreiter M. In Press. A mitogenomic timetree for Darwin‘s “transitional” South American mammal, Macrauchenia patachonica. Nature Communications.

31. Coutier F, Hautier L, Cornette R, Amson E, Billet G. 2017. Orientation of the lateral semicircular canal in Xenarthra and its links with head posture and phylogeny. Journal of Morphology. DOI 10.1002/jmor.20665

30. Gomes Rodrigues H, Herrel A, Billet G. 2017. Ontogenetic and life history trait changes associated with convergent ecological specializations in extinct ungulates mammal. PNAS, 114(5) : 1069-1074. doi/10.1073/pnas.1614029114

2016

29. Hautier L, Gomes Rodrigues H, Billet G, Asher A. 2016. The hidden teeth of sloths: evolutionary vestiges and the development of a simplified dentition. Scientific Reports6:27763. DOI: 10.1038/srep27763

28. Pujos F, De Iuliis G, Adnet S, Andrade Flores R, Billet G, Mamani Quispe B, Marivaux L, Monescillo M. F.G:, Munch P, Prámparo M.B.,and Antoine P-O. 2016. A nothrotheriid-like megatheriine from the Montehermosan of Pomata-Ayte (Bolivia) and the caniniform- molariform transition in sloths. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

27. Shockey B, Billet G, Salas-Gismondi R. 2016. A new species of Trachytherus (Notoungulata: Mesotheriidae) from the late Oligocene (Deseadan) of Southern Perú and the middle latitude radiation of early diverging mesotheriids. Zootaxa.

26. Orliac M, Billet G. 2016. Fallen in a dead ear: intralabyrinthine preservation of stapes in fossil artiodactyls. Palaeovertebrata, 40 (1)-e3. doi: 10.18563/pv.40.1.e3

25. Delsuc F, Gibb GC, Kuch M, Billet G, Hautier L, Southon J, Rouillard J-M, Fernicola JC, Vizcaino SF, MacPhee RDE, Poinar HN. 2016. The phylogenetic affinities of the extinct glyptodonts. Current Biology 26, R141–R156.

24. Antoine P-O, Abello A, Adnet S, Altamirano Sierra AJ, Baby P, Billet G, Boivin M, Calderón Y, Candela A, Chabain J, Corfu F, Croft DA, Ganerød M, Jaramillo C, Klaus S, Marivaux L, Navarrete RE, Orliac MJ, Parra F, Pérez ME, Pujos F, Rage J-C, Ravel A, Robinet C, Roddaz M, Tejada-Lara JV, Vélez-Juarbe J, Wesselingh FP, and Salas-Gismondi R. 2016. A 60-million-year Cenozoic history of western Amazonian ecosystems in Contamana, eastern Peru. Gondwana Research.

23. Houssaye A, Fernandez V, Billet G. 2016. Hyperspecialization in some South American endemic ungulates revealed by long bone microstructure. Journal of Mammalian Evolution.

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22. Ruf I., Volpato V., Rose K., Billet G., de Muizon C., and Lehmann T. In Press. Digital reconstruction of the inner ear of Leptictidium auderiense (Leptictida, Mammalia) and North American leptictids reveals new insight into leptictidan locomotor agility. Paläontologische Zeitschrift.

2015

21. Muizon C., Billet G. Argot C., Ladevèze S., Goussard F. 2015. Alcidedorbignyia inopinata, the basal pantodont (Placentalia, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Bolivia: anatomy, phylogeny and paleobiology. Geodiversitas, 37: 397-634.

20. Billet G, Hautier L, Lebrun R. 2015. Morphological diversity of the bony labyrinth (inner ear) in extant xenarthrans and its relation to phylogeny. Journal of Mammalogy, 96(4):658– 672.

19. Billet G, Muizon C de, Schellhorn R, Ruf I, Ladevèze S, Bergqvist L. 2015. Petrosal and inner ear anatomy and allometry among specimens referred to Litopterna (Placentalia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 173, 956–987.

18. Antoine P-O, Billet G, Salas-Gismondi R, Tejada Lara J, Baby P, Brusset S, Espurt N. 2015. A new Carodnia Simpson, 1935 (Mammalia, Xenungulata) from the early Eocene of Northwestern Peru and a phylogeny of xenungulates at species level. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 22(2), 129-140.

17. Koenigswald W von, Martin T, Billet G. 2015. Enamel microstructure and mastication in Pyrotherium romeroi (Pyrotheria, Mammalia).Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 89: 593-609. DOI 10.1007/s12542-014-0241-5

2014

16. Hautier L., Billet G., Eastwood B., Lane J. 2014. Patterns of morphological variation of extant sloth skulls and their implication for future conservation efforts. The Anatomical Record 297(6), 979-1008. DOI 10.1002/ar.22916

2013

15. Billet G, Germain D, Ruf I, Muizon C. de and Hautier L. 2013. The inner ear of Megatherium and the evolution of the vestibular system in sloths. Journal of Anatomy, 223: 557--567. doi: 10.1111/joa.12114 (Impact factor 2012 = 2.357)

14. Billet G. and Muizon C. de. 2013. External and internal anatomy of a petrosal from the late Paleocene of Itaboraí, Brazil, referred to Notoungulata (Placentalia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33(2):455–469. (Impact factor 2011 = 2.214)

2012

13. Marivaux L, Salas-Gismondi R, Tejada J, Billet G, Louterbach M, Vink J, Bailleul J, Roddaz M and Antoine PO. 2012. A platyrrhine talus from the early Miocene of Peru (Amazonian Madre de Dios Sub-Andean Zone). Journal of Human Evolution, 63:696-703. (Impact factor 2011 = 3.638)

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12. Billet G., Hautier L., Asher R., Schwarz C., Crumpton N., Martin T. and Ruf I. 2012. High morphological variation of vestibular system accompanies slow and infrequent locomotion in three-toed sloths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279: 3932-3939. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2012.1212 (Impact factor 2011 = 5.415). >With coverage in Nature and Science, see below.

11. Antoine P.O., Marivaux L., Croft D.A., Billet G., Ganerød M., Jaramillo C., Martin T., Orliac M.J., Tejada J., Altamirano A., Duranthon F., Fanjat G., Rousse S.& Salas Gismondi R. 2012. Middle Eocene rodents from Peruvian Amazonia reveal the pattern and timing of caviomorph origins and biogeography. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279: 1319-1326. (Impact factor 2011= 5.415).

2011

10. Billet G. 2011. Phylogeny of the Notoungulata (Mammalia) based on cranial and dental characters. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 9: 481-497. (Impact factor 2011= 3,000).

9. Billet G. and Martin T. 2011.No evidence for an afrotherian-like delayed dental eruption in South American notoungulates. Naturwissenschaften, 98: 509-517. (Impact factor 2011= 2.278).

8. Billet G., Hautier L., Muizon C. de, Valentin X. 2011. Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278: 2791-2797. (Impact factor 2011= 5.415).

2010

7. Billet G. 2010.New observations on Pyrotherium (Pyrotheria, Mammalia) and new phylogenetic hypotheses on the origin of South American ungulates. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 17: 21-59. (Impact factor 2011= 1.952).

6. Billet G., Orliac M., Antoine P-O. and Jaramillo C. 2010. New observations and reinterpretation on the enigmatic taxon Colombitherium (?Pyrotheria, Mammalia) from Colombia. Palaeontology, 53(2): 319–325. (Impact factor 2011= 1.57).

5. Coster P., Benammi M., Lazzari V., Billet G., Martin T., Salem M., Abolhassan Bilal A., Chaimanee Y., Schuster M., Valentin X., Brunet M., and Jaeger JJ. 2010.Gaudeamus lavocati sp. nov. (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the lower Oligocene of Zallah, Lybia: first African Caviomorph? Naturwissenschaften, 97 : 697-706. (Impact factor 2011= 2.278).

2009

4. Billet G., Patterson B. and de Muizon, C. 2009a.Craniodental anatomy of late Oligocene archaeohyracids (Notoungulata, Mammalia) from Bolivia and Argentina and new phylogenetic hypotheses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155, 458-509. (Impact factor 2011= 2.433).

3. Billet G., Blondel C. and de Muizon, C. 2009b.Dental microwear analysis of Notoungulates (Mammalia) from Salla (late Oligocene, Bolivia) and discussion on their precocious hypsodonty. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 274: 114-124. (Impact factor 2011= 2.392).

2008 PUBLICATION LIST – Guillaume BILLET ______

2. Hitz R., Billet G. and Derryberry D. 2008.New interatheres (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene Salla Beds of Bolivia. Journal of Paleontology, 82: 447–469. (Impact factor 2011= 1.148).

1. Billet G., de Muizon C. and Mamani Quispe 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. (Impact factor 2011= 2.433).

Published abstracts of international scientific meetings:

Billet G. and Blondel C. 2007.Were notoungulates (Mammalia) the oldest grazers?Journal of Morphology (ICVM8 abstracts), 268 (12): 1049-1050. (Impact factor 2011= 1.539).

Billet G., Patterson B. and Muizon de C. 2007.The latest archaeohyracid representatives (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Deseadan of Bolivia and Argentina. pp 39-43 in E. Diaz- Martinez & I. Rabano (Eds.), 4th European Meeting on the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of Latin America. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, n°8. Instituto Geologico y Minero de España, Madrid.

Billet, G.2009. New observations on Pyrotheria and Notoungulata (Mammalia): phylogenetic implications on the origins of South American endemic ungulates.Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(suppl. 3): 64A. (Impact factor 2011= 2.214).

Ruf I, Volpato V, Billet G, Muizon C de and Lehmann T. 2012. Inner ear anatomy of Leptictidium auderiense (leptictida, mammalia) reveals highly agile locomotion.Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32(suppl. 3): 163A. (Impact factor 2011= 2.214).

Vink, J., Louterbach, M., Roddaz, M., Antoine, P. O., Marivaux, L., Billet, G., & Hoorn, C. 2012. 548 A palynological study of Neogene fluvial sediments of SW Amazonia (Madre de Dios foreland Basin, Peru) with inferences for paleo-biodiversity studies. 日本花粉学会会誌, 58, 247-248.

Pujos, F., De Iuliis, G., Adnet, S., Andrade Flores, R., Billet, G., Mamani Quispe, B., Marivaux, L., Prámparo, M.B. & Antoine, P.-O. 2014. A strange nothrotheriid ground sloth (Xenarthra, Megatherioidea) from Pomata-Ayte (Miocene-Pliocene transition, Bolivia). Abstract Volume of the 4th International Palaeontological Congress, September 28th - October 3rd 2014, Mendoza, Argentina, p. 785.

Billet G. 2014. The morphological variation of some selected characters of the bony labyrinth in placentals and their pertinence for phylogenetic analyses. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,34(suppl. 3): 92A.

Coutier F, Hautier L, Cornette R, Amson E, Billet G (presenting author). 2016. Head posture and orientation of the lateral semicircular canal in xenarthrans (Mammalia). The Anatomical Record, Volume 299, Special Feature — 98.

Gomes Rodrigues H and Billet G. 2016. Convergent dental dynamics between extinct rodent- like mammals and rodents. The Anatomical Record, Volume 299, Special Feature — 150.

Hautier L, Billet G, Gomes Rodrigues H, Oliver J, Pierce S. 2016. When development and paleontology meet: novel developmental data shed new light on the evolutionary history of the Xenarthra. The Anatomical Record, Volume 299, Special Feature — 218. PUBLICATION LIST – Guillaume BILLET ______

Billet G, Hautier L, de Thoisy B, Delsuc F. 2016. Species delimitation and morphological variation in the skull of long-nosed armadillos (Dasypus). ). The Anatomical Record, Volume 299, Special Feature — 272-273.

Popularization work:

Billet G. and Bonnefoy B. (with the supervision of P. de Wever). 2007. «Biodiversité et crises», on the website of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France at http://www.mnhn.fr/mnhn/geo/biodiversite-crises

Billet G., Bonnefoy B., de Wever P., Houssaye A. and Merle D (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle). 2008. Promenade géologique à Etampes. Collection « balades géologiques », supervised by P. de Wever. Biotope Editions, MNHN and BRGM, 28 pages.

Wever de P., Merle D., Bonnefoy B. and Billet G. (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle). 2009. Promenade géologique à Milly-la-Forêt. Collection « balades géologiques », supervised by P. de Wever. Biotope Editions, MNHN and BRGM, 28 pages.

Popularization of research results to wide audience:

Luerweg F. with G. Billet. 2011. Fossiler "Anden-Geist" beendet Forscherstreit. Press release in german (further distributed on the internet) realized in collaboration with Frank Luerweg from the Press and Communication Service at Bonn University. Available at http://www3.uni- bonn.de/Pressemitteilungen/039-2011

Amos J. with D. Croft from the publication of Antoine P.O., Marivaux L., Croft D.A., Billet G., et al. 2011. Tiny fossil teeth re-write rodent record. Press release in english (further distributed on the internet). Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15268643

LokCorie, with G. Billet. Sloth inner-ear diversity. 2012. Nature Research Highlights, 16 AUGUST 2012 | VOL 488 | NATURE | 256-257 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7411/full/488256d.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE- 20120816

Perkins Sid, with G. Billet.2012. ScienceScienceShot: The Unbalanced Sloth. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/07/scienceshot-the-unbalanced- sloth.html?ref=hp

Archut A. with G. Billet. 2012. Wie Faultiere Darwins Thesen untermauern; Studie erhellt Zusammenhang zwischen Organfunktion und Formenvielfalt.http://www3.uni- bonn.de/Pressemitteilungen/202-2012

Czepel R., with C. Schwarz and G. Billet. 2012. Die Faulheit ins Ohr geschrieben.http://science.orf.at/stories/1702494/

Participation to open-access databases:

Billet G. 2010. MORPHOBANK.org project n° 431 named 'New Observations on the Skull of Pyrotherium (Pyrotheria, Mammalia) and New Phylogenetic Hypotheses on South American Ungulates'. http://3.morphobank.org/index.php/Projects/ProjectOverview/project_id/431 PUBLICATION LIST – Guillaume BILLET ______

Billet G and Muizon C de. 2013. MORPHOBANK.org project n° 1102. External and Internal Anatomy of a Petrosal from the Late Paleocene of Itaboraí, Brazil, Referred to Notoungulata (Placentalia). http://www.morphobank.org/index.php/Projects/ProjectOverview/project_id/1102

Congress presentations:

*Oral presentations:

Billet G. 2006. A new mesotheriid (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Late Oligocene of Salla (Bolivia) and a preliminary study of early mesotheriids. 54 th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. September 12-16th, Paris, France.

Billet, G.2009. New observations on Pyrotheria and Notoungulata (Mammalia): phylogenetic implications on the origins of South American endemic ungulates. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 69th Annual Meeting,September23-26th 2009, Bristol, UK.

Billet G, Hautier L, Asher R, Schwarz C, Crumpton N, Martin T and Ruf I.2012. High vestibular variation and slow locomotion in sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra): a relationship?. 39. Treffen des Arbeitskreises Wirbeltierpaläontologie in der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, March 10-12th 2012,Neustadt im Sachsen, Germany.

Ruf I, Volpato V, Billet G, Muizon C de and Lehmann T. 2012. Inner ear anatomy of Leptictidium auderiense (Leptictida, Mammalia) reveals highly agile locomotion. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology72nd Annual Meeting, October 17-20th 2012, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Billet G. 2014. The morphological variation of some selected characters of the bony labyrinth in placentals and their pertinence for phylogenetic analyses. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology74th Annual Meeting, November5-8th 2009, Berlin, GERMANY.

Houssaye A, Billet G. 2015. Paleoecology of South American ungulates based on long bone paleohistology. ArbeitsKreis Wirbeltierpaläontologie (AKW). Mars 2015, Ahrensburg, Allemagne.

Coutier F, Hautier L, Cornette R, Amson E, Billet G. 2016. Head posture and orientation of the lateral semicircular canal in xenarthrans (Mammalia). ICVM, July 2016, Washington, US.

Gomes Rodrigues H and Billet G. 2016. Convergent dental dynamics between extinct rodent- like mammals and rodents. ICVM, July 2016, Washington, US.

Billet G, Bardin J. 2017. Serial homology, correlated evolution and phylogenetic signal in molars of placental mammals. 17th ISDM & 2nd IAPO, 4-7 October 2017, Bordeaux, France.

Gomes Rodrigues H, Cornette R, Herrel A, Billet G. 2017. Dental convergences and morphological diversity of the masticatory apparatus in extinct ungulate mammals. 17th ISDM & 2nd IAPO, 4-7 October 2017, Bordeaux, France.

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*Posters:

Billet G.and Blondel C. 2007.Were notoungulates (Mammalia) the oldest grazers?8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. July 16-21, Paris.

Billet G., Hautier L. and Ruf I. 2011. Extant xenarthrans inner ear diversity. 59th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy. September 12-17, Lyme Regis, UK.

Billet G, Hautier L, de Thoisy B, Delsuc F. 2016. Species delimitation and morphological variation in the skull of long-nosed armadillos (Dasypus). ). ICVM, July 2016, Washington, US.

Amson E, Billet G, Muizon C de. 2017. Cranial pachyosteosclerosis: the unique case of the marine sloth Thalassocnus. 8th International Meeting on the Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water, Berlin, Germany (03 April – 08 April 2017).

Unpublished academic dissertations:

Billet G. 2008. La faune de notongulés (Mammalia) de l’Oligocène supérieur de Salla (Bolivie) : phylogénie et affinités d’un groupe d’ongulés endémiques du Tertiaire d’Amérique du Sud. Thèse non publiée, sous la direction de Christian de Muizon, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. 430pp.

Billet G. 2005. Les notongulés (Mammalia, Notoungulata) de Salla (Oligocène supérieur) : étude systématique, description et comparaison de l’anatomie crânienne. Mémoire de Master 2 SEP, sous la direction de Christian de Muizon, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. 30pp.

Billet G. 2004. Etude d’un crâne de Creodonta (Mammalia) de Villebramar (MP22, Oligocène inférieur). Mémoire de maîtrise STU option paléontologie, sous la direction de Stéphane Peigné, université de Poitiers. 20pp.