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Publication List Billet.Pdf Format 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. PUBLICATION LIST – Guillaume BILLET _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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) PUBLICATION LIST – Guillaume BILLET _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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
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