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List of works by Paul Tafforeau

100-million-year-old conifer tissues from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Charente (western France) revealed by synchrotron microtomography.

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3D microstructural architecture of muscle attachments in extant and fossil vertebrates revealed by synchrotron microtomography

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A Middle Miocene hominoid from Thailand and orangutan origins

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A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches

scientific article (publication date: 16 April 2014)

A broader perspective on estimating dental age for the Xujiayao juvenile, a late Middle Pleistocene archaic hominin from East Asia

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

A confocal laser scanning and conventional wide field light microscopy study of Classopollis from the Toarcian‐Aalenian of the Fuentelsaz section (Spain)

scientific article published in December 2007

A deformation rig for synchrotron microtomography studies of geomaterials under conditions down to 10 km depth in the Earth

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

A new paleozoic Symmoriiformes (Chondrichthyes) from the late Carboniferous of Kansas (USA) and cladistic analysis of early chondrichthyans

scientific article published in 2011

A new primate from the Eocene Pondaung Formation of Myanmar and the monophyly of Burmese amphipithecids

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A parasitic coevolution since the Miocene revealed by phase-contrast synchrotron X-ray microtomography and the study of natural history collections

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A primitive placoderm sheds light on the origin of the jawed vertebrate face

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Accessing developmental information of fossil hominin teeth using new synchrotron microtomography-based visualization techniques of dental surfaces and interfaces

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Amniote vertebral microanatomy - what are the major trends?

An overview of the hydraulic systems in early land plants

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Analysis of dental root apical morphology: a new method for dietary reconstructions in primates

scientific article published on 2 May 2012

Anthracothere dental anatomy reveals a late Miocene Chado-Libyan bioprovince

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Anthropoid versus strepsirhine status of the African Eocene primates Algeripithecus and Azibius: craniodental evidence

scientific article (publication date: 7 December 2009)

Applied x-ray computed tomography with high resolution in paleontology using laboratory and synchrotron sources

Australopithecus afarensis endocasts suggest ape-like brain organization and prolonged brain growth

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Author Correction: New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Bone vascularization and growth in placoderms (Vertebrata): The example of the premedian plate of Romundina stellina Ørvig, 1975

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Brief communication: Contributions of enamel-dentine junction shape and enamel deposition to primate molar crown complexity

scientific article published in May 2010

Comparative analysis of dentognathic pathologies in the Dmanisi mandibles

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Comparative biomechanics of Australopithecus sediba mandibles

scientific article published in November 2016

Complex embryos displaying bilaterian characters from Precambrian Doushantuo phosphate deposits, Weng'an, Guizhou, China

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Continuous dental replacement in a hyper-chisel tooth digging rodent

scientific article (publication date: 18 October 2011)

Correction: the buccohypophyseal canal is an ancestral vertebrate trait maintained by modulation in sonic hedgehog signaling

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Cynocephalid dermopterans from the Palaeogene of South Asia (Thailand, Myanmar and Pakistan): systematic, evolutionary and palaeobiogeographic implications

scientific article published in July 2006

Deep evolutionary roots of strepsirrhine primate labyrinthine morphology

scientific article (publication date: March 2010)

Dental evidence for ontogenetic differences between modern humans and Neanderthals

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Dental ontogeny in pliocene and early pleistocene hominins

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Depicting the crystal structure of fibrous ferrierite from British Columbia using a combined synchrotron techniques approach

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Development and growth of the pectoral girdle and fin skeleton in the extant coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Development of cyclic shedding teeth from semi-shedding teeth: the inner dental arcade of the stem osteichthyan Lophosteus

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Dietary reconstruction of the Amphipithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea) from the Paleogene of South Asia and paleoecological implications

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Discovery of a highly-specialized plesiadapiform primate in the early-middle Eocene of northwestern Africa

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Disentangling isolated dental remains of Asian Pleistocene hominins and pongines

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Distinct impacts of Eda and Edar loss of function on the mouse dentition

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Earliest evidence of modern human life history in North African early Homo sapiens

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Early Tertiary mammals from North Africa reinforce the molecular Afrotheria clade

scientific article (publication date: 7 May 2007)

Effect of X-ray irradiation on ancient DNA in sub-fossil bones - Guidelines for safe X-ray imaging

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Effect of X-ray irradiation on ancient DNA in sub-fossil bones - Guidelines for safe x-ray imaging

Effect of eda loss of function on upper jugal tooth morphology

scientific article published in February 2009

Enamel thickness and dental development in Rudapithecus hungaricus

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Evidence of Egg Diversity in Squamate Evolution from Cretaceous Anguimorph Embryos

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Evolutionary and biological implications of dental mesial drift in rodents: the case of the Ctenodactylidae (Rodentia, Mammalia)

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Evolutionary trends of the pharyngeal dentition in Cypriniformes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi).

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First hominoid from the Late Miocene of the Irrawaddy Formation (Myanmar)

scientific article published in 2011

First systematic assessment of dental growth and development in an archaic hominin (genus, Homo) from East Asia

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Fossil musculature of the most primitive jawed vertebrates

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Holocephalan embryo provides new information on the evolution of the glossopharyngeal nerve, metotic fissure and parachordal plate in gnathostomes

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Hominid Cave at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco): Recent findings and their context

scholarly article by Jean-Paul Raynal et al published September 2010 in Quaternary International

Homogenization of sample absorption for the imaging of large and dense fossils with synchrotron microtomography.

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Imaging intact human organs with local resolution of cellular structures using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography

scientific article published on 04 November 2021

In silico evolution of functional morphology: A test on bone tissue biomechanics

scientific article (publication date: 22 October 2006)

Khoratpithecus piriyai, a Late Miocene hominoid of Thailand

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Life history of the stem tetrapod Acanthostega revealed by synchrotron microtomography.

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Long-bone development and life-history traits of the Devonian tristichopterid Hyneria lindae

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Marginal dentition and multiple dermal jawbones as the ancestral condition of jawed vertebrates

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Meroblastic cleavage identifies some Ediacaran Doushantuo (China) embryo-like fossils as metazoans

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Modulation of Fgf3 dosage in mouse and men mirrors evolution of mammalian dentition

scientific article (publication date: 29 December 2009)

Mosaic convergence of rodent dentitions

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Multiphase progenetic development shaped the brain of flying archosaurs

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

Multiscale 3D virtual dissections of 100-million-year-old flowers using X-ray synchrotron micro- and nanotomography.

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

Nanoscale imaging of the bone cell network with synchrotron X-ray tomography: optimization of acquisition setup

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

Nature of laminations and mineralization in rhinoceros enamel using histology and X-ray synchrotron microtomography: Potential implications for palaeoenvironmental isotopic studies

scientific article published in 2007

Neurocranial development of the coelacanth and the evolution of the sarcopterygian head

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New and revised maimetshid wasps from Cretaceous ambers (Hymenoptera, Maimetshidae)

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New beetles of Polyphaga (Coleoptera, Polyphaga) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber

scientific article published in 2009

New earwig nymphs (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from France

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New infant cranium from the African Miocene sheds light on ape evolution

scientific article published in Nature

New insights into Paleozoic charophyte morphology and phylogeny

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

New light shed on the early evolution of limb-bone growth plate and bone marrow

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New strepsirrhine primate from the late Eocene of Peninsular Thailand (Krabi Basin).

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New visions of dental tissue research: Tooth development, chemistry, and structure

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Nondestructive imaging of hominoid dental microstructure using phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography

scientific article published on 28 November 2007

Osteogenic tumour in Australopithecus sediba: Earliest hominin evidence for neoplastic disease

Phase contrast X-ray synchrotron imaging: opening access to fossil inclusions in opaque amber

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Phase contrast synchrotron microtomography: improving noninvasive investigations of fossil embryos in ovo.

scientific article published in February 2012

Phenotypic and evolutionary implications of modulating the ERK-MAPK cascade using the dentition as a model

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Phosphatized polar lobe-forming embryos from the Precambrian of southwest China

scientific article published in June 2006

Reptile-like physiology in Early Jurassic stem-mammals

scientific article published on 12 October 2020

Response to comment on “Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo largerstätte”

scientific article published on 11 May 2023

Roles of dental development and adaptation in rodent evolution

scientific article published in January 2013

Scales and tooth whorls of ancient fishes challenge distinction between external and oral 'teeth'

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure

scientific article published on 16 October 2020

Shake rattle and roll: the bony labyrinth and aerial descent in squamates

scientific article published on 22 June 2011

Skull and brain of a 300-million-year-old chimaeroid fish revealed by synchrotron holotomography

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Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the Cambrian

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Study of the Histology of Leafy Axes and Male Cones of Glenrosa carentonensis sp. nov. (Cenomanian Flints of Charente-Maritime, France) Using Synchrotron Microtomography Linked with Palaeoecology

scientific article published in 2015

Subcellular preservation in giant ostracod sperm from an early Miocene cave deposit in Australia

scientific article (publication date: 7 July 2014)

Synchrotron "virtual archaeozoology" reveals how Ancient Egyptians prepared a decaying crocodile cadaver for mummification

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Synchrotron Reveals Early Triassic Odd Couple: Injured Amphibian and Aestivating Therapsid Share Burrow

scientific article published in 2013

Synchrotron X-ray imaging of inclusions in amber

scientific article published in 2010

Synchrotron imaging and Markov Chain Monte Carlo reveal tooth mineralization patterns

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Synchrotron imaging of dentition provides insights into the biology of Hesperornis and Ichthyornis, the "last" toothed birds

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Synchrotron phase-contrast microtomography of coprolites generates novel palaeobiological data

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Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Synchrotron-aided reconstruction of the conodont feeding apparatus and implications for the mouth of the first vertebrates

scientific article (publication date: 24 May 2011)

Technical note: compatibility of microtomographic imaging systems for dental measurements

scientific article published in September 2007

The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring

scientific article published in 2022

The atlas-axis complex in chamaeleonids (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae), with description of a new anatomical structure of the skull

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

The buccohypophyseal canal is an ancestral vertebrate trait maintained by modulation in sonic hedgehog signaling

scientific article (publication date: 28 March 2013)

The developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes in the most primitive bony fish <i>Lophosteus</i>

scientific article published on 15 December 2020

The earliest wood and its hydraulic properties documented inc. 407-million-year-old fossils using synchrotron microtomography

article by Christine Strullu-Derrien et al published 30 June 2014 in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

The early evolution of feathers: fossil evidence from Cretaceous amber of France

scientific article (publication date: 22 May 2008)

The endocast of MH1, Australopithecus sediba

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The face of Siamopithecus: new geometric-morphometric evidence for its anthropoid status

scientific article published in November 2009

The genome of Callorhinchus and the fossil record: a new perspective on SCPP gene evolution in gnathostomes

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The genus Leptoconops Skuse (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Early Cretaceous Charentese amber

The labyrinthine morphology of Pronycticebus gaudryi (Primates, Adapiformes)

The morphology and evolution of chondrichthyan cranial muscles: A digital dissection of the elephantfish Callorhinchus milii and the catshark Scyliorhinus canicula

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution

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The oldest representative of the Trichomyiinae (Diptera�:�Psychodidae) from the Lower Cenomanian French amber studied with phase-contrast synchrotron X-ray imaging

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The presumed hagfish Myxineidus gononorum from the Upper Carboniferous of Montceau-les-Mines (Saône-et-Loire, France): New data obtained by means of Propagation Phase Contrast X-ray Synchrotron Microtomography

scientific article published in April 2014

The role of ammonites in the Mesozoic marine food web revealed by jaw preservation

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The stem osteichthyan Andreolepis and the origin of tooth replacement

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Thoracic vertebral count and thoracolumbar transition in Australopithecus afarensis

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Three-dimensional analysis of mandibular dental root morphology in hominoids

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

Three-dimensional primate molar enamel thickness.

scientific article published on 28 November 2007

Three-dimensional synchrotron virtual paleohistology: a new insight into the world of fossil bone microstructures

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Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms

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Tracking cellular-level enamel growth and structure in 4D with synchrotron imaging.

scientific article published on 3 February 2012

Transition of Eocene whales from land to sea: evidence from bone microstructure

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Variation in enamel thickness within the genus Homo

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

Verneda hermaphroditica gen. & sp. nov.: A new flower head from the early Late Cretaceous (middle Cenomanian) of southeastern France

scientific article (publication date: 30 August 2016)

Vertebral architecture in the earliest stem tetrapods

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Vertebral microanatomy in squamates: structure, growth and ecological correlates

scientific article (publication date: December 2010)

When homologous cusps display non-homologous wear facets: An occlusal reorganization ensures functional continuity during dental evolution of Murinae (Rodentia, Mammalia).

scientific article published in February 2011

Wing bone geometry reveals active flight in Archaeopteryx.

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

« Toumaï », Miocène supérieur du Tchad, le nouveau doyen du rameau humain

scientific article published in 2004