Guillaume BILLET
Professeur
Collection manager
Lecturer
Affiliation entity
Équipe 2 PDM
Interdisplinary research theme
Anatomy, Zoology, Systematics, Phylogenetics, Evolutionary Biology, Paleontology, Morphology, Mammalogy
Speciality
Evolutionary morphology of placental mammals, with a focus on South American taxa
Contact
E-mail
guillaume.billet [at] mnhn.fr
Phone
01 40 79 38 14
Fax
01 40 79 35 80
Custom address(es)
Bâtiment de paléontologie (CP38)
8 rue Buffon
75005 Paris
France
Responsibilities inside unit
Projet coordinator « Complex morphological variations and phylogenetic reconstructions »
Collections
Curator of Fossil Mammals Collection (MNHN)
Presentation
My work aims at improving our understanding of the patterns of morphological evolution in deep time, using mostly the diversification of extinct and extant South American placentals as a model. My studies on these aspects follow three main objectives:
- describing and analyzing the patterning of unusual morphological variations, at different hierarchical levels (eg, ontogenetical, interspecfic, inter-individual)
- studying potential links between these patterns of morphological variation and functional characteristics
- searching for a phylogenetic signal in morphological data and improving our use of this kind of data for phylogenetic reconstructions and placement of fossil taxa
Publication list
Publications
2023
- , December 2023 — The Miocene La Venta Biome (Colombia): A century of research and future perspectives. Geodiversitas vol. 45, n° 26, Publisher: Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris
- , December 2023 — Pervasive cranial allometry at different anatomical scales and variational levels in extant armadillos. Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution , , Publisher: Wiley
- , August 2023 — New remains of Neotropical bunodont litopterns and the systematics of Megadolodinae (Mammalia: Litopterna). Geodiversitas vol. 45, n° 15, Publisher: Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris
2022
- , December 2022 — Dental ontogeny in the early Paleocene placental mammal Alcidedorbignya inopinata (Pantodonta) from Tiupampa (Bolivia). Geodiversitas vol. 44, n° 32, Publisher: Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris
- , March 2022 — Adaptation to Graviportality in Rhinocerotoidea? An Investigation through the Long Bone Shape Variation in Their Hindlimb. , , dir. {Linnean Society of London}
2021
- , December 2021 — Long Bone Shape Variation in the Forelimb of Rhinocerotoidea: Relation with Size, Body Mass and Body Proportions. , , dir. {Linnean Society of London}
- , November 2021 — Late Middle Miocene Caviomorph Rodents from Tarapoto, Peruvian Amazonia. vol. 16, n° 11, dir. {Public Library of Science} e0258455
- , July 2021 — Comparative Anatomy and Phylogenetic Contribution of Intracranial Osseous Canals and Cavities in Armadillos and Glyptodonts (Xenarthra, Cingulata). , , dir. {Wiley}
- , February 2021 — Segmental Series and Size: Clade-Wide Investigation of Molar Proportions Reveals a Major Evolutionary Allometry in the Dentition of Placental Mammals. , , dir. {Oxford University Press (OUP)}
- , 2021 — Biotic Community and Landscape Changes around the Eocene–Oligocene Transition at Shapaja, Peruvian Amazonia: Regional or Global Drivers?. , , dir. {Elsevier}