The laboratory is structured in three teams that reflect our three major research areas.
Coordinator: Dominique Gommery
See the presentation page of the PALPAL team
The research of the PALPAL team members is developed around 3 themes:
Coordinator: Michel Laurin
See the presentation page of the PDM team
The research of the PDM team members is developed around 4 themes:
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Old world.
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Timing of taxononic and phenotypic diversification.
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Phylogenies and complex morphological variation.
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Paleophysiology: origin and evolution of endothermy in tetrapods
Coordinators: Peggy Vincent and Damien Germain
See the presentation page of the FOSFO team
The research of the FOSFO team members is developed around 3 time themes:
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Terrestrialisation (or water exit) during the Paleozoic.
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Secondary return to aquatic life from the Mesozoic.
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Special adaptations during the Cenozoic.