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Gildas Merceron

Senior Researcher PALEVOPRIM Lab director, CNRS & Université de Poitiers, France
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Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers

Cosimo Posth , He Yu , Ayshin Ghalichi , Hélène Rougier , Isabelle Crevecoeur et al.
Nature, 2023, 615 (7950), pp.117-126. ⟨10.1038/s41586-023-05726-0⟩
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Morphology of the Bony Labyrinth Supports the Affinities of Paradolichopithecus with the Papionina

Anne Le Maître , Franck Guy , Gildas Merceron , Dimitris S Kostopoulos
International Journal of Primatology, 2022, ⟨10.1007/s10764-022-00329-4⟩
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The evolutionary ecology of the endemic European Eocene Plagiolophus (Mammalia: Perissodactyla)

L. Perales-Gogenola , G. Merceron , A. Badiola , A. Gómez-Olivencia , X. Pereda-Suberbiola et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2022, 594, pp.110962. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110962⟩
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Experimental assessment of the relationship between diet and mandibular morphology using a pig model: New insights for paleodietary reconstructions

Dimitri Neaux , Margot Louail , Stéphane Ferchaud , Jérôme Surault , Gildas Merceron et al.
The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, 2022, ⟨10.1002/ar.24895⟩
Journal articles hal-03603229v1

Feeding ecology of the last European colobine monkey, Dolichopithecus ruscinensis

Christos Alexandros Plastiras , Ghislain Thiery , Franck Guy , Dimitris Kostopoulos , Vincent Lazzari et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2022, 168, pp.103199. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103199⟩
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Dental microwear foraging ecology of a large browsing ruminant in Northern Hemisphere: The European moose (Alces alces)

Emilie Berlioz , Charlotte Leduc , Emilia Hofman-Kamińska , Olivier Bignon-Lau , Rafał Kowalczyk et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2022, 586, pp.110754. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110754⟩
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About inter- and intra-specific variability of dental microwear texture in rodents: Study of two sympatric Proechimys (Echimyidae) species from the Cacao locality, French Guiana

Céline Robinet , Gildas Merceron , François Catzeflis , Adriana M Candela , Laurent Marivaux et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2022, Understanding dental proxies of ancient diets, 591, pp.110880. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110880⟩
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Late Miocene rhinocerotids from the Balkan-Iranian province: ecological insights from dental microwear textures and enamel hypoplasia

Manon Hullot , Pierre-Olivier Antoine , Nikolai Spassov , George Koufos , Gildas Merceron et al.
Historical Biology, 2022, pp.1-18. ⟨10.1080/08912963.2022.2095910⟩
Journal articles hal-03747321v1
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Further away with dental microwear analysis: Food resource partitioning among Plio-Pleistocene monkeys from the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia

Gildas Merceron , Auria Kallend , Arthur Francisco , Margot Louail , Florian Martin et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021, 572, pp.110414. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110414⟩
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The Last Glacial Maximum and the Late Glacial in northern France - Palaeoecological implications of animal community structuration and feeding behaviours based on dental microwear texture analysis

Olivier Bignon-Lau , Natacha Catz , Céline Bemilli , Pierre Bodu , Stéphan Hinguant et al.
Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 2021, 118, pp.195-219
Journal articles hal-03593075v1
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Tooth tales told by dental diet proxies: an alpine community of sympatric ruminants as a model to decipher the ecology of fossil fauna

Gildas Merceron , Emilie Berlioz , Hubert Vonhof , Daniel Green , Mathieu Garel et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021, 562, pp.110077. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110077⟩
Journal articles hal-03004237v1
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From leaves to seeds? The dietary shift in late Miocene colobine monkeys of southeastern Europe

Ghislain Thiery , Corentin Gibert Bret , Franck Guy , Vincent Lazzari , Denis Geraads et al.
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution, 2021, 75 (8), pp.1983-1997. ⟨10.1111/evo.14283⟩
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Calcium isotopic variability of cervid bioapatite and implications for mammalian physiology and diet

A. Hassler , J. E. Martin , G. Merceron , M. Garel , V. Balter et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021, 573, pp.110418. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110418⟩
Journal articles hal-03423969v1
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Dental microwear textures differ in pigs with overall similar diets but fed with different seeds

Margot Louail , Stéphane Ferchaud , Antoine Souron , Axelle E.C. Walker , Gildas Merceron et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021, 572, ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110415⟩
Journal articles hal-03211923v1
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Paleoecology of the Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Béon 1, Montréal-du-Gers (late early Miocene, SW France): Insights from dental microwear texture analysis, mesowear, and enamel hypoplasia

Manon Hullot , Yves Laurent , Gildas Merceron , Pierre-Olivier Antoine
Palaeontologia Electronica, 2021, 24 (2), pp.a27. ⟨10.26879/1163⟩
Journal articles hal-03455891v1
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Magnetostratigraphy and Chronology of the Lower Pleistocene Primate Bearing Dafnero Fossil Site, N. Greece

Mouloud Benammi , Elina Aidona , Gildas Merceron , George Koufos , Dimitris Kostopoulos et al.
Quaternary, 2020, 3 (3), pp.22. ⟨10.3390/quat3030022⟩
Journal articles hal-03659556v1
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The earliest known crown-Testudo tortoise from the late Miocene (Vallesian, 9 Ma) of Greece

Géraldine Garcia , Aurélie Pinton , Xavier Valentin , Dimitris S. Kostopoulos , Gildas Merceron et al.
PLoS ONE, 2020, 15 (4), pp.e0224783. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0224783⟩
Journal articles hal-02538523v1
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Reindeer feeding ecology and hunting strategies by Magdalenians from Pincevent (Paris Basin, France): New insights from dental microwear textural analyses

Natacha Catz , Olivier Bignon-Lau , Gildas Merceron
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2020, 30 (4), pp.519-528. ⟨10.1002/oa.2879⟩
Journal articles hal-03435141v1
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The saber-toothed cat Homotherium latidens (Owen, 1846) from the lower Pleistocene locality Dafnero, Western Macedonia, Greece

Georges D. Koufos , Dimitris S. Kostopoulos , Gildas Merceron
Geodiversitas, 2020, 42 (10), pp.139-149. ⟨10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a10⟩
Journal articles hal-03004053v1
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Dental microwear texture analysis and diet in caviomorphs (Rodentia) from the Serra do Mar Atlantic forest (Brazil)

Celine Robinet , Gildas Merceron , Adriana Candela , Laurent Marivaux
Journal of Mammalogy, 2020, 101 (2), pp.386-402. ⟨10.1093/jmammal/gyz194⟩
Journal articles hal-02409907v1
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Damaged digital surfaces also deserve realistic healing

Arthur Francisco , Noël Brunetière , Gildas Merceron
Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 2020, 8 (3), pp.035008. ⟨10.1088/2051-672X/aba7a3⟩
Journal articles hal-03042203v1

Differences in dietary habits between papionins and hominins from the Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: evidence from an improved Dental Microwear Texture Analysis based on surface sampling on phases I and II molar facets

Florian Martin , Chris-Alexander Plastiras , Auria Kallend , Arthur Francisco , Jean‐renaud Boisserie et al.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2019, 168 (s68), pp.156
Journal articles hal-02310032v1

Using springbok (Antidorcas) dietary proxies to reconstruct inferred palaeovegetational changes over 2 million years in Southern Africa

L. Sewell , G. Merceron , P.J. Hopley , B. Zipfel , S.C. Reynolds et al.
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2019, 23, pp.1014-1028. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.02.009⟩
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Dental microwear textures and dietary preferences of extant rhinoceroses (Perissodactyla, Mammalia)

Manon Hullot , Pierre-Olivier Antoine , Manuel Ballatore , Gildas Merceron
Mammal Research, 2019, ⟨10.1007/s13364-019-00427-4⟩
Journal articles hal-02159064v1
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Enamel surface topography analysis for diet discrimination. A methodology to enhance and select discriminative parameters

Arthur Francisco , Cécile Blondel , Noël Brunetière , Anusha Ramdarshan , Gildas Merceron et al.
Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 2018, 6 (1), pp.015002. ⟨10.1088/2051-672X/aa9dd3⟩
Journal articles hal-03042216v1

New Pliocene remains of Camelus grattardi (Mammalia, Camelidae) from the Shungura Formation, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, and the evolution of African camels

John Rowan , Pietro Martini , Likius Andossa , Gildas Merceron , Jean-Renaud Boisserie et al.
Historical Biology, 2018, 31 (9), pp.1123-1134. ⟨10.1080/08912963.2017.1423485⟩
Journal articles hal-02100346v1

Foraging habitats and niche partitioning of European large herbivores during the Holocene – Insights from 3D dental microwear texture analysis

Emilia Hofman-Kamińska , Gildas Merceron , Hervé Bocherens , Daniel Makowiecki , Giedrė Piličiauskienė et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018, 506, pp.183-195. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.050⟩
Journal articles hal-02098316v1

A 2Ma old baboon-like monkey from Northern Greece and new evidence to support the Paradolichopithecus – Procynocephalus synonymy (Primates: Cercopithecidae)

Dimitris S. Kostopoulos , Franck Guy , Zoi Kynigopoulou , George Koufos , Xavier Valentin et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2018, 121, pp.178-192. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.02.012⟩
Journal articles hal-02100293v1

Feeding ecology of Tragelaphini (Bovidae) from the Shungura Formation, Omo Valley, Ethiopia: Contribution of dental wear analyses

Cécile Blondel , John Rowan , Gildas Merceron , Faysal Bibi , Enquye Negash et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018, 496, pp.103-120. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.027⟩
Journal articles hal-02100364v1
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Browsing and non-browsing extant and extinct giraffids Evidence from dental microwear textural analysis

Gildas Merceron , Marc Colyn , Denis Geraads
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018, 505, pp.128-139. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.036⟩
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The Phylogenetic Signal in Tooth Wear: What Does It Mean?

Larisa Desantis , Mikael Fortelius , Frederick E. Grine , Christine Janis , Thomas M. Kaiser et al.
Ecol Evol, 2018, 8 (22), pp.11359--11362. ⟨10.1002/ece3.4541⟩
Journal articles hal-02871855v1
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Gathering and Analyzing Surface Parameters for Diet Identification Purposes

Arthur Francisco , Noël Brunetière , Gildas Merceron
Technologies , 2018, 6 (3), pp.75. ⟨10.3390/technologies6030075⟩
Journal articles hal-03042226v1

Dental microwear textural analysis as an analytical tool to depict individual traits and reconstruct the diet of a primate

Alice Percher , Gildas Merceron , Gontran Nsi Akoue , Jordi Galbany , Alejandro Romero et al.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2018, 165 (1), pp.123-138. ⟨10.1002/ajpa.23337⟩
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Dietary niches of terrestrial cercopithecines from the Plio-Pleistocene Shungura Formation, Ethiopia: evidence from Dental Microwear Texture Analysis

Florian Martin , Chris-Alexander Plastiras , Gildas Merceron , Antoine Souron , Jean-Renaud Boisserie et al.
Scientific Reports, 2018, 8 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41598-018-32092-z⟩
Journal articles hal-02100214v1

Dental Biotribology: Final thoughts and future directions

Zhongrong Zhou , Paul Constantino , Mark Hoffman , Mugino Kubo , Gildas Merceron et al.
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2017, 3 (4), pp.119-123. ⟨10.1016/j.bsbt.2017.11.001⟩
Journal articles hal-02100378v1

Overcoming sampling issues in dental tribology: Insights from an experimentation on sheep

A. Ramdarshan , C. Blondel , D. Gautier , J. Surault , G. Merceron et al.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 2017, pp.1-19. ⟨10.26879/762⟩
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Dental microwear and controlled food testing on sheep: The TRIDENT project

Gildas Merceron , Cécile Blondel , Noël Brunetière , Arthur Francisco , Denis Gautier et al.
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2017, 3 (4), pp.174-183. ⟨10.1016/j.bsbt.2017.12.005⟩
Journal articles hal-02100359v1

Was Mesopithecus a Seed Eating Colobine? Assessment of Cracking, Grinding and Shearing Ability Using Dental Topography

Ghislain Thiery , Geoffrey Gillet , Vincent Lazzari , Gildas Merceron , Franck Guy et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2017, 112, pp.79--92. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2017.09.002⟩
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Deer in an arid habitat: dental microwear textures track feeding adaptability

Emilie Berlioz , Concepción Azorit , Cécile Blondel , Maria Sierra Tellado Ruiz , Gildas Merceron et al.
Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2017, 28 (2), pp.222-230. ⟨10.4404/hystrix-28.2-12048⟩
Journal articles hal-03908042v1

Dental Microwear Textural Analyses to Track Feeding Ecology of Reindeer: A Comparison of Two Contrasting Populations in Norway

Olivier Bignon-Lau , Natacha Catz , Emilie Berlioz , Vebjørn Veiberg , Olav Strand et al.
Mammal Research, 2017, 62 (1), pp.111-120
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Untangling the environmental from the dietary: dust does not matter

Gildas Merceron , Anusha Ramdarshan , Cécile Blondel , Jean-Renaud Boisserie , Noël Brunetière et al.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2016, 283 (1838), pp.458 - 467. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2016.1032⟩
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Dental microwear texture analysis in mammalian ecology

Ivan Calandra , Gildas Merceron
Mammal Review, 2016, 46 (3), pp.215-228. ⟨10.1111/mam.12063⟩
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Silicon-based plant defences, tooth wear and voles

Ivan Calandra , K. Zub , A. Szafranska , A. Zalewski , G. Merceron et al.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016, 219 (4), pp.501 - 507. ⟨10.1242/jeb.134890⟩
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Paleoenvironments Inferred from Phytoliths and Dental Microwear Texture Analyses of Meso-Herbivores

Gildas Merceron , Alice Novello , Robert S. Scott
Geobios, 2016, 49 (1), pp.135--146. ⟨10.1016/j.geobios.2016.01.004⟩
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mwmorph : an R package for fitting multivariate evolutionary models to morphometric data

Julien Clavel , Gilles Escarguel , Gildas Merceron
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2015, 6 (11), pp.1311-1319. ⟨10.1111/2041-210.12420⟩
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Three-dimensional dental microwear texture analysis and diet in extant Suidae (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla)

Antoine Souron , G. Merceron , Cécile Blondel , Noël Brunetière , Marc Colyn et al.
Mammalia, 2015, 79 (3), pp.279-291. ⟨10.1515/mammalia-2014-0023⟩
Journal articles hal-01086226v1

Missing data estimation in morphometrics: how much is too much?

Julien Clavel , Gildas Merceron , Gilles Escarguel
Systematic Biology, 2014, 63 (2), pp.203-18. ⟨10.1093/sysbio/syt100⟩
Journal articles hal-00993597v1

Taxonomy, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in the Miocene of SE Europe-SW Asia : implications for phylogeny and biogeography

George E. Konidaris , George D. Koufos , Dimitris S. Kostopoulos , Gildas Merceron
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2014, 14, pp.1-27. ⟨10.1080/14772019.2014.985339⟩
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3D dental microwear texture analysis of feeding habits of sympatric ruminants in the Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland

Gildas Merceron , Emilia Hofman-Kaminska , Rafal Kowalczyk
Forest Ecology and Management, 2014, 328, pp.262-269. ⟨10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.041⟩
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Correction: Opportunistic Feeding Strategy for the Earliest Old World Hypsodont Equids: Evidence from Stable Isotope and Dental Wear Proxies.

Thomas Tütken , Thomas M Kaiser , Torsten Vennemann , Gildas Merceron
PLoS ONE, 2013, 8 (11), epub ahead of print. ⟨10.1371/annotation/03028b14-c992-442b-a6a1-ee3ca4132a33⟩
Journal articles hal-00993600v1

Late Miocene climatic and environmental variations in northern Greece inferred from stable isotope compositions (δ18O, δ13C) of equid teeth apatite

K. Rey , R. Amiot , C. Lécuyer , G.D. Koufos , F. Martineau et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2013, 388, pp.48-57. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.07.021⟩
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Dietary Abrasivenses is associated with variability of microwear and dental surface texture in Rabbits

E. Schulz , V. Piotrowski , M. Clauss , M. Mau , G. Merceron et al.
PLoS ONE, 2013, 8 (2), pp.e56167. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0056167⟩
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Stable Isotope Ecology of Miocene Bovids from Northern Greece and the Ape/Monkey Turnover in the Balkans

Gildas Merceron , Dimitris S. Kostopoulos , Louis De Bonis , François Fourel , George D. Koufos et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2013, 65 (2), pp.185--198. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.05.003⟩
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Opportunistic Feeding Strategy for the Earliest Old World Hypsodont Equids: Evidence from Stable Isotope and Dental Wear Proxies

Thomas Tütken , Thomas M. Kaiser , Torsten Vennemann , Gildas Merceron
PLoS ONE, 2013, 8 (9), pp.e74463. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0074463⟩
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On Mesopithecus habitat : Insights from late Miocene fossil vertebrate localities of Bulgaria

J. Clavel , G. Merceron , L. Hristova , N. Spassov , D. Kovachev et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2012, 63, pp.162-179. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.04.007⟩
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Şerefköy-2, a new Late Miocene mammal locality from the Yatağan Formation, Muğla, SW Turkey - Şerefköy-2, une nouvelle localité à mammifères du Miocène supérieur de la Formation Yatağan, Muğla, Sud-Ouest de la Turquie

Tanju Kaya , Serdar Mayda , Dimitris S. Kostopoulos , M.C. Alçiçek , Gildas Merceron et al.
Comptes Rendus. Palevol, 2012, 11 (1), pp.5-12. ⟨10.1016/j.crpv.2011.09.001⟩
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Multi-Proxy Approach Detects Heterogeneous Habitats for Primates during the Miocene Climatic Optimum in Central Europe

G. Merceron , L. Costeur , O. Maridet , A. Ramdarshan , U. B. Göhlich et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2012, 63, pp.150--161. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.04.006⟩
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Spatial and temporal ecological diversity amongst eocene primates of france: Evidence from teeth

Anusha Ramdarshan , Gildas Merceron , Laurent Marivaux
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2012, 147 (2), pp.201-216. ⟨10.1002/ajpa.21638⟩
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A hominid tooth from Bulgaria: The last pre-human hominid of continental Europe

Nikolaï Spassov , Denis Geraads , L. Hristova , G. N. Markov , Gildas Merceron et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2012, 62 (1), pp.138-145. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.10.008⟩
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The Primate Community of Cachoeira (Brazilian Amazonia): A Model to Decipher Ecological Partitioning among Extinct Species

Anusha Ramdarshan , Thomas Alloing-Seguier , Gildas Merceron , Laurent Marivaux
PLoS ONE, 2011, 6 (11), pp.e27392. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0027392⟩
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Correlating the success of Hippopotaminae with the C(4) grass expansion in Africa: Relationship and diet of early Pliocene hippopotamids from Langebaanweg, South Africa

Jean-Renaud Boisserie , Gildas Merceron
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2011, 308 (3-4), pp.350-361. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.040⟩
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Dietary reconstruction of the Amphipithecidae (Primates, Anthropoidea) from the Paleogene of South Asia and paleoecological implications

Anusha Ramdarshan , Gildas Merceron , Paul Tafforeau , Laurent Marivaux
Journal of Human Evolution, 2010, 59 (1), pp.96-108. ⟨10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.04.00⟩
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Dental mesowear analysis of the late Miocene Bovidae from Toros-Menalla (Chad) and early hominid habitats in Central Africa

Cécile Blondel , Gildas Merceron , Likius Andossa , Mackaye Hassane Taisso , Patrick Vignaud et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2010, 292, pp.184-191. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.042⟩
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Ruminant diets and the Miocene extinction of European great apes

Gildas Merceron , Thomas M. Kaiser , Dimitris S. Kostopoulos , Ellen Schulz
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2010, 277 (1697), pp.3105-3112. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2010.0523⟩
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Can Dental Microwear Textures Record Inter-Individual Dietary Variations?

Gildas Merceron , Gilles Escarguel , Jean-Marc Angibault , Helene Verheyden-Tixier
PLoS ONE, 2010, 5 (3), pp.e9542. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0009542⟩
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Feeding preferences of Gomphotherium subtapiroideum (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (Northern Alpine Foreland Basin, southern Germany) through life and geological time: evidence from dental microwear analysis

Ivan Calandra , Ursula B. Göhlich , Gildas Merceron
Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 2010, 84 (1), pp.205-215. ⟨10.1007/s12542-010-0054-0⟩
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Folivory or fruit/seed predation for Mesopithecus, an earliest colobine from the late Miocene of Eurasia?

Gildas Merceron , Jessica Scott , Robert S. Scott , Denis Geraads , Nikolaï Spassov et al.
Journal of Human Evolution, 2009, 57, pp.732-738
Journal articles halshs-00437925v1

Reply to Bocherens: Dental microwear and stable isotopes on bone collagen are complementary to sort out cave bear diets.

Stéphane Peigne , C. Goillot , M. Germonpré , C. Blondel , O. Bignon et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009, pp.106
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Predormancy omnivory in European cave bears evidenced by a dental microwear analysis of Ursus spelaeus from Goyet, Belgium.

Stéphane Peigné , Cyrielle Goillot , Mietje Germonpré , Cécile Blondel , Olivier Bignon et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009, 106 (36), pp.15390-3. ⟨10.1073/pnas.0907373106⟩
Journal articles hal-00488259v1

Feeding habits of the first European colobine, Mesopithecus (Mammalia, Primates) : evidence from a comparative dental microwear analysis with modern cercopithecids

Gildas Merceron , George D. Koufos , Xavier Valentin
Geodiversitas, 2009, 31 (4), pp.865-878. ⟨10.5252/g2009n4a865⟩
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Reply to Bocherens : dental microwear and stable isotopes on bone collagen are complementary to sort out cave bear diets

S. Peigné , C. Goillot , M. Germonpré , C. Blondel , O. Bignon et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2009, 106, pp.48. ⟨10.1073/pnas.0911167106⟩
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Louis de Bonis : 50 years dedicated to paleontological Research.

S. Peigné , Gildas Merceron , G.D. Koufos
Geodiversitas, 2009, 31, pp.693-707
Journal articles hal-00549177v1

Dental microwear patterns of extant and extinct Muridae (Rodentia, Mammalia) : ecological implications

Helder Gomes Rodrigues , Gildas Merceron , Laurent Viriot
Naturwissenchaften, 2009, pp.1. ⟨10.1007/s00114-008-0501-x⟩
Journal articles hal-00358012v1

How could sympatric megaherbivores coexist? Example of niche partitioning within a proboscidean community from the Miocene of Europe

Ivan Calandra , Ursula B. Göhlich , Gildas Merceron
The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften, 2008, 95, pp.831-838
Journal articles hal-00336543v1

Evaluation d'une stratégie pluridisciplinaire de maintien et retour au travail au CHU de Grenoble

E. Michel , A. Amar , V. Josselin , Sandrine Caroly , G. Merceron et al.
Archives des Maladies Professionnelles et de L'Environnement, 2007, 68 (5), pp.474-481. ⟨10.1016/S1775-8785(07)78218-8⟩
Journal articles halshs-00372895v1

Dental microwear analysis of bovids from the Vallesian (late Miocene) of Axios Valley in Greece : reconstruction of the habitat of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea)

Gildas Merceron , Cécile Blondel , Laurent Viriot , George D. Koufos , Louis de Bonis et al.
Geodiversitas, 2007, 29 (3), pp.421-433
Journal articles hal-00238501v1

The oldest human remains from the Beagle Channel region, Tierra del Fuego

R. Macchiarelli , L. Bondioli , S. Caropreso , A. Mazurier , G. Merceron et al.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2006, 16 (4), pp.328-337. ⟨10.1002/oa.828⟩
Journal articles hal-02379595v1

Bovid paleoecology and paleoenvironments from the Late Miocene of Bulgaria: evidence from dental microwear and stable isotopes

Gildas Merceron , Antoine Zazzo , Nikolaï Spassov , Denis Geraads , Dimitar Kovachev et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2006, 241 (3-4), pp.637-654. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.05.005⟩
Journal articles halshs-00157170v1

Dietary characterization of the hominoid Khoratpithecus (Miocene of Thailand): evidence from dental topographic and microwear texture analyses

Gildas Merceron , Sarah Taylor , Robert S. Scott , Yaowalak Chaimanee , Jean-Jacques Jaeger et al.
The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften, 2006, 93, pp.329-333. ⟨10.1007/s00114-006-0107-0⟩
Journal articles hal-00340174v1

Diets of modern and late Miocene hippopotamids : evidence from carbon isotope composition and micro-wear of tooth enamel

Jean-Renaud Boisserie , Antoine Zazzo , Gildas Merceron , Cécile Blondel , Patrick Vignaud et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2005, 221, pp.153-174. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.02.010⟩
Journal articles hal-00256309v1

Dental microwear of fossil bovids from northern Greece : paleoenvironmental conditions in the eastern Mediterranean during the Messinian

Gildas Merceron , Louis de Bonis , Laurent Viriot , Cécile Blondel
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2005, 217, pp.173-185. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.11.019⟩
Journal articles hal-00262420v1

Dental microwear of the late Miocene bovids of northern Greece : Vallesian environmental changes and disappearance of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis ?

Gildas Merceron , Louis de Bonis , Laurent Viriot , Cécile Blondel
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 2005, 176 (5), pp.475-484. ⟨10.2113/176.5.475⟩
Journal articles hal-00262427v1

Dental microwear and palaeoecology of bovids from the Early Pliocene of Langebaanweg, Western Cape province, South Africa

Gildas Merceron , Peter S. Ungar
South African Journal of Science, 2005, 101, pp.365-370
Journal articles hal-00262412v1

A New Method of Dental Microwear Analysis: Application to Extant Primates and Ouranopithecus Macedoniensis (Late Miocene of Greece)

Gildas Merceron , Cécile Blondel , Louis de Bonis , Georges D. Koufos , Laurent Viriot et al.
Palaios, 2005, 20 (6), pp.551--561. ⟨10.2110/palo.2004.p04-17⟩
Journal articles hal-02886600v1

Tooth Microwear Pattern in Roe Deer (Capreolus Capreolus L.) from Chizé (Western France) and Relation to Food Composition

G. Merceron , L. Viriot , C. Blondel
Small Ruminant Research, 2004, 53 (1), pp.125--132. ⟨10.1016/j.smallrumres.2003.10.002⟩
Journal articles hal-02886601v1

The Late Miocene paleoenvironment of Afghanistan as inferred from dental microwear in artiodactyls.

G. Merceron , C. Blondel , M. Brunet , S. Sen , N. Solounias et al.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2004, 207, pp.143-163
Journal articles hal-00068204v1

A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa

Michel Brunet , Franck Guy , David Pilbeam , Hassane Taïsso Mackaye , Andossa Likius et al.
Nature, 2002, 418 (6894), pp.145-151. ⟨10.1038/nature00879⟩
Journal articles hal-02910123v1

Toward quantifying mesowear proxies: geometric morphometric mesowear (GMMW) method

Evangelia Alifieri , Emilie Berlioz , Dimitris S Kostopoulos , Gildas Merceron
2nd Virtual Conference for Women Archaeologists and Paleontologists, Association for Women in Archaeology and Paleontology (AWAP), Mar 2022, Online, France
Conference papers hal-03908436v1

Investigating fallback dietary habits among hominins: perspectives from controlled-feeding experiments on domestic pigs

Margot Louail , Ghislain Thiery , Dimitri Neaux , Stéphane Ferchaud , Antoine Souron et al.
2nd Crossing the Palaeontological-Ecological Gap, Sep 2021, Virtual meeting, Germany
Conference papers hal-03346765v1

Feeding ecology and paleoenvironment of the early Pleistocene Gerakarou herbivore mammal community (Mygdonia basin, Greece) as inferred by DMTA analysis

Evangelia Alifieri , Emilie Berlioz , Dimitris S Kostopoulos , Gildas Merceron
3rd Palaeontological Virtual Conference, Dec 2021, online, France. http://palaeovc.org/index.php/downloads/
Conference papers hal-03908485v1

Feeding ecology of European Early Pleistocene Deer: what does it tell us about their paleoenvironmental context?

Emilie Berlioz , Dimitris Kostopoulos , Cécile Blondel , Gildas Merceron
27e édition de la Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, SGF, CNRS, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon ou l’étude de la Terre, des planètes et de l’environnement, Nov 2021, Lyon, France
Conference papers hal-03591653v1

Investigating the relationship between diet and mandibular morphology: new insights from a controlled-feeding experiment on domestic pigs

Margot Louail , Dimitri Neaux , Stéphane Ferchaud , Gildas Merceron
11th Symposium of Morphometrics and Evolution of Shape, Jun 2021, Virtual meeting, France
Conference papers hal-03346803v1

Combining fossil enamel stable isotopes and dental microwear texture analysis to assess dietary niche-partitioning among primates (Cercopithecidae and Hominidae) from the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia

Gildas Merceron , Kevin Uno , Morgan Brown , F. Guy , Leslea Hlusko et al.
27e édition de la Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, SGF, CNRS, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon ou l’étude de la Terre, des planètes et de l’environnement, Nov 2021, Lyon, France
Conference papers hal-03037539v1

Étude des compositions isotopiques du calcium de l'os et de l'émail des cervidés, une piste pour étudier l'écologie et les stratégies de reproduction des mammifères modernes et fossiles

Auguste Hassler , Jérémy Martin , Gildas Merceron , Mathieu Garel , Vincent Balter et al.
27e édition de la Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, SGF, CNRS, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon ou l’étude de la Terre, des planètes et de l’environnement, Nov 2021, Lyon, France
Conference papers hal-03587882v1

Combining fossil enamel stable isotopes and dental microwear texture analysis to assess dietary niche-partitioning among primates (Cercopithecidae and Hominidae) from the Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

Kevin Uno , Gildas Merceron , Morgan Brown , F. Guy , Leslea Hlusko et al.
European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Sep 2020, Worldwide, United States
Conference papers hal-03037567v1

Ground truthing dental ecological proxies on a modern alpine community of sympatric ruminants

Gildas Merceron , Emilie Berlioz , Hubert Vonhof , Daniel R Green , Mathieu Garel et al.
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80th Annual Meeting, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Oct 2020, Online, France
Conference papers hal-03908565v1

Discriminating dental microwear textures of different seed-eaters: perspectives from a controlled feeding study with pigs

Margot Louail , Stéphane Ferchaud , Antoine Souron , Axelle E.C. Walker , Gildas Merceron et al.
80th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Oct 2020, Virtual meeting, United States
Conference papers hal-03346777v1

The Lower Pleistocene Primate-Bearing Fossil Site of Dafnero (W. Macedonia, Greece): New Data from classic and Innovative Approaches

Dimitris S. Kostopoulos , Elina Aidona , Mouloud Benammi , A Gkeme , Laurent Grasset et al.
15th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece, May 2019, Athènes, Greece
Conference papers hal-02408541v1

Rusa deer, an invasive species : inter & intra-population ecology, diet and dental microwear

Emilie Berlioz , Gildas Merceron , Marc Colyn
8th European Congress of Mammalogy, Sep 2019, Varsovie, Poland
Conference papers hal-03908613v1

The feeding ecology of Dolichopithecus ruscinensis from Perpignan: Insights from Dental Microwear Textural Analysis and Dental Topography

Chris-Alexander Plastiras , Ghislain Thiery , Franck Guy , Gildas Merceron
Gr. Cobalcescu Annual Scientific Symposium, Oct 2019, Iasi, Romania
Conference papers hal-02408524v1

Development of a tool for the reconstruction of rhinocerotoid palaeodiets, using dental texture microwear and dietary preferences of extant species

Manon Hullot , Pierre-Olivier Antoine , Manuel Ballatore , Gildas Merceron
6th Young Natural History scientists' Meeting, Mar 2019, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-02165702v1

Feeding ecology of European Early Pleistocene Deer: what does it tell about the paleoenvironmental context early Homo faced in Europe?

Emilie Berlioz , Dimitris S Kostopoulos , Cécile Blondel , Gildas Merceron
20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) 2019, International Union for Quaternary Research, Jul 2019, Dublin, Ireland
Conference papers hal-03908640v1

A hippopotamoid adaptative suite: the case study of Bothriodon velaunum (Cuvier, 1824) [Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla] from Ronzon

Fabrice Lihoreau , Florian Martin , Guillaume Daver , Stéphane Ducrocq , Helder Gomes Rodrigues et al.
5th International Palaeontological Congress, Jul 2018, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-02328477v1

Wear your diet on your teeth: Dental Microwear Texture Analysis as a proxy for estimating the diet of extinct South American caviomorph rodents

Céline Robinet , Gildas Merceron , Bernardino Mamani Quispe , Myriam Boivin , Adriana Candela et al.
5 th International Paleontological Congress (IPC5), Jul 2018, Paris, France
Conference papers hal-01852600v1

Nouvelles données paléontologiques de la grotte de La Marche (Pléistocène supérieur, Lussac-les-Châteaux, Vienne)

Géraldine Garcia , Mathieu Fournel , Jean Airvaux , Guillaume Daver , F. Guy et al.
Colloque annuel de la Société d’anthropologie de Paris : 1843e réunion scientifique, Société d’anthropologie de Paris, Jan 2018, Poitiers, France. pp.S17, ⟨10.1007/s13219-017-0194-9⟩
Conference papers hal-04033452v1

Dental Microwear Texture Analysis as a proxy for estimating the diet of caviomorph rodents

Céline Robinet , Gildas Merceron , Laurent Marivaux
XXX Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoología, Nov 2017, Bahía Blanca, Argentina. pp.71
Conference papers hal-01813514v1
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TRIDENT -Surface sampling as diet discrimination enhancement

Arthur Francisco , Noël Brunetière , Emilie Berlioz , Anusha Ramdarshan , Gildas Merceron et al.
5th International Conference on Surface Metrology, oznan University of Technology, Poland, Apr 2016, Poznan, Poland. pp.201-203
Conference papers hal-03908793v1
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Textural analysis to track the history of large herbivores

Emilia Hofman-Kamińska , Gildas Merceron , Anusha Ramdarshan , Emilie Berlioz , Rafał Kowalczyk et al.
5th International Conference on Surface Metrology 2016, Poznan University of Technology, Poland, Apr 2016, Poznan, Poland. pp.188-190
Conference papers hal-03908775v1
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Ecology of two sympatric cervids from Spain: confronting data from stomach contents and dental microwear texture

Emilie Berlioz , Concepción Azorit , Cécile Blondel , Gildas Merceron
5th International Conference on Surface Metrology, Poznan University of Technology, Poland, Apr 2016, Poznan, Poland. pp.38-39
Conference papers hal-03908786v1

Dental Microwear Texture Analysis of early Pleistocene cervids: a paleoenvironmental approach at the European scale

Emilie Berlioz , Dimitris S Kostopoulos , Cécile Blondel , Gildas Merceron
XIV Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Jul 2016, Haarlem, Netherlands
Conference papers hal-03908744v1

ADAPTIVE RADIATIONS AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN ADAPIFORMS IN WESTERN EUROPE

Anusha Ramdarshan , Laurent Marivaux , Gildas Merceron
72nd Annual Meeting of the Society-of-Vertebrate-Paleontology, Oct 2012, Raleigh, NC, United States. pp.160
Conference papers hal-00832652v1