Dr. Loic Villier

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsPalaeontology
KeywordsTaxonomy, Phylogeny, Evolutionary radiation, Asteroidea, Jurassic

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityMarseille cedex 03
InstitutionAix-Marseille Universite
InstituteCentre de Sédimentologie - Paléontologie
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Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter SchultzeMuseum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung (MfN), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2002

Programme(s)

2002Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2004Loic Villier, Daniel B. Blake, J. W. M. Jagt, Manfred Kutscher: A preliminary phylogeny of the Pterasteridae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and the first fossil record: Late Cretaceous of Germany and Belgium. In: Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 2004, 281-299
2004Loic Villier, Günther J. Eble: Asessing the robustness of disparity estimates: the impact of morphometric scheme, temporal scale, and taxonomic level in spatangoid echinoids. In: Paleobiology, 2004, 652-665
2004Loic Villier, Dieter Korn: Morphological Disparity of Ammonoids and the Mark of Permian Mass Extinctions. In: Science, 2004, 264-266
2004Loic Villier, Didier Neraudeau, Bernard Clavel, Christian Neumann, Bruno David: Phylogeny Of Early Cretaceous spatangoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) And Taxonomic Implications. In: Palaeontology, 2004, 265-292
2004Loic Villier, Manfed Kutscher, Christopher L. Mah: Systematics and palaeoecology of middle Toarcian Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the 'Seuil du Poitou', Western France. In: Geobios, 2004, 807-825
2003Manfred Kutscher, Loic Villier: Ophiuroid remains from the Toarcian of Sainte-Verge (Deux-Sevres, France): paleobiological perspectives. In: Geobios, 2003, 179-194