PD Dr Jérémy Anquetin
Senior Lecturer
JURASSICA Museum
Route de Fontenais 21
2900 Porrentruy
Switzerland
Tel. +41 32 420 9208
jeremy.anquetin[at]jurassica.ch
Habilitation
Department of Geosciences
University of Fribourg
Chemin du musée 6
1700 Fribourg
Switzerland
I am a vertebrate paleontologist specializing in fossil turtles, but I am also interested in other groups of Mesozoic vertebrates. I obtained my PhD from the University College London and the Natural History Museum London (UK) in 2009. Subsequently, I worked at the University of Rouen (France), the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (France), and the Section of Archeology and Paleontology in Porrentruy (Switzerland). I am part of the JURASSICA Museum research team since late 2015.
Research thematics
- Description of a rich assemblage of coastal marine turtles discovered during the construction of the A16 highway near Porrentruy, Switzerland (Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic)
- Global revision of the European Late Jurassic coastal marine turtles (Thalassochelydia)
- Evolution of Mesozoic vertebrate communities at the regional scale
- Deep-time morphological evolution of reptiles
Keywords
Turtles, Reptiles, Anatomy, Systematics, Phylogeny, Paleobiogeography, Jurassic, MesozoicPublications
Employment history
| 2013–2015 | Researcher, Section d’archéologie et paléontologie, République et Canton du Jura, Porrentruy, Switzerland |
| 2011–2013 | Freelance scientific and technical translator, Saint Aignan, France |
| 2009–2011 | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Earth History, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, France |
| 2009–2010 | Temporary Lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Rouen, France |
| 2008–2009 | Temporary Assistant Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Geology, University of Rouen, France |
Academic background
| 2016 | Venia legendi (Habilitation), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland |
| 2005–2009 | PhD Vertebrate Palaeontology, University College London (UCL) and Natural History Museum, London, UK PhD thesis: A new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and a reassessment of basal turtle relationships [eprint] |
| 2004–2005 | Master 2 Systematics, Evolution, Paleontology, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, France MSc thesis: Anatomie crânienne des Chalicotheriinae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) du Miocène moyen et supérieur d’Europe ; implications phylogénétiques |
| 2003–2004 | Master 1 Earth Sciences option Paleontology, University of Poitiers, France |
Funding
| 2022 |
SwissCollNet Project (2022–2024) [CHF 184,764 / SCN118-JU / PI]
Digital curation: preserving the world's largest dinosaur track collection
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| 2017 |
SNF Project (2018–2022) [CHF 300,000 / SNF 205321_175978 / PI]
Deep-time morphological evolution in turtles and crocodylomorphs
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| 2016 | EC-funded Synthesys grant (DE-TAF-6616) |
| 2016 | EC-funded Synthesys grant (AT-TAF-6599) |
| 2014 | EC-funded Synthesys grant (FR-TAF-5017) |
| 2013 | EC-funded Synthesys grant (GB-TAF-3481) |
| 2009 | EC-funded Synthesys grant (GB-TAF-226) |
| 2009 | Postdoctoral grant, Simone and Cino del Duca Foundation (awarded to Dr Philippe Janvier, MNHN, Paris, France) |
| 2005 | PhD studentship, Natural History Museum, London, UK |
Fieldwork
| 2023 | Chevenez quarry (Late Jurassic), Switzerland (2 weeks) [PI] |
| 2022 | Chevenez quarry (Late Jurassic), Switzerland (2 weeks) [PI] |
| 2021 | Chevenez quarry (Late Jurassic), Switzerland (2 weeks) [PI] |
| 2017 | Courtedoux Nova (Late Jurassic), Switzerland (2 weeks) [PI] |
| 2016 | Courtedoux Nova (Late Jurassic), Switzerland (2 weeks) [PI] |
| 2015 | Anoual (Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous), Morocco (2 weeks) [PI: Dr Emmanuel Gheerbrant, MNHN] |
| 2015 | Angeac-Charente (Early Cretaceous), Charente, France (1 week) [PI: Dr Ronan Allain, MNHN] |
| 2014 | Angeac-Charente (Early Cretaceous), Charente, France (1 week) [PI: Dr Ronan Allain, MNHN] |
| 2006 | Las Hoyas Lagerstätte (Early Cretaceous), Cuenca, Spain (2 weeks) [PI: Dr Angela Buscalioni, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid] |
| 2006 | Kilmaluag Formation (Middle Jurassic), Isle of Skye, Scotland (1 week) [PI: Dr Paul M. Barrett, NHM] |
Professional services
- Founder and Manager: Peer Community in Paleontology (2018–)
- Steering Committee: PaleorXiv (2017–)
- Academic Editor: PeerJ (2014–)
- Peer reviews: complete list on Publons
- Associations: Palaeontological Association, European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Association Paléontologique Française