Scientific team
Researchers
Postdocs
PhDs
Pavlo Otriazhyi
Alumni
Eva Simonutti | MSc, Uni. Montpellier (2021) | A new Elasmotheriinae (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) species in the European Early Miocene, phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic implications |
Xiaoyu Lu | PhD, Univ. Fribourg (2016–2020) |
Evolution of European Gliridae and brachiolophodont dental patterns
(SNF 200021-162359)
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Jérémy Tissier | PhD, Uni. Fribourg (2016–2020) |
Impact of the Grande Coupure event (Eocene / Oligocene boundary) on the evolutionary history of European Rhinocerotoidea (Perissodactyla, Mammalia)
(SNF 200021-162359)
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Léa Veine-Tonizzo | MSc, Uni. Rennes 1 (2020) | Cranio-dental anatomy and phylogeny of Amynodontidae (Rhinocerotoidea, Perissodactyla) |
Jonathan Gavelle | MSc, Uni. Rennes 1 (2020) | Middle Miocene Diplocynodon (Alligatoroidea) from Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Yufen Rong | PhD, IVPP / Uni. Fribourg (2018–2019) |
Ontogeny of the Jurassic salamander Chunerpeton tianyiensis inferred from the living Chinese giant salamander
(Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships)
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Charlène Gaillard |
MSc, Uni. Fribourg (2016–2018) | The Miocene vertebrate fauna of "La Petite Morée", Glovelier (Jura): first descriptions and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction |
Claire Jame | MSc, Uni. Rennes 1 (2018) | Etude de l'anatomie, de la phylogénie et de la paléoécologie des Rhinocerotidae de la localité de Wischberg (Miocène inférieur, Suisse) |
Karin Scherz | MSc, Uni. Fribourg (2015–2017) | An assessment of the phylogeny of cats (Felidae), including Smilodon gracilis, using the morphology of the petrosal bone |
Laure Bapst | MSc, Uni. Fribourg (2013–2017) | Régime alimentaire et évolution des périssodactyles européens durant l'Eocène et l'Oligocène |
Mélina Dini | MSc, Uni. Fribourg (2012–2016) | Etude des restes de Bison priscus provenant des remplissages pléistocènes des dolines d'Ajoie |
Kevin Choffat | BSc, Uni. Fribourg (2014–2016) | Les grands mammifères du Miocène jurassien |
Researchers
Postdocs
PhDs
Master
Léa Girard | MSc, Uni. Rennes 1 (2021) | Description of a new metriorhynchid skeleton (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Porrentruy, Switzerland |
Sophie de Sousa Oliveira | MSc, Uni. Rennes 1 (2021) | Scientific illustration of a new metriorhynchid skeleton (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian of Porrentruy, Switzerland |
Alumni
Dorine Pesquet | MSc, Uni. Rennes 1 (2020) | Revision of Jurassichelon, a Late Jurassic coastal marine turtle from Europe |
Marine Andrey | BSc, Uni. Fribourg (2018) |
Were some thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs of the Upper Jurassic chelonivorous? |
Charlotte André | Master 1, Uni. Lille (2017) | Description of a new turtle cranium from the Purbeck Group, Dorset, UK |
Dr Hugo Martín Abad | Postdoctorant (2016) | Bony fish (Osteichthyes) from the Late Jurassic of the Porrentruy area |
Dr Delphine Chinchilla
Colette Gremaud
Marc Lambelet
Herbarium

Patrick Röschli
Illustrations, scientific drawings

Martine Rochat
Preparation, conservation

Renaud Roch
Preparation, conservation

Dr Ladislaus Reser
Entomology