Xiaoyu Lu
SNF PhD candidate
JURASSICA Museum
Route de Fontenais 21
2900 Porrentruy
Switzerland
Tel. +41 32 420 9213
xiaoyu.lu[at]jurassica.ch
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Department of Geosciences
University of Fribourg
Chemin du musée 6
1700 Fribourg
Switzerland
After studying small mammals, especially rodents, during my Master's degree at the Institute of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, I am currently doing my thesis at the JURASSICA Museum in Porrentruy and at the University of Fribourg. This is a project funded by the SNSF that focuses on the comparative analysis of evolutionary dynamics and diversity between small and large herbivores during the "Grand Coupure" in Europe. My work focuses on Eocene rodents in the Miocene and explores evolutionary changes and variations in diversity during this period.
Keywords
Mammal, Rodent, Gliridae, Phylogeny, Systematic, PaleogeographyPublications
Abstract
- Lu X, Maridet O, Becker D, Costeur L. 2018. Evolution and diversification of Dormice: first phylogenetic analysis. 5th International Paleontological Congress, Paris, France, 9-13th July. [Oral presentation, Abstract]
- Maridet O, Balme C, Lapause O, Legal S, Lu X, Mennecart B, Tissier J, Vasilyan D, Costeur L. 2018. Rediscovery of the locality of Murs (Oligocene, Southeastern France): first results of the new excavations. 16th Annual Meeting of the Association of European Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Caparica, Portugal, 26th June-1st July. [Oral presentation, Abstract]
- Gaillard C, Vasilyan D, Maridet O, Lu X, Prieto J. 2017. Fossil fauna of the Glovelier karstic pocket. 15th Swiss Geoscience Meeting (SGM), Davos, Switzerland, November 17-18. [Oral presentation, Abstract]
- Gaillard C, Prieto J, Lu X, Maridet O, Vasilyan D. 2017. Fossil fauna of the Glovelier karstic pocket. 15th Regional Committee on Mediterranean Neogene Stratigraphy (RCMNS) Congress, Athens, Greece, September 3-6. [Oral presentation, Abstract]
- Lu X, Maridet O. 2017. New Morphological Study On Gliridae Using Enamel Thickness And Enamel Dentine Junction. 15th Annual Meeting of the Association of European Vertebrate Palaeontologists, Munich, Germany, August 1–3. [Poster, Abstract]
Academic background
| 2013–2016 | Master in Geobiology, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| 2009–2012 | Bachelor in Geology, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Beijing University, China |
Fieldwork
| 2018 | Paleontological field work in Morlaca, Eocene, Transylvanie, Roumanie |
| 2017 | Paleontological field work in Murs, Oligocene, Luberon, France |
| 2014 | Paleontological field work in Hunan, R.P. Chine |
| 2010–2015 | Participate in some field works in Beijing, Tibet, Hubei, Liaoning, Shanxi and Xinjiang, R.P. China |
Rewards and scholarships
| 2015 | Reward « Merit Student », University of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 2009–2013 |
Tang Junyuan Undergraduate Scholarship, Shanghai. Geology Scholarship, Peking University. |
| 2007 | First Prize, China High School Biology Olympiad (CHSBO) |
| 2005 | Third Prize, “Cup of Hope” National Mathematics Tournament |