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Michel Laurin
Researcher at University of Paris
Publications - 197
Citations - 6345
Michel Laurin is an academic researcher from University of Paris. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lissamphibia & Synapsid. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 183 publications receiving 5760 citations. Previous affiliations of Michel Laurin include University of Toronto & Centre national de la recherche scientifique.
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A reevaluation of early amniote phylogeny
Michel Laurin,Robert R. Reisz +1 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that three major clades of amniotes extend from the present to the Palaeozoic, and these three clades are the Synapsida (including Mammalia), Parareptilia (including Testudines), and Eureptili (including Sauria).
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The evolution of body size, Cope's rule and the origin of amniotes.
TL;DR: Character optimization, permutational multiple linear regressions, and independent contrast analyses show that Cope's rule of phyletic size increase applies to early reptiliomorphs but that it does not apply to early stegocephalians globally.
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Fossils, molecules, divergence times, and the origin of lissamphibians.
David Marjanović,Michel Laurin +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the paleontological literature shows that the early dates of appearance of Lissamphibia recently inferred from molecular data do not favor an origin of extant amphibians from temnospondyls, contrary to recent claims, and a supertree is assembled using new Mesquite modules that allow extinct taxa to be incorporated into a time-calibrated phylogeny with a user-defined geological time scale.
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Chapter 2 – a new perspective on tetrapod phylogeny
Michel Laurin,Robert R. Reisz +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter provides an in-depth explanation of the origin of amniotes and conclusions indicate that Lissanphibubians are part of Temnospondyli and have other relatives like Microsauria, Colosteidae, Nectridea, and Ichthyostegidae.
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Evolution of humeral microanatomy and lifestyle in amniotes, and some comments on palaeobiological inferences
Aurore Canoville,Michel Laurin +1 more
TL;DR: A study on the most exhaustive taxonomic sample of amniotes of any quantitative work on this topic demonstrates a strong relationship between lifestyle (aquatic, amphibious or terrestrial) and humeral microanatomy, and proposes an alternative method of palaeobiological inference for hypothetical ancestors.