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Mustapha Ben Haj Ali
Researcher at Yahoo!
Publications - 5
Citations - 91
Mustapha Ben Haj Ali is an academic researcher from Yahoo!. The author has contributed to research in topics: Carpometacarpus & Tarsometatarsus. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 81 citations.
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Cranial Remain from Tunisia Provides New Clues for the Origin and Evolution of Sirenia (Mammalia, Afrotheria) in Africa
Julien Benoit,Sylvain Adnet,Essid El Mabrouk,Hayet Khayati,Mustapha Ben Haj Ali,Laurent Marivaux,Gilles Merzeraud,Samuel Merigeaud,Monique Vianey-Liaud,Rodolphe Tabuce +9 more
TL;DR: X-ray microtomography is used to investigate a newly discovered sirenian petrosal from the Eocene of Tunisia, which represents the oldest occurrence of sirenians in Africa and supports their African origin.
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A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia
Anthony Ravel,Laurent Marivaux,Rodolphe Tabuce,Mustapha Ben Haj Ali,El Mabrouk Essid,Monique Vianey-Liaud +5 more
TL;DR: The large size of Witwatia suggests a tendency to the opportunistic diet of this taxon, thereby contrasting with the strict insectivory characterizing primitive bats found in other continents in the same epoch.
A new taxon of stem group Galliformes and the earliest record for stem group Cuculidae from the Eocene of Djebel Chambi, Tunisia
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré,Rodolphe Tabuce,El Mabrouk Essid,Laurent Marivaux,Hayet Khayati,Monique Vianey-Liaud,Mustapha Ben Haj Ali +6 more
TL;DR: A distal tarsometatarsus and a fragment of carpometacarpus of a small galliform, the size of a recent quail, have been found in the late Early or early Middle Eocene of Chambi, in Tunisia, and this form is described as a new genus and species.
A small galliform and a small cuculiform from the Eocene of Tunisia
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré,Rodolphe Tabuce,Laurent Marivaux,Monique Vianey-Liaud,Mustapha Ben Haj Ali +4 more
TL;DR: A distal tarsometatarsus and a fragment of carpometacarpus of a small galliform, the size of a recent quail, have been found in the late Early or early Middle Eocene of Chambi, in Tunisia, and is described as a new genus and species.