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Therapsida, Mammalia, Paleoneurology, Phylogeny, Paleobioogy, CT scan
South Africa

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Employment (1)

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA

2014-10-15 to present | Associate Professor (ESI)
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Julien Benoit

Education and qualifications (1)

Université Montpellier Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

2010-10-01 to 2013-10-01 | PhD (ISEM)
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Julien Benoit

Professional activities (2)

SACNASP: Pretoria, ZA

2018 to present
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Julien Benoit

Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa: Cape Town, ZA

2018 to present
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Julien Benoit

Funding (3)

Evolution of Therapsida Nervous System

2016 to 2018 | Grant
Claude Leon Foundation (Pretoria, ZA)
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Julien Benoit

Evolution Therapsida nervous system

2015 to present | Grant
DST-NRF centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences (johannesburg, ZA)
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Julien Benoit

Evolution of the Proboscidean brain

2014 to 2015 | Grant
Fondation des Treilles (Paris, FR)
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Julien Benoit

Works (50 of 63)

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Did gorgonopsians survive the end-Permian “Great Dying”? A re-appraisal of three gorgonopsian specimens (Therapsida, Theriodontia) reported from the Triassic Lystrosaurus declivis Assemblage Zone, Karoo Basin, South Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85183521378

Part of ISSN: 00310182
Contributors: Benoit, J.; Kammerer, C.F.; Dollman, K.; Groenewald, D.P.; Smith, R.M.H.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Early synapsids neurosensory diversity revealed by CT and synchrotron scanning

Anatomical Record
2024 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85190406269

Part of ISSN: 19328494 19328486
Contributors: Benoit, J.; Araujo, R.; Lund, E.S.; Bolton, A.; Lafferty, T.; Macungo, Z.; Fernandez, V.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

First CT-assisted study of the palate and postcrania of Diarthrognathus broomi (Cynodontia, Probainognathia)

Anatomical Record
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85180254492

Part of ISSN: 19328494 19328486
Contributors: Lund, E.S.; Norton, L.A.; Benoit, J.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

The earliest report of bone-bearing breccia from a Monte Christo Formation cave (South Africa)

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
2024 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85188537959

Part of ISSN: 00167878
Contributors: Benoit, J.; Steininger, C.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Author Correction: Inner ear biomechanics reveals a Late Triassic origin for mammalian endothermy (Nature, (2022), 607, 7920, (726-731), 10.1038/s41586-022-04963-z)

Nature
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85145936615

Part of ISSN: 14764687 00280836
Contributors: Araújo, R.; David, R.; Benoit, J.; Lungmus, J.K.; Stoessel, A.; Barrett, P.M.; Maisano, J.A.; Ekdale, E.; Orliac, M.; Luo, Z.-X. et al.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Craniodental anatomy in Permian-Jurassic Cynodontia and Mammaliaformes (Synapsida, Therapsida) as a gateway to defining mammalian soft tissue and behavioural traits

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85159176036

Part of ISSN: 14712970 09628436
Contributors: Norton, L.A.; Abdala, F.; Benoit, J.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Evolutionary history of hominin brain size and phylogenetic comparative methods

Progress in Brain Research
2023 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85149053484

Part of ISSN: 18757855 00796123
Contributors: Pestana, C.; de Sousa, A.A.; Todorov, O.S.; Beaudet, A.; Benoit, J.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

First record of the rare dicynodont Colobodectes from the southern Karoo Basin of South Africa has implications for middle permian continental biostratigraphy

Journal of African Earth Sciences
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85175009990

Part of ISSN: 18791956 1464343X
Contributors: Rubidge, B.S.; Day, M.O.; Benoit, J.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

From fossils to mind

Communications Biology
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85161842261

Part of ISSN: 23993642
Contributors: de Sousa, A.A.; Beaudet, A.; Calvey, T.; Bardo, A.; Benoit, J.; Charvet, C.J.; Dehay, C.; Gómez-Robles, A.; Gunz, P.; Heuer, K. et al.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Redescription of three basal anomodonts: a phylogenetic reassessment of the holotype of Eodicynodon oelofseni (NMQR 2913)

Frontiers in Earth Science
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85185974972

Part of ISSN: 22966463
Contributors: Duhamel, A.; Benoit, J.; Wynd, B.; Wright, A.M.; Rubidge, B.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

The maxillary canal of the titanosuchid Jonkeria (Synapsida, Dinocephalia)

Science of Nature
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85160975212

Part of ISSN: 14321904 00281042
Contributors: Benoit, J.; Norton, L.A.; Jirah, S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

X-ray microcomputed and synchrotron tomographic analysis of the basicranial axis of emydopoid dicynodonts: implications for fossoriality and phylogeny

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85163126841

Part of ISSN: 10963642 00244082
Contributors: Macungo, Z.; Benoit, J.; Fernandez, V.; Araújo, R.M.N.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Inner ear biomechanics reveals a Late Triassic origin for mammalian endothermy

Nature
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85134538569

Part of ISSN: 14764687 00280836
Contributors: Araújo, R.; David, R.; Benoit, J.; Lungmus, J.K.; Stoessel, A.; Barrett, P.M.; Maisano, J.A.; Ekdale, E.; Orliac, M.; Luo, Z.-X. et al.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

MANUPORTS PREDATE MODERN HUMANS: A RESPONSE TO WILKINS ET AL. (2021)

South African Archaeological Bulletin
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85134683278

Part of ISSN: 00381969
Contributors: Benoit, J.; Bednarik, R.; Helm, C.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Paleoneurology of the proboscidea (Mammalia, Afrotheria): Insights from their brain endocast and labyrinth

Paleoneurology of Amniotes: New Directions in the Study of Fossil Endocasts
2022 | Book chapter
EID:

2-s2.0-85160470551

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Lyras, G.A.; Schmitt, A.; Nxumalo, M.; Tabuce, R.; Obada, T.; Mararsecul, V.; Manger, P.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Synchrotron scanning sheds new light on Lumkuia fuzzi (Therapsida, Cynodontia) from the Middle Triassic of South Africa and its phylogenetic placement

Journal of African Earth Sciences
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85136070590

Part of ISSN: 18791956 1464343X
Contributors: Benoit, J.; Nxumalo, M.; Norton, L.A.; Fernandez, V.; Gaetano, L.C.; Rubidge, B.; Abdala, F.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

The rostral neurovascular system of Tyrannosaurus rex

Palaeontologia Electronica
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85127734541

Part of ISSN: 10948074
Contributors: Bouabdellah, F.; Lessner, E.; Benoit, J.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

A new large gomphodont from the Triassic of South Africa and its implications for Gondwanan biostratigraphy

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85111620203

Part of ISSN: 19372809 02724634
Contributors: Tolchard, F.; Kammerer, C.F.; Butler, R.J.; Hendrickx, C.; Benoit, J.; Abdala, F.; Choiniere, J.N.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

A new tusked cistecephalid dicynodont (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the upper Permian upper Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Luangwa Basin, Zambia

Papers in Palaeontology
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85074017571

Contributors: Angielczyk, K.D.; Benoit, J.; Rubidge, B.S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Can maxillary canal morphology inform varanopid phylogenetic affinities?

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
2021 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0567-7920
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Julien Benoit
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Computed Tomography elucidates ontogeny within the basal therapsid clade Biarmosuchia

PeerJ
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85113254446

Part of ISSN: 21678359
Contributors: Duhamel, A.; Benoit, J.; Day, M.; Rubidge, B.; Fernandez, V.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Histology and μCT reveal the unique evolution and development of multiple tooth rows in the synapsid Endothiodon

Scientific Reports
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85113269022

Part of ISSN: 20452322
Contributors: Olroyd, S.L.; LeBlanc, A.R.H.; Araújo, R.; Angielczyk, K.D.; Duhamel, A.; Benoit, J.; Amaral, M.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Inner ear biomechanics reveals Late Triassic origin of mammalian endothermy

ResearchSquare
2021 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85133040485

Contributors: Araujo, R.; David, R.; Benoit, J.; Jacqueline, L.; Spoor, F.; Stoessel, A.; Barrett, P.; Maisano, J.; Ekdale, E.; Orliac, M. et al.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Inner ear biomechanics reveals Late Triassic origin of mammalian endothermy

Research Square
2021 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85168178331

Contributors: Araujo, R.; David, R.; Benoit, J.; Jacqueline, L.; Spoor, F.; Stoessel, A.; Barrett, P.; Maisano, J.; Ekdale, E.; Orliac, M. et al.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Palaeoneurology and palaeobiology of the dinocephalian therapsid Anteosaurus magnificus

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85103236463

Part of ISSN: 17322421 05677920
Contributors: Benoit, J.; Kruger, A.; Jirah, S.; Fernandez, V.; Rubidge, B.S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Taxonomy, phylogeny and stratigraphical ranges of middle Permian pareiasaurs from the Karoo Basin of South Africa

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85128207295

Part of ISSN: 14780941 14772019
Contributors: Van den Brandt, M.J.; Abdala, F.; Benoit, J.; Day, M.O.; Groenewald, D.P.; Rubidge, B.S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

A re-assessment of the oldest therapsid Raranimus confirms its status as a basal member of the clade and fills Olson’s gap

The Science of Nature
2021-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-1042
Part of ISSN: 1432-1904
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Julien Benoit
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The First Healed Bite Mark and Embedded Tooth in the Snout of a Middle Permian Gorgonopsian (Synapsida: Therapsida)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2021-06-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-701X
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Julien Benoit
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New Specimen of the Enigmatic Dicynodont Lanthanostegus mohoii (Therapsida, Anomodontia) from the Southwestern Karoo Basin of South Africa, and its Implications for Middle Permian Biostratigraphy

Frontiers in Earth Science
2021-06-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-6463
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Julien Benoit
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Neonate aggregation in the Permian dicynodont Diictodon (Therapsida, Anomodontia): Evidence for a reproductive function for burrows?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2021-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0031-0182
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Julien Benoit
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Cranial morphology of the middle Permian pareiasaur Nochelesaurus alexanderi from the Karoo Basin of South Africa

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2021-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1755-6910
Part of ISSN: 1755-6929
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A test of the lateral semicircular canal correlation to head posture, diet and other biological traits in “ungulate” mammals

Scientific Reports
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85095851897

Part of ISBN:

20452322

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Legendre, L.J.; Farke, A.A.; Neenan, J.M.; Mennecart, B.; Costeur, L.; Merigeaud, S.; Manger, P.R.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

The Evolution of the Maxillary Canal in Probainognathia (Cynodontia, Synapsida): Reassessment of the Homology of the Infraorbital Foramen in Mammalian Ancestors

Journal of Mammalian Evolution
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85066031025

Part of ISBN:

15737055 10647554

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Ruf, I.; Miyamae, J.A.; Fernandez, V.; Rodrigues, P.G.; Rubidge, B.S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Synchrotron X-ray radiation and the African earth sciences: A critical review

Journal of African Earth Sciences
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1464-343X
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Julien Benoit
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Brain evolution in Proboscidea (Mammalia, Afrotheria) across the Cenozoic

Scientific Reports
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85068070724

Part of ISBN:

20452322

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Legendre, L.J.; Tabuce, R.; Obada, T.; Mararescul, V.; Manger, P.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

One small step: A review of Plio-Pleistocene hominin foot evolution

American Journal of Physical Anthropology
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85059020013

Part of ISBN:

10968644 00029483

Contributors: DeSilva, J.; McNutt, E.; Benoit, J.; Zipfel, B.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Parental care or opportunism in South African Triassic cynodonts?

South African Journal of Science
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85064335089

Part of ISBN:

19967489

Contributors: Benoit, J.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Interest in geological and palaeontological curiosities by southern African non-western societies: A review and perspectives for future study

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
2019-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0016-7878
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Julien Benoit
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A new species of burnetiid (Therapsida, Burnetiamorpha) from the early Wuchiapingian of South Africa and implications for the evolutionary ecology of the family Burnetiidae

Papers in Palaeontology
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85046026664

Contributors: Day, M.O.; Smith, R.M.H.; Benoit, J.; Fernandez, V.; Rubidge, B.S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Evolution of facial innervation in anomodont therapsids (Synapsida): Insights from X-ray computerized microtomography

Journal of Morphology
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85042190128

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Angielczyk, K.D.; Miyamae, J.A.; Manger, P.; Fernandez, V.; Rubidge, B.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Endocranial Casts of Pre-Mammalian Therapsids Reveal an Unexpected Neurological Diversity at the Deep Evolutionary Root of Mammals

Brain, Behavior and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85033493192

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Fernandez, V.; Manger, P.R.; Rubidge, B.S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Revealing The Cynodonts Missing Braincase - How Mammals Evolved With Cartilage Braincases

Science Trends
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Julien Benoit
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Synchrotron scanning reveals the palaeoneurology of the head-butting Moschops capensis (Therapsida, Dinocephalia)

PeerJ
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85027354845

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Manger, P.R.; Norton, L.; Fernandez, V.; Rubidge, B.S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

The mystery of a missing bone: revealing the orbitosphenoid in basal Epicynodontia (Cynodontia, Therapsida) through computed tomography

Die Naturwissenschaften
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85031665328

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Jasinoski, S.C.; Fernandez, V.; Abdala, F.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

A cladistic analysis of Graecopithecus

South African Journal of Science
2017-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1996-7489
Contributors: Julien Benoit; Francis J. Thackeray
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Reappraisal of the envenoming capacity of Euchambersia mirabilis (Therapsida, Therocephalia) using μCT-scanning techniques

PLOS ONE
2017-02-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Julien Benoit; Luke A. Norton; Paul R. Manger; Bruce S. Rubidge; Leon Claessens
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A review of the "venomous therocephalian" hypothesis and how multiple re-portrayals of Euchambersia have influenced its success and vice versa

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84997017930

Contributors: Benoit, J.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Cranial Bosses of Choerosaurus dejageri (Therapsida, Therocephalia): Earliest Evidence of Cranial Display Structures in Eutheriodonts.

2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Benoit J; Manger PR; Fernandez V; Rubidge BS
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Julien Benoit via Europe PubMed Central
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Palaeoneurological clues to the evolution of defining mammalian soft tissue traits

Scientific Reports
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84971222034

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Manger, P.R.; Rubidge, B.S.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier

Picking up the pieces: The digital reconstruction of a destroyed holotype from its serial section drawings

Palaeontologia Electronica
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84988667534

Contributors: Benoit, J.; Jasinoski, S.C.
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Julien Benoit via Scopus - Elsevier
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