Chatar, N., Vankelst, M., Pérez-Ramos, A., Pollock, T. I., Tamagnini, D., Michaud, M., Raskin, L. Y., & Tseng, Z. J. (16 July 2026). Performance trade-offs define a fundamental dental dichotomy in mammals. Science, 393 (6808), 265-271. doi:10.1126/science.aee3453 |
Fischer, V.* , Solé, F.* , Le Verger, K., Mennecart, B., Vankelst, M., Chatar, N., Speijer, R., Peignié, S., & Smith, T. (2026). The rise of carnivoran mammals in Europe through the lens of body mass. Biology Letters. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2026.0319 * These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
Vankelst, M., Chatar, N., Fischer, V., Michaud, M., Tamagnini Davide, Pollock Tahlia, Meloro Carlo, & Tseng Z. Jack. (2026). Decoupling geometry and topography reveals contrasting ecomorphological signals in carnivoran carnassial teeth. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rspb.2026.0400 |
Chatar, N., Vankelst, M., Michaud, M., Tamagnini, D., Pollock, T., Pérez Ramos, A., & Tseng, J. (27 May 2025). Breaking Bite : carnassial teeth on the test bench [Poster presentation]. International Symposium on Biomechanical Simulation Techniques for Evolutionary Morphology and Biomedical Sciences, Bordeaux, France. |
Vankelst, M., Fischer, V., Michaud, M., Tseng, Z. J., Tamagnini, D., Pollock, T., Pérez Ramos, A., & Chatar, N. (11 September 2024). Carnassial Chronicles: A jawesome journey through the evolution of carnivorous placentals [Paper presentation]. 8th International Geologica Belgica Meeting, Liège, Belgium. |
Vankelst, M., Fischer, V., Michaud, M., Tseng, Z. J., Tamagnini, D., Pollock, T. I., Pérez Ramos, A., & Chatar, N. (30 August 2024). What big teeth you have: disparity and convergence in the carnassial tooth shape in carnivoramorphans and ‘creodonts’ [Poster presentation]. 21st EAVP meeting, Svalbard, Norway. |
Palmer, S., Chatar, N., Rule, J., Vankelst, M., & Cooke, S. (26 June 2024). Homodonty evolved after the aquatic transition in Pinnipedia [Paper presentation]. 10th SECAD meeting, Liège, Belgium. |
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