Philippe Janvier

Philippe Janvier is a French paleontologist, specialising in Palaeozoic vertebrates, who currently works at the Museum National de l’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He has written several books and scientific papers on Palaeozoic vertebrates and contributed to the Tree of Life phylogeny project. Janvier received the award of the Grand prix scientifique de la Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca (Institut de France) on June 11, 2008 for his work.^[1]

Bibliography

• Janvier, Philippe. (1993). Patterns of diversity in the skull of jawless fishes. In The Skull (ed. J. Hanken and B. K. Hall), Vol. 2, pp. 131–188. The University of Chicago Press.
• Janvier, Philippe (1996). "The dawn of the vertebrates: Characters versus common ascent in the rise of current vertebrate phylogenies.". Palaeontology 39: 259–287. http://palaeontology.palass-pubs.org/pdf/Vol%2039/Pages%20259-287.pdf.
• Janvier, Philippe. 1996, 2003. Early Vertebrates (1996); Early Vertebrates (2003). Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics, v. 33, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, ISBN 0198540477392 pp. - a comprehensive review of the phylogyny and technical characteristics of Paleozoic fish
• Forey, P. L., and Janvier, P. (1993). Agnathans and the origin of jawed vertebrates. Nature, 361, 129-134.
• Forey, P. L., and Janvier, P. (1994). Evolution of the early vertebrates. American Scientist, 82, 554-565.

References

General: Philippe Janier at Palaeos.org

1. ↑ "N° 04 - Juin 2008 : Philippe Janvier reçoit le Grand prix scientifique". Museum National de l’Histoire Naturelle. 2008-06-11. 

External links

• Philippe Janvier at Canal Academic