Rodolphe Tabuce

Rodolphe Tabuce
Years active2006-present
Known forAfrotherian palaeobiology

Rodolphe Tabuce is a French palaeontologist. His research primarily focuses on the biology of Cenozoic mammals, particularly afrotherians.

Career

Tabuce is a member of the Regional Geological Heritage Commission and of the Regional Scientific Council for Natural Heritage for the Occitanie region.

Tabuce is known for his studies of the dental anatomy and enamel microstructure of various mammal clades, including anthracotheriids, proboscideans, and hyracoids.

Below is a list of taxa that Tabuce has contributed to naming:

Year Taxon Authors
2025 Lazibadapis anchomomyinopsis gen. et sp. nov. Marivaux, Charruault, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, Mebrouk, Ammar, Essid, Marzougui, Temani, & Tabuce
2025 Algeripithecus minimissimus sp. nov. Marivaux, Charruault, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, Mebrouk, Ammar, Essid, Marzougui, Temani, & Tabuce
2025 Azibius magnus sp. nov. Marivaux, Charruault, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, Mebrouk, Ammar, Essid, Marzougui, Temani, & Tabuce
2024 Thyreosaurus atlasicus gen. et sp. nov. Zafaty, Oukassou, Riguetti, Company, Bendrioua, Tabuce, Charrière, & Pereda-Superbiola
2024 Peradectes crocheti sp. nov. Gernelle, Billet, Gheerbrant, Godinot, Marandat, Ladevèze, & Tabuce
2017 Phenacophiomys occidentalis gen. et sp. nov. Marivaux, Adnet, Benammi, Tabuce, Yans, & Benammi
2017 Neophiomys minutus sp. nov. Marivaux, Adnet, Benammi, Tabuce, Yans, & Benammi
2017 Mubhammys atlanticus sp. nov. Marivaux, Adnet, Benammi, Tabuce, Yans, & Benammi
2014 Furodon crocheti gen. et sp. nov. Solé, Lhuillier, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, & Tabuce
2014 Parvavorodon gheerbranti gen. et sp. nov. Solé, Lhuillier, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, & Tabuce
2013 Mistralestes arcensis gen. et sp. nov. Tabuce, Tortosa, Vianey-Liaud, Garcia, Lebrun, Godefroit, Dutour, Berton, Valentin, & Cheylan
2012 Witwatia sigei sp. nov. Ravel, Marivaux, Tabuce, Ben Haj Ali, Essid, & Vianey-Liaud
2011 Mondegodon eutrigonus gen. et sp. nov. Tabuce, Clavel, & Antunes
2011 Lazibemys zegdouensis gen. et sp. nov. Marivaux, Adaci, Bensalah, Rodrigues, Hautier, Mahboubi, Mebrouk, Tabuce, & Vianey-Liaud
2011 Lavocatavis africana gen. et sp. nov. Mourer-Chauviré, Tabuce, Mahboubi, Adaci, & Bensalah
2006 Moeritherium chehbeurameuri sp. nov. Delmer, Mahmoubi, Tabuce, & Tassy

References

  1. ↑ "Rodolphe Tabuce". ISEM. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Alloing-Séguier, Léanie; Lihoreau, Fabrice; Boisserie, Jean-Renaud; Charruault, Anne-Lise; Orliac, Maeva; Tabuce, Rodolphe (27 June 2014). "Enamel microstructure evolution in anthracotheres (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) and new insights on hippopotamoid phylogeny: Enamel Microstructure of Hippopotamoids". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (3): 668–695. doi:10.1111/zoj.12143. Retrieved 30 March 2026 – via Oxford Academic.
  3. ↑ Tabuce, Rodolphe; Delmer, Cyrille; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (April 2007). "Evolution of the tooth enamel microstructure in the earliest proboscideans (Mammalia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149 (4): 611–628. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00272.x. ISSN 1096-3642. Retrieved 30 March 2026 – via Oxford Academic.
  4. ↑ Tabuce, Rodolphe; Seiffert, Erik R.; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Alloing-Séguier, Léanie; von Koenigswald, Wighart (8 January 2016). "Tooth Enamel Microstructure of Living and Extinct Hyracoids Reveals Unique Enamel Types Among Mammals". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 24 (1): 91–110. doi:10.1007/s10914-015-9317-6. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 30 March 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.
  5. 1 2 3 Marivaux, Laurent; Charruault, Anne-Lise; Adaci, Mohammed; Bensalah, Mustapha; Mahboubi, Mahammed; Mebrouk, Fateh; Ammar, Hayet Khayati; Essid, El Mabrouk; Marzougui, Wissem; Temani, Rim; Tabuce, Rodolphe (September 2025). "New insights into the diversity of strepsirrhine primates from the late early–early middle Eocene of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia)". Journal of Human Evolution. 206 103729. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2025.103729. Retrieved 9 January 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  6. ↑ Zafaty, Omar; Oukassou, Mostafa; Riguetti, Facundo; Company, Julio; Bendrioua, Saad; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Charrière, André; Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier (July 2024). "A new stegosaurian dinosaur (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) with a remarkable dermal armour from the Middle Jurassic of North Africa". Gondwana Research. 131: 344–362. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2024.03.009. hdl:11336/232793. Retrieved 30 March 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  7. ↑ Gernelle, Killian; Billet, Guillaume; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel; Godinot, Marc; Marandat, Bernard; Ladevèze, Sandrine; Tabuce, Rodolphe (27 July 2024). "Taxonomy and evolutionary history of peradectids (Metatheria): New data from the early Eocene of France". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31 (3). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09724-5. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 2 April 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.
  8. 1 2 3 Marivaux, Laurent; Adnet, Sylvain; Benammi, Mohamed; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Yans, Johan; Benammi, Mouloud (3 September 2017). "Earliest Oligocene hystricognathous rodents from the Atlantic margin of northwestern Saharan Africa (Dakhla, Morocco): systematic, paleobiogeographical, and paleoenvironmental implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (5) e1357567. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1357567. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 5 April 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  9. 1 2 Solé, Floréal; Lhuillier, Julie; Adaci, Mohammed; Bensalah, Mustapha; Mahboubi, M'hammed; Tabuce, Rodolphe (3 April 2014). "The hyaenodontidans from the Gour Lazib area (?Early Eocene, Algeria): implications concerning the systematics and the origin of the Hyainailourinae and Teratodontinae". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (3): 303–322. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.795196. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 30 March 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  10. ↑ Tabuce, Rodolphe; Tortosa, Thierry; Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Garcia, Géraldine; Lebrun, Renaud; Godefroit, Pascal; Dutour, Yves; Berton, Sévérine; Valentin, Xavier; Cheylan, Gilles (1 November 2013). "New eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Aix-en-Provence Basin, south-eastern France: European Late Cretaceous mammals". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (3): 653–672. doi:10.1111/zoj.12074. Retrieved 22 May 2026 – via Oxford Academic.
  11. ↑ Ravel, Anthony; Marivaux, Laurent; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Ben Haj Ali, Mustapha; Essid, El Mabrouk; Vianey‐Liaud, Monique (18 September 2012). "A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia". Palaeontology. 55 (5): 1035–1041. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01160.x. ISSN 0031-0239. Retrieved 24 April 2026 – via Wiley Online Library.
  12. ↑ Tabuce, Rodolphe; Clavel, Julien; Antunes, Miguel Telles (February 2011). "A structural intermediate between triisodontids and mesonychians (Mammalia, Acreodi) from the earliest Eocene of Portugal". Naturwissenschaften. 98 (2): 145–155. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0747-y. ISSN 0028-1042. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.
  13. ↑ Marivaux, Laurent; Adaci, Mohammed; Bensalah, Mustapha; Rodrigues, Helder Gomes; Hautier, Lionel; Mahboubi, M'hammed; Mebrouk, Fateh; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Vianey-Liaud, Monique (5 December 2011). "Zegdoumyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia), stem anomaluroid rodents from the Early to Middle Eocene of Algeria (Gour Lazib, Western Sahara): new dental evidence". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9 (4): 563–588. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.562555. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  14. ↑ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Mahboubi, M’hammed; Adaci, Mohammed; Bensalah, Mustapha (28 August 2011). "A Phororhacoid bird from the Eocene of Africa". Naturwissenschaften. 98 (10): 815–823. Bibcode:2011NW.....98..815M. doi:10.1007/s00114-011-0829-5. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 21874523. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
  15. ↑ Delmer, Cyrille; Mahboubi, Mohamed; Tabuce, Rodolphe; Tassy, Pascal (16 March 2006). "A NEW SPECIES OF MOERITHERIUM (PROBOSCIDEA, MAMMALIA) FROM THE EOCENE OF ALGERIA: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE ANCESTRAL MORPHOTYPE OF THE GENUS". Palaeontology. 49 (2): 421–434. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00548.x. ISSN 0031-0239. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via Wiley Online Library.