Scientific publications

A comparison of diverse mandibular mechanics during biting in Devonian lungfishes
Bland J., Dutel H., Long J.A., Fabbri M., Bevitt J., Trinajstic K., Panagiotopoulou O., Clement A.M.

iScience. [online article]

Ecological drivers of jaw morphological evolution in lepidosaurs
Ballell A., Dutel H., Fabbri M., Martin-Silverstone E., Kersley A., Hammond C.L., Herrel A., Rayfield E.J.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291: 20242052. [online article]

Co-option of neck muscles supported the vertebrate water-to-land transition
Heude E., Dutel H., Sanchez-Garrido F., Prummel K.D., Lalonde R., Lam F., Mosimann C., Herrel A., Tajbakhsh S.

Nature Communications. [online article]

A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics
Clement A.M., Cloutier R., Lee M.S.Y., King B., Vanhaesebroucke O., Bradshaw C.J.A., Dutel H., Trinajstic K., Long J.A. 

Nature Communications. [online article]

Nautilid beaks: unsuspected disparity and palaeoecological interpretation
Souquet L., Kruta I., Roscian M., Andreoletti J., Sirot C., Cornette R., Dutel H., Landman N.H., Herrel A., Rouget I.

Lethaia. [pdf]

Reconstructing an ancient fish: Three-dimensional skeletal restoration of the head of Mawsonia (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) using CT scan, and an adjusted model for body size estimation in fossil coelacanths
Toriño P., Dutel H., Soto M., Norbis W., Ezquerra V., Perea D.

Journal of Anatomy. [pdf]

Functional adaptation of the infant craniofacial system to mechanical loadings arising from masticatory forces
Liang C., Landi F., Çetin I.E., Profico A., Buzi C., Dutel H., Khonsari R.H., O’Higgins P., Moazen M.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291: 20240654. [online article]

Form-function relationships underlie rapid dietary changes in a lizard
Taverne M., Watson P.J., Dutel H., Boistel R., Lisicic D., Tadic Z., Fabre A.-C., Fagan M.J., Herrel A.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20230582. [online article]

Assessment of the mechanical role of cranial sutures in the mammalian skull: Computational biomechanical modelling of the rat skull
Sharp A.C., Dutel H. (co-first), Watson P.J., Gröning F., Crumpton N., Fagan M.J., Evans S.E.

Journal of Morphology 284: e21555. [online article]

Early tetrapod cranial evolution is characterized by increased complexity, constraint, and an offset from fin-limb evolution
Rawson J.R.G., Esteve-Altava B., Porro L.B., Dutel H., Rayfield E.J. 

Science Advances 8: eadc8875. [online article]

From micro to macroevolution: drivers of shape variation in an island radiation of Podarcis lizards
Taverne M., Dutel H., Fagan M.J., Štambuk A., Lisicic D., Tadic Z., Fabre A.-C., Herrel A.

Evolution 75: 2685-2707. [pdf]

Regional patterning in tail vertebral form and function in chameleons (C. calyptratus)
Luger A., Watson P.J., Dutel H., Fagan M.J., Herrel A., Luc Van Hoorebeke, Adriaens D.

Integrative and Comparative Biology 61: 455-463. [pdf]

Computational biomechanical modelling of the rabbit cranium during mastication
Watson P.J., Sharp A.C., Choudhary T., Fagan M.J., Dutel H., Evans S.E., Gröning F. 

Scientific Reports 11: 13196. [online article]

Comparative biomechanics in two lizard species: impact of variation in cranial design
Dutel H., Gröning F., Sharp A.C., Watson P.J., Herrel A., Ross C.F., Jones M.E.J., Evans S.E., Fagan M.J.
Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb234831. [pdf]

Development and growth of the pelvic fin in the extant coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
Mansuit R., Clément G., Herrel A., Dutel H., Tafforeau P., Santin M.D., Herbin M.  
The Anatomical Record 304: 541-558. [pdf]

Biomechanical role of the chondrocranium and the material properties of cartilage
Jones M.E.H., Gröning F., Aspden R., Dutel H., Sharp A.C., Moazen M., Fagan M.J., Evans S.E.
Vertebrate Zoology 70: 699-715. [pdf]

Development and growth of the pectoral girdle and fin skeleton in the extant coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
Mansuit R., Clément G., Herrel A., Dutel H., Tafforeau P., Santin M.D., Herbin M.
Journal of Anatomy 236: 494-509. [pdf]

Neurocranial development of the coelacanth and the evolution of the sarcopterygian head
Dutel H., Galland M., Tafforeau P., Long J.A., Fagan M.J., Janvier P., Herrel A., Santin M.D., Clément G., Herbin M.
Nature 569: 556-559. [pdf]

An assessment of the role of the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli in the cranium of the cat (Felis silvestris catus)
Sellés de Lucas V., Dutel H., Evans S.E., Gröning F., Sharp A.C., Watson P.J., Fagan M.J.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 15: 20180278. [online article]

The biomechanical role of the chondrocranium and sutures in a lizard skull
Jones E.H., Gröning F., Dutel H., Sharp A., Fagan M.J., Evans S.E.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 14: 20170637. [online article]

Form-function relationships in dragonfly mandibles under an evolutionary perspective
Blanke A., Schmitz H., Patera A., Dutel H., Fagan M.J.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 14: 20161038. [online article]

The third dimension: a novel setup for filming coelacanth movements in their natural environment
Décamps T., Herrel A., Ballesta L., Holon F., Rauby T., Gentil Y., Gentil C., Dutel H., Debruyne R., Charassin J.-B., Eveillard G., Clément G., Herbin M.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8(3): 322-328. [pdf]

Allometric growth in the extant coelacanth lung during ontogeny
Cupello C., Brito P. M., Herbin M., Meunier F., Janvier P., Dutel H., Clément G.
Nature Communications 6: 8222. [online article]

First occurrence of a mawsoniid coelacanth in the Early Jurassic of Europe
Dutel H., Herbin M., Clément G.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(3): e929581. [pdf]

Bite force in the extant coelacanth Latimeria: the role of the intracranial joint and basicranial muscle
Dutel H., Herbin M., Clément G., Herrel A.
Current Biology 25(9): 1228-1233. [pdf]

Redescription of the hyoid apparatus and associated musculature in the extant coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae: functional implications for feeding
Dutel H., Herrel A., Clément G., Herbin M.
The Anatomical Record 298(3): 579-601. [pdf]

A giant marine coelacanth from the Jurassic of Normandy, France
Dutel H.,Pennetier E., Pennetier G.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5): 1239-1242. [pdf]

Sub-micron imaging of soft-tissues using low-dose phase-contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography with an iodine contrast agent
Khonsari R.H., Healy C., Ohazama A., Sharpe P.T., Dutel H., Charles C, Viriot L., Tafforeau P.
The Anatomical Record 297(10): 1803-1807. [pdf]

A re-evaluation of the anatomy of the jaw-closing system in the extant coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae
Dutel H., Herrel A., Clément G., Herbin M.
Naturwissenschaften 100(11): 1007-1022. [pdf]

The buccohypophyseal canal is an ancestral vertebrate trait maintained by modulation in sonic hedgehog signaling
Khonsari R.H., Seppala M., Pradel A., Dutel H., Clément G., Lebedev O., Ghafoor S., Rothova M., Tucker A., Maisey J. G., Fan C-M., Ohazama A., Tafforeau P., Janvier P., Cobourne M.T., Sharpe P.T.
BMC Biology 11(27). [online article]

The giant cretaceous coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Megalocoealcanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and its bearing on Latimerioidei interrelationships
Dutel H., Maisey J.G., Schwimmer D.R., Janvier P., Herbin M., Clément G.
Plos One 7(11): e49911. [online article]

News & views: Fish fossil unfolds clues to vertebrate brain evolution
Dutel H. & Fabbri M.
Nature 614: 422-423. [pdf]