Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Mickael Mourlam
Postdoctoral Reseacher
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Paleobiology; evolution; phylogeny; geometric morphometrics; µCT scan investigation; adaptation to aquatic life; emergence of echolocation; origin of cetaceans;
Mammalogy; Artiodactyla; endemic European Paleogene artiodactyls; Cetancodonta; “archaeocetes”; Protocetidae; Raoellidae; Xenorophidae; Simocetidae;
Anatomy; tympanic bulla; ear ossicles; petrosal; bony labyrinth.
ACADEMIC POSITION
Since 2024 Postdoctoral researcher, Division Messel Research & Mammalogy, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main
EDUCATION
2019 PhD in Palaeobiology
“The auditory region of Artiodactyla: phylogenetical and ecological signals”
CNRS – Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier (ISEM)
2015 Master’s degree in Palaeontology
Université Montpellier 2 – Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier (ISEM)
Université de Poitiers – Institute of Paleoprimatology, Human Paleontology: Evolution and Paleoenvironments (iPHEP)
2012 Bachelor’s degree in Science of Earth, Universe and Environment Université de Strasbourg – Université Montpellier 2
Publications
Orliac, M. J., Mourlam, M. J., Boisserie, J. R., Costeur, L. and Lihoreau, F. 2023. Evolution of semiaquatic habits in hippos and their extinct relatives: insights from the ear region. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 198(4): 1092-1105. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac112
Hautier, L., Tabuce, R., Mourlam, M. J., Kassegne, K. E., Amoudji, Y. Z., Orliac, M.J., Quillévéré, F., Charruault, A.-L., Johnson, A. K. and Guinot, G. 2021. New middle Eocene proboscidean from Togo illuminates the early evolution of the elephantiform-like dental pattern. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, 288(1960): 20211439. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1439
Kassegne, K. E., Mourlam, M. J., Guinot, G., Amoudji, Y. Z., Martin, J. E., Togbe, K. A., Johnson, A. K. and Hautier, L. 2021. First partial cranium of Togocetus from Kpogamé (Togo) and the protocetid diversity in the Togolese phosphate basin. Annales de Paléontologie, 107(2): 102488. doi: 10.1016/j.annpal.2021.102488
Assemat, A., Mourlam, M. J., Weppe, R., Maugoust, J., Antoine, P.-A. and Orliac, M. J. 2020. The ossicular chain of Cainotheriidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia). Journal of Anatomy, 237(2): 250-262. doi: 10.1111/joa.13190
Mourlam, M. J. and Orliac, M. J. 2019. Early Evolution of the Ossicular Chain in Cetacea: Into the Middle Ear Gears of a Semi-Aquatic Protocetid Whale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, 286(1912): 20191417. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1417
Mourlam, M. J. and Orliac, M. J. 2017. Infrasonic and ultrasonic hearing evolved after the emergence of modern whales. Current Biology, 27(12): 1776-1781. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.061
Mourlam, M. J. and Orliac, M. J. 2017. Protocetid (Cetacea, Artiodactyla) bullae and petrosals from the middle Eocene locality of Kpogamé, Togo: new insights into the early history of cetacean hearing. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 16(8): 621-644. doi: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1328378
Data Paper
Hautier, L., Tabuce, R., Kassegne, K. E., Amoudji, Y. Z., Mourlam, M. J., Orliac, M.J., Quillévéré, F., Charruault, A.-L., Johnson, A. K. and Guinot, G. 2021. 3D models related to the publication: New middle Eocene proboscidean from Togo illuminates the early evolution of the elephantiform-like dental pattern. MorphoMuseuM, doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.145
Kassegne, K. E., Mourlam, M. J., Guinot, G., Amoudji, Y. Z., Martin, J. E., Togbe, K. A., Johnson, A. K. and Hautier, L. 2021. 3D models related to the publication: First partial cranium of Togocetus from Kpogamé (Togo) and the protocetid diversity in the Togolese phosphate basin. MorphoMuseuM, doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.143
Assemat, A., Mourlam, M. J. and Orliac, M. J. 2020. 3D models related to the publication: The ossicular chain of Cainotheriidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia). MorphoMuseuM, doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.110
Mourlam, M. J. and Orliac, M. J. 2019. 3D models related to the publication: Early Evolution of the Ossicular Chain in Cetacea: Into the Middle Ear Gears of a Semi-Aquatic Protocetid Whale. MorphoMuseuM, doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.94
Orliac, M. J. and Mourlam, M. J. 2017. 3D models related to the publication: Infrasonic and ultrasonic hearing evolved after the emergence of modern whales. MorphoMuseuM, doi: 10.18563/m3.3.2.e4
Mourlam, M. J. and Orliac, M. J. 2017. 3D models related to the publication: Protocetid (Cetacea, Artiodactyla) bullae and petrosals from the middle Eocene locality of Kpogamé, Togo: new insights into the early history of cetacean hearing. MorphoMuseuM, doi: 10.18563/m3.3.1.e2