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

Rodolphe Tabuce
CitizenshipFrench
Known forAfrotherian palaeobiology

Career

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Tabuce is a member of the Regional Geological Heritage Commission and of the Regional Scientific Council for Natural Heritage for the Occitanie region.[1]

Tabuce is known for his studies of the dental anatomy and enamel microstructure of various mammal clades, including anthracotheriids,[2] proboscideans,[3] and hyracoids.[4]

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[5]
2025 Algeripithecus minimissimus sp. nov. Marivaux, Charruault, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, Mebrouk, Ammar, Essid, Marzougui, Temani, & Tabuce[5]
2025 Azibius magnus sp. nov. Marivaux, Charruault, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, Mebrouk, Ammar, Essid, Marzougui, Temani, & Tabuce[5]
2024 Thyreosaurus atlasicus gen. et sp. nov. Zafaty, Oukassou, Riguetti, Company, Bendrioua, Tabuce, Charrière, & Pereda-Superbiola[6]
2024 Peradectes crocheti sp. nov. Gernelle, Billet, Gheerbrant, Godinot, Marandat, Ladevèze, & Tabuce[7]
2017 Phenacophiomys occidentalis gen. et sp. nov. Marivaux, Adnet, Benammi, Tabuce, Yans, & Benammi[8]
2017 Neophiomys minutus sp. nov. Marivaux, Adnet, Benammi, Tabuce, Yans, & Benammi[8]
2017 Mubhammys atlanticus sp. nov. Marivaux, Adnet, Benammi, Tabuce, Yans, & Benammi[8]
2014 Furodon crocheti gen. et sp. nov. Solé, Lhuillier, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, & Tabuce[9]
2014 Parvavorodon gheerbranti gen. et sp. nov. Solé, Lhuillier, Adaci, Bensalah, Mahboubi, & Tabuce[9]
2013 Mistralestes arcensis gen. et sp. nov. Tabuce, Tortosa, Vianey-Liaud, Garcia, Lebrun, Godefroit, Dutour, Berton, Valentin, & Cheylan[10]
2012 Witwatia sigei sp. nov. Ravel, Marivaux, Tabuce, Ben Haj Ali, Essid, & Vianey-Liaud[11]
2011 Mondegodon eutrigonus gen. et sp. nov. Tabuce, Clavel, & Antunes[12]
2011 Lazibemys zegdouensis gen. et sp. nov. Marivaux, Adaci, Bensalah, Rodrigues, Hautier, Mahboubi, Mebrouk, Tabuce, & Vianey-Liaud[13]
2011 Lavocatavis africana gen. et sp. nov. Mourer-Chauviré, Tabuce, Mahboubi, Adaci, & Bensalah[14]
2006 Moeritherium chehbeurameuri sp. nov. Delmer, Mahmoubi, Tabuce, & Tassy[15]

References

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  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. {{cite journal}}: |last4= has generic name (help)
  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.