Ambassador Virginie

Ambassador Virginie Bouetel European projects manager PhD Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 8 years experience as European projects manager/officer in natural history collections Collections Department

Collections expertise and special interests
Baleen whales evolution

Research expertise and special interests
Baleen whales evolution
Natural history collections
Taxonomy
Access to European collections and resources

Recent papers
-- The anatomy and relationships of Piscobalaena nana (Cetacea, Mysticeti), a Cetotheriidae s.s. from the Early Pliocene of Peru
link: http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/g2006n2a8.pdf

-- Phylogenetic implications of skull structure and feeding behaviour in balaenopterids (Cetacea, Mysticeti)
link: http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/content/86/1/139