Damien Becker
priv. doc. Dr. Damien Becker
Conservateur
JURASSICA Museum
Rte de Fontenais 21
CH-2900 Porrentruy
Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 32 420 92 10
E-mail:
damien.becker(at)jurassica.chURL Institution:
www.jurassica.ch
Additional functions:
Member of the Scientific Concil of Fondation Jules Thurmann (FJT)
Elected member of committee of Cercle d'études scientifiques de la Société jurassienne d'émulation (SJE)
Elected member of committee of Swiss Palaeontological Society (SPS)
Associated Editor of the Swiss Journal of Geosciences
Scientific Editor of the scientific contributions of the Actes de la Société jurassienne d'émulation
Key Publications of Damien Becker (up to ten) :
Kocsis, L., Ozsvárt, P., Becker, D., Ziegler, R., Scherler, L. & Codrea, V. 2014: Alpine forced terrestrial climate variation during late Eocene-early Oligocene in Europe. Geology 42, 727-730.
Becker, D., Rauber, G. & Scherler, L. 2013: New small mammal fauna of the late Middle Eocene from a fissure filling of La Verrerie de Roches (Jura, NW Switzerland). Revue de Paléobiologie 32/2, 139-152.
Scherler, L., Mennecart, B., Hiard, F. & Becker, D. 2013: Evolutionary history of hoofed mammals during the Oligocene-Miocene transition in Western Europe. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106, 349-369.
Becker, D., Antoine, P.-O., Maridet, O. 2013: A new genus of Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Oligocene of Europe. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11, 947-972.
Becker, D. 2009: Earliest record of rhinocerotoids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Switzerland: Systematics and biostratigraphy. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 102, 375-390.
Expertise of Damien Becker:
Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
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Expert Type | Expert Type |
| Scientific / Fundamental Research |
Topic Atmosphere | Climate |
Topic Lithosphere | Lithosphere |
| Sediments: Formation, Dynamics, Metamorphism |
Topic Biosphere | Biosphere |
| Animals |
| Biodiversity |
Topic Ecosystems | Ecosystems |
| Terrestrial Ecosystems |
Spatial Scale | Continental |
| Regional |
Time Frame | Time Frame |
| Past |
| Past: Quarternary |
| Past: Tertiary |
Statistical Focus | Statistical Focus |
| Mean Change / Trends |
Time Scale | Time Scale |
| 100 kyr |
| Billenial (Mio yrs) |
Methods | Method |
| Data Collection |
| Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Collection - Documents, Archives |
| Data Analysis |
Specialties of Damien Becker:
Mammal palaeobiogeography, palaeobiology and evolution – Rhinocerotoid systematics – Late Pleistocene large mammals and megafauna extinction – Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Molasse Basin and the Upper Rhine Graben
Last update: 11/22/23
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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