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Vivian de Buffrénil
Born (1950-10-28) October 28, 1950 (age 74)
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
NationalityFrench
EducationDoctorate 1980, Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University
OccupationHistologist
Employer(s)Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
TitleMaître de Conférences

Vivian de Buffrénil is a French histologist and paleobiologist who has worked at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1982 to 2021. His doctorate (1980) and his doctorat d'état (1990), a diploma now replaced by the habilitation, were supervised by Armand de Ricqlès.[1] His main fields of interest include basic histological descriptions, growth dynamics as recorded in bone growth marks, and adaptation (both histological and microanatomical) of the tetrapod skeleton to a secondarily aquatic lifestyle. He is also interested in life history and population dynamics of exploited or threatened reptile taxa, especially among Varanidae and Crocodilia. He has published at least 92 papers, including 76 research papers, 10 reports on exploited or threatened species, and six popular papers.

His first papers dealt with the skeletal growth marks in extant crocodilians,[2][3] but very soon after that, he also tackled paleobiological issues, such as growth of an Eocene crocodilian then identified as Crocodylus cf. affinis.[4] Other extinct taxa on which he has published include the Ypresian crocodilian Dyrosaurus phosphaticus,[5] thalattosuchian crocodilians,[6] the Triassic presumed ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus nisseri,[7] other ichthyosaurs,[8] the Permian diapsid Claudiosaurus germaini,[9] champsosaurids,[10] the placodont Placodus,[11] Plesiosauria,[12] the early snakes Simoliophis[13] and Eupodophis,[14] and the mosasaur Carentonosaurus mineaui[15] among reptiles, and early cetaceans[16] and sirenians[17] among mammals. While his early papers typically dealt with only one or two taxa each, some of his most recent studies are based on comparative datasets including several taxa.[18][19] His most recent contribution is a large co-edited book.[20]

As a recognized leader in bone histology, he evaluates drafts regularly for several journals and serves on the editorial board (as Reviewing Editor) of the Comptes Rendus Palevol of the Académie des sciences (France). So far, his work has been cited 5077 times in scholarly works, according to Google Scholar.

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  1. ^ Laurin M. 2011. A preliminary biography of Armand de Ricqlès (1938–), the great synthesizer of bone histology.Comptes rendus Palevol 10: 293–301.
  2. ^ Buffrénil, V. de. 1980. Données préliminaires sur la structure des marques de croissance squelettiques chez les crocodiliens actuels et fossiles. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 105 (2) : 355-361.
  3. ^ Buffrénil, V. de. 1980. Mise en évidence de l’incidence des conditions de milieu sur la croissance de Crocodylus siamensis (Schneider, 1801) et valeur des marques de croissance squelettiques pour l’évaluation de l’âge individuel. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 121 (1) : 63-76.
  4. ^ Buffrénil, V. de and E. Buffetaut. 1981. Skeletal growth lines in an Eocene crocodilian skull from Wyoming as an indicator of ontogenic age and paleoclimatic conditions. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1:57-66.
  5. ^ Buffetaut, E.; Buffrénil, V. de; Ricqlès, A. de et Spinar, Z. V. 1982. Remarques anatomiques et paleohistologiques sur Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, crocodilien mésosuchien des phosphates Yprésiens de Tunisie. Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) 68 (4) : 327-341.
  6. ^ Hua, S. & Buffrénil, V. de. 1996. Bone histology as a clue in the interpretation of functional adaptations in the Thalattosuchia (Reptilia, Crocodylia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16 (4) : 703–717.
  7. ^ Buffrénil, V. de; Mazin, J-M. et Ricqlès, A. de. 1987. Caractères structuraux et mode de croissance du fémur d’Omphalosaurus nisseri, ichthyosaurien du Trias moyen du Spitsberg. Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) 73 : 195-216.
  8. ^ Buffrénil, V. de et Mazin, J-M. 1990. Bone histology of the ichthyosaurs: comparative data and functional interpretation. Paleobiology 16 (4) : 435-476.
  9. ^ Buffrénil, V. de et Mazin, J-M. 1989. Bone histology of Claudiosaurus germaini (Reptilia, Claudiosauridae) and the problem of pachyostosis in aquatic tetrapods. Historical Biology 2 : 311-322.
  10. ^ Buffrénil, V. de; Ricqlès, A. de; Sigogneau-Russell, D. & Buffetaut, E. 1990. L’histologie osseuse des Champsosauridés : données descriptives et interprétation fonctionnelle. Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) 76 (4) : 255-275.
  11. ^ Buffrénil, V. de et Mazin, J-M. 1992. Contribution de l’histologie osseuse à l’interprétation paléobiologique du genre Placodus Agassiz, 1833 (Reptilia, Placodontia). Revue de Paléobiologie, 11 (2) : 397-407.
  12. ^ Wiffen, J., Buffrénil, V. de, Ricqlès, A. de and Mazin, J. M. 1995. Ontogenetic evolution of bone structure in Late Cretaceous Plesiosauria from New Zealand. Geobios, 28 (5) : 625-640.
  13. ^ Buffrénil, V. de et Rage, J-C. 1993. La « pachyostose » vertébrale de Simoliophis (Reptilia, Squamata) : données comparatives et considérations fonctionnelles. Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés), 79 (4) : 315-335.
  14. ^ Houssaye A., Xu F., Helfen L., Buffrénil V de & Tafforeau P. 2011. Three dimensional pelvis and limb anatomy of the Cenomanian Lebanese hind-limbed snake Eupodophis descouensis (Squamata, Ophidia) revealed by Synchrotron-radiation computed laminography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31(1):2–7.
  15. ^ Houssaye, A.; Buffrénil, V. de; Rage, J-C. & Bardet, N. 2008. An analysis of vertebral « pachyostosis » in Carentonosaurus mineaui (Mosasauroidea, Squamata) from the Cenomanian (early late Cretaceous) of France, with comments on its phylogenetic and functional significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(3): 685-691.
  16. ^ Buffrénil, V. de; Ricqlès, A. de; C. E. Ray, & D. P. Domning. 1990. Bone histology of the ribs of the archaeocetes (Mammalia : Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 10 (4) : 455-466.
  17. ^ Buffrénil, V. de; Astibia, H.; Pereda Suberbiola, X.; Berreteaga, A. & Bardet, N. 2008. Bone histology of basal sirenians from the middle Eocene of western Europe. Geodiversitas, 30(2): 425-432.
  18. ^ Buffrénil V. de, Canoville A., D'Anastasio R, & Domning D. P. 2010. Evolution of sirenian pachyosteosclerosis, a model-case for the study of bone structure in aquatic tetrapods. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 17: 101-120.
  19. ^ Dumont, M.; Laurin, M.; Jacques, F.; Pellé, E.; Dabin, W.; & Buffrénil, V. de. 2013. Inner architecture of vertebral centra in terrestrial and aquatic mammals: a two-dimensional comparative study. Journal of Morphology. 274 (5): 570–84.
  20. ^ Buffrénil, Vivian de; Ricqlès, Armand J. de; Zylberberg, Louise; Padian, Kevin (24 June 2021). Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-351-18957-6.
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