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DURINGER, P., M. SCHUSTER, J. GENISE, A. LIKIUS, H. MACKAYE, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2006). "The first fossil fungus gardens of Isoptera: oldest evidence of symbiotic termite fungiculture (Miocene, Chad basin)." Naturwissenschaften 93 (12): 610-615

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GUY, F., D. E. LIEBERMAN, D. PILBEAM, M. PONCE DE LEON, A. LIKIUS, H. T. MACKAYE, P. VIGNAUD, C. ZOLLIKOFER and M. BRUNET (2005). "Morphological affinities of the Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Late Miocene hominid from Chad) cranium." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (52): 18836-18841

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KRÖPELIN, S., D. VERSCHUREN, A.-M. LÉZINE, H. EGGERMONT, C. COCQUYT, P. FRANCUS, J.-P. CAZET, M. FAGOT, J. M. RUSSELL, F. DARIUS, D. J. CONLEY, M. SCHUSTER, H. V. SUCHODOLETZ and D. R. ENGSTROM (2008). "Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: the past 6000 years." Science 320: 765-768

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LOUCHART, A., Y. HAILE-SELASSIE, P. VIGNAUD, A. LIKIUS and M. BRUNET (2008). "Fossil birds from the Late Miocene of Chad and Ethiopia and zoogeographical implications." Oryctos 7: 147-167

LOUCHART, A., C. MOURER-CHAUVIRE, H. T. MACKAYE, A. LIKIUS, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2004). "Les oiseaux du Pliocène inférieur du Djourab, Tchad, Afrique centrale." Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 175 (4): 413-421

LOUCHART, A., C. MOURER-CHAUVIRE, P. VIGNAUD, H. T. MACKAYE and M. BRUNET (2005). "A finfoot from the Late Miocene of Toros Menalla (Chad, Africa): Palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications." Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 222 (1-2): 1-9

LOUCHART, A., P. VIGNAUD, A. LIKIUS, M. BRUNET and T. D. WHITE (2005). "A large extinct marabou stork in African Pliocene hominid sites, and a review of the fossil species of Leptoptilos." Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (3): 549-563

LOUCHART, A., P. VIGNAUD, A. LIKIUS, H. T. MACKAYE and M. BRUNET (2005). "A new swan (Aves : Anatidae) in Africa, from the latest Miocene of Chad and Libya." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (2): 384-392

MACKAYE, H. T., M. BRUNET and P. TASSY (2005). "Selenetherium kolleensis nov. gen. nov. sp.: un nouveau Proboscidea (Mammalia) dans le Pliocène tchadien." Geobios 38: 765-777

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MERCERON, G., C. BLONDEL, M. BRUNET, S. SEN, N. SOLOUNIAS, L. VIRIOT and E. HEINTZ (2004). "The Late Miocene paleoenvironment of Afghanistan as inferred from dental microwear in artiodactyls." Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 207 (1-2): 143-163

MERCERON, G., L. DE BONIS, L. VIRIOT and C. BLONDEL (2005). "Dental microwear of fossil bovids from northern Greece: paleoenvironmental conditions in the eastern Mediterranean during the Messinian." Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 217 (3-4): 173-185

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OTERO, O., A. LIKIUS, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2007). "A new claroteid catfish (siluriformes) from the upper Miocene of Toros-Menalla, Chad: Auchenoglanis soye, sp. nov." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (2): 285-294

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OTERO, O., A. PINTON, H. T. MACKAYE, A. LIKIUS, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2009). "Fishes and palaeogeography of the African drainage basins: Relationships between Chad and neighbouring basins throughout the Mio-Pliocene." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 274 (3-4): 134-139

OTERO, O., A. PINTON, H. T. MACKAYE, A. LIKIUS, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2009). "First description of a Pliocene ichthyofauna from Central Africa (site KL2, Kolle area, Eastern Djurab, Chad): What do we learn?" Journal of African Earth Sciences 54 (3-4): 62-74

OTERO, O., A. PINTON, H. T. MACKAYE, A. LIKIUS, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2010). "The early/late Pliocene ichthyofauna from Koro-Toro, Eastern Djurab, Chad." Geobios 43 (2): 241-251

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PEIGNÉ, S., L. DE BONIS, A. LIKIUS, H. T. MACKAYE, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2005). "The earliest modern mongoose (Carnivora, Herpestidae) from Africa (late Miocene of Chad)." Naturwissenschaften 92: 287-292

PINTON, A., E. FARA and O. OTERO (2005). "Spine anatomy reveals the diversity of catfish through time: a case study of Synodontis (Siluriformes)." Naturwissenschaften 93 (1): 22-26

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SCHUSTER, M., P. DURINGER, J.-F. GHIENNE, P. VIGNAUD, H. T. MACKAYE, A. LIKIUS and M. BRUNET (2006). "The Age of the Sahara Desert." Science 311 (5762): 821

SCHUSTER, M., P. DURINGER, J. F. GHIENNE, C. ROQUIN, P. SEPULCHRE, A. MOUSSA, A. E. LEBATARD, H. T. MACKAYE, A. LIKIUS, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2009). "Chad Basin: Paleoenvironments of the Sahara since the Late Miocene." Comptes Rendus Geoscience 341 (8-9): 603-611

SEPULCHRE, P., M. SCHUSTER, G. RAMSTEIN, G. KRINNEZR, J. GIRARD, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNEL (2008). "Evolution of Lake Chad Basin hydrology during the mid-Holocene: a preliminary approach from lake to climate modelling." Global and Planetary Change 61: 41-48

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