Richard Cloutier
Associate Professor,Université du Québec à Rimouski
Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie
E-mail: richard_cloutier@uqar.ca
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ResearchWe study the skeletal and nervous development of fish in order to identify their modules (network of elements that act like relatively independent units) and patterning (order of formation of this elements) in order to solve the phylogeny of gnathostomes. We will a test our theoretical model of modularity in lampreys, chondrichthyes as well as bony fishes.QCBS studentsPrevious students (since 2009)France CharestPh.D. Marion ChevrinaisPh.D. Thomas GrünbaumPh.D. Olivier LarouchePh.D. Cyrena RileyPh.D. margot angibaudM.Sc. Marion ChevrinaisM.Sc. Lemieux CynthiaM.Sc. Cynthia DeschênesM.Sc. François GrégoireM.Sc. Laurent HouleM.Sc. Émilie LebelM.Sc. Émilie LebelM.Sc. Caroline LehouxM.Sc. Élodie LibertM.Sc. Roxane NoëlM.Sc. Daniel Potvin-LeducM.Sc. Vincent RoyM.Sc. Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedHippoglossus hippoglossus Salvelinus alpinus Salmoniformes Teleostei Salmonidae Percina copelandi Sarcopterygii Nereis virens Chondrichthyes Bothriolepis canadensis Latimeria chalumnae Philornis downsi Amblyraja radiata Petromyzon marinus Publications65- A Late Devonian coelacanth reconfigures actinistian phylogeny, disparity, and evolutionary dynamics Journal Article Clement A M , Cloutier R , Lee M S Y , King B , Vanhaesebroucke O , Bradshaw C J A , Dutel H , Trinajstic K , Long J A , 2024 Nature communications (Date Added: 2024-09-22) 64- Description of a tetrapod trackway from the early Carboniferous Bonaventure Formation of New Brunswick, Canada Journal Article Bateman L , Cloutier R , Larsson H C , 2024 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (Date Added: 2024-06-24) 63- Evolution of median fin patterning and modularity in living and fossil osteichthyans Journal Article Charest F , Mondéjar Fernández J , Grünbaum T , Cloutier R , 2023 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2023-03-31) 62- Ontogeny of Euphanerops longaevus from the Upper Devonian Miguasha Fossil–Fish–Lagerstätte and comparison with the skeletogenesis of the sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus Journal Article Chevrinais M , Morel C , Renaud C B , Cloutier R , 2023 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (Date Added: 2023-03-25) 61- Whole-body variational modularity in the zebrafish: An inside-out story of a model species Journal Article Vanhaesebroucke O , Larouche O , Cloutier R , 2023 Biology Letters (Date Added: 2023-03-07) 60- The preorbital depression and recess of antiarch placoderms (jawed stem-gnathostomes) revisited from an ontogenetic (saltatory) point of view Journal Article Charest F , Johanson Z , Cloutier R , 2022 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Date Added: 2022-10-29) 59- Paedomorphosis and neurocranial ossification in two Devonian lungfishes Journal Article , 2022 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (Date Added: 2022-09-08) 58- Morphometric analysis of lungfish endocasts elucidates early dipnoan palaeoneurological evolution Journal Article Clement A M , Challands T J , Cloutier R , Houle L , Ahlberg P E , Collin S P , Long J A , 2022 eLife (Date Added: 2022-07-24) 57- Life history and ossification patterns in Miguashaia bureaui reveal the early evolution of osteogenesis in coelacanths Journal Article Mondéjar Fernández J , Meunier F J , Cloutier R , Clément G , Laurin M , 2022 PeerJ (Date Added: 2022-05-05) 56- A fresh look at cladarosymblema narrienense, a tetrapodomorph fish (sarcopterygii: Megalichthyidae) from the carboniferous of Australia, illuminated via X-ray tomography Journal Article Clement A M , Cloutier R , Lu J , Perilli E , Maksimenko A , Long J , 2021 PeerJ (Date Added: 2021-12-24) 55- A late-surviving stem-ctenophore from the Late Devonian of Miguasha (Canada) Journal Article Klug C , Kerr J , Lee M S Y , Cloutier R , 2021 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2021-10-05) 54- Phenotypic regionalization of the vertebral column in the thorny skate Amblyraja radiata: Stability and variation Journal Article Berio F , Bayle Y , Riley C , Larouche O , Cloutier R , 2021 Journal of Anatomy (Date Added: 2021-09-29) 53- A microanatomical and histological study of the scales of the Devonian sarcopterygian Miguashaia bureaui and the evolution of the squamation in coelacanths Journal Article Mondéjar‐Fernández J , Meunier F J , Cloutier R , Clément G , Laurin M , 2021 Journal of Anatomy (Date Added: 2021-03-28) 52- The phylogenetic origin of fingers Journal Article Cloutier R , Long J A , Clement A M , 2020 Medecine sciences : M/S (Date Added: 2020-12-27) 51- Author Correction: Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand (Nature, (2020), 579, 7800, (549-554), 10.1038/s41586-020-2100-8) Journal Erratum Cloutier R , Clement A M , Lee M S Y , Noël R , Béchard I , Roy V , Long J A , 2020 Nature (Date Added: 2020-07-22) 50- Elpistostege and the origin of the vertebrate hand Journal Article Cloutier R , Clement A M , Lee M S Y , Noël R , Béchard I , Roy V , Long J A , 2020 Nature (Date Added: 2020-04-06) 49- A critical appraisal of appendage disparity and homology in fishes Journal Article Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R , 2019 Fish and Fisheries (Date Added: 2019-09-07) 48- Environmentally cued hatching in the bird-parasitic nest fly Philornis downsi Journal Article Sage R , Boulton R A , Lahuatte P F , Causton C E , Cloutier R , Heimpel G E , 2018 Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (Date Added: 2019-02-27) 47- Evolution of vertebrate postcranial complexity: Axial skeleton regionalization and paired appendages in a Devonian jawless fish Journal Article Chevrinais M , Johanson Z , Trinajstic K , Long J , Morel C , Renaud C B , Cloutier R , 2018 Palaeontology (Date Added: 2018-08-01) 46- Loss in the making: Absence of pelvic fins and presence of paedomorphic pelvic girdles in a Late Devonian antiarch placoderm (jawed stem-gnathostome) Journal Article Charest F , Johanson Z , Cloutier R , 2018 Biology Letters (Date Added: 2018-07-16) 45- Modularity promotes morphological divergence in ray-finned fishes Journal Article Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R , 2018 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2018-05-24) 44- Early establishment of vertebrate tropic interactions: Food web structure in middle to late devonian fish assemblages with exceptional fossilization Journal Article Chevrinais M , Jacquet C , Cloutier R , 2017 Bulletin of Geosciences (Date Added: 2018-01-19) 43- Unravelling the ontogeny of a Devonian early gnathostome, the "acanthodian" Triazeugacanthus affinis (eastern Canada) Journal Article Chevrinais M , Sire J , Cloutier R , 2017 PeerJ (Date Added: 2017-11-08) 42- Similarity of morphological composition and developmental patterning in paired fins of the elephant shark Journal Article Riley C , Cloutier R , Grogan E D , 2017 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2017-09-17) 41- Fin modules: An evolutionary perspective on appendage disparity in basal vertebrates Journal Article Larouche O , Zelditch M L , Cloutier R , 2017 BMC Biology (Date Added: 2017-05-18) 40- From body scale ontogeny to species ontogeny: Histological and morphological assessment of the Late Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis from Miguasha, Canada Journal Article Chevrinais M , Sire J , Cloutier R , 2017 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2017-04-27) 39- Asymmetry in dentition and shape of pharyngeal arches in the clonal fish Chrosomus eos-neogaeus: Phenotypic plasticity and developmental instability Journal Article Leung C , Duclos K K , Grünbaum T , Cloutier R , Angers B , 2017 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2017-04-17) 38-Devonian food webs: Species functional traits and gut contents in 390-380-million-years-old fish communities Abstract Cloutier R , Jacquet C , Chevrinais M , 2016 New perspectives on the Evolution of Phanerozoic Biotas and Ecosystems Conference Proceedings ( Date Added: 2018-05-10) 37- New Insights in the Ontogeny and Taphonomy of the Devonian Acanthodian Triazeugacanthus affinis From the Miguasha Fossil-Lagerstätte, Eastern Canada Journal Article Chevrinais, M, Balan, E, Cloutier, R 2016 Minerals (Date Added: 2016-02-01) 36- Building blocks of a fish head: Developmental and variational modularity in a complex system Journal Article Lehoux, C, Cloutier, R 2015 Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2015-11-09) 35- Head, Body and Fins: Patterns of Morphological Integration and Modularity in Fishes Journal Article Larouche, O, Cloutier, R, Zelditch, ML 2015 Evolutionary Biology (Date Added: 2015-07-10) 34-Givetian (Middle Devonian) sharks from Cairo, New York (USA): Evidence of early cosmopolitanism Journal Article Potvin-Leduc, D, Cloutier, R, Landing, E, Hernick, LV, Mannolini, F 2015 Acta Palaeontologica Polonica ( Date Added: 2015-03-30) 33- The revival of a so-called rotten fish: the ontogeny of the Devonian acanthodian Triazeugacanthus Journal Article Chevrinais, M, Cloutier, R, Sire, J-Y 2015 Biology Letters (Date Added: 2015-03-30) 32- The Devonian placoderm fish Bothriolepis canadensis revisited with three-dimensional digital imagery Journal Article Béchard, I, Arsenault, F, Cloutier, R, Kerr, J 2014 Palaeontologia Electronica (Date Added: 2015-02-19) 31- Great Canadian Lagerstätten 4. The Devonian Miguasha biota (Québec): UNESCO World Heritage Site and a time capsule in the early history of vertebrates Journal Article Cloutier, R 2013 Geoscience Canada (Date Added: 2015-02-19) 30- Apatite for destruction: Isotopic and geochemical analyses of bioapatites and sediments from the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation (Miguasha, Québec) Journal Article Matton, O, Cloutier, R, Stevenson, R 2012 Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Date Added: 2012-08-24) 29- The Miguasha Fossil-Fish-Lagerstätte: a consequence of the Devonian land–sea interactions Journal Article Cloutier, R, Proust, J-N, Tessier, B 2011 Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (Date Added: 2012-09-26) 28- Early ontogeny of the Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus head Journal Article Cloutier, R, Lambrey de Souza, J, Browman, HI, Skiftesvik, AB 2011 Journal of Fish Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 27- Effect of water velocity on the timing of skeletogenesis in the arctic Charr, Salvelinus alpinus (Salmoniformes: Teleostei): An empirical case of developmental plasticity Journal Article Cloutier, R, Caron, A, Grünbaum, T, Le François, NR 2011 International Journal of Zoology (Date Added: 2012-05-10) 26- Developmental plasticity in fish exposed to a water velocity gradient: A complex response Journal Article Fischer-Rousseau, L, Chu, KP, Cloutier, R 2010 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 25- Ontogeny, variation, and homology in Salvelinus alpinus caudal skeleton (Teleostei: Salmonidae) Journal Article Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R 2010 Journal of Morphology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 24- The fossil record of fish ontogenies: Insights into developmental patterns and processes Journal Article Cloutier, R 2010 Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 23- Morphological integration and developmental progress during fish ontogeny in two contrasting habitats Journal Article Fischer-Rousseau, L, Cloutier, R, Zelditch, ML 2009 Evolution and Development (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 22- Comparison of the channel darter (Percina copelandi) summer habitat in two rivers from eastern Canada Journal Article Boucher, J, Bérubé, P, Cloutier, R 2009 Journal of Freshwater Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 21- Positive effects of exposure to increased water velocity on growth of newly hatched Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus L. Journal Article Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R, Le François, NR 2008 Aquaculture Research (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 20- A primitive megalichthyid fish (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Devonian of Turkey and its biogeographical implications Journal Article Janvier, P, Clément, G, Cloutier, R 2007 Geodiversitas (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 19- Early developmental plasticity and integrative responses in arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus): effects of water velocity on body size and shape Journal Article Grünbaum, T, Cloutier, R, Mabee, PM, Le François, NR 2007 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (Date Added: 2012-06-20) 18- Environmental influence on activity levels and behavioural allocation in the polychaete Nereis virens (Sars) Journal Article Deschênes, J, Desrosiers, G, Ferron, J, Cloutier, R, Stora, G 2005 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 17- Origin and early diversification of actinopterygians Book Chapter Cloutier, R, Arratia, G 2004 Recent advances in the origin an early radiation of vertebrates: honoring Hans-Peter Schultze (Date Added: 2013-11-27) 16- Variations in food utilisation and carbon sequestration by the polychaete Nereis virens under experimental conditions Journal Article Deschênes, J, Desrosiers, G, Ferron, J, Cloutier, R, Stora, G 2003 Vie et Milieu (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 15- The oldest articulated chondrichthyan from the Early Devonian period Journal Article Miller, RF, Cloutier, R, Turner, S 2003 Nature (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 14- Vertebral development in the Devonian sarcopterygian fish Eusthenopteron foordi and the polarity of vertebral evolution in non-amniote tetrapods Journal Article Cote, S, Carroll, R, Cloutier, R, Bar-Sagi, L 2002 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 13- Early diagenesis of the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation in the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec: Sedimentological and geochemical evidence Journal Article El Albani, A, Cloutier, R, Candilier, A-M 2002 Sedimentary Geology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 12- Middle and Late Devonian vertebrates of the western Old Red Sandstone Continent Book Whole Elliott, DK, Johnson, HG, Cloutier, R, Carr, RK, Daeschler, EB 2000 (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 11- Biostratigraphical correlations of Early Devonian vertebrate assemblages of the Old Red Sandstone Continent Book Whole Blieck, A, Cloutier, R, Elliott, DK, Goujet, D, Loboziak, S, Reed, RC, Rodina, O, Steemans, P, Valiukevicius, JJ, V'yushkova, L, Yolkin, EA, Young, VT 2000 (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 10- Lower vertebrate palaeontology - Renewal and developments Journal Article Poplin, C, Blieck, A, Cloutier, R, Derycke, C, Goujet, D, Janvier, P, Lelièvre, H, Véran, M, Wenz, S 1997 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 9- Biostratigraphy of the upper devonian escuminac formation, eastern Quebec, Canada: A comparative study based on miospores and fishes Journal Article Cloutier, R, Loboziak, S, Candilier, A-M, Blieck, A 1996 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 8- Sarcopterygian interrelationships: How far are we from a phylogenetic consensus? Journal Article Cloutier, R, Ahlberg, PE 1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 7- Palaeozoic vertebrates ofnorthern France and Belgium: Part III-Sarcopterygii (Devonian to Carboniferous) Journal Article Cloutier, R, Candilier, AM 1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 6- Palaeozoic vertebrates ofnorthern France and Belgium: Part II. Chondrichthyes; Acanthodii; Actinopterygii (uppermost Silurian to Carboniferous) Journal Article Derycke, C, Cloutier, R, Candilier, A-M 1995 Geobios (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 5- Patterns, trends, and rates of evolution within the Actinistia Journal Article Cloutier, R 1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 4- Diversity of extinct and living actinistian fishes (Sarcopterygii) Journal Article Cloutier, R, Forey, PL 1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 3- Literature relating to fossil coelacanths Journal Article Forey, PL, Cloutier, R 1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 2- Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging studies of Latimeria chalumnae Journal Article Schultze, H-P, Cloutier, R 1991 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) 1- Recent radiologic imaging techniques for morphological studies in Latimeria chalumnae Journal Article Cloutier, R, Schultze, H-P, Wiley, EO, Musick, JA, Daimler, JC, Brown, MA, Dwyer III, SJ, Cook, LT, Laws, RL 1988 Environmental Biology of Fishes (Date Added: 2012-07-11) In the mediaWe discovered a new fossil species of prehistoric fish 2024-10-23 Nous avons découvert une nouvelle espèce fossile de poisson préhistorique 2024-09-23 New fossil fish species scales up evidence of Earth’s evolutionary march 2024-09-12 Des paléontologues du monde entier débarquent à Rimouski et à Miguasha 2024-06-17 Les paléontologues se réunissent à l’UQAR 2024-06-11 Richard Cloutier fait l’objet d’un article dans la revue scientifique Nature 2020-03-30 La revue « Nature » publie une découverte du professeur Richard Cloutier (Jean-Francois Bouchard) 2020-03-23 Une incursion dans le monde de la paléontologie (Jean-Francois Bouchard) 2020-03-02 Il y a cinq ans, un fossile découvert à Miguasha connaissait une célébrité planétaire 2018-11-06 Une équipe de l’UQAR apporte un nouvel éclairage sur l’évolution des nageoires des poissons (Bouchard, Jean-François ) 2017-07-14 Ce que des écailles fossiles révèlent sur l’évolution des requins (Bouchard, Jean-François ) 2017-05-11 Les trésors de Miguasha livrent de nouveaux secrets (Gobeil, Mathieu) 2017-01-16 Plaidoyer pour un poisson pourri Le Soleil (Cliche, Jean-Francois) 2015-12-21 Des activitées ''grand public'' seront offertes lors du congres de lACFAS a Rimouski (Thérèse Martin) 2015-05-07 L’Elpistostege watsoni livre ses secrets - UQAR INFO UQAR-Info (Jean-François Bouchard) 2014-04-16 Elpi, les premiers pas Québec Science (Leblanc, Joël) 2014-03-31 Témoin du passage de l'eau à la terre ferme? Yahoo 2013-11-06 Découverte d'un fossile exceptionnel : Elpistostege watsoni CNW Telbec 2013-11-06 L'Elpistostege, un fossile unique au monde Le Soleil (Gagné, Gilles) 2013-11-06 Il y a 380 millions d’années… naissait notre ancêtre. Innovation 2013-11-06 Le piéton originel? Les années lumière 2013-11-03 Cyrena Riley et Richard Cloutier remportent le concours La preuve par l’image UQAR-Info 2013-09-16 Université d’été en biogéographie côtière, montagnarde et alpine avec l’UQAR Bas-Saint-Laurent 2013-08-07 Le courrier des 'Années lumière Les années-lumière (Bouchrak, Ouatik) 2011-02-17 |