2026 Nathalie Bardet: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	38	8720	8365	396	391	137	4473

Overview

Nathalie Bardet is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research spans broad areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Paleontology and its related subfields.

The scientist's work frequently appears in notable publication venues, including:

Cretaceous Research
Diversity
Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Comptes Rendus Palevol

Bardet's main research topics cover Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, as well as Ichthyology and Marine Biology. Additional study areas include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Turtle Biology and Conservation, Marine animal studies overview, and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide.

Frequent coauthors include Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Nicholas R. Longrich, Nour-Eddine Jalil, Valentin Fischer, and Peggy Vincent. The scientist's collaboration with these researchers has resulted in significant contributions to their fields.

Their recent papers demonstrate ongoing research activity with topics related to marine reptiles and vertebrate paleontology. Selected recent publications are:

Ecological signal in the size and shape of marine amniote teeth, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Pluridens serpentis, a new mosasaurid (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) from the Maastrichtian of Morocco and implications for mosasaur diversity, 2021, Cretaceous Research
Xenodens calminechari gen. et sp. nov., a bizarre mosasaurid (Mosasauridae, Squamata) with shark-like cutting teeth from the upper Maastrichtian of Morocco, North Africa, 2021, Cretaceous Research
Thalassotitan atrox, a giant predatory mosasaurid (Squamata) from the upper Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco, 2022, Cretaceous Research
Cenomanian vertebrates from Algora (central Spain): New data on the establishment of the European Upper Cretaceous continental faunas, 2020, Cretaceous Research

Bardet has also contributed to book publications, with works published by Princeton University Press, including titles related to oceanic life in the era of dinosaurs.

The main subfields of their studies include Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Geophysics. Their interdisciplinary approach connects fossil studies with environmental and planetary research dimensions.

Best Publications

Regulation of Body Temperature by Some Mesozoic Marine Reptiles

Aurélien Bernard;Christophe Lécuyer;Peggy Vincent;Romain Amiot

191
Citations
Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates

N. Bardet;J. Falconnet;V. Fischer;A. Houssaye

174
Citations
Extinction events among Mesozoic marine reptiles

Nathalie Bardet

170
Citations
Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility.

Valentin Fischer;Nathalie Bardet;Roger B. J. Benson;Maxim S. Arkhangelsky;Maxim S. Arkhangelsky

153
Citations
The elasmosaurid plesiosaur Aristonectes Cabrera from the latest Cretaceous of South America and Antarctica

Zulma Gasparini;Nathalie Bardet;James E. Martin;Marta Fernandez

144
Citations
A new mosasauroid (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco

Nathalie Bardet;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Nour-Eddine Jalil

127
Citations
a new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic of southern France

Nathalie Bardet;Pascal Godefroit;Jacques Sciau

126
Citations
A new species of Halisaurus from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, and the phylogenetical relationships of the Halisaurinae (Squamata: Mosasauridae)

Nathalie Bardet;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Mohamed Iarochene;Baadi Bouya

125
Citations
Stable isotope composition and rare earth element content of vertebrate remains from the Late Cretaceous of northern Spain (Lano): did the environmental record survive?

C. Lécuyer;C. Lécuyer;C. Bogey;J.-P. Garcia;P. Grandjean

118
Citations
Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs

Peggy Vincent;Nathalie Bardet;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Baâdi Bouya

117
Citations
The marine vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Syria

N. Bardet;H. Cappetta;X. Pereda Suberbiola;M. Mouty

116
Citations
A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco

Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Nathalie Bardet;Stéphane Jouve;Mohamed Iarochène

115
Citations
Stratigraphic evidence for the extinction of the ichthyosaurs

Nathalie Bardet

93
Citations
The Oldest African Crocodylian: Phylogeny, Paleobiogeography, and Differential Survivorship Of Marine Reptiles Through the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary

Stéphane Jouve;Nathalie Bardet;Nour-Eddine Jalil;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola

92
Citations
A NEW ICHTHYOSAUR FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC LITHOGRAPHIC LIMESTONES OF BAVARIA

N. Bardet;M. Fernandez

92
Citations
A New Mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Phosphates of Morocco and Its Implications for Mosasaurine Systematics

Aaron R. H. Leblanc;Michael W. Caldwell;Nathalie Bardet

84
Citations
Evolution et extinction des reptiles marins au cours du mesozoique

Nathalie Bardet

82
Citations
High diversity in cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Europe prior to their extinction.

Valentin Fischer;Nathalie Bardet;Myette Guiomar;Pascal Godefroit

77
Citations
A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco

Nathalie Bardet;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Xabier Pereda Suberbiola;Nour-Eddine Jalil

75
Citations
Durophagous Mosasauridae (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, with description of a new species of Globidens

N. Bardet;X. Pereda Suberbiola;M. Iarochène;M. Amalik

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Xabier Pereda Suberbiola University of the Basque Country

Jean-Claude Rage Université Paris Cité

Henri Cappetta University of Montpellier

Eric Buffetaut École Normale Supérieure

Francisco Ortega Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

Pascal Godefroit Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Lionel Cavin Natural History Museum of Geneva

Christophe Lécuyer Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Roger B. J. Benson University of Oxford

Zulma Gasparini National University of La Plata

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