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SUPERVISORS - PROFESSOR MIKE ARCHER and DR SERGE LEGENDRE
Co-supervisor: Dr Suzanne J. Hand

EDUCATION

2001-2003: Bachelor of Science UNSW, Australia
2004: Honors thesis, UNSW, Australia (Multivariate Analyses of the Riversleigh Local Faunas).
2005- Current: PhD Thesis, UNSW, Australia (Structural and temporal relationships between Australian and French tertiary fossil thanatocoenoses.)

RESEARCH

My research mainly aims at clarifying the chronological position of the Riversleigh (northwestern Queensland) fossil sites amongst the Tertiary sites of Australia. The absolute ages of the Riversleigh sites are currently under study. Meanwhile, relative ages can be determined using several techniques. I have used multivariate analyses as a tool to group sites of similar age using their taxonomic information (faunal lists). I will also be using a french technique called numerical ages, which uses mammal teeth measurements as a time indicator as they evolve through time.

My second aim is to identify the type of environment of the Riversleigh sites. I will be using cenograms to do so. Cenograms are a graphical representation of the logged body mass of every mammal in a fauna. The shape of the cenogram can be use to predict weither the environment in which the fauna lives is open or closed and humid or arid.

I have also elaborated a new method to solve the problem of sample size that occurs using fossil faunas. The method is able to identify whether a fossil site is representative of the fauna that once existed.

FIELD EXPERIENCE

2007: Paleontological Expedition, South Island New Zealand (Miocene) with University of New South Wales directed by Professor Mike Archer and Dr Sue Hand.
2004: Paleontological Expedition, Riversleigh, North-Western Queensland (Oligo-Miocene sites) with University of New South Wales directed by Professor Mike Archer.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007: Tutor/Demonstrator
University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
Semester 1: Molecules, Cells and Genes (BABS1201)

Semester 2: Evolutionary and Functional Biology (BEES1101)

2005: Tutor/Demonstrator
University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
Semester 1: Molecules, Cells and Genes (BABS1201)

Semester 2: Evolutionary and Functional Biology (BEES1101)

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP

2005 "Cotutelle de these" Scholarship from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2004 APA (Australian Postgraduate Award) Scholarship

CONTACT DETAILS

Address: School of BEES, University of New South Wales, UNSW, 2052 Australia.
Tel: (02) 9385 2125
Fax: (02) 9385 2202
E-mail: kennytravouillon@hotmail.com

PUBLICATIONS

Travouillon, K.J., Archer, M., Hand, S.J. and Godthelp, H., 2006. Multivariate analyses of Cenozoic mammalian faunas from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland. Alcheringa Special Issue 1, 323-349.pdf

Archer, M., Arena, D. A., Bassarova, M., Beck, R., Black, K., Boles, W.E., Brewer, P., Cooke, B.N., Crosby, K., Gillespie, A., Godthelp, H., Hand, S.J., Kear, B., Louys, J, Morrell, A., Muirhead, J., Roberts, K. K., Scanlon, J. D., Travouillon, K.J., and Wroe, S., 2006. Current status of species-level representation in faunas from selected fossil localities in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland. Alcheringa Special Issue 1, 1-17.pdf

Travouillon, K.J., Archer, M., Legendre, S., and Hand, S.J., 2007. Finding the Minimum Sample Richness (MSR) for multivariate analyses: implications for palaeoecology. Historical Biology 19, 315-320.pdf

Author Posting. (c) Taylor & Francis, 2007.
This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Taylor & Francis for personal use, not for redistribution.
The definitive version was published in Historical Biology, Volume 19 Issue 4, December 2007.
doi:10.1080/08912960701388576 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912960701388576)

Travouillon, K.J., Legendre, S., Archer, M., and Hand, S.J., Submit. Explaining the gaps in body mass distributions (cenograms): statistical visualization of the ecological impact of introduced species.

Travouillon, K.J., Escarguel, G., Legendre, S., Archer, M., and Hand, S.J., in prep. The use of MSR (Minimum Sample Richness) for fossil fauna comparisons in conjunction with a taxonomic distinctness measure.

Louys, J., Tong, H., Bassarova, M., Travouillon, K.J., Submit. Palaeoecology and zoogeographic identity of the Gongwangling hominid site: implications for early hominids in China.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

Travouillon, K.J., Archer, M., Hand, S. and Godthelp, H., 2005. Multivariate Analyses of the Riversleigh Local Faunas. Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS) Abstracts: p 74.

Travouillon, K. J. and Bedward, M., 2006. Finding the Minimum Sample Richness (MSR) for multivariate analyses: implications for palaeoecology. Symposium of vertebrate palaeontology and comparative anatomy (SVPCA) Abstracts: p 33.

Travouillon, K. J., 2006. The use of MSR (Minimum Sample Richness) for analyzing modern and fossil faunas in conjunction with a taxonomic distinctness measure. Riversleigh 2006 Symposium Abstracts: p 37.

Travouillon, K.J., Legendre, S., Archer, M., and Hand, S.J., 2007. Do cenograms work on Marsupial faunas? Comparison with other palaeoecological techniques and implication for the Riversleigh faunas. Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS), Geological Society of Australia Abstracts, 85: p 34.

Travouillon, K.J., Legendre, S., Archer, M., and Hand, S.J., 2007. Explaining the gaps in body mass distributions (cenograms): statistical visualization of the ecological impact of introduced species. Oral presentation at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 Program and Abstracts supplement: p 159.