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Corentin Loron

University of EdinburghORCID 0000-0002-3317-4029Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1

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Protocells reproduce morphological and chemical signatures of early microfossils

Louise Gillet de Chalonge, Kaitlin Field, Róisín Dignam, Maxime Coutant, Corentin Loron, Mark A. van Zuilen, Seán F. Jordan

This study shows protocells can mimic morphological and chemical features of early microfossils, challenging current biogenicity criteria.

bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2026 · PreprintPaleontology

Clade dynamics support an early origin of crown eukaryotes

Corentin Loron, Niall Rodgers

This study challenges the late origin of crown eukaryotes by showing that evolutionary dynamics require an earlier last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) to explain observed diversity and fossil records.

bioRxiv · Mar 27, 2026 · PreprintPaleontology

Prototaxites was an extinct lineage of multicellular terrestrial eukaryotes

Corentin Loron, Laura M. Cooper, Sean McMahon, Seán F. Jordan, Andrei V. Gromov, Matthew Humpage, Laetitia Pichevin, Hendrik Vondracek, Ruaridh Alexander, Edwin Rodriguez Dzul, Martin Brasier, Alexander J. Hetherington

The paper analyzes the anatomy and molecular composition of Prototaxites to determine its taxonomic classification, concluding it is not a fungus but an extinct terrestrial lineage.

bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2025 · PreprintPaleontology

Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy (O-PTIR): a promising new tool for bench-top analytical palaeontology at the sub-micron scale

Corentin Loron, Ferenc Borondics

This paper introduces O-PTIR as a new technique for analyzing organic fossils at the sub-micron scale, showing it can resolve molecular composition heterogeneities in 400 million-year-old fossils.

bioRxiv · Feb 8, 2024 · PreprintPaleontology