Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Godefroit, Pascal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1878, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. Iguanodon, first described by Gideon Mantell on the basis of fragments discovered in England in 1824, was initially reconstructed as an iguana-like reptile or a heavily built, horned quadruped. However, the Bernissart skeleton changed all that. The animal was displayed in an upright posture similar to a kangaroo, and later with its tail off the ground like the dinosaur we know of today. Focusing on the Bernissant discoveries, this book presents the latest research on Iguanodon and other denizens of the Cretaceous ecosystems of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Pascal Godefroit and contributors consider the Bernissart locality itself and the new research programs that are underway there. The book also presents a systematic revision of Iguanodon; new material from Spain, Romania, China, and Kazakhstan; studies of other Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems; and examinations of Cretaceous vertebrate faunas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253005700
• Artikelnr.: 49556584

Autorenporträt

Pascal Godefroit is Professor of Paleontology at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface by David B. Norman
Part 1. New Investigations into the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart and
Other Early Cretaceous Localities in the Mons Basin (Belgium)
1. Bernissart and the Iguanodons: Historical Perspective and New
Investigations
2. The Attempted Theft of Dinosaur Skeletons during the German Occupation
of Belgium (1914-1918) and Some Other Cases of Looting Cultural Possessions
of Natural History
3. A Short Introduction to the Geology of the Mons Basin and the Iguanodon
Sinkhole, Belgium
4. 3D Modeling of the Paleozoic Top Surface in the Bernissart Area and
Integration of Data from Boreholes Drilled in the Iguanodon Sinkhole
5. The Karstic Phenomenon of the Iguanodon Sinkhole and the
Geomorphological Situation of the Mons Basin during the Early Cretaceous
6. Geodynamic and Tectonic Context of Early Cretaceous Iguanodon-Bearing
Deposits in the Mons Basin
7. Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Sediments Overlying the Wealden Facies
in the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart
8. On the Age of the Bernissart Iguanodons
9. The Paleoenvironment of the Bernissart Iguanodons: Sedimentological
Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Facies in the Bernissart Area
10. Mesofossil Plant Remains from the Barremian of Hautrage (Mons Basin,
Belgium), with Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironment Insights
11. Diagenesis of the Fossil Bones of Iguanodon bernissartensis from the
Iguanodon Sinkhole
12. Histological Assessment of Vertebrate Remains in the 2003 Bernissart
Drill
13. Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Remains from Baudour (Belgium)
14. Geological Model and Cyclic Mass Mortality Scenarios for the Lower
Cretaceous Bernissart Iguanodon Bonebeds
Part 2. The Bernissart Iguanodons and Their Kin
15. Iguanodontian Taxa from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium
16. The Brain of Iguanoian Taxa (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower
Cretaceous of England and Belgium
16. The Brain of Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus: Perspectives on Ornithopod
Evolution
17. Hypsilophodon foxii and Other Smaller Bipedal Ornithischian Dinosaurs
from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England
18. The African Cousins of the European Iguanodontids
19. Anatomy and Relationships of Bolong yixianensis, an Early Cretaceous
Iguanodontoid Dinosaur from Western Liaoning, China
20. A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of
Kazakhstan
Part 3. Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems In and Outside Europe
21. Dinosaur Remains from the "Sables Verts" of the Eastern Paris Basin
22. Dinosaur Faunas from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Albian) of Spain
23. New Early Cretaceous Multituberculate Mammals from the Iberian
Peninsula
24. Danish Dinosaurs: A Review
25. The Age of Lycoptera Beds (Jehol Biota) in Transbaikalia (Russia) and
Correlation with Mongolia and China
26. A New Basal Ornithomimosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early
Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Northeast China
27. Australia's Polar Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs
28. Assessment of the Potential for a Jehol Biota-like Cretaceous Polar
Fossil Assemblage in ictoria, Australia
29. Freshwater Hybodont Sharks in Early Cretaceous Ecosystems: A Review
Part 4. Cretaceous Vertebrate Faunas after the Bernissart Iguanodon
30. The Late Cretaceous Continental Vertebrate Fauna from Iharkút: A Review
31. First Discovery of Maastrichtian Terrestrial Vertebrates in Rusca
Montan¿ Basin
32. First Late Maastrichtian Vertebrate Assemblage from Provence
33. Reassessment of the Posterior Brain Region in Multituberculate Mammals
Index