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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. |
Author Bio
| Pascal Godefroit is Professor of Paleontology at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. |
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| "The discovery of complete and articulated skeletons of Iguanodon at Bernissart in 1878 revealed for the first time the anatomy of dinosaurs . . . [and] broke the scientific, and the dinosaur world wide open." —from the book |
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Preface by David B. Norman
Acknowledgments
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 \ Pascal Godefroit, Johan Yans, and Pierre Bultynck
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 \ Christoph Roolf
3. A Short Introduction to the Geology of the Mons Basin and the Iguanodon Sinkhole, Belgium \ Jean-Marc Baele, Pascal Godefroit, Paul Spagna, and Christian Dupuis
4. 3D Modeling of the Paleozoic Top Surface in the Bernissart Area and Integration of Data from Boreholes Drilled in the Iguanodon Sinkhole \ Thierry Martin, Johan Yans, Christian Dupuis, Paul Spagna, and Olivier Kaufmann
5. The Karstic Phenomenon of the Iguanodon Sinkhole and the Geomorphological Situation of the Mons Basin during the Early Cretaceous \ Yves Quinif and Luciane Licour
6. Geodynamic and Tectonic Context of Early Cretaceous Iguanodon-Bearing Deposits in the Mons Basin \ Sara Vandycke and Paul Spagna
7. Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Sediments Overlying the Wealden Facies in the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart \ Johan Yans, Francis Robaszynski, and Edwige Masure
8. On the Age of the Bernissart Iguanodons \ Johan Yans, Jean Dejax, and Johann Schnyder
9. The Paleoenvironment of the Bernissart Iguanodons: Sedimentological Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Facies in the Bernissart Area \ Paul Spagna, Johan Yans, Johann Schnyder, and Christian Dupuis
10. Mesofossil Plant Remains from the Barremian of Hautrage (Mons Basin, Belgium), with Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironment Insights \ Bernard Gomez, Thomas Gillot, Véronique Daviero-Gomez, Clément Coiffard, Paul Spagna, and Johan Yans
11. Diagenesis of the Fossil Bones of Iguanodon bernissartensis from the Iguanodon Sinkhole \ Thierry Leduc
12. Histological Assessment of Vertebrate Remains in the 2003 Bernissart Drill \ Armand de Ricqlès, Pascal Godefroit, and Johan Yans
13. Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Remains from Baudour (Belgium) \ Pascal Godefroit, Jean Le Loeuff, Patrick Carlier, Stéphane Pirson, Johan Yans, Suravech Suteethorn, and Paul Spagna
14. Geological Model and Cyclic Mass Mortality Scenarios for the Lower Cretaceous Bernissart Iguanodon Bonebeds \ Jean-Marc Baele, Pascal Godefroit, Paul Spagna, and Christian Dupuis
Part 2. The Bernissart Iguanodons and Their Kin
15. Iguanodontian Taxa (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium \ David B. Norman
16. The Brain of Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus: Perspectives on Ornithopod Evolution \ Pascaline Lauters, Walter Coudyzer, Martine Vercauteren, and Pascal Godefroit
17. Hypsilophodon foxii and Other Smaller Bipedal Ornithischian Dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England \ Peter M. Galton
18. The African Cousins of the European Iguanodontids \ Philippe Taquet
19. Anatomy and Relationships of Bolong yixianensis, an Early Cretaceous Iguanodontoid Dinosaur from Western Liaoning, China \ Wu Wenhao and Pascal Godefroit
20. A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Kazakhstan \ Pascal Godefroit, François Escuillié, Yuri L. Bolotsky, and Pascaline Lauters
Part 3. Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems In and Outside Europe
21. Dinosaur Remains from the "Sables Verts" (Early Cretaceous, Albian) of the Eastern Paris Basin \ Eric Buffetaut and Laetitia Nori
22. Dinosaur Faunas from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian–Albian) of Spain \ Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca, José Ignacio Canudo, Fidel Torcida, and José Luis Sanz
23. New Early Cretaceous Multituberculate Mammals from the Iberian Peninsula \ Ainara Badiola, José Ignacio Canudo, and Gloria Cuenca-Bescós
24. Danish Dinosaurs: A Review \ Niels Bonde
25. The Age of Lycoptera Beds (Jehol Biota) in Transbaikalia (Russia) and Correlation with Mongolia and China \ Evgenia V. Bugdaeva and Valentina S. Markevich
26. A New Basal Ornithomimosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Northeast China \ Jin Liyong, Chen Jun, and Pascal Godefroit
27. Australia's Polar Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs \ Thomas H. Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich
28. Assessment of the Potential for a Jehol Biota–like Cretaceous Polar Fossil Assemblage in Victoria, Australia \ Thomas H. Rich, Li Xiao-Bo, and Patricia Vickers-Rich
29. Freshwater Hybodont Sharks in Early Cretaceous Ecosystems: A Review \ Gilles Cuny
Part 4. Cretaceous Vertebrate Faunas after the Bernissart Iguanodons
30. The Late Cretaceous Continental Vertebrate Fauna from Iharkút (Western Hungary): A Review \ Attila Ősi, Márton Rabi, László Makádi, Zoltán Szentesi, Gábor Botfalvai, and Péter Gulyás
31. First Discovery of Maastrichtian (Latest Cretaceous) Terrestrial Vertebrates in Rusca Montană Basin (Romania) \ Vlad A. Codrea, Pascal Godefroit, and Thierry Smith
32. First Late Maastrichtian (Latest Cretaceous) Vertebrate Assemblage from Provence (Vitrolles-la-Plaine, Southern France) \ Xavier Valentin, Pascal Godefroit, Rodolphe Tabuce, Monique Vianey-Liaud, Wu Wenhao, and Géraldine Garcia
33. Reassessment of the Posterior Brain Region in Multituberculate Mammals \ Emmanuel Gilissen and Thierry Smith
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