Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Part 1 New Investigations into the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart and Other Early Cretaceous Localities in the Mons Basin (Belgium)......Page 18
1 Bernissart and the Iguanodons: Historical Perspective and New Investigations......Page 20
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......Page 38
3 A Short Introduction to the Geology of the Mons Basin and the Iguanodon Sinkhole, Belgium......Page 52
4 3D Modeling of the Paleozoic Top Surface in the Bernissart Area and Integration of Data from Boreholes Drilled in the Iguanodon Sinkhole......Page 60
5 The Karstic Phenomenon of the Iguanodon Sinkhole and the Geomorphological Situation of the Mons Basin during the Early Cretaceous......Page 68
6 Geodynamic and Tectonic Context of Early Cretaceous Iguanodon-Bearing Deposits in the Mons Basin......Page 80
7 Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Sediments Overlying the Wealden Facies in the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart......Page 86
8 On the Age of the Bernissart Iguanodons......Page 96
9 The Paleoenvironment of the Bernissart Iguanodons: Sedimentological Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Facies in the Bernissart Area......Page 104
10 Mesofossil Plant Remains from the Barremian of Hautrage (Mons Basin, Belgium), with Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironment Insights......Page 114
11 Diagenesis of the Fossil Bones of Iguanodon bernissartensis from the Iguanodon Sinkhole......Page 130
12 Histological Assessment of Vertebrate Remains in the 2003 Bernissart Drill......Page 154
13 Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Remains from Baudour (Belgium)......Page 164
14 Geological Model and Cyclic Mass Mortality Scenarios for the Lower Cretaceous Bernissart Iguanodon Bonebeds......Page 172
Part 2 The Bernissart Iguanodons and Their Kin......Page 190
15 Iguanodontian Taxa (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium......Page 192
16 The Brain of Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus: Perspectives on Ornithopod Evolution......Page 230
17 Hypsilophodon foxii and Other Smaller Bipedal Ornithischian Dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England......Page 242
18 The African Cousins of the European Iguanodontids......Page 300
19 Anatomy and Relationships of Bolong yixianensis, an Early Cretaceous Iguanodontoid Dinosaur from Western Liaoning, China......Page 310
20 A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Kazakhstan......Page 352
Part 3 Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems In and Outside Europe......Page 378
21 Dinosaur Remains from the “Sables Verts” (Early Cretaceous, Albian) of the Eastern Paris Basin......Page 380
22 Dinosaur Faunas from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian–Albian) of Spain......Page 396
23 New Early Cretaceous Multituberculate Mammals from the Iberian Peninsula......Page 426
24 Danish Dinosaurs: A Review......Page 452
25 The Age of Lycoptera Beds (Jehol Biota) in Transbaikalia (Russia) and Correlation with Mongolia and China......Page 470
26 A New Basal Ornithomimosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Northeast China......Page 484
27 Australia’s Polar Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs......Page 506
28 Assessment of the Potential for a Jehol Biota–like Cretaceous Polar Fossil Assemblage in Victoria, Australia......Page 522
29 Freshwater Hybodont Sharks in Early Cretaceous Ecosystems: A Review......Page 536
30 The Late Cretaceous Continental Vertebrate Fauna from Iharkút (Western Hungary): A Review......Page 550
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First Discovery of Maastrichtian (Latest Cretaceous) Terrestrial Vertebrates
in Rusca Montana Basin (Romania)......Page 588
32 First Late Maastrichtian (Latest Cretaceous) Vertebrate Assemblage from Provence (Vitrolles-la-Plaine, Southern France)......Page 600
33 Reassessment of the Posterior Brain Region in Multituberculate Mammals......Page 616
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