Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems
Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems In 1878, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. However, the Bernissart skeleton…
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Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems
In 1878, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. However, the Bernissart skeleton changed all that. 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.
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. 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. 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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