Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems

edited by Pascal Godefroit, with contributions by Yuri L. Bolotsky, Niels Bonde, Gábor Botfalvai, Eric Buffetaut, Eugenia V. Bugdaeva, Pierre Bultynck, Patrick Carlier, Chen Jun, Vlad A. Codrea, Clément Coiffard, Walter Coudyzer, Gloria Cuenca-Bescós, Gilles Cuny, Véronique Daviéro-Gomez, Jean Dejax, François Escuillié, Peter M. Galton, Géraldine Garcia, Emmanuel Gilissen, Thomas Gillot, Bernard Gomez, Péter Gulyás, Jin Liyong, C¿t¿lin Jipa, Olivier Kaufmann, Thierry Leduc, Jean Le Loeuff, Li Xiao-Bo, Luciane Licour, László Makádi, Valentina S. Markevich, Thierry Martin, Edwige Masure, Laetitia Nori, David B. Norman, Attila ¿si, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Stéphane Pirson, Yves Quinif, Márton Rabi, Armand de Ricqlès, Francis Robaszynski, Christoph Roolf, José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca, José Luis Sanz, Thierry Smith, Suravech Suteethorn, Zoltán Szentes, Rodolphe Tabuce, Philippe Taquet, Fidel Torcida, Xavier Valentin, Sara Vandycke, Martine Vercauteren, Monique Vianey-Liaud, Patricia Vickers-Rich, Wu Wenhao, Johan Yans, Ainara Badiola, Johann Schnyder, Jean-Marc Baele, Paul Spagna, Christian Dupuis, Pascaline Lauters, José Ignacio Canudo, Thomas H. Rich, Pascal Godefroit

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

Preface by David B. NormanPart 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 Investigations2. The Attempted Theft of Dinosaur Skeletons during the German Occupation of Belgium (1914-1918) and Some Other Cases of Looting Cultural Possessions of Natural History3. A Short Introduction to the Geology of the Mons Basin and the Iguanodon Sinkhole, Belgium4. 3D Modeling of the Paleozoic Top Surface in the Bernissart Area and Integration of Data from Boreholes Drilled in the Iguanodon Sinkhole5. The Karstic Phenomenon of the Iguanodon Sinkhole and the Geomorphological Situation of the Mons Basin during the Early Cretaceous6. Geodynamic and Tectonic Context of Early Cretaceous Iguanodon-Bearing Deposits in the Mons Basin7. Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Sediments Overlying the Wealden Facies in the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart8. On the Age of the Bernissart Iguanodons9. The Paleoenvironment of the Bernissart Iguanodons: Sedimentological Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Facies in the Bernissart Area10. Mesofossil Plant Remains from the Barremian of Hautrage (Mons Basin, Belgium), with Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironment Insights11. Diagenesis of the Fossil Bones of Iguanodon bernissartensis from the Iguanodon Sinkhole12. Histological Assessment of Vertebrate Remains in the 2003 Bernissart Drill13. Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Remains from Baudour (Belgium)14. Geological Model and Cyclic Mass Mortality Scenarios for the Lower Cretaceous Bernissart Iguanodon BonebedsPart 2. The Bernissart Iguanodons and Their Kin15. Iguanodontian Taxa from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium16. The Brain of Iguanoian Taxa (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium16. The Brain of Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus: Perspectives on Ornithopod Evolution17. Hypsilophodon foxii and Other Smaller Bipedal Ornithischian Dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England18. The African Cousins of the European Iguanodontids19. Anatomy and Relationships of Bolong yixianensis, an Early Cretaceous Iguanodontoid Dinosaur from Western Liaoning, China20. A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of KazakhstanPart 3. Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems In and Outside Europe21. Dinosaur Remains from the "Sables Verts" of the Eastern Paris Basin22. Dinosaur Faunas from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Albian) of Spain23. New Early Cretaceous Multituberculate Mammals from the Iberian Peninsula24. Danish Dinosaurs: A Review25. The Age of Lycoptera Beds (Jehol Biota) in Transbaikalia (Russia) and Correlation with Mongolia and China26. A New Basal Ornithomimosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Northeast China27. Australia's Polar Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs28. Assessment of the Potential for a Jehol Biota-like Cretaceous Polar Fossil Assemblage in ictoria, Australia29. Freshwater Hybodont Sharks in Early Cretaceous Ecosystems: A ReviewPart 4. Cretaceous Vertebrate Faunas after the Bernissart Iguanodon30. The Late Cretaceous Continental Vertebrate Fauna from Iharkút: A Review31. First Discovery of Maastrichtian Terrestrial Vertebrates in Rusca Montan¿ Basin32. First Late Maastrichtian Vertebrate Assemblage from Provence33. Reassessment of the Posterior Brain Region in Multituberculate MammalsIndex