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Inproceedings Reference Conodont-based graphic correlation of the upper Eifelian to lower Frasnian (Middle – Upper Devonian) sections in the Spanish Central Pyrenees.
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Proceedings Reference The Devonian antiarch (Placodermi, Vertebrata) fauna from Belgium: new data, new taxa and new paleogeographical considerations
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Proceedings Reference Feather-like structures and scales in a Jurassic neornithischian dinosaur from Siberia
Recent discoveries in Middle–Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous deposits from northeastern China have revealed that numerous theropod dinosaurs were covered by feathers. Furthermore, filamentous integumentary structures were also recently described in rare Early Cretaceous ornithischian dinosaurs from Liaoning Province in China. Whether these filaments can be regarded as epidermal and therefore part of the evolutionary lineage towards feathers remains controversial. Here we describe a new basal neornithischian dinosaur, based on isolated bones and partial skeletons collected in two monospecific bonebeds from the Middle–Late Jurassic Kulinda locality in the Transbaikal region (Russia). Varied integumentary structures were found directly associated with skeletal elements, supporting the hypothesis that simple filamentous feathers, as well as compound feather-like structures comparable to those in theropods, were widespread amongst the whole dinosaur clade. Moreover, scales along the distal tibia and on the foot closely resemble the secondarily-appearing pedal scales in extant birds. More surprisingly, dorso-ventral movements of the tail were prevented by large imbricated scales on its dorsal surface. It is hypothesized that, at the same time early feathers evolved within the whole dinosaur clade, genetic mechanisms limiting the growth of long epidermal structures on the distal portion of the hind limb and on the tail were selected as they facilitate bipedal terrestrial locomotion.
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Inproceedings Reference Black shales in Belgium
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Inproceedings Reference Organic-rich roof shales in coal sequences as gas shales: well KB174, Campine Basin, Belgium
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Proceedings Reference What can we learn from the brain of ornithopod dinosaurs?
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Proceedings Reference Gas shales in Belgium?
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Inproceedings Reference Assessing cathodoluminescence as a tool for sourcing oolitic ironstones
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Inproceedings Reference Quaternary geological landscape evolution across borders: linking the Scheldt to Rhine-Thames Land
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Inproceedings Reference The Meio 1498 earthquake and tsunami: driving force of abrupt environmental change in the Hamana floodplain, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
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