Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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New Paleocene bird fossils from the North Sea Basin in Belgium and France
- We describe new avian remains from Paleocene localities of Belgium and France. Four bones from the early to middle Selandian of Maret (Belgium) are among the earliest Cenozoic avian remains known from Europe and include the oldest temporally well constrained European records of the Gastornithidae, as well as tentative records of the palaeognathous Lithornithidae and the Ralloidea. A more comprehensive fossil assemblage from the middle Thanetian of Templeuve (France) contains multiple bones of the Lithornithidae as well as a record of the Pelagornithidae. Specimens from the latest Thanetian of Rivecourt-Petit Pâtis (France) are tentatively assigned to the Ralloidea and Leptosomiformes (cf. Plesiocathartes). Because of the fragmentary nature of the fossils, the taxonomic identity of a number of other specimens remains uncertain. We note, however, that Paleocene avifaunas of Europe and North America appear to have had different compositions and only a few taxa, such as the palaeognathous Lithornithidae, are known from both continents. This suggests that the very similar early Eocene avifaunas of Europe and North America are the result of early Cenozoic dispersal events.
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Four new species of the Oriental lanternfly genus Scamandra Stal, 1863 from Sulawesi and neighbouring islands with taxonomic notes on the genus (Hemiptera, Fulgoromoprha: Fulgoridae)
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The lanternflies from Andaman and Nicobar: one new Pyrops species, new records and illustrated key to the species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)
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New taxa and new synonymy in Muricidae (Neogastropoda: Pagodulinae, Trophoninae, Ocenebrinae) from the Northeast Pacific
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Shells from aquaculture: a valuable biomaterial, not a nuisance waste product
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A long record of extreme wave events in coastal Lake Hamana, Japan
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A long record of extreme wave events in coastal Lake Hamana, Japan
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Prospection géophysique non-invasive dans la grotte de Bruniquel (Tarn-et-Garonne, France)
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Did a tsunami accompany the 1737 Chilean earthquake? Contrasting evidence from historical records and coastal sediments
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Historical extreme wave and landslide deposits on the Shirasuka coastal lowlands, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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The natural paleohazard history of Fuji Five Lakes (Mt. Fuji, Japan) over the last ca. 6000 years
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Sedimentation influx and volcanic interactions in the Fuji Five Lakes: implications for paleoseismological records
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The role of natural hazards and human activities on change of sedimentation patterns: The case of Lake Yamanaka (Fuji Five Lakes, Japan)
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The EGU Seismology Division Early Career Representative Team and its initiatives
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Luminescence characteristics and IRSL-chronology of extreme-wave event deposits recorded at the Shirasuka lowlands, Japan
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Merging transfrontier internet macroseismic data of two M4 earthquakes in NW Europe using a grid cell approach
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Cyclostratigraphy in the Hauterivian-Barremian Frielingen core (Lower Saxony Basin, Germany)
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Modélisation stratigraphique en 2D et 3D du sous-sol de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
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Understanding the tangled taxonomy of the genus Pseudohercostomus Stackelberg, 1931 (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of new species from Singapore and DR Congo
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Mangroves are an overlooked hotspot of insect diversity despite low plant diversity
