Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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An update of the lithostratigraphy of the Ieper Group.
- The objective of the present revision is to complement the lithostratigraphy of the Ieper Group published in 2001 (Laga et al., 2001). This last publication reflected the activities in the Tertiary Subcommission at that time. The review published in 2001 framed in an initiative of the National Stratigraphic Commission and was limited to the lithostratigraphy at formation level. The Laga et al (2001) reference document has been the basis for the NCS website until now. The Ieper Group is characterised by clay−dominated sediments overlying, in most situations, the Landen Group strata and, if not outcropping, underlying the sand−dominated Zenne Group sediments. According to Laga et al. (2001) in their reference document for Paleogene and Neogene lithostratigraphy, the Ieper Group consists of the Kortrijk, Tielt and Gentbrugge Formations and ,members in these Formations are only listed. These subdivisions are also used on the 1:50 000 geological maps of Flanders, edited in the last decades of the 20th century. Especially the additional description of the members, and where possible, horizons, identified in the Formations, made the present review necessary and also modifications at the formation level itself arisen since 2001 needed to be integrated in a new synthesis. The present update is based on the earlier description of members in Maréchal & Laga (1988), Geets et al. (2000) and Steurbaut (1998) as far as appropriate. All modifications, discussions and additions are supported by the relevant literature references.
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Macroraptorial sperm whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Peru
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The Holocene occurrence of Acipenser spp. in the southern North Sea: the archaeological record
- Archaeological sturgeon remains from the southern North Sea basin used to be automatically attributed to Acipenser sturio, since this was the only acipenserid species believed to occur there. These species identifications, however, were in need of revision after a growing number of indications were found for the historical presence of Acipenser oxyrinchus in western Europe. In this study, morphological and genetic data on sturgeon remains from archaeological sites along the southern North Sea are revised. A large number of Dutch, Belgian, British and some French archaeological sturgeon remains, dating from theMesolithic up to Late Modern times, are morphologically examined and fish sizes are reconstructed. This study of >7000 acipenserid bones proves the sympatric occurrence of European sturgeon A. sturio and Atlantic sturgeon A. oxyrinchus in the southern North Sea at least since the Neolithic (fourth millennium BC onwards), with A. oxyrinchus remains always outnumbering those of A. sturio. Human influence is documented by the decrease in finds through time, but no clear evidence was found for a diachronic change in fish lengths that could possibly be related to fishing pressure.
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Fluorapatite in carbonatite-related phosphate deposits: the case of the Matongo carbonatite (Burundi)
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Book review of Kouki, P., M. Lavento. - Petra - The Mountain of Aaron. The Finnish Archaeological Project in Jordan. Volume III. The Archaeological Survey.
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The 'Demange drawings': known and unknown malacological contributions of Victor Demange (1870-1940)
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Synchronous genetic turnovers across Western Eurasia in Late Pleistocene collared lemmings
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The end of the mammoth steppe in central East European plains during the Epigravettian: insights from collagen stable isotopes
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Comparing Gravettian and Epigravettian canids from Europe with Late Pleistocene canids from Yakutia
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The Upper Palaeolithic domestication of the dog
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The identity of Darwininitium shiwalikianum Budha & Mordan, 2012 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)
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Crossed-lamellar layer in evolution of the Molluscan shell microstructures
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Shell repurposing is an important consideration for the future sustainability of mollusc aquaculture
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Reviewing the EASIN catalogue of alien terrestrial gastropods in Europe
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Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Toxeutes de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae, Aegosomatini)
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Some faunistic notes on selected moth species (Lepidoptera) from the Seychelles
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An Integrated taxonomic tool for Online Dissemination of Concise, Verified and Visualized Information on Biodiversity, Retgrieved from Data and Text Mining of natural History Collections and Libraries
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An annotated taxonomic checklist of the Neotropical Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) with links to the information on host plants and parasitoids
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Faune des eaux souterraines du Bénin : un nouveau champ de recherches...
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Mitochondrial DNA hyperdiversity and its potential causes in the marine periwinkle Melarhaphe neritoides (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
