A5090260037- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Laser Material Processing Techniques
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Medical and Biological Sciences
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Congenital limb and hand anomalies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Bone and Joint Diseases
- Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Institute of Natural Sciences
2014-2024
Université Libre de Bruxelles
2002-2006
The Ypresian Cambay Shale Formation at Vastan and Mangrol lignite mines in Gujarat, western India, has yielded a rich vertebrate fauna with numerous taxa of European affinities. Here we report new, approximately contemporary assemblage from two fossiliferous layers the nearby mine Tadkeshwar. These have similar mammal co-occurrence perissodactyl-like cambaytheriid Cambaytherium thewissi, adapoid primates Marcgodinotius indicus cf. Asiadapis cambayensis, hyaenodontid Indohyaenodon raoi....
The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) is correlated with the first occurrences of earliest modern mammals in Northern Hemisphere. latest Paleocene Clarkforkian North American Land Mammal Age, that has yielded rodents and carnivorans, only exception to this rule. However, until now no pre-PETM localities have Europe or Asia. We report equivalent Age deposits basal Sparnacian facies at Rivecourt, north-central part Paris Basin. new terrestrial vertebrate macroflora assemblages are...
ABSTRACT A new eusuchian skull from the Maastrichtian locality of Oarda de Jos in southwestern Transylvanian Basin Romania represents best-preserved known specimen Allodaposuchus precedens Nopcsa, 1928. This fossil allows us to clearly characterize morphology A. and reject idea, as recently suggested, that taxon could be considered a nomen dubium. Parsimony analysis confirms earlier phylogenetic hypotheses based on fragmentary holotype Valioara Hat¸eg (Romania), well putative conspecific...
The early Eocene (Ypresian) Cambay Formation of Vastan Lignite Mine in Gujarat, western India, has produced a diverse assemblage snakes including at least ten species that belong to the Madtsoiidae, Palaeophiidae (Palaeophis and Pterosphenus), Boidae, several Caenophidia.Within latter taxon, Colubroidea are represented by Russellophis crassus sp.nov.(Russellophiidae) Procerophis sahnii gen.et sp.nov.Thaumastophis missiaeni sp.nov. is caenophidian uncertain family assignment.At two other...
(2006). Early Eocene (Ypresian) continental vertebrate assemblage from India, with description of a new anthracobunid (Mammalia, Tethytheria) Journal Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 219-225.
The Cretaceous vertebrate assemblages of Romania are famous for geographically endemic dwarfed dinosaur taxa. We report the first complete egg clutches a dwarf lithostrotian titanosaur, from Toteşti, Romania, and its reproductive adaptation to "island effect".The were discovered in sequential sedimentary layers Maastrichtian Sânpetru Formation, Toteşti. occurrence 11 homogenous successive strata suggests philopatry by same species, which laid averaging four ∼12 cm diameters eggs. eggs...
The Ypresian Cambay Shale Formation of Vastan Lignite Mine in Gujarat, western India, has yielded a rich vertebrate fauna, including the earliest modern mammals Indian subcontinent.Here we describe its assemblage four frogs, two new genera and species, based on numerous, diverse well-preserved ilia vertebrae.An abundant frog, Eobarbourula delfinoi gen.and sp.nov., with particular vertebral articulation similar to zygosphene-zygantrum complex, represents oldest record Bombinatoridae might...
The early Paleogene is critical for understanding global biodiversity patterns in modern ecosystems. During this interval, Southern Hemisphere continents were largely characterized by isolation and faunal endemism following the breakup of Gondwana. Africa has been proposed as an important source area origin several marine vertebrate groups but its record poorly sampled, especially from sub-Saharan Africa. To document ecosystems Central Africa, we revised stratigraphic context sedimentary...
The anatomy of Cambaytherium, a primitive, perissodactyl-like mammal from the lower Eocene Cambay Shale Formation Gujarat, India, is described in detail on basis more than 350 specimens that represent almost entire dentition and skeleton. Cambaytherium combines plesiomorphic traits typical archaic ungulates such as phenacodontids with derived characteristic early perissodactyls. was subcursorial animal better adapted for running but less specialized cheek teeth are bunodont large upper molar...
We here describe a new gekkotan lizard from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of Dormaal locality in Belgium, time warmest global climates past 66 million years (Myr). This taxon, with an age 56 Myr, together indeterminate material reported Silveirinha (Portugal, MP represent oldest Cenozoic gekkotans known Europe. Today lizards are distributed worldwide mainly warm temperate to tropical areas and gecko represents thermophilic faunal element. Given Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum at that time,...
In the 19th century, natural mummies of amphibians were discovered in Quercy Phosphorites. The specific collection site was never formally reported, which hampers precise dating these specimens. Still, name Bufo servatus erected based on external morphology one mummified A tomography a similarly preserved specimen revealed skeleton, soft tissues and gut contents. We analyze here holotype using CT-scanning order to investigate its potentially internal features. Like previous specimen,...
Morphometric characters of fossil leaves such as size and shape are important widely used sources for reconstructing palaeoenvironments.Various tools, including CLAMP or Leaf Margin Analysis, utilize leaf traits input parameters estimating palaeoclimate, mostly based on correlations between climate extant plants.During the last few years, scope information extracted from morphology has been further expanded by economics, which describe functional ecological strategies.The amount quality...
The Quercy Phosphorites Formation in France is world famous for its Eocene to Miocene faunas, especially those from the upper lower Oligocene, richest of all. latter particularly helped understand ‘Grande Coupure’, a dramatic faunal turnover event that occurred Europe during Eocene-Oligocene transition. Fossils were excavated middle 19th century until early 20th series sites and became subsequently dispersed over several research institutions, while often losing temporal geographical...
We here report on iguanians (both new and the previous record) from earliest Eocene (MP 7) of Dormaal locality in Belgium, time warmest global climates past 66 million years. Today are distributed mainly New World (Pleurodonta) Old (Acrodonta), having complicated biogeographic histories. Both lineages co-existed 56 Ma. Iguanians document presence thermophilic faunas during greenhouse conditions northern mid-latitudes (above 50° north, latitude southern England). The complete maxilla agamid...