Bernissart dinosaurs and early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems / [edited by] Pascal Godefroit.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. 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 Investigations / Pascal Godefroit, Johan Yans, and Pierre Bultynck;
2. The Attempted Theft of Dinosaur Skeletons during the German Occupation of Belgium (1914--1918) / Christoph Roolf; 3. A Short Introduction to the Geology of the Mons Basin and the Bernissart Sinkhole / Jean-Marc Baele, Pascal Godefroit, Paul Spagna, and Christian Dupuis;
4. 3-D Modelling of the Paleozoic Top Surface in the Bernissart Area and Integration of Data from Boreholes Drilled in the Iguanodon Sinkhole / Thierry Martin, Johan Yans, Christian Dupuis, Paul Spagna, and Olivier Kaufmann;
5. The Karstic Phenomenon of the Iguanodon Sinkhole and the Geomorphological Situation of the Mons Basin during the Early Cretaceous / Yves Quinif and Luciane Licour;
6. Geodynamic and Tectonic context of Early Cretaceous Iguanodon-Bearing Deposits in the Mons Basin / Sara Vandycke and Paul Spagna;
7. Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Sediments Overlying the Wealden Facies in the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart / Johan Yans, Francis Robaszynski, and Edwige Masure;
8. On the Age of the Bernissart Iguanodons / Johan Yans, Jean Dejax, and Johann Schnyder;
9. The Paleoenvironment of the Bernissart Iguanodons: Sedimentological Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Facies in the Bernissart Area / Paul Spagna, Johan Yans, Johann Schnyder, and Christian Dupuis;
10. Mesofossil Plant Remains from the Barremian of Hautrage (Mons Basin, Belgium), with Taphonomy, Palaeoecology, and Palaeoenvironment Insights / Bernard Gomez, Thomas Gillot, Veronique Daviero-Gomez, Clement Coiffard, Paul Spagna, and Johan Yans;
11. Diagenesis of the Fossil Bones of Iguanodon bernissartensis / Thierry Leduc;
12. Histological Assessment of Vertebrate Remains in the 2003 Bernissart Drill / Armand de Ricqles, Pascal Godefroit, and Johan Yans;
13. Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Remains from Baudour (Belgium) / Pascal Godefroit, Jean Le Loeuff, Patrick Carlier, Stephane Pirson, Johan Yans, Suravech Suteethorn, and Paul Spagna;
14. Geological Model and Cyclic Mass-Mortality Scenarios for the Lower Cretaceous Iguanodon Bonebeds of Bernissart / Jean-Marc Baele, Pascal Godefroit, Paul Spagna, and Christian Dupuis

Part II. The Bernissart Iguanodons and Their Kin
15. Iguanodontian Taxa (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium / David B. Norman; 16. The Brain of Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus: Perspectives on Ornithopod Evolution / Pascaline Lauters, Walter Coudyzer, Martine Vercauteren, and Pascal Godefroit;
17. Hypsilophodon foxii and Other Smaller Bipedal Ornithischian Dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England / Peter M. Galton;
18. The African Cousins of the European Iguanodontids / Philippe Taquet;
19. Anatomy and Relationships of Bolong yixianensis, an Early Cretaceous Iguanodontoid Dinosaur from Western Liaoning, China / Wu Wenhao and Pascal Godefroit;
20. A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan / Pascal Godefroit, Francois Escuillie, Yuri L. Bolotsky, and Pascaline Lauters

Part III. Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems In and Outside Europe
21. Dinosaur Remains from the "Sables Verts" (Early Cretaceous, Albian) of the Eastern Paris Basin / Eric Buffetaut and Laetitia Nori;
22. Dinosaur Faunas from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Albian) of Spain / Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Jose Ignacio Ruiz-Ometaca, Jose Ignacio Canudo, Fidel Torcida, and Jose Luis Sanz;
23. New Early Cretaceous Multituberculate Mammals from the Iberian Peninsula / Ainara Badiola, Jose Ignacio Canudo, and Gloria Cuenca-Bescas;
24. Danish Dinosaurs: A Review / Niels Bonde;
25. The Age of Lycoptera Beds (Jehol Biota) in Transbaikalia (Russia) and Correlation with Mongolia and China / Evgenia V. Bugdaeva and Valentina S. Markevich;
26. A New Basal Ornithomimosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Northwest China / Jin Liyong, Chen Jun, and Pascal Godefroit;
27. Australia's Polar Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs / Thomas H. Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich;
28. Assessment of the Potential for a Jehol Biota-like Cretaceous Polar Fossil Assemblage in Victoria, Australia / Thomas H. Rich, Li Xiao-bo, and Patricia Vickers-Rich;
29. Freshwater Hybodont Sharks in Early Cretaceous Ecosystems: A Review / Gilles Cuny

Part IV. Cretaceous Vertebrate Faunas after the Bernissart Iguanodons
30. The Late Cretaceous Continental Vertebrate Fauna from Iharkat (Western Hungary): A Review / Attila Asi, Mairton Rabi, La!szla Maka!di, Zolta!n Szentesi, Ga!bor Botfalvai, and Peter Gulya!s;
31. First Discovery of Maastrichtian (Latest Cretaceous) Terrestrial Vertebrates in Rusca MontanaE Basin (Romania) / Vlad A. Codrea, Pascal Godefroit, Christian Jipa, and Thierry Smith;
32. First Maastrichtian (Latest Cretaceous) Vertebrate Assemblage from Provence (Vitrolles-la-Plaine, Southern France) / Xavier Valentin, Pascal Godefroit, Rodolphe Tabuce, Monique Vianey-Liaud, Wu Wenhao, and Geraldine Garcia;
33. Reassessment of the Posterior Brain Region in Multituberculate Mammals / Emmanuel Gillissen and Thierry Smith

Index

Deals with the iconic dinosaur Iguanodon and its world.