Research from ULiège and RBINS investigated the morphological similarities between the earliest whales and ancient marine reptiles from the dinosaur-era, the mosasaurs. Four specimens from our collections were used for this study.
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07/09/2022
Did early whales function the same way as marine reptiles?
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25/08/2022
Digging Jurassic Dinosaurs in Wyoming: 'Camarasaurus' Morris
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Reinout VerbekeThe third excavation season in central Wyoming is spendid one for the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences: three dinosaurs from the late Jurassic era. A - at first sight - young Camarasaurus, a Dryosaurus and possibly a Brachiosaurus.
22/04/2022
Ten new species of predatory fish from Lake Edward
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Reinout VerbekeA team of Belgian researchers has described ten new species of small predatory fish from Lake Edward. Scientists have long suspected that this lake between the DR Congo and Uganda is home to exceptional fish diversity.
20/04/2022
Pterosaurs already had coloured feathers
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Reinout VerbekePterosaurs, flying reptiles and close relatives of the dinosaurs, already developed feathers of different shapes and colours. This has been proven by a 115 million year old Brazilian fossil, studied by a team of palaeontologists.
31/03/2022
Mammals put brawn before brains to survive post-dinosaur world
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Reinout VerbekePrehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct, research suggests.
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