Palaeontologists from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have described two primitive mammals from the Upper Cretaceous that lived about 70 million years ago. One was excavated in Inner Mongolia, the other in Romania.
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02/12/2021
Two primitive mammals that lived at the end of the dinosaur era
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24/11/2021
170 species named after King Leopold III and Queen Astrid
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Reinout VerbekeTwo of our Institute’s taxonomists - biologists specialised in the discovery, description and classification of species - have found 170 species of animals named after King Leopold III and Queen Astrid in our collection and in databases.
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23/11/2021
Marine mammals developed thicker bones as diving weights in super salty sea
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Reinout VerbekePalaeontologists have discovered that marine mammals developed thicker and heavier bones as an adaptation to a salty inland sea in Central Europe some 13 million years ago.
16/11/2021
360-million-year-old shark jaw discovered in Belgian Ardennes
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Reinout VerbekeA team of researchers, including palaeontologist Sébastien Olive (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences), has described a 360 million-year-old shark jaw found in the Belgian Ardennes. It is an exceptional find because cartilage almost never fossilizes.
20/10/2021
Origin of domestic horses finally established
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Reinout VerbekeHorses were first domesticated in the northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia within a few centuries.
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