Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited
peer reviewed Anatomical, systematic, and paleobiogeographical data on the Devonian antiarchs from Belgium are reviewed, updated and completed thanks to new data from the field and re-examination of paleontological collections. The material of Bothriolepis lohesti is enhanced and the species redescr...
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ftorbi:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/159203 2024-10-13T14:06:55+00:00 Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited Olive, Sébastien 2015 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/159203 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/159203/1/Olive%2c%202015.pdf https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00015.2013 en eng Instytut Paleobiologii PAN urn:issn:0567-7920 urn:issn:1732-2421 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/159203 info:hdl:2268/159203 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/159203/1/Olive%2c%202015.pdf doi:10.4202/app.00015.2013 open access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60 (3), 711-731 (2015) Placodermi Antiarchi Asterolepis Bothriolepis Grossilepis Remigolepis palaeobiogeography Devonian Belgium Life sciences Zoology Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Sciences du vivant Zoologie Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article peer reviewed 2015 ftorbi https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00015.2013 2024-09-27T07:01:56Z peer reviewed Anatomical, systematic, and paleobiogeographical data on the Devonian antiarchs from Belgium are reviewed, updated and completed thanks to new data from the field and re-examination of paleontological collections. The material of Bothriolepis lohesti is enhanced and the species redescribed in more detail. An undetermined species of Bothriolepis is recorded from the Famennian of Modave (Liège Province), one species of Asterolepis redescribed from the Givetian of Hingeon and another one described from the Givetian of Mazy (Namur Province). Grossilepis rikiki sp. nov. is recorded from the Famennian tetrapod-bearing locality of Strud (Namur Province) and from the Famennian of Moresnet (Liège Province). It is the first occurrence of Grossilepis after the Frasnian and on the central southern coast of the Euramerican continent. Its occurrence in the Famennian of Belgium may be the result of a late arrival from the Moscow Platform and the Baltic Depression, where the genus is known from Frasnian deposits. Remigolepis durnalensis sp. nov. is described from the Famennian of Spontin near Durnal (Namur Province). Except for the doubtful occurrence of Remigolepis sp. in Scotland, this is the first record of this genus in Western Europe. Its occurrence in Belgium reinforces the strong faunal affinities between Belgium and East Greenland and the hypothesis of a hydrographical link between the two areas during the Late Devonian. Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland Greenland University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) Greenland Liège ENVELOPE(-61.917,-61.917,-64.033,-64.033) Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |
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Placodermi Antiarchi Asterolepis Bothriolepis Grossilepis Remigolepis palaeobiogeography Devonian Belgium Life sciences Zoology Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Sciences du vivant Zoologie Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique |
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Placodermi Antiarchi Asterolepis Bothriolepis Grossilepis Remigolepis palaeobiogeography Devonian Belgium Life sciences Zoology Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Sciences du vivant Zoologie Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique Olive, Sébastien Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited |
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Placodermi Antiarchi Asterolepis Bothriolepis Grossilepis Remigolepis palaeobiogeography Devonian Belgium Life sciences Zoology Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Sciences du vivant Zoologie Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique |
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peer reviewed Anatomical, systematic, and paleobiogeographical data on the Devonian antiarchs from Belgium are reviewed, updated and completed thanks to new data from the field and re-examination of paleontological collections. The material of Bothriolepis lohesti is enhanced and the species redescribed in more detail. An undetermined species of Bothriolepis is recorded from the Famennian of Modave (Liège Province), one species of Asterolepis redescribed from the Givetian of Hingeon and another one described from the Givetian of Mazy (Namur Province). Grossilepis rikiki sp. nov. is recorded from the Famennian tetrapod-bearing locality of Strud (Namur Province) and from the Famennian of Moresnet (Liège Province). It is the first occurrence of Grossilepis after the Frasnian and on the central southern coast of the Euramerican continent. Its occurrence in the Famennian of Belgium may be the result of a late arrival from the Moscow Platform and the Baltic Depression, where the genus is known from Frasnian deposits. Remigolepis durnalensis sp. nov. is described from the Famennian of Spontin near Durnal (Namur Province). Except for the doubtful occurrence of Remigolepis sp. in Scotland, this is the first record of this genus in Western Europe. Its occurrence in Belgium reinforces the strong faunal affinities between Belgium and East Greenland and the hypothesis of a hydrographical link between the two areas during the Late Devonian. |
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Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited |
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Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited |
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Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited |
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Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited |
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Devonian antiarch placoderms from Belgium revisited |
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devonian antiarch placoderms from belgium revisited |
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Instytut Paleobiologii PAN |
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2015 |
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https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/159203 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/159203/1/Olive%2c%202015.pdf https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00015.2013 |
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East Greenland Greenland |
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East Greenland Greenland |
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60 (3), 711-731 (2015) |
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