International Congress September 10‐13, 2019
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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 International symposiumEvolution and Paleoenvironment of Early Modern Vertebrates during the Paleogene |
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PalEurAfrica Meeting 2019
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In the framework of the PalEurAfrica network research project, we were happy to invite our attendees to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) for an international symposium on the evolution and paleoenvironment of early modern vertebrates. This symposium gathered specialists who work on macro- and micropaleontology, bio- and isotope stratigraphy, paleoenvironment, paleogeography, and geology of Paleogene vertebrate bearing sites.
This international meeting celebrated the memory of one of our PalEurAfrica partners, Gregg Gunnell (1954 – 2017), who died tragically and unexpectedly in the middle of his career, having made significant contributions to our understanding of Paleogene vertebrate evolutionary history. |
Thierry Smith (Chair) – Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Thierry De Putter – Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Stephen Louwye – Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Johan Yans – Université de Namur, Namur, Belgium
Matthew Borths – Duke University Lemur Center, Durham, NC, USA
Nancy Stevens – Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
Massimo Delfino – Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
Gilles Escarguel – Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
Annelise Folie – Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Emmanuel Gheerbrant – Museum national d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Jason Head – University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Gerald Mayr – Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany
Florias Mees – Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Ellen R. Miller – Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Adán Pérez-García – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
Rajendra Singh Rana – H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India
Hesham M. Sallam – Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Floréal Solé – Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Robert Speijer – Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Rodolphe Tabuce – Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Thierry Smith – Annelise Folie – Cécilia Cousin – Simon Sweydan – Julien Lalanne – Narimane Chatar – Floréal Solé – Aldo Impens – Richard Smith
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Florias Mees – Thierry De Putter
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Welcome to the RBINS – Brussels |
Scientific Program |
 The meeting took place in the conference rooms of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, located in the center of the city of Brussels next to the European parliament. (http://www.naturalsciences.be). Please find here a selection of conference pictures. |
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As we are united by a common scientific interest – Paleogene vertebrates and their environments – talks have been presented unopposed in a single venue, the main auditorium of the RBINS. We followed a thematic linked to the continents (Europe, Africa and Asia). |
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Publication of a thematic volume in Geobios
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The Chief Editor of the international journal Geobios, Dr. Gilles Escarguel, offers us the opportunity to publish papers dedicated to the general theme of the PalEurAfrica congress in a thematic volume (i.e., part of the regular series of the journal). There are no fees if the rules are respected. Eight to twelve papers are needed to edit the volume. The submission deadline is set at December 31, 2019. After a complete review the volume is estimated for printing Autumn 2020. Authors instructions are available on: |
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Field Trip
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Richard Smith & Thierry Smith (Leaders) – Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium. Three famous vertebrate localities have been opened for the meeting: Maret (middle Paleocene, MP1-5), Dormaal (earliest Eocene, MP7), and Hoogbutsel-Boutersem (early Oligocene, MP21) in eastern Belgium. Please find here a selection of fieltrip pictures. |
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Outcrop section at Boutersem-TGV in the early Oligocene Boutersem Sand Member of the Borgloon Formation (MP-21). |
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Outcrop section at Maret with the marls of Gelinden sandwiched between the middle Paleocene Heers Formation (MP1-5) and the late Paleocene Hannut Formation. |
The sunken path of Dormaal along which the fluvial deposits of the earliest Eocene Tienen Formation are exposed (MP7). |