The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Brussels): A tour by Ziggycardon

[FossilDAWG]

Excellent tour!!  . I'm looking forward to the rest   .

 

Don

[dinosaur man]

Amazing @ziggycardon!! Love the Dinosaurs!!, Thank you for sharing.

[ziggycardon]

Thank you all for the kind reactions!  
The tour must go on and today we are starting off with the world famous Iguanodon cage!
I am not going to explain much about these as I have these very infomative video's that do the explaining for me  

 

 

 

This specimen here is a cast that is put in a scientifically accurate position as the real skeletons are way to fragile to remount.

 

 

 

A Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis

 

 

 

 

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Next-up: The Hall of the Mosasaurs

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The Hall of the Mosasaurs

 

 

The Hainosaurus bernadi found in Ciply, Belgium (70 - 68 mya)

 

Tethysaurus nopcsai

 

modern skeleton of a Gold Tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)

 

a) coral

b)Urchin
c) Mesostylus faujasi

d) shark teeth

all found in Ciply (70 - 68 mya)

 

Gastropods from Ciply

 

Allopleuron hofmanni

 

 

 

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Mosasaurus lemonnieri found in Ciply (70 - 68 mya)

 

 

Mosasaurus hoffmanni found in Zichen in Belgium (68 mya)

 

 

Shark tooth from Ciply

 

Mosasaurus lemonnieri caudal vert with bite marks by sharks 

 

 

Prognathodon solvayi 

 

Mosasaurus lemmonieri found in Spiennes in Belgium (70 - 68 mya)

 

[Bobby Rico]

Even with your wonderful photos it is really hard to convey the feeling of that moment you walk among the Iguanodon display .  Truly a world class collection. I am also glad they have kept them in the bipedal mount because it is part of the museum history . 

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The Hall of "250 Years of Natural Sciences"

 

African Elephant "Loxodonta africana", since 1880 in the collection, was an elephant from a former zoo in Brussels

 

The Wooly Mammoth of Lier

 

 

Balaenula balaenopsis skeleton found in Antwerp (Belgium)

 

Balaena primigenia found in Antwerp (Belgium) 

 

Genuine mounted Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) which went extinct in 1936

 

Petrified wood (Glyptostoboxylon) found in Hoegaarden, Belgium (54,9 mya)

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A Lithofellic bezoar

 

1/36 model of the Antarctic exploring ship the Belgica

 

Original painting the mounting of the Iguanodon skeletons in the St. Joris Chappel by Léon Becker

 

Butterflies from Upemba national park in Congo

 

Beetles from Upemba national park in Congo
I used to keep & breed 3 species from this display  

 

Jaw from an early primate (Teilhardina belgica) found in Dormaal in Sint-Truiden in Belgium (55 mya)

 

Uranium ore from Shinkolobwe, Katanga in Congo

 

The famous Ishango bone a possible mathematical object, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era. (20 000 years old)

More info on the Ishango bone:
https://www.naturalsciences.be/sites/default/files/Discover Ishango.pdf

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An unidentified snake species found in the Messel Quarry in Germany (48 mya)

 

Messelornis sp. found in the Messel Quarry in Germany (48 mya)

 

A bat (Palaeochiropteryx sp.) found in the Messel Quarry in Germany (48 mya)

 

A frog (Eopelobates wegneri) found in the Messel Quarry in Germany (48 mya)

 

A Diplocynodon sp. found in the Messel Quarry in Germany (48 mya)

 

Kopidodon macrognathus found in the Messel Quarry in Germany (48 mya)

 

Tomorrow or tonight I'll continue with the last part of the tour The Gallery of Evolution & Allosaurus Arkhane.
The Gallery of Evolution is quite big, so we are currenly half way of the tour  

 

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And here is the first part from The Gallery of Evolution! 

 

Precambrian life

 

Dickinsonia costata found in the White Sea area in Russia

 

Hippolytus cynthia found in the Elk Mound Group, USA

 

Cambrian lifeforms

 

Hallucigenia sparsa cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

Pseudoarctolepis sharpi found in the Marjum formation, USA

 

Tuzoia guntheri + Olenellus gilberti found in Lincoln County, USA 

 

 

Marrella splendens found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

Conocoryphe sulzeri found in Cechy in the Czech Republic

 

Canadaspis perfecta found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

 

Sidneyia inexpectans cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada 

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Ottoia prolifica found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

Canadia spinosa cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

Burgessochaeta setigera cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

Eldonia ludwigi cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

 

Anomalocaris canadensis cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

 

Chancelloria eros found in the Marjum Formation, USA

 

Choia carteri found in the Marjum Formation, USA

 

Vauxia gracilenta found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

Echmatocrinus brachiatus cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

Haplophrentis carinatus cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

Pikaia gracilens cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

[Tidgy's Dad]

Wonderful! 

Love all this Ediacaran and Cambrian stuff.

[ziggycardon]

23 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Wonderful! 

Love all this Ediacaran and Cambrian stuff.

Yes they have a amazing collection of paleozoïc fauna & flora, one of the reasons I like the Gallery of Evolution the most in the museum  

I'll try to upload the rest of the paleozoïc collection today  

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1) Aysheaia pedunculata cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

2) Wiwaxia corrugata cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada 

3) Odontogriphus omalus cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

Odaraia alata cast found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

Canadaspis perfecta found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

Isoxys acutangulus found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

Canadaspis perfecta found in the Burgess Shale, Canada

 

 

Gerospina schachti found in Millard County, USA

 

Ellipsocephalus hoffi found in Cechy in the Czech Republic

 

Acadoparadoxides briareus found in Erfoud, Morocco

My girlfriend was quite amazed seeing these giant trilobites as she didn't know they could get this big  

 

 

Geesops sparsinodosus gallicus found in Vireux Molhain, France

 

Chotecops ferdinandi found in Bundenbach, Germany

 

 

1) Nahecaris stuertzi found in Bundenbach, Germany

2) Heroldina rhenana found in Gemünden, Germany

 

3 - 5) Euryzone delphinuloides found in Paffrath, Germany

6) Bembexia larteti found in La Baconnière, France

7) Bensbergia arculata found in Gladbach, Germany

8) Murchisonia cincto-coronata found in Stolberg, Germany

[Mahnmut]

Very nice museum.

I think you should remove or blur the pictures with other people, especially the children, though.

The public relations people of "my" museum where very keen on the aspect of personality rights when I asked them if I could show pictures from the museum online.

Cheers,

J

 

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1) Cheiracanthus murchisoni found in Moray, Scotland

2) Zenaspis cf. Z. powriei cast found in Glamis, Scotland

 

Osteolepis macrolepidotus found in Orkney, Scotland

 

1) Coccosteus cuspidatus found in Stromness, Scotland

2) Pteraspis dunensis found in Odenspiel, Germany

 

 

Coccosteus cuspidatus found in Stromness, Scotland

 

Bothriolepis canadensis found in Miguasha, Canada

 

 

@Tidgy's Dad these are for you! 

1-2) Cyrtospirifer grabaui found in Barvaux, Belgium

3-8) Cyrtospirifer grabaui found in Durbuy, Belgium

9-11) Spinatrypa sp. found in Durbuy, Belgium

12-13)  Schizophoria cf. resupinata found in Furfooz, Belgium

 

1) Fidelites clariondi found in Jebel Ouaoufilal, Morocco

2) Prionoceras frechi found in Madene el Mrakib, Morocco

3) Platyclymenia sp. found in Madene el Mrakib, Morocco

4) Gyroceras sp. found in Couvin, Belgium

5) Hindeoceras sp found in Couvin, Belgium

 

Orthoceras sp. found in Germany

 

Dunkleosteus marsaisi cast found in Erfoud, Morocco

 

Gyroptychius agassizi found in Stromness, Scotland

 

2) Osteolepis macrolepidotus found in Lethen bar, Scotland

3) Dipterus macrolepidotus found in Thurso, Scotland

 

1) Osteolepis macrolepidotus found in Lethen bar, Scotland

2) Cheirolepis trailli found in Orkney, Scotland

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Acanthostega gunnari cast found in Celsius Bjerg Group, Greenland

 

1) Zosterophyllum sp. 

2) Cooksonia paranensis found in Parána, Brazil

3) Drepanophycus gaspianus found in Fooz-Wépion, Belgium

 

Cooksonia paranensis found in Parána, Brazil

 

Pseudosporochnus nodosus found in Goé, Belgium

 

1) Archeopteris roemeriana found in Evieux, Belgium

2) Moresnetia zalesskyi found in the Hun-Annevoie quarry, Belgium

3) Archeopteris roemeriana found in Assesse, Belgium

4) Condrusia rumex found in Assesse, Belgium

5) Rhacophyton condrusorum found in the Hun-Annevoie quarry, Belgium

 

 

Eusthenopteron foordi cast found in Miguasha, Canada

 

 

Tiktaalik roseae cast found in Ellesmere Island, Canada

 

Gigantoproductus giganteus found in Visé, Belgium

(This one was found not very far from where I live, maybe a place to visit once)

 

Spirifer sp. found in Soignies, Belgium

 

1) Sigillaria elegans found in Herstal, Belgium

2) Sigillaria mamillaris found in Couillet, Belgium

 

Lepidodendron aculeatum found in Ransart, Belgium

 

Sigillaria ovata found in Romsée, Belgium

 

1) Ulodendron ophiurus found in Couillet, Belgium

2-3) Sphenopteris hoeninghausii found in Cheratte, Belgium

 

1) Sphenopteris schumannii found in Châtelineau, Belgium

2-3) Sphenophyllum cuneifolium found in Herstal & Couillet, Belgium

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Eurypterus lacustris found in Buffalo, USA

 

Eophrynus prestvicii cast found in Coseley, UK

 

Alethopteris decurrens found in Pâturages, Belgium

 

Alethopteris decurrens found in Pâturages, Belgium

 

Pecopteris volkmannii found in Couillet, Belgium

 

2) Mariopteris acuta found in Liège, Belgium

3) Mariopteris muricata found in Seraing, Belgium

 

Archegosaurus decheni found in Lebach, Germany

 

Onchiodon frossardi cast found in Autun, France

 

Callibrachion gaudryi cast, found in Autun, France

 

Apateon pedestris found in Autun, France

 

Maiocercus celticus

 

Meganeuridae indet. cast found in Commentry, France

 

 

 

Anthracomastax furcifer found in Frameries, Belgium

 

Eryops megacephalus cast found in the Texas Red Beds, USA

 

That was the last of the Paleozoïc stuff from the Gallery of Evolution, in the next few day I shall continue with the Mesozoïc, Allosaurus Arkhane & the Cenozoïc which also includes the vast collection of Messel fossils.

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

2 hours ago, ziggycardon said:

 

@Tidgy's Dad these are for you! 

1-2) Cyrtospirifer grabaui found in Barvaux, Belgium

3-8) Cyrtospirifer grabaui found in Durbuy, Belgium

9-11) Spinatrypa sp. found in Durbuy, Belgium

12-13)  Schizophoria cf. resupinata found in Furfooz, Belgium

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we're talking. 

Nice to see all the Moroccan pieces too. 

[FossilDAWG]

What an amazingly diverse and comprehensive collection! 

 

Don

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21 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we're talking. 

Nice to see all the Moroccan pieces too. 

There were some more Brachiopod displays but they where displayed in glass panels in the floor alongside some european trilobite and some goniatites, but I couldn't get proper picture due to the reflections of the lighting and my camera wouldn't focus due to the scratches on the glass floor. Pity cause they had some nice stuff in those  

 

21 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

What an amazingly diverse and comprehensive collection! 

 

Don

Yes, they have an amazing fossil collection in this museum, especially the Gallery of Evolution has some stunning pieces  

 

But as I said, today we are going to continue our tour in the Mesozoïc era.

 

Coroniceras rotiforme found in Florenville, Belgium

 

 

1) Kosmoceras ornatum found in Villers-sur-mer, France

2) Kosmoceras acutistriatum found in Wiltshire, UK

3) Nautilidae indet. found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

4) Nautilidae indet. found in Halanzy, Belgium

5) Lytoceras sp. found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

6) Perisphinctidae sp. found in Neumarkt, Germany

7) Euagassiceras indet. found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

8) Rehmannia segestana f. densicostata

 

1) Phylloceras gr. heterophyllum + Dactylioceras sp. + Harpoceras sp. found in Holzmaden, Germany

2-3) Harpoceras falciferum found in Aubange, Belgium

 

1) Megateuthis giganteus found in Halanzy, Belgium

3) Megatheutis ellipticus found in Halanzy, Belgium

 

Mecochirus longimanatus found in Solnhofen, Germany

 

Aeger spinipes found in Solnhofen, Germany

 

Mecochirus longimanatus found in Solnhofen, Germany

 

Cycleryon elongatus found in Solnhofen, Germany

 

Palaeastacus fuciformis found in Solnhofen, Germany

 

Aeger sp. found in Solnhofen, Germany

 

Vampyromorpha indet. found in Solnhofen, Germany

 

1) Cardinia cf. laevis found in Brouch, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

2) Liogryhaea arcuata found in Provenchères-sur-Meuse, France

3) Pleuromya cf. alduini found in Halanzy, Belgium

4) Plagiostoma cf. premutabilis found in Halanzy, Belgium

5) Cardinia aff. lanceolata found in Brouch, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

6) Pseudopecten gr. aequivalvis found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

7) Velata hettangiensis found in Brouch, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

1) Microschiza aff. Semiornata + Cardinia cf. laevis found in Brouch, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

2) Cardinia aff. lanceolata found in Metzert, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

1) Plagiostoma gigantea found in Virton, Belgium

2) Bourguetia gr. striata found in Helanzy, Belgium

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Thrissops formosus found in Eichstädt, Germany

 

Ammonites gowerianus found in Villers-Sur-Mer, France

 

Stenopterygius sp. found in Bassarage, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

1) Belonostomus tenuirostris found in Cerin, France

2) Leptolepides sprattiformis found in Cerin, France

3) Leptolepis dubius found in Pappenheim, Germany

 

Dapedium pholidotus found in Holzmaden, Germany

 

Callopterus agassizi found in Cerin, France

 

Aspidorhynchus aff. acutirostris found in Cerin, France

 

Proscinetes bernardi found in Cerin, France

 

1) Pachycormus aff. curtus found in Bascharage, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

2) Leptolepis knorri found in Teplice, Czech Replublic

 

Pseudorhina alifera cast found in Eichstädt, Germany

 

Belemnobatis sismondae found in Cerin, France

 

Machimosaurus sp. cast found in France

 

Elasmosauridae indet. found in Dampicourt, Belgium

 

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Seirocrinus subangularis found in Holzmaden, Germany

 

Steneosaurus bollensis cast found in Holzmaden, Germany

 

Thalassiodracon hawkinsii cast found in Street, UK

 

Stenopterygius quadriscissus found in Holzmaden, Germany

 

Temnodontosaurus platyodon found in Stockem, Belgium

 

Pliosaurus brachydeirus cast found in Dorchester, UK

 

Stenopterygius sp. found in Holzmaden, Germany

 

1) Crocodileimus robustus cast found in Cerin, France

2) Crocodileimus robustus ink sac found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

3) Pachyceras lalandeanum found in Villers-sur-mer, France

 

Pachycormus macropterus found in Bascharage, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

1) Mecochirus longimanatus found in Solnhofen, Germany

2) Tharsis dubia found in Solnhofen, Germany

3) Eryon arctiformis found in Solnhofen, Germany

4) Pholidophorus sp. found in Dorset, UK

 

Tharsis dubia found in Solnhofen, Germany

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Eryon arctiformis found in Solnhofen, Germany

 

Kosmoceras ornatum found in Villers-Sur-Mer, France

Kosmoceras jason found in Montreuil-Bellay, France

 

Dactylioceras gr. found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

Pholidophoristion ovatus found in Cerin, France

 

Proscinetes bernardi found in Cerin, France

 

Inonoscopus desori found in Cerin, France

 

Lehmanophorus segusianus found in Cerin, France

 

Rhomaleosaurus cramponi cast found in Kettleness, UK

 

1) Nautilidae indet.

2) Cenoceras inornatum

3) Nautilidae indet.

4) Stephanoceras umbilicum found in France

 

1) Harpoceras pseudoserpentinum found in France

2) Sonninia cf. modesta found in Vallée de l'Orne, France

3) Dactylioceras gr. commune found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

1) Perisphinctes cotovui found in Villers-sur-mer, France

2) Stephanoceras scalare found in Maltot, France

3) Harpoceratidae indet. found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

Salpingoteuthis tubularis found in Dudelange, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

Harpoceras falciferum found in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg