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

[ziggycardon]

And one of the highlights as well as the main reason for my visit to the museum, the temporary exhibit of Allosaurus Arkhane, a new undescribed Allosaurus species.

Found in Barnum-Kaycee, Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA (Jurassic, 155 mya), 8,7 meters long and for 70 % complete.

 

Camarasaurus sp. skull cast found at the same site as Arkhane

 

Diplodocidae indet. neck vert with Allosaurus bite marks found at the same site as Arkhane.

 

 

 

 

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Arkhane's real skull

 

Cast of Arkhane's hand

 

 

 

 

 

That was it for today, friday I shall finish our tour of the museum with the Cenozoïc part of the Gallery of Evolution which hugely consists of the Messel collection.  

[Tidgy's Dad]

Wonderful stuff.

I am enjoying this immensely and look forward to tomorrows concluding part.

[ziggycardon]

On 19-2-2020 at 10:03 PM, Tidgy's Dad said:

Wonderful stuff.

I am enjoying this immensely and look forward to tomorrows concluding part.

Thank you, I am glad you are enjoying it!  
I am just very glad to share this museums collection with people who might never have the chance to visit it  

 

Today it's time to finish our tour of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, continueing with the Cenozoïc era, starting with the vast Messel Quarry collection.

 

Macrocranion tupaiodon 

 

Ailuravus macrurus

 

Messelornis cristata & Idiornis tuberculata

 

Eomanis waldi

 

2) Macrocranion tupaiodon

3) Miacidae indet.

4) Ailuravus macrurus

 

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Eurohippus messelensis

 

Hallensia matthesi

 

Ailuravus macrurus

 

Atractosteus strausi

 

Atractosteus strausi

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Paleoperca proxima

 

Baryphracta deponiae

 

Crocodylia indet.

 

Serpentes indet.

 

Euroemys kehreri

 

Allaeochelys crassesculptata

 

Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon

 

Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon

 

Diplocynodon darwini

 

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Sabalites sp.

 

Nipadites aff. burtini found in Schaarbeek, Belgium

 

Dyatrima cast found in Wyoming, USA

 

 

 

 

Dorudon atrox found in Fayum, Egypt

Maiacetus inuus found in Beloetsjistan, Pakistan

 

Notharctus tenebrosus found in Grizzly Buttes, USA

Plesiadapis cookei found in Wyoming, USA

 

Hexapoda indet. found in Araripe, Brazil

 

Odonata indet. found in Colorado, USA

 

Chelicerata indet found in Araripe, Brazil

 

Diptera indet. found in Colorado, USA

 

Hexapoda indet. & Diptera indet. found in Colorado, USA

[ziggycardon]

And that was it folks, it took nearly a week, but it came to it's end, a tour of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences by ziggycardon! 
I hoped you all enjoyed the tour, thank you all for the kind reactions!  
Here are my last snapshots for the taxidermy collection at the end of the Gallery of Evolution.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Love Messel fossils. 

Thanks for sharing all these wonderful photos with us, much appreciated. 

[Wrangellian]

Wow... and I thought it was a pain to post 20 or 30 pics.

I'm always surprised at the diversity of stuff a single museum can have, from so many locations around the world. How did they get their Burgess Shale material, for instance? Of course a lot of those are casts, but not all(?) (Some of those cases seems rather sparsely populated too - I think they could have saved some space by concentrating them somewhat).

Anyway, thanks for the tour!

[ziggycardon]

On 21-2-2020 at 11:10 PM, Tidgy's Dad said:

Love Messel fossils. 

Thanks for sharing all these wonderful photos with us, much appreciated. 

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it.  

I enjoyed to be able to  share this amazing museum with this community  

 

1 hour ago, Wrangellian said:

Wow... and I thought it was a pain to post 20 or 30 pics.

I'm always surprised at the diversity of stuff a single museum can have, from so many locations around the world. How did they get their Burgess Shale material, for instance? Of course a lot of those are casts, but not all(?) (Some of those cases seems rather sparsely populated too - I think they could have saved some space by concentrating them somewhat).

Anyway, thanks for the tour!

Hahaha jepp, I was fun to share, but since I had to upload all the pictures to lunapic, to then crop them and to then upload them here. I sometimes said to myself, what the hell did I get myself into now  
But it was a fun project, I am happy to have shared this museum with people who might never have the chance to visit.  

As for the Burgess Shale material, I believe they recieved most of it from the Royal Ontario Museum.
But yes, they could be more space efficient if they want with the displays. 

[Wrangellian]

More space-efficient means more room for other items that they might otherwise keep in the storage rooms!

The ROM is distributing Burgess fossils? The RBCM here in Victoria could use more! This is the extent of their Burgess collection, you might have seen this pic before:

 

[deutscheben]

Those Messel fossils! Absolutely astonishing, thank you for taking the time to share your photos.

[Crocophile]

Thank you, Ziggycardon, for this fabulous tour and the effort you put into it!