Pascal Godefroit
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Pascal Godefroit is a Belgian paleontologist. He had described dinosaurs like Olorotitan in 2003.[1] Godefroit is the director of earth and life sciences at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.[2]
Below is a list of taxa that Godefroit has contributed to naming:
| Year | Taxon | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Haolong dongi gen. et sp. nov. | Huang, Wu, Mao, Bertozzo, Dhouailly, Robin, Pittman, Kaye, Manucci, He, Wang, & Godefroit[3] |
| 2025 | Cariocecus bocagei gen. et sp. nov. | Bertozzo, Camillo, Araújo, Manucci, Kullberg, Cerio, Carvalho, Marrecas, Figueiredo, & Godefroit[4] |
| 2025 | Shri rapax sp. nov. | Moutrille, Cau, Chinzorig, Escuillié, Tsogtbaatar, Ganzorig, Mallet, & Godefroit[5] |
| 2021 | Garrigatitan meridionalis gen. et sp. nov. | Díez Díaz, Garcia, Superbiola, Jentgen-Ceschino, Stein, Godefroit, & Valentin[6] |
| 2020 | Changmiania liaoningensis gen. et sp. nov | Yuqing Yang, Wenhao Wu, Paul-Emile Dieudonné, & Godefroit[7] |
| 2017 | Halszkaraptor escuilliei gen. et sp. nov. | Cau, Beyrand, Voeten, Fernandez, Tafforeau, Stein, Barsbold, Tsogtbaatar, Currie, & Godefroit[8] |
| 2017 | Serikornis sungei gen. et sp. nov. | Lefèvre, Cau, Cincotta, Hu, Chinsamy, Escuillié, & Godefroit[9] |
| 2017 | Matheronodon provincialis gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Garcia, Gomez, Stein, Cincotta, Lefèvre, & Valentin[10] |
| 2017 | Mistralazhdarcho maggii gen. et sp. nov. | Vullo, Garcia, Godefroit, Cincotta, & Valentin[11] |
| 2014 | Leninia stellans gen. et sp. nov. | Fischer, Arkhangelsky, Uspensky, Stenshin, & Godefroit[12] |
| 2014 | Sisteronia seeleyi gen. et sp. nov. | Fischer, Bardet, Guiomar, & Godefroit[13] |
| 2014 | Jeholornis curvipes sp. nov. | Lefèvre, Hu, Escuillié, Dyke, & Godefroit[14] |
| 2014 | Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Sinitsa, Dhouailly, Bolotosky, Sizom, Mcnamara, Benton, & Spagna[15] |
| 2013 | Mistralestes arcensis gen. et sp. nov. | Tabuce, Tortosa, Vianey-Liaud, Garcia, Lebrun, Godefroit, Dutour, Berton, Valentin, & Cheylan[16] |
| 2013 | Malawania anachronus gen. et sp. nov. | Fischer, Appleby, Naish, Liston, Riding, Brindle, & Godefroit[17] |
| 2013 | Aurornis xui gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Cau, Dong-Yu, Escuillié, Wenhao, & Dyke[18] |
| 2013 | Eosinopteryx brevipenna gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Demuynck, Dyke, Hu, Escuillié, & Claeys[19] |
| 2012 | Hexing qingyi gen. et sp. nov. | Liyong, Jun, & Godefroit[20] |
| 2012 | Kundurosaurus nagornyi gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Bolotsky, & Lauters[21] |
| 2011 | Sveltonectes insolitus gen. et sp. nov. | Fischer, Masure, Arkhangelsky, & Godefroit[22] |
| 2011 | Samrukia nessovi gen. et sp. nov. | Naish, Dyke, Cau, Escuillié, & Godefroit[23] |
| 2010 | Koreanosaurus boseongensis gen. et sp. nov. | Huh, Lee, Kim, Lim, & Godefroit[24] |
| 2010 | Bolong yixianensis gen. et sp. nov. | Wu, Hu, & Godefroit[25] |
| 2010 | Paludititan nalatzensis gen. et sp. nov. | Csiki, Codrea, Jipa-Murzea, & Godefroit[26] |
| 2009 | Helioceratops brachygnathus gen. et sp. nov. | Jin, Chen, Zan, & Godefroit[27] |
| 2008 | Velociraptor osmolskae sp. nov. | Godefroit, Currie, Hong, Yong, & Dong[28] |
| 2008 | Wulagasaurus dongi gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Shulin, Tingxiang, & Lauters[29] |
| 2005 | Penelopognathus weishampeli gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Li, & Shang[30] |
| 2004 | Kerberosaurus manakini gen. et sp. nov. | Bolotsky & Godefroit[31] |
| 2003 | Olorotitan arharensis gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Bolotsky, & Alifanov[32] |
| 2000 | Charonosaurus jiayinensis gen. et sp. nov. | Godefroit, Zan, & Jin[33] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Miserey, Yves (4 June 2013). "Un petit dinosaure chinois, nouvel ancêtre des oiseaux". Le Figaro (in French). Dassault Group. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ "Muséum des Sciences Naturelles – Direction opérationnelle Terre et Histoire de la Vie" (in French). Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ Huang, Jiandong; Wu, Wenhao; Mao, Lei; Bertozzo, Filippo; Dhouailly, Danielle; Robin, Ninon; Pittman, Michael; Kaye, Thomas G.; Manucci, Fabio; He, Xuezhi; Wang, Xuri; Godefroit, Pascal (2026-02-06). "Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10 (2): 203–210. Bibcode:2026NatEE..10..203H. doi:10.1038/s41559-025-02960-9. ISSN 2397-334X. PMID 41652002.
- ↑ Bertozzo, Filippo; Camilo, Bruno; Araújo, Ricardo; Manucci, Fabio; Kullberg, José Carlos; Cerio, Donald G.; Carvalho, Victor Feijó de; Marrecas, Pedro; Figueiredo, Silvério D.; Godefroit, Pascal (31 December 2025). "Cariocecus bocagei, a new basal hadrosauroid from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1) 2536347. Bibcode:2025JSPal..2336347B. doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2536347. ISSN 1477-2019.
- ↑ Moutrille, Léa; Cau, Andrea; Chinzorig, Tsogtbaatar; Escuillié, François; Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav; Ganzorig, Bayasgaa; Mallet, Christophe; Godefroit, Pascal (13 July 2025). "A new bird-like dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia with extremely robust hands supports niche partitioning among velociraptorines". Historical Biology. 38 (6): 1987–2018. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2530148. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Díez Díaz, Verónica; Garcia, Géraldine; Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier; Jentgen-Ceschino, Benjamin; Stein, Koen; Godefroit, Pascal; Valentin, Xavier (2 November 2021). "A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France)". Historical Biology. 33 (11): 2998–3017. Bibcode:2021HBio...33.2998D. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1841184. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 10 June 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Yang, Yuqing; Wu, Wenhao; Dieudonné, Paul-Emile; Godefroit, Pascal (2020-09-08). "A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China". PeerJ. 8 e9832. doi:10.7717/peerj.9832. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7485509. PMID 33194351.
- ↑ Cau, Andrea; Beyrand, Vincent; Voeten, Dennis F. A. E.; Fernandez, Vincent; Tafforeau, Paul; Stein, Koen; Barsbold, Rinchen; Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav; Currie, Philip John; Godefroit, Pascal (6 December 2017). "Synchrotron scanning reveals amphibious ecomorphology in a new clade of bird-like dinosaurs". Nature. 552 (7685): 395–399. Bibcode:2017Natur.552..395C. doi:10.1038/nature24679. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 29211712. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ↑ Lefèvre, Ulysse; Cau, Andrea; Cincotta, Aude; Hu, Dongyu; Chinsamy, Anusuya; Escuillié, François; Godefroit, Pascal (22 August 2017). "A new Jurassic theropod from China documents a transitional step in the macrostructure of feathers". The Science of Nature. 104 (9–10) 74. Bibcode:2017SciNa.104...74L. doi:10.1007/s00114-017-1496-y. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 28831510. Retrieved 11 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Garcia, Géraldine; Gomez, Bernard; Stein, Koen; Cincotta, Aude; Lefèvre, Ulysse; Valentin, Xavier (26 October 2017). "Extreme tooth enlargement in a new Late Cretaceous rhabdodontid dinosaur from Southern France". Scientific Reports. 7 (1) 13098. Bibcode:2017NatSR...713098G. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13160-2. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5658417. PMID 29074952.
- ↑ Vullo, Romain; Garcia, Géraldine; Godefroit, Pascal; Cincotta, Aude; Valentin, Xavier (4 July 2018). "Mistralazhdarcho maggii, gen. et sp. nov., a new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of southeastern France". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (4): (1)–(16). Bibcode:2018JVPal..3802670V. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1502670. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Fischer, Valentin; Arkhangelsky, Maxim S.; Uspensky, Gleb N.; Stenshin, Ilya M.; Godefroit, Pascal (January 2014). "A new Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Russia reveals skull shape conservatism within Ophthalmosaurinae". Geological Magazine. 151 (1): 60–70. Bibcode:2014GeoM..151...60F. doi:10.1017/S0016756812000994. hdl:2268/137853. ISSN 0016-7568. Retrieved 15 June 2026 – via Cambridge Core.
- ↑ Fischer, Valentin; Bardet, Nathalie; Guiomar, Myette; Godefroit, Pascal (21 January 2014). Farke, Andrew A. (ed.). "High Diversity in Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs from Europe Prior to Their Extinction". PLoS ONE. 9 (1) e84709. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...984709F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084709. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3897400. PMID 24465427.
- ↑ Lefèvre, Ulysse; Hu, Dongyu; Escuillié, François; Dyke, Gareth John; Godefroit, Pascal (18 October 2014). "A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China: A new long-tailed basal bird". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (3): 790–804. doi:10.1111/bij.12343. Retrieved 14 February 2025 – via Oxford Academic.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Sinitsa, Sofia M.; Dhouailly, Danielle; Bolotsky, Yuri L.; Sizov, Alexander V.; McNamara, Maria E.; Benton, Michael James; Spagna, Paul (25 July 2014). "A Jurassic ornithischian dinosaur from Siberia with both feathers and scales". Science. 345 (6195): 451–455. Bibcode:2014Sci...345..451G. doi:10.1126/science.1253351. hdl:1983/a7ae6dfb-55bf-4ca4-bd8b-a5ea5f323103. PMID 25061209.
- ↑ Tabuce, Rodolphe; Tortosa, Thierry; Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Garcia, Géraldine; Lebrun, Renaud; Godefroit, Pascal; Dutour, Yves; Berton, Sévérine; Valentin, Xavier; Cheylan, Gilles (1 November 2013). "New eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Aix-en-Provence Basin, south-eastern France: European Late Cretaceous mammals". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (3): 653–672. doi:10.1111/zoj.12074. Retrieved 22 May 2026 – via Oxford Academic.
- ↑ Fischer, Valentin; Appleby, Robert M.; Naish, Darren; Liston, Jeff; Riding, James B.; Brindley, Stephen; Godefroit, Pascal (23 August 2013). "A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs". Biology Letters. 9 (4) 20130021. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0021. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 3730615. PMID 23676653. Retrieved 9 June 2026 – via The Royal Society Publishing.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Cau, Andrea; Dong-Yu, Hu; Escuillié, François; Wenhao, Wu; Dyke, Gareth John (29 May 2013). "A Jurassic avialan dinosaur from China resolves the early phylogenetic history of birds". Nature. 498 (7454): 359–362. Bibcode:2013Natur.498..359G. doi:10.1038/nature12168. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 23719374. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Demuynck, Helena; Dyke, Gareth; Hu, Dongyu; Escuillié, François; Claeys, Philippe (22 January 2013). "Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China". Nature Communications. 4 (1): 1394. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.1394G. doi:10.1038/ncomms2389. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 23340434. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Nature Publishing Group.
- ↑ Jin Liyong, Chen Jun and Pascal Godefroit (2012). "A New Basal Ornithomimosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Northeast China". In Godefroit, P. (ed.). Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems. Indiana University Press. pp. 467–487.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Bolotsky, Yuri L.; Lauters, Pascaline (30 May 2012). Joger, Ulrich (ed.). "A New Saurolophine Dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of Far Eastern Russia". PLoS ONE. 7 (5) e36849. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...736849G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036849. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3364265. PMID 22666331.
- ↑ Fischer, Valentin; Masure, Edwige; Arkhangelsky, Maxim S.; Godefroit, Pascal (9 September 2011). "A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (5): 1010–1025. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31.1010F. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.595464. hdl:2268/92828. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Naish, Darren; Dyke, Gareth John; Cau, Andrea; Escuillié, François; Godefroit, Pascal (10 August 2011). "A gigantic bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia". Biology Letters. 8 (1): 97–100. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0683. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 3259976. PMID 21835881. Retrieved 14 June 2026 – via The Royal Society Publishing.
- ↑ Huh, Min; Lee, Dae-Gil; Kim, Jung-Kyun; Lim, Jong-Deock; Godefroit, Pascal (October 2010). "A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of South Korea". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 259 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0102. ISSN 0077-7749. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.
- ↑ Wu Wen-hao; Pascal Godefroit; Hu Dong-yu (2010). "Bolong yixianensis gen. et sp. nov.: A new Iguanodontoid dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China". Geology and Resources. 19 (2): 127–133.
- ↑ Csiki, Zoltán; Codrea, Vlad; Jipa-Murzea, Cătălin; Godefroit, Pascal (1 December 2010). "A partial titanosaur (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) skeleton from the Maastrichtian of Nalat-Vad, Hateg Basin, Romania". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 258 (3): 297–324. Bibcode:2010NJGPA.258..297C. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0098. ISSN 0077-7749. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.
- ↑ Jin, Liyong; Chen, Jun; Zan, Shuqin; Godefroit, Pascal (16 April 2009). "A New Basal Neoceratopsian Dinosaur from the Middle Cretaceous of Jilin Province, China". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 83 (2): 200–206. Bibcode:2009AcGlS..83..200J. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2009.00023.x. ISSN 1000-9515. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Wiley Online Library.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Currie, Philip John; Hong, Li; Yong, Shang Chang; Dong, Zhiming (12 June 2008). "A new species of Velociraptor (Dinosauria: Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northern China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (2): 432–438. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[432:ANSOVD]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Shulin, Hai; Tingxiang, Yu; Lauters, Pascaline (1 January 2008). "New Hadrosaurid Dinosaurs from the Uppermost Cretaceous of Northeastern China". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 53 (1): 47–74. Bibcode:2008AcPaP..53...47G. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0103. ISSN 0567-7920. Retrieved 16 June 2026 – via BioOne Digital Library.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Li, Hong; Shang, Chang-Yong (December 2005). "A new primitive hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia (P.R. China)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 4 (8): 697–705. Bibcode:2005CRPal...4..697G. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2005.07.004. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- ↑ Bolotsky, Yuri L.; Godefroit, Pascal (11 June 2004). "A new hadrosaurine dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Far Eastern Russia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (2): 351–365. Bibcode:2004JVPal..24..351B. doi:10.1671/1110. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 11 June 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Bolotsky, Yuri; Alifanov, Vladimir (2003). "A remarkable hollow-crested hadrosaur from Russia: an Asian origin for lambeosaurines" (PDF). Comptes Rendus Palevol. 2 (2): 143–151. Bibcode:2003CRPal...2..143G. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(03)00017-4.
- ↑ Godefroit, Pascal; Zan, Shuqin; Jin, Liyong (30 June 2000). "Charonosaurus jiayinensis n.g., n.sp., a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Maastrichtian of northeastern China". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 330 (12): 875–882. Bibcode:2000CRASE.330..875G. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00214-7. Retrieved 13 June 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.