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5 unusual facts about Pascal Godefroit


Aurornis

On 7th June 2013, however, Science Magazine published an article which noted that Pascal Godefroit, the paleontologist who led the team that described Aurornis, reported that he is uncertain if the fossil material came from Liaoning province’'s 160-million-year-old Tiaojishan Formation, as the information provided by the fossil dealer indicated, or from the province’'s 125-million-year-old Yixian Formation, which is known to have produced several ancient bird fossils.

Batyrosaurus

The type species Batyrosaurus rozhdestvenskyi was in 2012 named and described by Pascal Godefroit, François Escuillié, Yuri Bolotsky and Pascaline Lauters.

Kundurosaurus

Kundurosaurus was first described and named by Pascal Godefroit, Yuri L. Bolotsky and Pascaline Lauters in 2012 and the type species is Kundurosaurus nagornyi.

Mantellisaurus

In: Pascal Godefroit (ed.), Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems.

Pascal Godefroit

Pascal Godefroit is a Belgian paleontologist.



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Aurornis

Aurornis xui was first described and named by Pascal Godefroit, Andrea Cau, Hu Dong-Yu, François Escuillié, Wu Wenhao and Gareth Dyke in 2013.