XIV Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists

Haarlem, The Netherlands

6-10 July 2016

Second Circular

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February 1st, 2016

Dear Colleagues, We are proud to present you with the second circular of the XIV Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, which will be held in Haarlem, The Netherlands, July 6 - 10. We will now be opening registration and abstract submission, and are looking forward to your contributions! Be sure to check out the latest news concerning travel grants, discounts on flights and accommodation, as well as our online registration and abstract submission forms. Once again, a warm welcome from our host committee: Femke Holwerda, Hanneke Meijer, Dennis Voeten, Anneke Madern, Jelle Reumer, Natasja den Ouden, Anne Schulp, Wilma Wessels, Anneke van Heteren, Melanie During Programme & Abstacts Committee: Hanneke Meijer, Dennis Voeten, Natasja den Ouden, Jelle Reumer, Anneke van Heteren Student Committee: Stephan Spiekman, Jasper Ponstein, Tom Trapman, Dylan Bastiaans, Sifra Bijl, Mart Smeets, Yanell Braumuller, Robbert Folmer, Tim Rietbergen, Pim Kaskes, Juliën Lubeek, Auke-Florian Hiemstra, Richard de Haan, Daan Wolthuis. See you in Haarlem!!!

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!!! Call for Abstracts !!!

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!!! Early Bird Registration Now Open !!!

Other Key Dates and Deadlines

Deadline for abstract submission - March 31

Abstract decisions announced - May 1

Deadline early bird registration - May 15

Deadline for regular registration - July 1

Definitive conference programme available - June 15

EAVP Haarlem meeting, workshops and excursions - July 6-10

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Preliminary Programme

Wednesday July 6: - Registration - Transmitting Science Workshop - Icebreaker party Thursday July 7: - Presentations, posters and symposia - General Assembly and Auction Friday July 8: - Presentations, posters and symposia - Conference Dinner Saturday July 9: - Presentations, posters and symposia Sunday July 10: - Excursions (Pleistocene or Maastrichtian)

Symposia: We are excited to announce two new symposia (more to follow);

"Early evolution and dispersal of hominids"

"Fossillegal; ethics in fossil legislation"

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Transmitting Science Workshop

Soledad de Esteban-Trivigno of Transmitting Science will give a workshop free of charge for a maximum of 30 participants on Wednesday the 7th July. Please register for this workshop during registration (see 'Registration'). This year's workshop theme is: ‘First Steps Into Geometric Morphometrics’. This short course will introduce some basic concepts of Geometric Morphometrics. It will consist of some theoretical explanations followed by software demonstrations. We will cover the following topics:

- Comparing forms, what it is all about?

- What is a landmark? Difference between landmarks and configurations.

- Let´s do it!: translation, rotation and scaling.

- Removing size: Centroid Size (CS) and allometry.

- Generalized Least Squares (GLS), why this and no other?

- Semilandmarks: implementation and caveats.

- Visualization: Thin Plate Spline, Llolipop Graphs…

- Taking the general picture: Principal Components Analysis (PCA).

Due to limitations on time there will be no practical exercises.

Instructor: Dr. Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno (Transmitting Science / Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont).

This course is sponsored by Transmitting Science (www.transmittingscience.org).

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General assembly and auction

The annual General Assembly will take place after the scientific sessions on Thursday July 7th, after which the EAVP board will herald the annual auction. This is a fun but important event! Since the continuation of the EAVP depends on this auction, please start thinking about fun and/or useful items (e.g. that old T-rex shirt, that mammoth cake shape, reprints of your papers, and books) that you would be willing to part with for the future of the association.

EAVP Fund As for previous EAVP meetings, EAVP will provide two € 250 grants for students accepted for an oral presentation at the meeting. Those interested to apply should provide a cover letter and CV along with their abstract submission (see 'Abstracts').

Transmitting Science Grant

Transmitting Science (http://www.transmittingscience.org/) will provide one €250 grant for a PhD student or Postdoc (under 40 years of age) accepted for an oral presentation concerning Functional Morphology, Ecomorphology, Phylogenetic Comparative Analysis, Histology, Biogeography, Paleoecology or Geometric Morphometrics. Applicants for this grant should provide a cover letter and CV along with their abstract to grants@transmittingscience.org, please mention 'EAVP' in the subject line.

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Registration Early bird registration is now open!! The early bird deadline is May 15, after which regular fees apply. Conference fees are as follows: Status/Payment for: early regular Student EAVP member 40 € 60 € EAVP member/Non-EAVP student 60 € 80 € Non-EAVP member 80 € 100 € To register, fill out the online registration form http://tinyurl.com/zsm43dt

Please do not forget to register for the Ice Breaker (free of charge), the Conference Dinner (€20), and for either of the field trips. Finally, please indicate whether you would like to get an EAVP Haarlem T-shirt or not. We will soon provide registrants with a bank account number. You can either use a credit card (6% credit card fee), iDEAL (for Dutch bank account holders) or PayPal. Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding registration.

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Abstracts Please submit your abstract online here: http://tinyurl.com/zk8uokt

The abstracts must be written in English and should be submitted before March 31st 2016. Please use the following abstract guidelines to write and submit your abstract in the online form:

TITLE OF YOUR ABSTRACT F. Author1*, C.O. Author1, and L. Author2

1 University of Haarlem, Department of Science, Littlestreet 7, 1234 Haarlem, the Netherlands

2 University of …

* Email address of the corresponding author

Keywords: Maximum of five keywords separated by commas. Please note that abstracts not adhering to this format will be returned to the author(s) for further editing. The abstract length may not exceed 350 words. This word limit applies to the entire abstract body, excluding the title (max. 20 words), the names of the authors, and their institutional affiliations.

If you are applying for an EAVP Meeting grant (see 'Grants' section) please tick the box and send your CV and Cover letter to EAVP2016@gmail.com. Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding abstract submitting.

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Field trips:

ENCI-HeidelbergCement Group quarry – Sint-Pietersberg, Maastricht On the outskirts of the city of Maastricht, along the Lage Kanaaldijk, lies the large quarry of the ENCI-HeidelbergCement Group. Open-pit mining started here in 1926/1927 and will come to a halt in the summer of 2018. Although Cretaceous deposits have been mined for centuries for their use as building material, the limestones are nowadays extracted for the production of Portland cement. In recent years, the so-called Plan van Transformatie ENCI Terrein has been implemented that is, among other goals, aimed at providing access to the quarry grounds for all interested parties, including Natuurmonumenten (Society for Preservation of Nature Monuments At various places within the quarry, preparations are now being made for the final ‘quarry scaping’. The large staircase down into the quarry on the northern face is already open to the public, allowing visitors to traverse the quarry grounds on their way to chalet D’n Observant, in the south. The quarry includes the stratotype of the Maastrichtian Stage (72.1-66 Ma; www.stratigraphy.org); which is represented by a steep rock face below the Lichtenberg farmstead and behind the main office building at the Lage Kanaaldijk. Here, the historical base of the ‘système maestrichtien’ of Dumont (1849) is preserved. This level corresponds to the base of the Valkenburg Member; the lowermost unit of the Maastricht Formation. From recent studies it has become clear that all strata (biocalcarenites) exposed in the quarry, even those in the deepest pit (now partially refilled), are of Maastrichtian age. The unexposed boundary with the underlying Campanian deposits has been recognised in several boreholes on site. Milanković cyclicity appears to have had a signification influence on flint genesis and banding, mostly in the Lixhe and Lanaye members of the Gulpen Formation. Higher upsection, in the upper part of the Maastricht Formation, hardgrounds, fossil hash layers and obrusion levels are common. The boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene (K/Pg boundary) is not exposed here, although originally it must have been present, at least in the southwestern part of the quarry. The Late Eocene/Early Oligocene transgressive pulse probably led to severe erosion in the area. Rich vertebrate faunal assemblages are preserved at numerous levels and include neoselachians and teleosts of various kinds, as well as chelonioid turtles and mosasaurid squamates. Washed-in remains of hadrosaurid dinosaurs and mammals are rare. In recent years (1998-present), at least four individual mosasaur specimens have been discovered, nicknamed Bèr (holotype of Prognathodon saturator, August 1998), Kristine (Plioplatecarpus

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marshi, August 2009), Carlo (Prognathodon sp., September 2012) and Lars (Mosasaurus hoffmanni, April 2015). Historically speaking, the Sint-Pietersberg is the birthplace of mosasaurs. The first partial skull (now in the collections of Teylers Museum, Haarlem) was unearthed in 1766, the second followed in October 1778. The latter specimen was described as the type of Mosasaurus hoffmanni in 1829. Both of these were extracted from the subterranean galleries within the Nekum Member (Maastricht Formation), now visible in the northeastern quarry face. Needless to say, mosasaurs featured prominently in preliminary ideas about ‘evolution’ during the early nineteenth century. Because of excavations within the framework of the Plan van Transformatie, almost all levels within the upper Gulpen Formation and the entire Maastricht Formation can be reached and sampled. Isolated tooth crowns or elements of the appendicular skeleton can still be found on a regular basis, but (semi-) articulated individuals of mosasaurs are rare, as are chelonioids. We shall also be paying a visit to the ‘De Schark’, a war monument that can be accessed via the quarry. Here the activities of so-called blokbrekers (workmen cutting rocks, by chisels and saws) and local artists (charcoal drawings, inscriptions and sculptures, including a fanciful mosasaur) can be marvelled at. For more information see: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENCI-groeve www.enci.nl/nl/plan-van-transformatie www.enci-gebied.nl

John W.M. Jagt

Enci Quarry

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Field trips: Pleistocene remains from the Maasvlakte II - Rotterdam

Maasvlakte II is an extension of the Port of Rotterdam. Construction began in 2008 and in 2013 it was finally ready for use. A total of 325 million cubic metres of sand was dredged up from a designated area around 11 km off the coast of Rotterdam, creating the new land upon which the new harbour was built. As the title Maasvlakte II implies, there is also a Maasvlakte I. That was the first extension of the Port of Rotterdam, constructed in phases between 1974 and 1997. The contour of the harbour exists as a recreational beach and a nature reserve (which is especially popular with breeding bird colonies). Over the years, the sand on the recreational beach and later beach nourishments has yielded an enormous amount of vertebrate fossils ranging from the Early Pleistocene up to the Early Holocene, in addition to an impressive selection of Early Holocene tools made from bone and antler. As such, palaeontological and archaeological expectations for a second extension of the harbour were high. So far Maasvlakte II has not disappointed. Research already started during the construction phase. To get a better understanding of the provenance of the finds, researchers worked closely together with the construction companies. Even though all of the sediments were harvested at one designated locality, the depths of the layers differ. An extensive administration of the tracks made by the dredge vessels makes it possible to correlate deposits to stratigraphy. To date, the finds from Maasvlakte II have been very diverse. Vertebrate fossils range from the Pliocene up to the Holocene. The oldest finds consist of shark teeth of the genera Carcharodon and Cosmopolitodus. A whole array of Pleistocene land mammals represent the forming and evolution of the Eurasian Mammoth Steppe - from the Etruscan rhinoceros and Southern mammoth of the Early and Middle Pleistocene up to the iconic woolly rhino and woolly mammoth of the last ice age. Smaller mammals are represented by beaver, otter, the Pleistocene Trogontherium and a series of voles and mice. Top finds definitely include a beautiful fragment of the canine of the sabertooth Homotherium and part of a mandible of a macaque. The Maasvlakte II material is subject to a number of research projects. One example is the work that is currently being carried out on the numerous cave hyena coprolites that have been found. They are being subjected to CT-scanning, pollen extraction and ancient DNA analysis. One of the results that is already worth mentioning is the discovery of a partial tibia of a marmot in one of the coprolites, clearly placing the marmot on the hyena’s menu. Fossils are found on a daily basis on the beach of Maasvlakte II. Naturally,

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however, success varies from day to day, typically depending on the tide and the weather.

Natasja den Ouden, Anneke van Heteren

Mammoth molar

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Why Haarlem? Haarlem is an old Dutch city that dates back to 1245, which makes it older than Amsterdam. The exact origins of the name ‘Haarlem’ remain unclear, as is the provenance for its inhabitants' strange nickname: ‘muggen’ (mosquitoes). Haarlem's small streets are filled with monumental buildings, such as houses dating back to the Golden Age with typical crow-stepped and clock gables. The picturesque city centre is surrounded by the river Spaarne, flanked by a windmill and has art galleries full of paintings from the Dutch masters. A unique aspect of Haarlem is the presence of late fourteenth century ‘hofjes’ (small courtyards). Haarlem is a city of pioneers. The Dutch, ‘mug’ Laurens Janszoon Coster is the inventor of the printing press. His statue can be found at the Grote Markt. In 1839, the first railway of The Netherlands ran between Amsterdam and Haarlem, passing a hamlet exactly in the middle named ‘Halfweg’ (halfway). Anthony Fokker flew his first plane around the Great Church in 1911.The oldest Dutch newspaper still in circulation is the ‘Haarlems Dagblad’. The Jopen Brewery still brews traditional Haarlem beer in the old Jopen church. Do not forget to take a good look at the Haarlem train station. Brad Pitt chose it as one of the filming locations for ‘Ocean’s Twelve’ because he was so impressed by its beauty. Notably, in the final movie, footage showing the Haarlem train station is actually meant to represent Amsterdam Central Station. For anyone still interested in seeing the latter; Amsterdam is only a 15 minute train ride away. Anneke Madern

Grote Markt

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Why Teylers Museum? Teylers Museum, the oldest museum in The Netherlands, is situated on the picturesque banks of the river Spaarne. It was opened in 1784 and was envisaged as a public space for art and science. It is named after Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702-1778), a successful business man with a great interest in fossils and minerals, as well as in books and art. After his death, his will dictated that his collections be publicly displayed, leading to the expansion of what is now Teylers Museum. Highlights of the Teylers Museum vertebrate palaeontological collection include the Haarlem specimen ofArchaeopteryx, the Homo Diluvii Testis (et theoscopos) along with other material from Oeningen, Beringer’s famous “Lügensteine”, a large collection of Solnhofen, Holzmaden and Lyme Regis vertebrates, material from the Type Maastrichtian, and material from the Tegelen clay pits (Tiglian). The Teylers website provides an impression of the collections at http://www.teylersmuseum.nl/en/collection/fossils-and-minerals-overview The collections are open for EAVP visitors, but only on request. Please contact Anne Schulp for more information (anne.schulp@naturalis.nl).

Fossil display room in Teylers with original cabinets

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Accommodation Haarlem is not cheapest of towns with respect to accommodation. We did, however, select a few budget, mid-priced and top-end hotels for you, and secured some discounts, which can all be found below. With the exception of the StayOkay, all accommodation is close to Teylers Museum! StayOkay - Jan Gijzenpad 3 stayokay.com We have reserved 10 beds in backpacker’s hotel 'StayOkay Haarlem', on a first come, first served basis. The price per night per person is ~ 27 Euros. An extra amenity is a bicycle rental service costing 14,50 Euros for two days. This will secure a quick connection to the meeting venues but also provides an excellent means of transport for exploring Haarlem in real Dutch style. Joops Centre City Hotel [72/100] www.joopshotel.nl (normal price 94-104* ex/ex, no refund) Lange Veerstraat 36 (~250 m from Teylers) EAVP deal Standard room : € 99.00(double use ) Superior kamer : € 109.00 ( double use ) For a reservation please email to groepsreserveringen@haarlem.com and mention “Teylers”. Ambassador City Center hotel [71/100] www.haarlem.com (normal price 109-119* ex/ex, no refund) Oude Groenmarkt 20 (~240 m from Teylers) EAVP deal Standard room : € 99.00 ( double use ) Superior kamer : € 109.00 ( double use ) For a reservation please email to groepsreserveringen@haarlem.com and mention “Teylers”. www.ambassadorcitycentrehotel.nl/en Amrath Grand Hotel Frans Hals [82/100] www.amrathhotels.nl (normal price 125*) Damstraat 10 (~150m from Teylers) EAVP deal Standard room : € 99.00 20 rooms have been reserved at this price for the EAVP conference from July 4 to July 15. For a reservation please email to info@hotelfranshals.nl, or call 0031-23-5181818, and mention “GF939”.

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Golden Tulip Lion D’Or [81/100] www.goldentulipliondor.nl (normal price 138*) Kruisweg 34-36 (~1000m from Teylers, next to busstop) EAVP deal - single : € 119 incl. Breakfast and Wi-Fi - twin : € 129 incl. Breakfast and Wi-Fi For a reservation please email to reservations@hotelliondor.nl and mention “EAVP”. This discount is valid, depending on availability, from July 1st to July 15th. Amadeus [69/100] www.amadeus-hotel.com (normal price 58-81.67*) Grote Markt 10 (~450 m from Teylers) Carillon Hotel BV 67/100] www.hotelcarillon.com (normal price 94*) Grote Markt 27 (~350 m from Teylers) Hotel Donatella [67/100] www.d-donatello.nl (normal price 82*) Jansstraat 70 (~350m from Teylers) Haarlem Hotelsuites Hotel [85/100] www.haarlem-hotelsuites.nl (normal price 118*) Korte Veerstraat 40 (~220m from Teylers) Hello I’m Local [92/100] www.helloimlocal.com (normal price 91*) Spiegelstraat 4 (~300m from Teylers) lotte@helloimlocal.com – 00(31)0238446916 B&B Breakfast Malts [92/100] www.maltshotel.nl (normal price 98*) Zijlstraat 56-58 (~700m from Teylers) Carlton Square Hotel [83/100] www.carlton.nl (normal price 91*) Baan 7 (~1100m from Teylers) Hotel Die Raeckse [72/100] www.hoteldieraeckse.com (normal price 78*)

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Raaks 1-3 (~850m from Teylers) L’Anders B&B [86/100] www.landers.nl (normal price 92*) Grote Markt 12 (~400m from Teylers) Small B&B, only 4 rooms. Haarlem 1001 nacht B&B [81/100] (normal price 121*) Koningstraat 20 (~500m from Teylers) Small B&B, only 2 rooms. Van der Valk Hotel Haarlem [80/100] http://www.hotelhaarlem.nl/nl/ (normal price 108*) Toekanweg 2 (~1900m from Teylers) Bastion Hotel Haarlem Velsen [75/100] http://www.bastionhotels.nl/nl/hotels/hotel-velsen (normal price 99*) Vlietweg 20 (~5500m from Teylers) All hotel prices are ex. Local tourist taxes of €3.25 p.p.p.d. * Prices as offered on http://www.trivago.com/

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Food and drinks in Haarlem

We suggest the following restaurants/cafés for your convenience, but feel free to wander off the beaten path! € Taste of India Gedempte Oude Gracht 53 2011 GL Haarlem www.tasteofindiahaarlem.nl Luca - Italian Spaarnwouderstraat 99zw 2011 AC Haarlem www.ristoranteluca.nl Hofje zonder Zorgen - lunch Grote Houtstraat 142a 2011 SV, Haarlem www.hofjezonderzorgen.nl Cantina023 – Tex-Mex Kleine Houtstraat 13, 2011 DD, Haarlem De Soepkantine – soup soup soup, lunch and (early) dinner Gierstraat 4 2011 GD, Haarlem Jamón Jamón – Spanish Schagchelstraat 14 2011 HX, Haarlem

Friethoes – Fresh & fast fries with special toppings Kruisweg 43 2011 LA, Haarlem €€ Café De Lange Heer – simple, good food with fresh fries from the Friethoes Lange Herenstraat 6zm 2011 LH, Haarlem www.cafedelangeheer.nl Jetties – Eco lunch, burgers and sweets Kruisweg 57 2011 LB Haarlem www.jetties.eu Jopenkerk – Brewery in an old church, lunch & dinner (must-go!) Gedempte Voldersgracht 2 2011 WB Haarlem, www.jopenkerk.nl €€€ Specktakel – World dishes Spekstraat 4 Haarlem www.specktakel.nl

Aangenaam – Fair food for a fair price Kleine Houtstraat 105 2011 DK Haarlem www.aangenaametenendrinken.nl Ome Pietje – fancy food for café prices Spaarne 80 2011 CL Haarlem www.omepietje.nl

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How to get there

By plane:

!!!! Please note that we have a special KLM discount code

you can use when flying KLM. Book your tickets via: http://www.airfranceklm-globalmeetings.com/?eid=27199AF,

And use the code 27199AF towards a discount on your flight !!!!

Schiphol Airport is the major airport of The Netherlands and has good connections with nearly all major European (and intercontinental) airports. Schiphol has a train station that connects to Haarlem by train within half an hour (including one change of trains). A direct bus service to Haarlem train station is also available, which takes about 40 minutes for the trip. For more information, please see: www.schiphol.nl/index_en.html www.schiphol.nl/WelcomeToSchiphol/GettingToAndFromSchiphol1/ByPublicTransport1.htm A second option is Rotterdam Airport, which has a more limited amount of connections with other European airports. For more information see: www.rotterdamthehagueairport.nl/en/

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Cheap flights with Ryanair usually run to Eindhoven Airport in the south of The Netherlands. For more information see: www.eindhovenairport.com/en/ By train: Haarlem Central Station connects with places throughout The Netherlands. For connections, please check: www.ns.nl/en/travellers/home By bike: Follow the signs saying 'Teylers Museum', which are well-marked throughout the city. Haarlem, as with most Dutch cities, is very bicycle-friendly. On foot: Follow the signs saying 'Teylers Museum' from Haarlem train station, this should be a 15-20 minute walk. Our student team will be there to guide you through, so do not worry about getting lost! Finally, check out the public transport website 9292.nl for comprehensive travel info.

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About the logo

The symbol of EAVP 2016 depicts Dutch hallmarks of vertebrate paleontology superimposed on the shield-and-crown coat of arms of the city of Haarlem. Placed within the shield is a tetralogy in which silhouettes of fossil taxa with a major role in Dutch paleontology are depicted. Two fossil taxa that represent indigenous Mesozoic and Cenozoic macrovertebrates are supplemented with two vertebrate fossils that have played a major role in paleontological history and are housed in Teylers Museum, the venue hosting EAVP 2016. These silhouettes intersect the letters EAVP in a logo reduced to a ternary grey palette. The cranium of a Woolly Mammoth Mammuthus primigenius (E) signifies the Pleistocene megafauna of which a wealth of material has been retrieved from Ice Age deposits of the North Sea Basin. Besides a wide variety of faunal elements dredged from the North Sea floor and occasionally encountered in Pleistocene inland exposures, the assemblage also includes rare remains and artefacts from Neanderthals. The depicted specimen of the Miocene salamander Andrias scheuchzeri (A) is universally known as “Homo diluvii testis” or “Man that witnessed the Deluge”, so-named by Johann Scheuchzer in 1726 under the assumption that he was dealing with the remains of a human that drowned in the biblical flood. In 1811, Georges Cuvier exposed its manual morphology and confirmed the true, non-human nature of the specimen. The physical marks of this preparation can still be witnessed today. The Haarlem specimen of Archaeopteryx (V) was the first Archaeopteryx fossil to be found, but was only recognized as such in Teylers Museum in 1970 by the late dinosaur and pterosaur expert John Ostrom. In order to assess a presumed partial pterosaur skeleton from Solnhofen, he brought the piece up to the window. With natural sunlight now raking the limestone plate, John noticed faint impressions of feathers. Despite the fear that his diagnosis would preclude him from studying the specimen himself, his innate honesty made John confess his findings to the curator. The curator immediately walked off with the now priceless fossil, only to return with it packed in a shoebox. While offering the valuable package to John for study in America, he spoke the words: “You have made our museum famous”. During his studies of the then fifth known specimen of Archaeopteryx, John found additional support for the now-accepted theory that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs. The skull of Mosasaurus hoffmanni (P) is the one on display at the Maastricht Natural History Museum in the capital of the southernmost Dutch province of Limburg. This area is lain on a plateau of Late Cretaceous limestones, which are exposed in several quarries in the region (among which the one accommodating the Maastrichtian type section) and have yielded a well-preserved Maastrichtian vertebrate fauna. The famous holotype of Mosasaurus

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hofmanni has remained in the collections of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturalle in Paris ever since it was seized from the home of Mount Saint Peter’s land owner and transported to Paris as war booty in 1794 during the Napeoleonic Wars. The Haarlem coat of arms in its present form was agreed upon in 1816 and originally carries a Jerusalem cross set over a silver sword and flanked by 4 white stars, all on a red shield.