Publications on Devonian trilobites in the Ardennes and Eifel
10. BIGNON, A., CRÔNIER, C. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2008. Fluctuations in trilobite palaeobiodiversity during the Devonian in the Ardennes Massif. In: RÁBANO, I., GOZALO, R. & GARCIA-BELLIDO, D. (Eds), Advances in trilobite research. Publicaciones del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. Serie: Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, 9: 49-56.
9. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2008. First record of the odontopleurid trilobite Koneprusia from the lower Eifelian of Vireux-Molhain (northern France), with remarks on the associated trilobite fauna. Geologica Belgica, 11 (2): 83-91. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
8. CRÔNIER, C. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2008. The 'Mur des douaniers', an exceptionally well-preserved early Eifelian fossil site. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 179 (1): 89-95. [ abstract ]
7. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2007. Note on Cyphaspis Burmeister 1843 (Trilobita, Aulacopleuridae), with a review of several species mainly from the Devonian of Belgium and Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea, 87 (2/2): 157-170. [ abstract ]
6. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2007. Preliminary report of trilobites from the Hanonet Formation (Eifelian – Givetian transition), southern border of Dinant Synclinorium, Belgium. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 77: 15-29. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
5. CRÔNIER, C. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2007. Trilobite palaeobiodiversity during the Devonian in the Ardennes Massif. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 178 (6): 473-483. [ abstract ]
4. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2007. Kettneraspis, Radiaspis and Ceratarges (Trilobita) from the Middle Devonian of the Rochefort area (Ardennes, Belgium). Scripta Geologica, 134: 1-18. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
3. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2006. Dohmiella Lütke 1990 (Trilobita) a valid proetid genus, with two new species from Belgium and Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea, 86 (2/2): 229-241. [ abstract ]
2. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2006. New Middle Devonian trilobites from Vireux-Molhain (Ardennes, northern France). Senckenbergiana lethaea, 86 (1/2): 63-75. [ abstract ]
1. MAGREAN, B. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2005. A revision of Devonian trilobites from Belgium - Part 1. The genera Cornuproetus and Radiaspis. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 75: 87-93. [ abstract ]
Non-reviewed articles and abstracts
14. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & DAUMERIES, G., 2011. Les trilobites du Dévonien ardennais du “Mur des douaniers” à Vireux-Molhain. Fossiles, 8 (4): 5-15. (“The Devonian trilobites of the Ardennes at the Mur des douaniers in Vireux-Molhain”; in French) [ link to website ]
13. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2011. Devonian trilobites from Belgium. Abstracts, 2. Trilobiten-Tagung, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main. [ download free PDF ]
12. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2010. De reusachtige trilobiet Scabrella asselberghsi en haar bijzondere gezelschap uit het Onder-Devoon van België. Grondboor & Hamer, 64 (6): 153-156. (“The giant trilobite Scabrella asselberghsi and her extraordinary companions from the Lower Devonian of Belgium”; in Dutch)
11. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, PRESCHER, H. & SAVELSBERGH, J., 2009. Zwei neuen Trilobitenarten der Ahrdorf Formation (Mittel-Devon) aus den „Trilobitenfeldern“ bei Gees (Gerolstein) in der Eifel. Aachen, 27 pp. Sonderausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Gerolstein in December, 2009. (“Two new trilobites species from the Ahrdorf Formation (Middle Devonian) of the Trilobite Fields near Gees (Gerolstein) in the Eifel”; in German) [ download free PDF ]
10. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2009. De trilobieten van de Formatie van Hanonet (grens Eifeliaan/Givetiaan), Belgische Ardennen. Geolithos, 33 (3): 6-12. (“The trilobites of the Hanonet Formation (Eifelian/Givetian boundary), Belgian Ardennes”; in Dutch) [ download free PDF ]
9. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2007. De trilobieten van de Mur des douaniers, Vireux-Molhain. Spirifer, 31 (4): 4-9. (“The trilobites of the Mur des douaniers, Vireux-Molhain”; in Dutch) [ download free PDF ]
8. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & CREMERS, G. 2007. Eerste vondst van de trilobiet Burmeisterella in het riviergrind van Arcen, Nederlands Limburg. Grondboor & Hamer, 61 (5): 123-124. (“First find of the trilobite Burmeisterella in the river gravel of Arcen, Limburg, Netherlands”; in Dutch)
7. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2006. De Belgische Devoonstratigrafie herzien. Gea, 39 (4): 131-134. (“Belgian Devonian stratigraphy revised”; in Dutch)
6. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2005. Devonian trilobites from the Ardennes and Linksrheinische Schiefergebirge - a joint Rhenohercynian perspective. In: DUSAR, M. & DREESEN, R. (Eds), Meuse-Rhine Euregio Geologists Meeting. Abstracts and programme, Alden Biesen, Belgium.
5. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2005. Devoontrilobieten uit het Limburgse riviergrind. Grondboor & Hamer, 59 (2): 17-23. (“Devonian trilobites from the river gravel in Limburg”; in Dutch)
4. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & HILLE, P., 2004. Trilobietenvervalsingen. Gea, 37 (4): 132-135. (“Trilobite falsifications”; in Dutch)
3. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2004. De mythe van Phacops latifrons. Grondboor & Hamer, 58 (3/4): 66-68. (“The myth of Phacops latifrons”; in Dutch)
2. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2004. Walliserops, een uitzonderlijke trilobiet uit Marokko. Gea, 37 (3): 97-98. (“Walliserops, an extraordinary trilobite from Morocco”; in Dutch)
1. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2004. Zeldzame Devoontrilobieten uit de Belgische Ardennen. Gea, 37 (3): 77-84. (“Rare Devonian trilobites from the Belgian Ardennes”; in Dutch)
Posters and presentations
5. Fluctuations in trilobite palaeobiodiversity during the Devonian in the Ardennes Massif (2008). With BIGNON, A. and CRÔNIER, C. Poster session at Fourth International Trilobite Conference, Toledo (ES).
4. Devonian trilobites from the Belgian and French Ardennes (2007). Belgische Vereniging voor Paleontologie [BVP] (B).
3. Devonian trilobites from the Belgian and French Ardennes (2006). Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht (NL).
2. Devonian trilobites from the Ardennes and Linksrheinische Schiefergebirge - a joint Rhenohercynian perspective. (2005). Meuse-Rhine Euregio Geologists Meeting (Alden Biesen, B).
1. Devonian trilobites from the Ardennes (2004-2006). Geolithos (Alken, B); Tellus (Leuven, B); Dutch Geological Society (Utrecht, NL); Natuurmuseum Nijmegen (NL).
9. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2008. First record of the odontopleurid trilobite Koneprusia from the lower Eifelian of Vireux-Molhain (northern France), with remarks on the associated trilobite fauna. Geologica Belgica, 11 (2): 83-91. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
8. CRÔNIER, C. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2008. The 'Mur des douaniers', an exceptionally well-preserved early Eifelian fossil site. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 179 (1): 89-95. [ abstract ]
7. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2007. Note on Cyphaspis Burmeister 1843 (Trilobita, Aulacopleuridae), with a review of several species mainly from the Devonian of Belgium and Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea, 87 (2/2): 157-170. [ abstract ]
6. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2007. Preliminary report of trilobites from the Hanonet Formation (Eifelian – Givetian transition), southern border of Dinant Synclinorium, Belgium. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 77: 15-29. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
5. CRÔNIER, C. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2007. Trilobite palaeobiodiversity during the Devonian in the Ardennes Massif. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 178 (6): 473-483. [ abstract ]
4. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2007. Kettneraspis, Radiaspis and Ceratarges (Trilobita) from the Middle Devonian of the Rochefort area (Ardennes, Belgium). Scripta Geologica, 134: 1-18. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
3. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2006. Dohmiella Lütke 1990 (Trilobita) a valid proetid genus, with two new species from Belgium and Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea, 86 (2/2): 229-241. [ abstract ]
2. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2006. New Middle Devonian trilobites from Vireux-Molhain (Ardennes, northern France). Senckenbergiana lethaea, 86 (1/2): 63-75. [ abstract ]
1. MAGREAN, B. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2005. A revision of Devonian trilobites from Belgium - Part 1. The genera Cornuproetus and Radiaspis. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 75: 87-93. [ abstract ]
Non-reviewed articles and abstracts
14. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & DAUMERIES, G., 2011. Les trilobites du Dévonien ardennais du “Mur des douaniers” à Vireux-Molhain. Fossiles, 8 (4): 5-15. (“The Devonian trilobites of the Ardennes at the Mur des douaniers in Vireux-Molhain”; in French) [ link to website ]
13. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2011. Devonian trilobites from Belgium. Abstracts, 2. Trilobiten-Tagung, Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main. [ download free PDF ]
12. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2010. De reusachtige trilobiet Scabrella asselberghsi en haar bijzondere gezelschap uit het Onder-Devoon van België. Grondboor & Hamer, 64 (6): 153-156. (“The giant trilobite Scabrella asselberghsi and her extraordinary companions from the Lower Devonian of Belgium”; in Dutch)
11. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, PRESCHER, H. & SAVELSBERGH, J., 2009. Zwei neuen Trilobitenarten der Ahrdorf Formation (Mittel-Devon) aus den „Trilobitenfeldern“ bei Gees (Gerolstein) in der Eifel. Aachen, 27 pp. Sonderausstellung im Naturkundemuseum Gerolstein in December, 2009. (“Two new trilobites species from the Ahrdorf Formation (Middle Devonian) of the Trilobite Fields near Gees (Gerolstein) in the Eifel”; in German) [ download free PDF ]
10. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2009. De trilobieten van de Formatie van Hanonet (grens Eifeliaan/Givetiaan), Belgische Ardennen. Geolithos, 33 (3): 6-12. (“The trilobites of the Hanonet Formation (Eifelian/Givetian boundary), Belgian Ardennes”; in Dutch) [ download free PDF ]
9. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2007. De trilobieten van de Mur des douaniers, Vireux-Molhain. Spirifer, 31 (4): 4-9. (“The trilobites of the Mur des douaniers, Vireux-Molhain”; in Dutch) [ download free PDF ]
8. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & CREMERS, G. 2007. Eerste vondst van de trilobiet Burmeisterella in het riviergrind van Arcen, Nederlands Limburg. Grondboor & Hamer, 61 (5): 123-124. (“First find of the trilobite Burmeisterella in the river gravel of Arcen, Limburg, Netherlands”; in Dutch)
7. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2006. De Belgische Devoonstratigrafie herzien. Gea, 39 (4): 131-134. (“Belgian Devonian stratigraphy revised”; in Dutch)
6. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2005. Devonian trilobites from the Ardennes and Linksrheinische Schiefergebirge - a joint Rhenohercynian perspective. In: DUSAR, M. & DREESEN, R. (Eds), Meuse-Rhine Euregio Geologists Meeting. Abstracts and programme, Alden Biesen, Belgium.
5. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2005. Devoontrilobieten uit het Limburgse riviergrind. Grondboor & Hamer, 59 (2): 17-23. (“Devonian trilobites from the river gravel in Limburg”; in Dutch)
4. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & HILLE, P., 2004. Trilobietenvervalsingen. Gea, 37 (4): 132-135. (“Trilobite falsifications”; in Dutch)
3. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2004. De mythe van Phacops latifrons. Grondboor & Hamer, 58 (3/4): 66-68. (“The myth of Phacops latifrons”; in Dutch)
2. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2004. Walliserops, een uitzonderlijke trilobiet uit Marokko. Gea, 37 (3): 97-98. (“Walliserops, an extraordinary trilobite from Morocco”; in Dutch)
1. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2004. Zeldzame Devoontrilobieten uit de Belgische Ardennen. Gea, 37 (3): 77-84. (“Rare Devonian trilobites from the Belgian Ardennes”; in Dutch)
Posters and presentations
5. Fluctuations in trilobite palaeobiodiversity during the Devonian in the Ardennes Massif (2008). With BIGNON, A. and CRÔNIER, C. Poster session at Fourth International Trilobite Conference, Toledo (ES).
4. Devonian trilobites from the Belgian and French Ardennes (2007). Belgische Vereniging voor Paleontologie [BVP] (B).
3. Devonian trilobites from the Belgian and French Ardennes (2006). Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht (NL).
2. Devonian trilobites from the Ardennes and Linksrheinische Schiefergebirge - a joint Rhenohercynian perspective. (2005). Meuse-Rhine Euregio Geologists Meeting (Alden Biesen, B).
1. Devonian trilobites from the Ardennes (2004-2006). Geolithos (Alken, B); Tellus (Leuven, B); Dutch Geological Society (Utrecht, NL); Natuurmuseum Nijmegen (NL).
13. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2009. Trilobites from the Longlier Formation (Lower Devonian; Neufchâteau Synclinorium, southeast Belgium): first record of Pragian associated “Rhenish” and “Bohemian” assemblages from the Ardennes. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 79: 5-26. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
12. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, PRESCHER, H. & SAVELSBERGH, J., 2009. Description of two new trilobites from the Ahrdorf Formation (Middle Devonian) at the “Trilobitenfelder” of Gees, Eifel, Rhenish Mountains. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 79: 43-53.
[ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
11. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2008. Devonian Proetidae (Trilobita) from the Ardennes Massif (Belgium, N France) and the Eifel Hills (W Germany). In: STEURBAUT, E., JAGT, J.W.M. & JAGT-YAZYKOVA, E.A. (Eds), Annie V. Dhondt Memorial Volume. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 78: 9-29.
[ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
12. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, PRESCHER, H. & SAVELSBERGH, J., 2009. Description of two new trilobites from the Ahrdorf Formation (Middle Devonian) at the “Trilobitenfelder” of Gees, Eifel, Rhenish Mountains. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 79: 43-53.
[ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
11. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2008. Devonian Proetidae (Trilobita) from the Ardennes Massif (Belgium, N France) and the Eifel Hills (W Germany). In: STEURBAUT, E., JAGT, J.W.M. & JAGT-YAZYKOVA, E.A. (Eds), Annie V. Dhondt Memorial Volume. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 78: 9-29.
[ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
Peer reviewed articles
19. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2011. Two new species of scutelluid trilobites formerly known as Scutellum costatum from Frasnian bioherms in Belgium. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 81: 55-61. [ abstract ]
18. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2011. New species of the lichid trilobite Ceratarges from the Middle Devonian in Morocco. Geologica Belgica, 14: 193-202. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
17. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & BIGNON, A., 2011. Late Devonian (Frasnian) asteropygine trilobites from the Frasnes area, southern border of Dinant Synclinorium, Belgium. Geologica Belgica, 14: 109-128. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
16. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2010. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of some proetid trilobites in the Middle Devonian of the Ardennes and Eifel (Rhenohercynian Zone). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 80: 5-45. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
15. WRIGHT, A.J., COEN-AUBERT, M., BULTYNCK, P. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2010. New data on occurrences of the Devonian rugose coral Calceola in Belgium. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 39: 121-129.
14. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & DE WILDE, B., 2010. Goldius angusticalix sp. nov. (Trilobita, Scutelluidae) from the Couvin Formation (Middle Devonian) at Nismes, south Belgium, with a preliminary list of scutelluid species from the Ardennes. Geologica Belgica, 13: 153-162. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
19. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2011. Two new species of scutelluid trilobites formerly known as Scutellum costatum from Frasnian bioherms in Belgium. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 81: 55-61. [ abstract ]
18. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2011. New species of the lichid trilobite Ceratarges from the Middle Devonian in Morocco. Geologica Belgica, 14: 193-202. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
17. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & BIGNON, A., 2011. Late Devonian (Frasnian) asteropygine trilobites from the Frasnes area, southern border of Dinant Synclinorium, Belgium. Geologica Belgica, 14: 109-128. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
16. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & PRESCHER, H., 2010. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of some proetid trilobites in the Middle Devonian of the Ardennes and Eifel (Rhenohercynian Zone). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre, 80: 5-45. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
15. WRIGHT, A.J., COEN-AUBERT, M., BULTYNCK, P. & VIERSEN, A.P. VAN, 2010. New data on occurrences of the Devonian rugose coral Calceola in Belgium. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 39: 121-129.
14. VIERSEN, A.P. VAN & DE WILDE, B., 2010. Goldius angusticalix sp. nov. (Trilobita, Scutelluidae) from the Couvin Formation (Middle Devonian) at Nismes, south Belgium, with a preliminary list of scutelluid species from the Ardennes. Geologica Belgica, 13: 153-162. [ download free PDF ] [ abstract ]
Calceola sandalina, a characteristic rugose coral in the Ardennes.