Place in Wallonia, Belgium
Strud is a hamlet of the village of Haltinne , Wallonia , located in the municipality of Gesves , province of Namur , Belgium .
The village church dates from the 11th century, and has a tower from the 9th century (with a 17th-century spire). It was expanded in 1891 and renovated in 1931. About 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) south of the village centre lies a manor (manoir de Labas) known since 1343, subsequently destroyed and rebuilt during the 17th century.[ 1]
A Devonian lagerstätte is known from the area, containing fossils of fairy shrimp , notostracans [ 2] and possible insects .[ 3]
References
^ Menne, Gilbert, ed. (2014). Le grand guide de Wallonie et de Bruxelles . Brussels: Racine. p. 485. ISBN 978 94 014 1418 0 .
^ Gueriau, Pierre; Rabet, Nicolas; Clément, Gaël; Lagebro, Linda; Vannier, Jean; Briggs, Derek E.G.; Charbonnier, Sylvain; Olive, Sébastien; Béthoux, Olivier (February 2016). "A 365-Million-Year-Old Freshwater Community Reveals Morphological and Ecological Stasis in Branchiopod Crustaceans". Current Biology . 26 (3): 383–390. doi :10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.039 .
^ Garrouste, Romain; Clément, Gaël; Nel, Patricia; Engel, Michael S.; Grandcolas, Philippe; D’Haese, Cyrille; Lagebro, Linda; Denayer, Julien; Gueriau, Pierre; Lafaite, Patrick; Olive, Sébastien; Prestianni, Cyrille; Nel, André (2 August 2012). "A complete insect from the Late Devonian period". Nature . 488 (7409): 82–85. doi :10.1038/nature11281 .
External links
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