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Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth and paratympanic sinuses, and the presence of additional snout sinuses.
Paul M. J. Burke, Philip D. Mannion
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Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.This article demonstrates that the teeth and rostral denticles of an extinct clade of sawfish‐like skates display an extremely derived enameloid microstructure, similar to what is known among sharks. The presence of tooth‐like enameloid microstructure in dermal denticles opens new perspectives about the origins and development of chondrichthyan ...
Endy Chateauneuf‐Gautier +1 more
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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni +2 more
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The Unexpected Discovery of Paleocene? Coals in Outcrops Thought to Be Cambrian, Al Huqf, Oman
Journal of Petroleum Geology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Two brown organic deposits were encountered whilst investigating kaolinitic claystones thought to occur at the base of a Cambrian formation at outcrop. The age of these organic deposits is probably Paleocene from palynology. Organic petrography shows that they are subbituminous coals with some oil source potential.
Mohammed H. Al Kindi +4 more
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Campanian and Maastrichtian ammonites from East and North-East Greenland
GEUS BulletinNewly collected ammonites from Campanian and Maastrichtian strata in East and North-East Greenland are described. An early early Campanian fauna from Hold with Hope includes Neophylloceras, Pseudophyllites, Gaudryceras (Gaudryceras) mite (Hauer 1866) and
W. James Kennedy +2 more
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Journal of Petroleum Geology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Pletmos sub‐basin in the Outeniqua Basin, offshore South Africa, is divided by the Superior, Pletmos and Plettenberg faults into northern and southern depocentres. In this study, geological and organic geochemical data together with 1D basin modelling were used to investigate the burial, thermal and maturation histories, and the timing of ...
Fritz Ako Agbor +4 more
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Biostratigraphy of the Gurpi Formation based on Calcareous Nannofossils at the north east of Deh-Dasht area (Izeh Zone) [PDF]
Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches, 2018 Introduction The Zagros mountain belt extends over 1800 km from Kurdistan in N Iraq to the Strait of Hormuz in Iran (Lacombe and Mouthereau 2006). Zagros Mountain belt is one of the richest oil provinces in the world (Emmami 2008) and is important to ...
Mahboobeh Fereydoonpour +2 more
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, 2012 Caloxanthus simplex (Secrétan, 1964) (Fig. 18G) Carpiliopsis simplex Secrétan, 1964: 183-186, pl. 19, figs 8-10. Caloxanthus simplex – Schweitzer et al. 2010: 67. HOLOTYPE. — MNHN.F. R 03879. TYPE LOCALITY. — Coupe de Ankilizato (gisement 154), Belo-sur-Tsiribihina, Menabe region, central Morondava Basin, Tulear Province.
Charbonnier, Sylvain +2 more
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New Phytologist, EarlyView.Kimmerera cyanifera gen. et sp. nov. with associated cyanobacteria, holotype UWBM 116051. Summary Through symbiotic associations with microbes, mosses play many important ecological roles in terrestrial ecosystems, such as facilitating trophic interactions and nitrogen cycling.
Zane Walker +4 more
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