Amber- and plant-bearing deposits from the Cenomanian of Neau (Mayenne, France)
BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2020 A new Cenomanian amber- and plant-bearing deposit has been discovered at Neau, in the Mayenne department (France). The Cenomanian fossiliferous lignites are located in karst filling in a substratum of Cambrian limestones.
Néraudeau Didier +9 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Changes in terrestrial vegetation during the mid-Cretaceous and their link to climate and environmental change are poorly understood. In this study, we use plant macrofossils and analysis of fossil pollen and spores from the Western Desert, Egypt, to ...
Haytham El Atfy +3 more
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Stripping back the modern to reveal the Cenomanian–Turonian climate and temperature gradient underneath [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2020 During past geological times, the Earth experienced several intervals of global warmth, but their driving factors remain equivocal. A careful appraisal of the main processes controlling past warm events is essential to inform future climates and ...
M. Laugié +6 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 1-26., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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New information on the Cenomanian bothremydid turtle Algorachelus based on new, well-preserved material from Spain [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2018 Algorachelus peregrinus is the oldest representative of the crown group Pleurodira known in Laurasia. The type locality of this bothremydid is Algora, situated in central Spain, at levels deposited during the uppermost middle–lowermost upper ...
A. Pérez-García
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The stepwise rise of angiosperm-dominated terrestrial ecosystems. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT Angiosperms are the most diverse and abundant plant taxon today and dominate the majority of Earth's terrestrial ecosystems. They underwent rapid divergence and biogeographic expansion from the early to the middle Cretaceous. Yet, transformative ecosystem change brought about by the increased ecological dominance of angiosperms unfolded ...
Ding W +5 more
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Journal of Petroleum Geology, 2022 In order to facilitate the search for new play concepts and exploration opportunities, a sequence stratigraphic synthesis of the Cenomanian–Turonian interval of the Arabian Plate has been compiled.
A. Bromhead +3 more
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Geologica Acta, 2018 The mid-Cenomanian Mishrif Formation (Fm.) is considered as one of the most important rudist-bearing reservoir horizons in the Sirri Oil Fields of the Persian Gulf.
R. JODEYRI-AGAII +4 more
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Facies, 2021 Cenomanian strata of the Elbtal Group (Saxony, eastern Germany) reflect a major global sea-level rise and contain, in certain intervals, a green authigenic clay mineral in abundance.
M. Wilmsen, Udita Bansal
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First North American occurrence of hairy cicadas discovered in the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Labrador, Canada [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 We report the discovery of Maculaferrum blaisi gen. et sp. nov, the first occurrence of the family Tettigarctidae, informally known as hairy cicadas, in North America.
Alexandre V. Demers-Potvin +3 more
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