New Species of Babinskaiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) From the Mid‐Cretaceous of Myanmar and the Morphological Divergence of the Family Across the Cretaceous [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionBabinskaiidae is an extinct lacewing family, only known from the Cretaceous, of the superfamily Myrmeleontoidea, currently comprising 22 species in 16 genera.
Xiumei Lu +3 more
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New Lower Cretaceous basal mantodean (Insecta) from the Crato Formation (NE Brazil)
Geologica Carpathica, 2014 Mantodea are very rare in the fossil record. 28 fossil species are reported since the earliest occurrence of mantodeans in the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian). Here, I describe Cretophotina santanensis n. sp. from the Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) Crato Formation
Lee Shih-Wei
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Interpreting character variation in turtles: Araripemys barretoi (Pleurodira: Pelomedusoides) from the Araripe Basin, Early Cretaceous of Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The Araripe Basin (Northeastern Brazil) has yielded a rich Cretaceous fossil fauna of both vertebrates and invertebrates found mainly in the Crato and Romualdo Formations, of Aptian and Albian ages respectively.
Saulo Limaverde +6 more
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A large parasitengonid mite (Acari, Erythraeoidea) from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2007 A new large, fossil mite (Arachnida: Acari), Pararainbowia martilli n. gen. n. sp., is described from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation from Ceará State, Brazil.
J. A. Dunlop
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Antibacterial Activity of a Mouthwash Containing Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng Extract and Lippia sidoides Cham. Essential Oil. [PDF]
Chem BiodiversPlant‐Based Antibacterial Mouthwash. ABSTRACT This study investigated the development of a mouthwash formulated with Plectranthus amboinicus leaf extract (PaEE) and Lippia sidoides leaf essential oil (LsOE), exploring their antibacterial potential.
da Silva WF +6 more
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A new genus of fossil frog (Anura) from lower Cretaceous deposits in South America
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 The frog clade Neobatrachia or “advanced frogs” represents more than 95% of the diversity within Anura. The neobatrachian fossil record is incomplete due to the small size and fragile nature of their bones but provides some clues on the time and rate of ...
PEDRO HENRIQUE A.G. MOURA +3 more
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Allelopathy as a Strategy for Biological Invasion: Calotropis procera and Its Impact on Plant Succession. [PDF]
Chem BiodiversStages of the study on the allelopathic potential of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton. The image shows the collection of plant material, the decomposition of organic matter, the identification of bioactive compounds, and the effects on the germination of Handroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos.
de Alcântara BM +7 more
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Identifying the oldest larva of a myrmeleontiformian lacewing—a morphometric approach [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Neuroptera is one of the smaller ingroups of Holometabola, the ingroup of Insecta characterised by “complete” metamorphosis. Neuroptera comprises about 6000 species in the modern fauna, but appears to have been more diverse in the past.
Andrés F. Herrera-Flórez +6 more
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Several occurrences of osteomyelitis in dinosaurs from a site in the Bauru Group, Cretaceous of Southeast Brazil. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract This study investigates the occurrence of osteomyelitis in non‐avian dinosaurs, focusing on the Ibirá locality, a site with a high incidence of this pathological condition. We analyzed six new osteopathic sauropod specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil.
Aureliano T +3 more
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New occurrences of fossilized feathers: systematics and taphonomy of the Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin (Cretaceous), NE, Brazil [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Here we describe three fossil feathers from the Early Cretaceous Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin, Brazil. Feathers are the most complex multiform vertebrate integuments; they perform different functions, occurring in both avian and non-avian ...
Gustavo M.E.M. Prado +3 more
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