Cool episodes in the Late Cretaceous - exploring the effects of physical forcing on Antarctic snow accumulation [PDF]
Until recently it was assumed that the major modern ice sheets on Antarctica became established around the Eocene-Oligocene boundary about 34 Ma ago. But new evidence (e.g.
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On Certain Cretaceous Brachiopoda [PDF]
In the Plate accompanying this paper are figured three species of Terebratulæ, which the writer lately obtained from the Lower Greensand beds of the Isle of Wight. Two of them are interesting as being entirely new to these strata in Britain, whilst the third is a remarkable deformity of a rare species. In Fig. 1, 2, 4, a shell is drawn which appears to
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Uppermost Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous benthic foraminiferal biostratigraphy at ODP Site 765 on the Argo Abyssal Plain. [PDF]
Benthic foraminifers were studied in 99 samples collected from the lower 200 m of Hole 765C. The studied section ranges from the Tithonian to Aptian, and benthic foraminifers can be subdivided into five assemblages on the basis of faunal diversity and ...
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Nuttalliellidae in Burmese amber: implications for tick evolution
Ticks are composed of 3 extant families (Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae) and 2 extinct families (Deinocrotonidae and Khimairidae). The Nuttalliellidae possess one extant species (Nuttalliella namaqua) limited to the Afrotropic region.
Lidia Chitimia-Dobler+5 more
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Additional characters of the Ceratopsidae, with notice of new Cretaceous dinosaurs [PDF]
O. C. Marsh
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The Cretaceous Itapema and Barra Velha Formations in Brazil’s Santos Basin represent a rare giant rift lacustrine carbonate factory with considerable potential for oil and gas exploration.
Mengying Yang+10 more
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THE APPLICATION OF A NEW NOMENCLATURAL APPROACH TO UPPER CRETACEOUS PLANT MICROFOSSILS FROM WESTERN CANADA [PDF]
Glenn E. Rouse
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A Classification of Protective Structures in Fossil Bryozoans
The protective structures of bryozoans representing four orders—Trepostomata, Cryptostomata, Fenestrata, and Cheilostomata—were analyzed and classified for the first time based on functional criteria.
Z. A. Tolokonnikova+2 more
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Principal characters of American Cretaceous pterodactyls; Part 1, The skull of Pteranodon [PDF]
O. C. Marsh
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The family Deinodontidae, with notice of a new genus from the Cretaceous of Alberta. [PDF]
W. D. Matthew, B. Brown
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