New Late Cretaceous zhelestid mammal from the Bayanshiree Formation, Mongolia [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaNumerous exquisitely preserved mammal fossils unearthed from Upper Cretaceous strata in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have played a key role in understanding Mesozoic mammalian evolution.
TSUKASA OKOSHI +10 more
doaj +1 more source
Petrography and diagenetic history of the Shurijeh Formation (Late Kimmeridgian–Hautrivian) at Estarkhi section, Kopet-Dagh Basin, NE Iran [PDF]
Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches, 2021 The Shurijeh Formation is a Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous (Late Kimmeridgian–Hauterivian) siliciclastic rock unit of the Kopet-Dagh Basin, up to 392 m thick.
Mehdi Reza Poursoltani
doaj +1 more source
Nikolay Ivanovitch Karakash - an outstanding scientist-naturalist
Известия высших учебных заведений: Геология и разведка, 2015 The 2016 year is a year of the 100th anniversary of the death of the outstanding Russian geologist and paleontologist, one of the first investigators of Cretaceous deposits of Crimea and Caucasus, Nikolay Ivanovitch Karakash.
V. N. Komarov
doaj +1 more source
An Upper Cretaceous ichthyodectiform fish from Kyushu, Japan [PDF]
Research & Knowledge, 2017 Ichthyodectiform fishes are an exclusively extinct basal teleost clade, with a temporal range from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) to Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian).
Yoshitaka Yabumoto +2 more
doaj +1 more source
An anhanguerian pterodactyloid mandible from the lower Valanginian of Northern Germany, and the German record of Cretaceous pterosaurs [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 The record of Cretaceous pterosaur remains from Germany is sparse. The material recovered to date includes the fragmentary holotypes of Targaryendraco wiedenrothi and Ctenochasma roemeri, as well as a few isolated pterodactyloid teeth and some ...
Pascal Abel +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Reassessment of amber-bearing deposits of Provence, southeastern France
BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2021 The presence of “geological” amber (or “succin” in old French monographs) has been reported for several centuries in the Mesozoic deposits of Provence, southeastern France.
Saint Martin Jean-Paul +9 more
doaj +1 more source
New material of the trechnotherian mammal Lactodens from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Comparison with Origolestes and implications for mammal evolution [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022 A new specimen of Lactodens sheni, the only known spalacolestine from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, is reported from the Jiufotang Formation, Liaoning, China.
FANGYUAN MAO, CUNYU LIU, JIN MENG
doaj +1 more source
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
wiley +18 more sources
The Late- Cretaceous volcanic rocks from Talesh area (western Alborz): chemical variation, crystallization condition, hygrometry and tectonic setting [PDF]
پترولوژی, 2020 In the Talesh area (western Alborz), a thick sedimentary- volcanic association formed in a littoral- deltaic environment during the Late Cretaceous. The extrusives comprise volcanoclastics (tuffs), lava flows (pillow and massive) and basic dykes.
Khadijeh Amani +3 more
doaj +1 more source