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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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
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Second specimen of Corriebaatar marywaltersae from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia confirms its multituberculate affinities [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022 A second specimen of the Australian cimolodontan multituberculate Corriebaatar marywaltersae from the same locality (Flat Rocks) as the holotype and previously only known specimen, reveals far more anatomical information about the species.
THOMAS H. RICH +7 more
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 Numerous dromaeosaurid taxa recovered from the Upper Cretaceous strata of the Gobi Desert raise questions over niche partitioning among closely related species.
ŁUKASZ CZEPIŃSKI
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Iridescent plumage in a juvenile dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 Colour reconstructions have provided new insights into the lives of dinosaurs and other extinct animals, by predicting colouration patterns from fossilised pigment-bearing organelles called melanosomes.
ANGUS D. CROUDACE +4 more
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Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023 The Early Cretaceous is an important time of transition in Earth history, marked by a succession of oceanic anoxic events and carbon cycle perturbations that drove changes on land and in the ocean.
Marina B. Suarez +8 more
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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
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Adjoint models of mantle convection with seismic, plate motion, and stratigraphic constraints: North America since the Late Cretaceous [PDF]
, 2009 We apply adjoint models of mantle convection to North America since the Late Cretaceous. The present-day mantle structure is constrained by seismic tomography and the time-dependent evolution by plate motions and stratigraphic data (paleoshorelines ...
Gurnis, Michael +2 more
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Pollination of Cretaceous flowers [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 Insect pollination of flowering plants (angiosperms) is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering plant diversity and is key to the Cretaceous radiation of angiosperms. Although both insects and angiosperms were common by the mid-Cretaceous, direct fossil evidence of insect pollination is lacking.
Tong Bao +3 more
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Marine tethysuchian crocodyliform from the ?Aptian-Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, UK [PDF]
, 2014 A marine tethysuchian crocodyliform from the Isle of Wight, most likely from the Upper Greensand Formation (upper Albian, Lower Cretaceous), is described.
Foffa, D +5 more
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