A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
, 2010 We describe a new dromaeosaurid theropod from the Upper Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia. The new taxon, Linheraptor exquisitus gen. et sp.
Choiniere, J.N. +10 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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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
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Investigating bio-events and time expansion of Calcareous nannofossils in the upper part of the Gurpi Formation and lower part of the Pabdeh Formation, northwestern Shiraz [PDF]
Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches, 2020 In this study, calcareous nannofossils are investigated in the upper part of the Gurpi Formation and lower part of the Pabdeh Formation at the Par-e Nobar section located in the northwest of Shiraz. The thickness of the studied section is about 41 m. The
Saeedeh Senemari, Behzad Saeedi razavi
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Digit-only sauropod pes trackways from China - evidence of swimming or a preservational phenomenon? [PDF]
, 2016 For more than 70 years unusual sauropod trackways have played a pivotal role in debates about the swimming ability of sauropods. Most claims that sauropods could swim have been based on manus-only or manus-dominated trackways.
C Gierliński +49 more
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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
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Valanginian to Barremian Benthic Foraminifera from ODP Site 766 (Leg 123, Indian Ocean) [PDF]
, 1995 A Valanginian to Barremian bathyal foraminiferal assemblage (118 taxa belonging to 51 genera) is documented from ODP Site 766, drilled near the foot of the Exmouth Plateau off northwest Australia.
Holbourn, A.E.L., Kaminski, M.A.
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The eruptive tempo of Deccan volcanism in relation to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary
Science, 2019 Two timelines for extinction The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction that wiped out the nonavian dinosaurs 66 million years ago was correlated with two extreme events: The Chicxulub impact occurred at roughly the same time that massive amounts of lava were ...
C. Sprain +5 more
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GEUS Bulletin, 2021 Permian to Triassic outcrops in East Greenland diminish significantly northwards. Understanding the northward extent, and nature, of the Permian and Triassic successions has implications for regional palaeogeographic reconstructions and exploration in ...
Steven D. Andrews +5 more
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A taxonomic and phylogenetic review of the anhanguerid pterosaur group Coloborhynchinae and the new clade Tropeognathinae [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Anhanguerids are a particular group of pterodactyloid pterosaurs, characterized mainly by their rostral sagittal crests, well laterally expanded jaw tips and enlarged anterior teeth.
Borja Holgado, Rodrigo V. Pêgas
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