Dispersal of Late Triassic clam shrimps across Pangea linking northwestern Gondwana and central Pangea rift basins [PDF]
Clam shrimps are a group of freshwater crustaceans who prospered during the Late Triassic. They were abundant in lacustrine sedimentary records of continental basins distributed throughout Pangea during this time. However, they show significant taxonomic
Carlos M. Alarcón +4 more
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Early land plant remains from the uppermost Ordovician–?lowermost Silurian Cedarberg Formation of South Africa [PDF]
The Cape Supergroup forms a regionally extensive and extremely thick Ordovician to Carboniferous succession of sedimentary rocks in southwestern South Africa.
Charles H. Wellman +2 more
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Synthesis and Photoluminescence characterization of Sr3La(AlO)3(BO3)4:Eu3+,Sm3+ Phosphor for W-LED
A Red emitting with high efficiency Eu3+ doped Sr3La(AlO)3(BO3)4 and Sm3+ doped Sr3La(AlO)3(BO3)4 phosphors has been synthesized by combustion method, meanwhile, the photoluminescence properties of samples are investigated in detail.
R.M. Yerojwar +3 more
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A new Late Triassic dipteridacean fern from the Paso Flores Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina [PDF]
Sterile and fertile fronds of dipteridacean ferns from the Paso Flores Formation (late Norian–Rhaetian) at Cañadón de Pancho area, south of the Neuquén Province, Patagonia (Neuquén Basin), Argentina, are described.
SILVIA CRISTINA GNAEDINGER +1 more
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First record of a Late Jurassic rhamphorhynchine pterosaur from Gondwana [PDF]
We describe partial remains of a non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic levels of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The material includes a left humerus, a possible dorsal vertebra, and the shaft of a wing phalanx, all preserved in three ...
Jhonatan Alarcón-Muñoz +5 more
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The Cretaceous “high-fire” period was a global event that reached almost all continental masses during that period in Earth’s history. The extensive wildfires directly affected plant communities.
Flaviana Jorge de Lima +10 more
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The present work elucidates palynofloral records from the Lipak Formation (late Devonian– early Carboniferous) of the Spiti Basin. The study has been carried out from three different sections of Spiti and Pin valleys to look for the signatures of ...
Suyash Gupta +5 more
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Lower–Middle Ordovician brachiopods from the Eastern Cordillera of Peru: biostratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical significance [PDF]
LowerâMiddle Ordovician brachiopods are well known from the Central Andean Basin of Argentina and Bolivia, but relatively little data comes from its northern prolongation in the Altiplano and the Eastern Cordillera of Peru.
Jorge Colmenar +2 more
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The first iguanian lizard from the Mesozoic of Africa [PDF]
The fossil record shows that iguanian lizards were widely distributed during the Late Cretaceous. However, the biogeographic history and early evolution of one of its most diverse and peculiar clades (acrodontans) remain poorly known.
Sebastián Apesteguía +3 more
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Ancient cratonic nuclei in East Antarctica: Research status, problems and prospects
The Archean cratonic nuclei in the East Antarctic Shield (Craton) occur mainly in the Napier Mountains, southern Prince Charles Mountains, Rauer Group and Vestfold Hills in the Indian Ocean sector, and are sporadically exposed in the Australian, African ...
LIU Xiaochun +7 more
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