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Computed tomography reveals multiple origins of extreme caudal vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Here, we present novel CT scan data of caudal vertebrae of six Middle–Late Jurassic sauropods, representing several eusauropod lineages. We synthesise these new data with a comprehensive critical appraisal of purported external and internal evidence for caudal vertebral PSP in Sauropodomorpha.
Samantha L. Beeston, Daniela Schwarz, Paul Upchurch, Stephen F. Poropat, Patrick Asbach, Philip D. Mannion   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Widespread complex enameloid microstructure in teeth and rostral denticles of Cretaceous sclerorhynchoid skates (Rajiformes: †Sclerorhynchoidei)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This article demonstrates that the teeth and rostral denticles of an extinct clade of sawfish‐like skates display an extremely derived enameloid microstructure, similar to what is known among sharks. The presence of tooth‐like enameloid microstructure in dermal denticles opens new perspectives about the origins and development of chondrichthyan ...
Endy Chateauneuf‐Gautier, Guillaume Guinot   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heterodonty in the teeth of the turiasaurian sauropod from Angeac‐Charente (Early Cretaceous, southwestern France): Comparison of anatomical and geometric morphometric approaches

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Turiasaurian teeth from Angeac‐Charente exhibit five dental morphotypes and reveal clear heterodonty and anteroposterior size gradient. Qualitative comparative anatomy quickly and efficiently identifies morphotypes, while 3D geometric morphometrics combined with machine learning refine ambiguous cases, demonstrating that qualitative and quantitative ...
Clémence Le Gouellec, Ronan Allain, Jean Goedert, Romain Pintore, Jackson Carter, Rafael Royo‐Torres, Dominique Augier, Raphaël Cornette   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disney's Auteur Problem: Framing Corporate Creativity in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

The Journal of Popular Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT At its core, Star Wars is a franchise George Lucas has led via his auteur vision. Since Lucas handed over the franchise reins to Disney, the company has courted several other auteurs to direct new entries in the series—each of those endeavors ended problematically.
Zachary Sheldon
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution, Routing and Reservoir Characteristics of Submarine Channels in a Structurally Deforming Slope Setting: Deep‐Water Joint Development Zone of Nigeria and São Tomé and Príncipe

Journal of Petroleum Geology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deep‐water slope channels and associated facies are a major part of clastic sediment dispersal system extending from the shelf‐edge to the abyssal plain. The toe‐thrust area of the deep‐water Niger Delta enables the analysis of these channels and their interaction with evolving fault‐controlled sea‐floor topography to be determined ...
Stanley Ang, Mike Mayall, Lidia Lonergan
wiley   +1 more source

The earliest cowries: the origin of cypraeoid gastropods

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Cowries, the family Cypraeidae, form a diverse and conspicuous group of gastropods living in tropical to subtropical seas. Their shell is convolute (last whorl covers all previous ones) with a narrow, slit-like siphonate aperture bearing denticles ...
Alexander Nützel, Simon Schneider, Sofia Bakayeva, Andrzej Kaim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feldspar Albitization With Implications for Reservoir Quality Evolution of Eocene Turbidite Sandstones in Offshore Espírito Santo Basin, Eastern Brazil

Journal of Petroleum Geology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The diagenetic albitization of plagioclase and K‐feldspar grains is a transformative process that significantly alters sandstone's detrital composition and formation water chemistry, impacting reservoir quality. In this study, Eocene turbidite sandstones from the offshore Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil, were investigated to elucidate the role of
Eveline E. Zambonato, Luiz F. De Ros, Howri Mansurbeg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coal petrography characteristics and coal facies constraints of Kezilenur Formation coal seams in the northern tectonic belt of Kuqa Depression

Meitan kexue jishu
Jurassic coal seams are widely developed in the northern tectonic belt of Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin. Exploration and development practices in recent years show that the exploration potential of coalbed methane (CBM) resources in this area is huge, and
Ling LI, Shuling TANG, Bin WANG, Dazhen TANG, Tiantian ZHAO, Yuanhao ZHI, Yani XIE, Lin SHEN, Tuanfei LIU   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Going silent? Evidence for independent losses of acoustic communication in tree crickets (Insecta, Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Oecanthidae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
Our ancestral state reconstruction in tree crickets reveals multiple independent and irreversible losses of sound‐producing and ‐receiving structures, supporting the convergent evolution of the silent phenotype. We demonstrate strong evolutionary integration between forewings and tympana, although the discovery of ‘silent listeners′ and ‘deaf singers ...
Lucas Denadai de Campos, Jorge Alves Audino, Silvio Shigueo Nihei, Laure Desutter‐Grandcolas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking microtidal systems: Tidal signatures in the fluvial deposits of the Po River, Italy

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In microtidally influenced rivers, tides are generally assumed to leave virtually no signatures in the sedimentary record. However, this hypothesis has been surprisingly poorly tested using modern river analogues, which provide an opportunity to assess whether sedimentary signatures of microtidal regimes can develop in rivers that lack ...
Anna E. van Yperen, Alvise Finotello, Riccardo Maitan, Ivar Midtkandal, Fabrizio Nestola, Davide Tognin, Massimiliano Ghinassi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source