Anatomy and cranial functional morphology of the small-bodied dinosaur Fruitadens haagarorum from the Upper Jurassic of the USA. [PDF]
, 2012 Heterodontosaurids are an important but enigmatic and poorly understood early radiation of ornithischian dinosaurs. The late-surviving heterodontosaurid Fruitadens haagarorum from the Late Jurassic (early Tithonian) Morrison Formation of the western USA ...
Chiappe, Luis M. +20 more
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A Piranha-like Pycnodontiform Fish from the Late Jurassic [PDF]
Current Biology, 2018 Pycnodontiformes are an extinct order of ray-finned fishes from the Triassic to Eocene [1, 2], with a characteristic crushing dentition reflecting a highly specialized diet [3]. However, our discovery of a new pycnodontiform from the Late Jurassic (ca.
Kölbl-Ebert, Martina +3 more
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A record of Late Jurassic vertebrates from Texas
Rocky Mountain Geology, 2023 ABSTRACT We present the first description of Jurassic vertebrate fossils from Texas. The vertebrate specimens were collected from the Upper Jurassic Malone Formation in the Malone Mountains of western Texas. The specimens are fragmentary and not particularly diagnostic, but probably represent elements of plesiosaurians.
Steven R. May +6 more
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A Large Morganucodontan Mammaliaform from the Late Jurassic of Germany [PDF]
Fossil Imprint, 2019 Abstract An upper “triconodont” molar from the Late Jurassic (late Kimmeridgian) of the Langenberg Quarry in northern Germany is attributed to Storchodon cingulatus gen. et sp. nov. of Morganucodonta. The molar is characterized by continuous lingual and buccal cingula, and a relatively large, buccally-shifted cusp D which is not integrated in the ...
Martin, Thomas +4 more
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New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European lower cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary [PDF]
, 2012 Background Ichthyosauria is a diverse clade of marine amniotes that spanned most of the Mesozoic. Until recently, most authors interpreted the fossil record as showing that three major extinction events affected this group during its history: one ...
Ralf Kosma (189585) +65 more
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Geologica Carpathica, 2015 The causes for the Middle to Late Jurassic tectonic processes in the Northern Calcareous Alps are still controversially discussed. There are several contrasting models for these processes, formerly designated “Jurassic gravitational tectonics”.
Gawlick Hans-Jürgen +4 more
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A taxonomic review of the Late Jurassic eucryptodiran turtles from the Jura Mountains (Switzerland and France) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Background. Eucryptodiran turtles from the Late Jurassic (mainly Kimmeridgian) deposits of the Jura Mountains (Switzerland and France) are among the earliest named species traditionally referred to the Plesiochelyidae, Thalassemydidae, and Eurysternidae.
Jérémy Anquetin +2 more
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Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Slyne Basin [PDF]
Solid Earth, 2022 The Slyne Basin, located offshore NW Ireland, is a narrow and elongated basin composed of a series of interconnected grabens and half-grabens, separated by transfer zones coincident with deep crustal structures formed during the Silurian- to Devonian ...
C. M. O'Sullivan +11 more
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Seawater redox variations during the deposition of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation, United Kingdom (Upper Jurassic): evidence from molybdenum isotopes and trace metal ratios [PDF]
, 2010 The Kimmeridge Clay Formation (KCF) and its equivalents worldwide represent one of the most prolonged periods of organic carbon accumulation of the Mesozoic.
Pearce, Christopher R. +5 more
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Journal of Palaeogeography, 2014 Junggar Basin, located in northern Xinjiang, presents continuous and multikilometer-thick strata of the Jurassic deposits. The Jurassic was entirely terrestrial fluvial and lacustrine deltaic sedimentation.
Shun-Li Li +3 more
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