The Osmium Isotope Signature of Phanerozoic Large Igneous Provinces
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 229-246., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Alexander J. Dickson +2 more
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A new genus of lance lacewings from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Fossils of Osmylinae are rare, currently only one fossil genus of this subfamily is known, Lithosmylus which is recorded from the late Eocene Florissant Formation of USA. Herein, we report a new Osmylinae genus with two new species, Vetosmylus tentus gen.
Yiming Ma +3 more
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Molar morphology and occlusion of the Early Jurassic mammaliaform Erythrotherium parringtoni [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022 The South African Early Jurassic morganucodontan Erythrotherium is considered by some authors to be potentially synonymous with Morganucodon, due to similar tooth morphology.
KAI R.K. JÄGER +3 more
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Comparative bone microstructure of three archosauromorphs from the Carnian, Late Triassic Chañares Formation of Argentina [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 The Chañares Formation exhibits one of the most important archosauriform records of early Carnian ecosystems. Here we present new data on the palaeohistology of Chañares archosauriforms and provide new insights into their paleobiology, as well as ...
Jordi Alexis Garcia Marsà +2 more
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A new Early Cretaceous flea from China [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Fleas are highly specialized holometabolic insects. So far, only 16 species of fossil fleas in five families have been reported due to the rare fossil records.
Yanjie Zhang +4 more
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Seazzadactylus venieri gen. et sp. nov., a new pterosaur (Diapsida: Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of northeastern Italy [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 A new non-monofenestratan pterosaur with multicusped dentition, Seazzadactylus venieri, is described from the Upper Triassic (middle-upper Norian) of the Carnian Prealps (northeastern Italy). The holotype of S. venieri preserves a complete mandibular and
Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia
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Perinatal specimens of Maiasaura from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana (USA): insights into the early ontogeny of saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaurs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Perinatal specimens of hadrosaurids discovered in the late 1970’s by field crews from Princeton University were significant in providing evidence of the early ontogenetic stages in North American dinosaurs.
Albert Prieto-Marquez +1 more
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Insects, 2022 A new Burmese amber genus Maculixiusgen. nov. with its type species Maculixius jiewenaesp. nov. is described in the planthopper family Cixiidae. This new genus is unique in Burmese Cixiidae by its forewing venation, with Pcu and A1 merging in the middle ...
Menglin Wang +2 more
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Correlation of Proterozoic-Phanerozoic deep wells sections targeting Aldan-Maya area petroleum potentiality estimation [PDF]
Нефтегазовая геология: Теория и практика, 2022 The article discusses the debatable issues of well log correlation of the Riphean, Vendian, Cambrian and Mesozoic sections, promising for the search for oil and gas in the Aldan-Maya potentially petroleum bearing region. The author's proposed correlation
Fomin A.M. +3 more
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Геодинамика и тектонофизика, 2021 The Mongol-Okhotsk orogenic belt, finally formed in the end of the Mesozoic as a result of later tectonic events, is divided into two flanks: western and eastern.
I. M. Derbeko +3 more
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