Toroidal-poloidal partitioning of plate motions since 120 MA [PDF]
, 1993 Changes in plate motions and plate configurations during the Cenozoic and Mesozoic have been investigated extensively, but most geodynamical models have concentrated on present-day plate motions.
Richards, M.A. +9 more
core +1 more source
New Early Cretaceous pentatomorph bugs from China and the systematic position of Kobdocoridae [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaKobdocoridae is an extinct family of the infraorder Pentatomomorpha, mainly distributed in the Eurasia and currently comprise only nine species from seven genera in three locations.
RUI DAI +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Dizhi lixue xuebao, 2023 The western margin of the Ordos Basin and its adjacent regions have undergone a complex tectonic evolution from the Mesozoic to the Cenozoic era. However, the question of tectonic uplift since the Cenozoic era remains a topic of contention, and the ...
TIAN Zhaoyang +5 more
doaj +1 more source
First record of chimaeroid fish Ischyodus from the Upper Jurassic of southwestern Gondwana [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 This study presents two specimens of Chimaeriformes from Upper Jurassic strata of central Chile. The material was recovered from Tithonian levels of the Baños del Flaco Formation and includes two different individuals, one preserving two articulated ...
Rodrigo A. Otero +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Provenance and geochemistry of exotic clasts in conglomerates of the Oligocene Torehina Formation, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2003 Non-marine pebble to cobble conglomerates of the lower Torehina Formation (Oligocene) crop out along western Coromandel Peninsula and overlie, with strong angular discordance, continental-margin metasedimentary rocks (Manaia Hill Group) of Mesozoic (Late
Nelson, Campbell S. +3 more
core +1 more source
Agrociencia Uruguay, 2022 Petrographic analyses are presented for the Rivera, Tacuarembó and Cuchilla Ombú formations, which constitute the outcropping Guaraní Aquifer System in the Rivera and Tacuarembó departments, Uruguay.
Paula Collazo +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Integrated phylogenomic and fossil evidence of stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea) reveal a Permian–Triassic co-origination with insectivores [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Stick and leaf insects (Phasmatodea) are a distinctive insect order whose members are characterized by mimicking various plant tissues such as twigs, foliage and bark.
Erik Tihelka +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Relationship between carina size and sternum morphology in birds reflects physical constraints of body size and flight style. [PDF]
J AnatSternum morphology varies among birds and is a function of body mass and order. The area of the sternum is inversely related to the area of the keel suggesting that the increase in bone mass associated with a large keel has been mitigated by a reduction in bone mass of the sternum.
Deeming DC.
europepmc +2 more sources
The Bryophytes of the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic.
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1990 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Janssens, Jan A, Oostendorp, Cora
openaire +2 more sources
Formation and evolution of Yin'gen-E'ji'naqi Basin and prospects for oil and gas exploration
Shiyou shiyan dizhi, 2020 The Yin'gen-E'ji'naqi Basin is located in the central and western part of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, with an area of about 123×103 km2. It is a continental rift basin with a low exploration degree in North China.
Hong'an ZHANG +7 more
doaj +1 more source