Tropical Forest and Coral Sea of the Beigua Geopark (Liguria, NW Italy) [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 Some of the most interesting paleontological heritage of the Liguria Region is in the Beigua UNESCO Global Geopark, in Savona Province. The Geopark is characterized by high geodiversity and strong tourist traffic, being easily accessible and already ...
Maria Cristina Bonci +5 more
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First aphidiine wasp from the Sakhalinian amber [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 The first ichneumonoid aphidiine wasp species from Sakhalinian amber (middle Eocene) is described. Ephedrus rasnitsyni Davidian and Kaliuzhna sp. nov.
Elena M. Davidian +2 more
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A new species of Proegernia from the Namba Formation in South Australia and the early evolution and environment of Australian egerniine skinks [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 The diverse living Australian lizard fauna contrasts greatly with their limited Oligo-Miocene fossil record. New Oligo-Miocene fossil vertebrates from the Namba Formation (south of Lake Frome, South Australia) were uncovered from multiple expeditions ...
K. M. Thorn +5 more
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Parmalean and other siliceous nannofossils from the Oligocene of Polish Flysch Carpathians [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 Well-preserved fossil assemblages provide valuable insights into the evolutionary history of biota and their environments. Here, we report on Rupelian (early Oligocene) siliceous nanoeukaryotes from diatomites in the Carpathian Mountains, southeastern ...
Irena Kaczmarska, James M. Ehrman
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Biostratigraphy of the Pabdeh Formation in the Parsi Oil Field (Dezful Embayment, South-West Iran) [PDF]
Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches, 2021 In order to study biostratigraphy and the determination of biozonation in the Pabdeh Formation based on the new planktonic foraminifera biozonation in the Tethys region, one subsurface section in well 1 of the Parsi Oil Field was selected in the southern
Masume Sabokro +3 more
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Multispecies leatherback turtle assemblage from the Oligocene Chandler Bridge and Ashley formations of South Carolina, USA [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Paleogene dermochelyid species richness far exceeded that of today. Leatherback sea turtles were most species rich in the Paleogene, but their richness declined sharply during the Neogene with only one species existing today, Dermochelys coriacea.
Bailey R. Fallon +1 more
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Biostratigraphy and Paleoecological Inferences Based on Oligocene Calcareous Nannofossils from the Ceará Rise (ODP Leg 154, Site 929A): Equatorial Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2020 The Ceará Rise is an aseismic feature located in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, between the Amazon Cone, Demerara Abyssal Plain and the Ceará Abyssal Plain, which represents a key area for the understanding of deep ocean facies. In the oil and gas field,
Anaiza Claudia Meira Devellard Fionda +4 more
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Reassessment of amber-bearing deposits of Provence, southeastern France
BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2021 The presence of “geological” amber (or “succin” in old French monographs) has been reported for several centuries in the Mesozoic deposits of Provence, southeastern France.
Saint Martin Jean-Paul +9 more
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Tuning the Charge Transfer and Optoelectronic Properties of 4,6-Di(Thiophene-2-Yl)Pyrimidine Via Oligocenothiophene Substitution [PDF]
Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2018 Five new derivatives of 4,6-di(thiophen-2-yl)pyrimidine (DTP) were designed by structural modification with the aim to tune the electro-optical and charge transfer properties.
A. Irfan +5 more
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New Discovery of Oligocene Strata in the Topernawi Formation, Turkana County, Kenya
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 New field observations and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology reveal that the Topernawi Formation of the Ekitale Basin, northern Turkana Depression, Turkana County, Kenya was deposited entirely during the Oligocene between 29.7 ± 0.5 Ma and 29.24 ± 0.08 Ma.
Francis J. Sousa +10 more
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