We report the presence of subfossil dwarf hippopotamuses from the neighbourhood of Berivotra (Mahajanga Basin, NW Madagascar), based on an isolated premolar of Hippopotamus, tentatively referred to H. madagascariensis Guldberg, 1882 or H.
Giovanni Pasini +2 more
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Sequence stratigraphy, chemostratigraphy and facies analysis of Cambrian Series 2 – Series 3 boundary strata in northwestern Scotland [PDF]
Globally, the Series 2 – Series 3 boundary of the Cambrian System coincides with a major carbon isotope excursion, sea-level changes and trilobite extinctions.
Faggetter, Luke +14 more
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Abstract The Upper Cretaceous Prince Creek Formation (PCF) of northern Alaska offers a unique glimpse into northern high‐latitude, non‐marine vertebrate assemblages, providing critical data on polar ecosystems during the late Campanian (c. 73 Ma).
Donald B. Brinkman +10 more
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The past distribution of pinus nigra arnold in northern iberia. Contribution from its macroremains. [PDF]
The presence of Pinus nigra in central Spain, where its natural populations are very rare, has led to different interpretations of the current vegetation dynamics.
Garcia-Amorena Gomez del Moral, Ignacio +5 more
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Glowing Seashells: Diversity of Fossilized Coloration Patterns on Coral Reef-Associated Cone Snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) Shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic [PDF]
The biology of modern Conidae (cone snails)—which includes the hyperdiverse genus Conus—has been intensively studied, but the fossil record of the clade remains poorly understood, particularly within an evolutionary framework.
Hendricks, Jonathan R
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The shrew Crocidura iculisma has a fragmented distribution limited to southwestern Europe. This study analyzes changes in its geographic distribution including palaeontological and modern data, revealing a significant reduction its range during the Holocene due to competitive exclusion by Crocidura russula and climatic changes.
Ángel C. Domínguez‐García +8 more
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Complement to the study of the Indian Paleocene osteoglossid fish genus Taverneichthys (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) [PDF]
A series of osteological characters of Taverneichthys bikanericus from the continental Paleocene of India are studied, allowing specifying its systematic position within the Osteoglossidae.
Kumar, K., Rana, R.S., Taverne, L.
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First palynologic record of the Cretaceous La Yesera Formation (Salta Group), northwestern Argentina [PDF]
Thirty-four taxa were documented from six palynologically productive samples of the La Yesera Formation (Brealito and Don Bartolo Members) in the Pucará locality (Salta Province, northwestern Argentina).
Narvaez, Paula Liliana +2 more
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Gladiopycnodontidae, a new family of pycnodontiform fi shes from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of three genera [PDF]
The osteology of Gladiopycnodus karami gen. et sp. nov., of Monocerichthys scheuchzeri gen. et sp. nov. and of Rostropycnodus gayeti gen. et sp. nov., three new fossil fishes from the marine Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Lebanon, is studied in detail ...
Capasso, Luigi, Taverne, Louis
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Lower Aptian Rudist Faunas (Bivalvia, Hippuritoidea) from Croatia [PDF]
Lower Aptian rudist faunas from Croatia consist of Requienia? zlatarskii PAQUIER, Toucasia sp., Agriopleura sp., Glossomyophorus costatus MASSE, SKELTON & SLISKOVIC, Himeraelites sp. and Offneria sp.
I. Velić +3 more
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