Open-air paleontological sites: A Dissemination Opportunity and a Risk to Spoliation. A Case Study in the Orígens Geopark, Spain. [PDF]
Geoconservation Research, 2021 Visits to paleontological sites are one of the most popular geotourism activities, but their appeal may have drawbacks. Deciding which sites are suitable for dissemination and appropriate measures for their optimal conservation can be complex.
Isabel Blasi +3 more
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Barremian and Aptian (Cretaceous) sharks and rays from Speeton, Yorkshire, north-east England [PDF]
, 2004 Bulk sampling of a number of horizons within the upper part of the Speeton Clay Type section has produced teeth and other remains of sharks and rays from several poorly studied horizons.
Applegate +34 more
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Graptolites from Silurian (Llandovery Series) sedimentary deposits attributed to a forearc setting, Co To Formation, Co To archipelago, northeast Vietnam [PDF]
, 2020 Newly collected graptolites from the Co To Formation, Co To archipelago, NE Vietnam, comprise assemblages indicative of two biostratigraphical levels within the lower Silurian, Llandovery Series, Telychian Stage: the co-occurrence of Spirograptus ...
Doan, Hung Dinh +9 more
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The perception of palaeontology in commercial off-the-shelf video games and an assessment of their potential as educational tools [PDF]
Geoscience Communication, 2022 Video games now comprise the largest sector of the media entertainment industry. Hundreds of video games, spanning a huge variety of genres and platforms, use extinct animals and/or palaeontological themes as a basis for their gameplay.
T. Clements +6 more
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Marine tethysuchian crocodyliform from the ?Aptian-Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, UK [PDF]
, 2014 A marine tethysuchian crocodyliform from the Isle of Wight, most likely from the Upper Greensand Formation (upper Albian, Lower Cretaceous), is described.
Foffa, D +5 more
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New orogenic type gold occurrences in the Uyanga ore knot (Central Mongolia) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 The Khangay-Khentey belt is located in central Mongolia (Central Asian Orogenic Belt). The Uyanga ore knot district of the Khangay metallogenic zone are hosted by the lower-middle Devonian volcanogenic-sedimentary Erdenetsogt formation. The new Burgetei,
Sodov Ariunbileg +6 more
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New Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) sauropod remains from the Valtos Formation, Isle of Skye, Scotland [PDF]
, 2016 The discovery of a sauropod tooth and a single sauropod footprint from the Valtos Formation supplements our knowledge of these dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye.
Clark, Neil D.L., Gavin, Patrick
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The Upper Famennian Ketleri Formation of Latvia: new data on the fauna and flora from tide-dominated delta deposits in a seasonal climate [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth SciencesCombined sedimentological and palaeontological studies of the vertebrate fossil-bearing deposits of the Upper Devonian, Upper Famennian Ketleri Formation have provided new data on the sedimentary environment of the deposits, as well as on taxonomic and ...
Ervīns Lukševičs +4 more
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The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus [PDF]
, 2015 Atoposaurids were a clade of semiaquatic crocodyliforms known from the Late Jurassic to the latest Cretaceous. Tentative remains from Europe, Morocco, and Madagascar may extend their range into the Middle Jurassic.
Brusatte, S +6 more
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Croatian diatomites and their possible application as a natural insecticide
Geologia Croatica, 2017 In recent decades, there has been an increase in the use of diatomaceous earth (DE) as a natural insecticide because of its low mammalian toxicity, worker safety, low risk of food residues and the occurrence of resistant insect populations associated ...
Ines Galović +7 more
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