Was There a Cambrian Explosion on Land? The Case of Arthropod Terrestrialization
Biology, 2022 Arthropods, the most diverse form of macroscopic life in the history of the Earth, originated in the sea. Since the early Cambrian, at least ~518 million years ago, these animals have dominated the oceans of the world.
Erik Tihelka +3 more
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Palaeoepidemiology in extinct vertebrate populations: factors influencing skeletal health in Jurassic marine reptiles [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Palaeoepidemiological studies related to palaeoecology are rare, but have the potential to provide information regarding ecosystem-level characteristics by measuring individual health.
Judith M. Pardo-Pérez +2 more
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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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Dinosaur Palaeontology and their Environment [PDF]
, 2015 Dinosaur Palaeontology and their ...
Fernández-Baldor, F. Torcida; Museo de Dinosaurios de Salas de los Infantes y Colectivo Arqueológico-Paleontológico de Salas. +2 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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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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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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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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Minority Language Speakers in Palaeontology [PDF]
, 2022 Highlighting different experiences in palaeontology, palaeontologists Nussaïbah Raja-Schoob (Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen–Nuremberg) and Emma Dunne (University of Birmingham) discuss minority languages in ...
Nussaïbah B. Raja, Emma Dunne
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Geosciences, 2020 Geomathematics is extremely important in geosciences, particularly in the geology. The key for any geomathematical analysis is the definition of a typical model to be applied for further prognosis, either through deterministic or stochastic approaches ...
Tomislav Malvić +6 more
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