Indigenous demosponge spicules in a Late Devonian stromatoporoid basal skeleton from the Frasnian of Belgium [PDF]
This paper records the first example of a demosponge spicule framework in a single specimen of a Devonian stromatoporoid from the Frasnian of southern Belgium.
Alvarez +51 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]
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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Barremian and Aptian (Cretaceous) sharks and rays from Speeton, Yorkshire, north-east England [PDF]
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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New orogenic type gold occurrences in the Uyanga ore knot (Central Mongolia) [PDF]
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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A problematic zygopleuroid gastropod Acanthostrophia revisited [PDF]
SEM examination of the type series of Acathostrophia acanthica CONTI & FISCHER, 1984 from Middle Jurassic of Italy has shown that this gastropod most likely belongs to the family Protorculidae as previously suggested by NÜTZEL (1998).
Conti, Maria Alessandra, Kaim, Andrzej
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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]
Combined 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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Caudal pneumaticity and pneumatic hiatuses in the sauropod dinosaurs Giraffatitan and Apatosaurus [PDF]
Skeletal pneumaticity is found in the presacral vertebrae of most sauropod dinosaurs, but pneumaticity is much less common in the vertebrae of the tail.
Taylor, Michael P, Wedel, Mathew J.
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Croatian diatomites and their possible application as a natural insecticide
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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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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New Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) sauropod remains from the Valtos Formation, Isle of Skye, Scotland [PDF]
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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