Palm Phytoliths of Mid-Elevation Andean Forests [PDF]
Palms are one of the most common tropical plant groups. They are widespread across lowland tropical forests, but many are found in higher altitudes have more constrained environmental ranges.
Seringe N. Huisman +2 more
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Solving the woolly mammoth conundrum: amino acid 15N-enrichment suggests a distinct forage or habitat [PDF]
Understanding woolly mammoth ecology is key to understanding Pleistocene community dynamics and evaluating the roles of human hunting and climate change in late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions. Previous isotopic studies of mammoths’ diet and physiology
Longstaffe, Fred J +3 more
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Mollusk species at a Pliocene shelf whale fall (Orciano Pisano, Tuscany) [PDF]
The recovery of an intact, 10 m long fossil baleen whale from the Pliocene of Tuscany (Italy) offers the first opportunity to study the paleoecology of a fully developed, natural whale-fall community at outer shelf depth.
Betocchi, U, Danise, S, Dominici, S
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Sedimentología y vertebrados fósiles de la Formación Santa Cruz (Mioceno temprano) en Lago Posadas, suroeste de Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]
Lago Posadas se ubica al pie de los Andes Patagónicos Australes, en el suroeste de Argentina, donde la Formación Santa Cruz (FSC) del Mioceno temprano muestra afloramientos potentes y lateralmente continuos.
Aramendía, Inés +3 more
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MACROFAUNA CIRCALITORALE DEL PLIOCENE INFERIORE DI CAPO S. MARCO (SARDEGNA OCCIDENTALE)
The megafauna recovered from the Lower Pliocene sequence at Capo S. Marco (Sinis Peninsula) are analysed; detailed studies concern taxonomy, stratigraphy and paleoecology.
CARLO SPANO
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Paleoecology of the Maastrichtian and Danian sediment at North of Central Alborz, Iran, based on Planktonic foraminifera [PDF]
In order to study the fossil contents of the Ziarat-kola section for biostratigraphical purposes the 212 meters was sampled at Central Alborz. The sequence is mainly made up of monotonous grey- green to light grey marl.
Behnaz Balmaki
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Ecological succession of a Jurassic shallow-water ichthyosaur fall. [PDF]
After the discovery of whale fall communities in modern oceans, it has been hypothesized that during the Mesozoic the carcasses of marine reptiles created similar habitats supporting long-lived and specialized animal communities.
A Glover +58 more
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The paper presents micropaleontological information and observations of the North Pacific diatom species Neodenticula (N.) seminae (Simonsen and Kanaya) Akiba and Yanagisawa in the surface and Holocene sediments from the North Atlantic, Nordic, and ...
Alexander Matul, Galina Kh. Kazarina
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The Bolivian Radiocarbon Database: A Countrywide Compilation of Radiocarbon Dates
The radiocarbon dating record from sites in the territory that comprises the Plurinational State of Bolivia has been previously included in datasets that are either obsolete, inaccurate, or incomplete.
José M. Capriles
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Rectoprotomarssonella n. gen., a new agglutinated foraminiferal genus from the Upper Cretaceous of the Carpathian Flysch [PDF]
The new agglutinated foraminiferal genus Rectoprotomarssonella n. gen. is characterized by its high trochospiral coiling with multiserial to uniserial chamber arrangement and solid, noncanaliculate wall with calcareous cement.
Bubík, M., Cetean, C.G., Kaminski, M.A.
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