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Paleontology in France: 200 years in the footsteps of Cuvier and Lamarck [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
International audienceDue to its richness in fossil localities and Fossil-Lagerstätten, France played a major role in the 18th and 19th centuries in establishing paleontology and biostratigraphy as scientific disciplines.
Antoine, Pierre-Olivier   +4 more
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An Interactive Game Approach to Learning in Historical Geology and Paleontology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This article describes an interactive game that can be used in conjunction with traditional laboratory work, group discussions, student presentations, and writing exercises.
Anne Gardulski, Robert Reuss
core   +1 more source

Molecular Taphonomy of Heme: Chemical Degradation of Hemin under Presumed Fossilization Conditions

open access: yesMolecules, 2023
The metalloporphyrin heme acts as the oxygen-complexing prosthetic group of hemoglobin in blood. Heme has been noted to survive for many millions of years in fossils. Here, we investigate its stability and degradation under various conditions expected to
Mariam Tahoun   +4 more
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Gigantism in unique biogenic magnetite at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
We report the discovery of exceptionally large biogenic magnetite crystals in clay-rich sediments spanning the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) in a borehole at Ancora, New Jersey. Aside from previously-described abundant bacterial magnetofossils,
Guerquin-Kern, Jean-Luc   +12 more
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Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

open access: yes, 1988
"Carroll has to his credit an immense amount of useful labour in writing the book and will probably corner the market for a vertebrate paleontology text for the rest of this century ...
R. Carroll
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impacts of invasive rats on Hawaiian cave resources

open access: yesInternational Journal of Speleology, 2020
Although there are no published studies and limited data documenting damage by rodents in Hawaiian caves, our incidental observations during more than 40 years of surveying caves indicate that introduced rodents, especially the roof rat, Rattus rattus ...
Francis G. Howarth, Fred D. Stone
doaj   +1 more source

Marine tethysuchian crocodyliform from the ?Aptian-Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

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