Late Viséan (Carboniferous) gastropods from the Gara El Itima (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2009 Diverse and well-preserved Late Viséan (Early Carboniferous) gastropod faunas from the eastern Anti-Atlas of Morocco are described herein. The new genus Itimaspira n. gen. is described as well as the six new species Ananias weyeri n.
D. Heidelberger, D. Korn, V. Ebbighausen
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A new late Miocene bovid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from Çorakyerler (Turkey) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2021 We describe here five new bovid crania from the Çorakyerler fossil site (Tüglu Formation, Çankırı Basin, north-central Anatolia, Turkey), the fauna of which is dated by magneto- and biostratigraphy to the late Miocene, around the Vallesian–Turolian ...
D. S. Kostopoulos +3 more
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Cauca: megafaunal and felid fossils (Mammalia) from a Pleistocene site in northwest Venezuela [PDF]
Fossil RecordNumerous surveys and three excavation and surface collection field seasons resulted in the discovery of numerous megafaunal remains and that of a medium-sized felid in a new site located on the coastal plain of the Gulf of Venezuela, in Western Falcón ...
Jorge Domingo Carrillo-Briceño +11 more
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Trachyteuthis covacevichi n. sp., a Late Jurassic Palaeopacific coleoid cephalopod [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2008 A new early Oxfordian coleoid cephalopod, Trachyteuthis covacevichi n. sp., is described from northern Chile. It represents the first Late Jurassic Palaeopacific vampyropod and thus considerably extends the palaeogeographic distribution of trachyteuthids.
D. Fuchs, H.-P. Schultze
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A new body mass estimation of Brachiosaurus brancai Janensch, 1914 mounted and exhibited at the Museum of Natural History (Berlin, Germany) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2008 Body mass and surface areas are important in several aspects for an organism living today. Therefore, mass and surface determinations for extinct dinosaurs could be important for paleo-biological aspects as well.
H.-C. Gunga +7 more
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The polycentropodid genus Cernotina (Insecta, Trichoptera) in Miocene Dominican amber [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2021 A new polycentropodid caddisfly species is described from Miocene Dominican amber. The family Polycentropodidae is therefore represented in the Dominican amber with two species belonging to the genus Cernotina: C.
W. Wichard, C. Neumann
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Nutrient dynamics and oceanographic features in the central Namibian upwelling region as reflected in δ15N-signals of suspended matter and surface sediments [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2011 The study deals with the modern situation of the northern Benguela Upwelling, directing particular attention to the shelf region off central Namibia (21 to 24° S).
S. Meisel, U. Struck, K.-C. Emeis
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The Tendaguru Formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, southern Tanzania): definition, palaeoenvironments, and sequence stratigraphy [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2009 The well-known Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Tendaguru Beds of southern Tanzania have yielded fossil plant remains, invertebrates and vertebrates, notably dinosaurs, of exceptional scientific importance.
R. Bussert, W.-D. Heinrich, M. Aberhan
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Mass concentration of Hirnantian cephalopods from the Siljan District, Sweden; taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeographic relationships [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2011 The Hirnantian Glisstjärn Formation (Normalograptus persculptus graptolite Biozone) is a succession of limestones and shales onlapping the Katian Boda Limestone in the Siljan District, Sweden.
B. Kröger +3 more
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The ammonoids from the Dalle à Merocanites of Timimoun (Late Tournaisian–Early Viséan; Gourara, Algeria) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2010 The ammonoids from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) Dalle à Merocanites of Timimoun (Gourara, Algeria) are described. The following new ammonoid taxa are introduced: subfamily Hammatocyclinae n. subfam., Hammatocyclus pollex n.
V. Ebbighausen, D. Korn, J. Bockwinkel
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