The Early Miocene muroids (Muroidea, Rodentia) of the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin (Spain): A thriving haven during a time of migration [PDF]
Fossil RecordThe Campisano Ravine in the Ribesalbes-Alcora Basin (Spain, Early Miocene, Biozone C, MN 4) yielded a diverse and abundant assemblage of muroids, comprising five distinct taxa, and nearly 700 remains.
Vicente D. Crespo +3 more
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The late Pleistocene horned crocodile Voay robustus (Grandidier & Vaillant, 1872) from Madagascar in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2009 Crocodylian material from late Pleistocene localities around Antsirabe, Madagascar, stored in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, was surveyed. Several skeletal elements, including skull bones, vertebrae, ribs, osteoderms, and limb bones
C. Bickelmann, N. Klein
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A new weird cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidea) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber in northern Myanmar [PDF]
Fossil RecordGryllidea, one of the most species-rich groups in Orthoptera, are characterized by relatively scarce fossil records until the K-Pg extinction. This study describes a unique Mesozoic cricket, Fortigryllus xiangrui gen. et sp.
Xia Ji +6 more
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Rhyacophila quadrata n. sp., a new caddisfly (Insecta, Trichoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2008 Rhyacophila quadrata n. sp., a new fossil caddisfly, is described from Eocene Baltic amber. The new species belongs to the family Rhyacophilidae whose extant larvae prefer cool running-water habitats.
W. Wichard, C. Neumann
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The first recognition of the enigmatic fossil shark genus Megalolamna (Lamniformes, Otodontidae) from the lower Miocene of Europe and M. serotinus (Probst, 1879) as the newly designated type species for the genus [PDF]
ZittelianaMegalolamna is an elusive extinct shark genus (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) previously known from the upper Oligocene–Miocene of the USA, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Japan.
Jürgen Pollerspöck, Kenshu Shimada
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Berliner Geowissenschaftlerinnen an der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität von 1906 bis 1945, eine Fallstudie [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2003 In dieser Untersuchung werden beispielhaft die Lebenswege und Karrieren von Berliner Geowissenschaftlerinnen im Zeitraum von 1906 bis 1945 nachgezeichnet und analysiert. Ähnlich wie an anderen deutschen bzw. westlichen Universitäten, aber im Gegensatz zu
B. A. R. Mohr, A. Vogt
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Hips do not lie… histology of the pelvic girdle elements of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Poland [PDF]
Fossil RecordThe pelvic elements are among the least histologically studied skeletal elements of Temnospondyli, despite the fact that their histological framework can provide a lot of information about skeletochronology and function.
Dorota Konietzko-Meier +2 more
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Zur Geschichte der Geowissenschaften im Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Teil 5: Vom Mineralogischen Museum im Hauptgebäude der Universität zu den zwei geowissenschaftlichen Institutionen im Museum für Naturkunde – 1856 bis 1910 [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2003 Im vorhergehenden 4. Teil der Artikelserie wurde die Zeit behandelt, in der das Gesamtgebiet der Geowissenschaften von dem Mineralogen und Kristallographen Christian Samuel Weiss im Mineralogischen Museum vertreten wurde und in der sich die ...
G. Hoppe
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Palaeoecology and depositional environments of the Tendaguru Beds (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Tanzania) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2002 The Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Tendaguru Beds (Tanzania, East Africa) have been well known for nearly a century for their diverse dinosaur assemblages.
M. Aberhan +7 more
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A Middle-Late Devonian fish fauna from the Sierra de Perijá, western Venezuela, South America [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2002 A new Devonian fossil fish fauna from the region of Caño Colorado between the Rio Palmar and Rio Socuy, Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela, comes from two localities and several horizons within the Campo Chico Formation, dated on plants and spores as Givetian ...
G. C. Young, J. M. Moody
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