A forged ‘chimera’ including the second specimen of the protostegid sea turtle Santanachelys gaffneyi and shell parts of the pleurodire Araripemys from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Group of Brazil [PDF]
Fossils of Cretaceous sea turtles adapted to an open marine lifestyle remain rare finds to date. Furthermore, the relationships between extant sea turtles, chelonioids, and other Mesozoic marine turtles are still contested, with one key species being ...
Torsten M. Scheyer +6 more
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A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group [PDF]
The Santana Group in Northeast Brazil has yielded a remarkable discovery: the first filter-feeding pterosaur from the tropics, named Bakiribu waridza gen. et sp. nov.
R. V. Pêgas +5 more
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Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control? [PDF]
Background Anhanguerids comprise an important clade of pterosaurs, mostly known from dozens of three-dimensionally preserved specimens recovered from the Lower Cretaceous Romualdo Formation (northeastern Brazil).
Felipe L. Pinheiro, Taissa Rodrigues
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Natural disasters, which occur regularly in Indonesia, have inspired many volunteer groups to emerge from different groups of society, including religious group.
Mohammad Rokib
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New brachyuran crabs from the Aptian–Albian Romualdo Formation, Santana Group of Brazil: Evidence for a Tethyan connection to the Araripe Basin [PDF]
Despite the exceptional palaeontological richness of the renowned Santana Group from the Early Cretaceous Araripe Basin of Brazil, only one specimen of true crabs (Brachyura) has been discovered to date.
Ludmila A.C. Prado +3 more
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Shrimps from the Santana Group (Cretaceous: Albian): new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata) and new record (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) [PDF]
The fossil shrimp Araripenaeus timidus n. gen. n. sp. is the first fossil Penaeoidea from Brazil. Here, we describe, illustrate and compare it with Paleomattea deliciosa, a fossil Sergestoidea (Dendrobranchiata) previously described from the same region.
ALLYSSON P. PINHEIRO +2 more
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Abstract The Santana Group of the Araripe Basin is a major paleontological unit in Brazil, incorporating two important Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstatten. The lower formations are Aptian, but the age of the uppermost Romualdo Formation has been extended into the Albian.
Mario Assine, Mitsuru Arai
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A artigo discute as variações da dentogênese, e sua repercussão sobre a estimativa de idade em amostras arqueológicas. Um exemplo aqui descrito, proveniente da amostra da população primeva de Lagoa Santa encontrada no abrigo de Santana do Riacho, em ...
Sheila M. de Souza
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Wastewater released into the environment without proper treatment contributes to the high prevalence of parasitic infections. We aimed to investigate the occurrence of parasites in sewage waters in both rainy and dry seasons in the city of Santana do ...
P. D. Lima +13 more
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Scratching the surface: a new species of Bent-toed gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from Timor-Leste of the darmandvillei group marks the potential for future discoveries [PDF]
A new species of limestone-dwelling Bent-toed gecko (genus Cyrtodactylus) is described from Nino Konis Santana National Park in the far-east region of Timor-Leste.
Kin Onn Chan +5 more
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