Ontogeny, evolution and palaeogeographic distribution of the world’s largest ammonite Parapuzosia (P.) seppenradensis (Landois, 1895) [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 The world’s largest ammonite, Parapuzosia (P.) seppenradensis (Landois, 1895), fascinated the world ever since the discovery, in 1895, of a specimen of 1.74 metres (m) diameter near Seppenrade in Westfalia, Germany, but subsequent findings of the taxon ...
Christina Ifrim +4 more
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Dinosaurs from the Santonian–Campanian Atlantic coastline substantiate phylogenetic signatures of vicariance in Cretaceous North America [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 During the Cretaceous, diversifications and turnovers affected terrestrial vertebrates experiencing the effects of global geographical change. However, the poor fossil record from the early Late Cretaceous has concealed how dinosaurs and other ...
Chase Doran Brownstein
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Trimerous magnoliid flowers with a unique set of floral and pollen traits from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Bohemia (Czech Republic) [PDF]
New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 4, Page 2266-2283, August 2026.Morphospace position and phylogenetic placements of Trimeriantha monopolyada. Summary Floral structure is a key aspect of angiosperm diversity. Recent research revealed that significant floral disparity was already present in the Cretaceous. However, our understanding of early floral diversity remains limited, as it is directly dependent on the fossil ...
Xieting Wu +7 more
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Large-bodied ornithomimosaurs inhabited Appalachia during the Late Cretaceous of North America [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Reconstructing the evolution, diversity, and paleobiogeography of North America’s Late Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages require spatiotemporally contiguous data; however, there remains a spatial and temporal disparity in dinosaur data on the continent ...
Chinzorig Tsogtbaatar +4 more
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The paleoecology and taphonomy of a Santonian-Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) dinosaur-bearing vertebrate locality from Bulgaria: a window into an underexplored part of the Late Cretaceous European Archipelago [PDF]
Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyThe Upper Cretaceous European vertebrate fossil record has improved significantly in the past three decades but there still remain chronostratigraphic and geographic gaps, which obscure our understanding of the paleobiogeography and evolution within the ...
Vladimir Nikolov +3 more
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CALCAREOUS PLANKTON BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE SANTONIAN-CAMPANIAN BOUNDARY INTERVAL IN THE BOTTACCIONE SECTION (UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN, CENTRAL ITALY) [PDF]
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2020 The Bottaccione section (Umbria-Marche Basin, central Italy) was analyzed for calcareous nannofossil and planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy across the Santonian-Campanian boundary interval to achieve a high-resolution and updated zonation directly ...
FRANCESCO MINIATI +3 more
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Estudios GeologicosA study of Coniacian-Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) gastropod fauna was carried out on two sections of the Cap-Estérias region, which belongs to the Gabonese Coastal Basin.
Urlain Gaël Yakouya-Moubamba +3 more
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Extroparvum occidentale gen. et sp. nov. and the Cretaceous diversification of Lauraceae [PDF]
American Journal of Botany, Volume 113, Issue 7, July 2026.Abstract Premise The fossil record of Lauraceae extends back to the Early Cretaceous and comprises numerous flowers. However, phylogenetic relationships of many of these fossil flowers remain unresolved. To better understand the early evolutionary history of Lauraceae, we conducted phylogenetic analyses of living and extinct members of the family and ...
Keana K. Tang +2 more
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Histovariability and fossil diagenesis of Pissarrachampsa (Pseudosuchia, Notosuchia, Baurusuchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Southeast Brazil [PDF]
The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 6, Page 1451-1463, June 2026.Abstract Notosuchians were key components of western Gondwanan Cretaceous ecosystems in terrestrial predator niches and exhibited remarkable taxonomic and ecological diversity. Previous research has explored their physiology, metabolism, and histology, revealing varied growth patterns and life history strategies.
Tito Aureliano +5 more
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The first mainland European Mesozoic click-beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) revealed by X-ray micro-computed tomography scanning of an Upper Cretaceous amber from Hungary [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Fossil bioinclusions in amber are invaluable source of information on the past evolution and diversity of various organisms, as well as on the paleoecosystems in general.
Márton Szabó +8 more
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