Reappraisal of the thalattosuchian crocodylomorph record from the Middle-Upper Jurassic Rosso Ammonitico Veronese of northeastern Italy: Age calibration, new specimens and taphonomic biases. [PDF]
Despite their extremely rare and fragmentary record, aquatic crocodylomorphs from the Middle to Upper Jurassic (Bajocian-Tithonian) Rosso Ammonitico Veronese (RAV) of northeastern Italy have sparked interest since the late 18th century.
Giovanni Serafini +5 more
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The Jurassic of Denmark and Greenland: The Upper Jurassic of Europe: its subdivision and correlation [PDF]
In the last 40 years, the stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic of Europe has received much attention and considerable revision; much of the impetus behind this endeavour has stemmed from the work of the International Subcommission on Jurassic Stratigraphy.
Zeiss, Arnold
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A Skull of Metriorhynchus palpebrosus in the Kimmeridgian of Normandy (Northwest France) and the Status of the Genus Metriorhynchus: The End of the Mystery? [PDF]
This article provides a description of a skull assigned to Metriorhynchus palpebrosus discovered in the last century in the Upper Jurassic of Normandy.
Stéphane Hua, Jérôme Tabouelle
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The Osmium Isotope Signature of Phanerozoic Large Igneous Provinces
Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Alexander J. Dickson +2 more
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Characteristics of organic matter contents in bituminous Upper Jurassic rocks of the southwestern and central regions of Western Siberia according to pyrolytic studies results [PDF]
The paper presents the pyrolytic studies results of bituminous Upper Jurassic various facies core belonging to various poorly studied section types within the southwestern and central regions of Western Siberia.
Spiridonov D.A. +4 more
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New specimens of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton, 1978 from the Early Jurassic of South Africa [PDF]
We describe new specimens of the basal ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus Galton, 1978 collected from a bonebed in the Fouriesburg district of the Free State, South Africa.
Choiniere, JN +4 more
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Environmental controls on the distribution of neoselachian sharks and rays within the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). [PDF]
Extensive sampling from a range of facies within the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of southern England has allowed the palaeoenvironmental distribution of a number of taxa of neoselachian sharks and rays to be assessed.
Underwood, Charlie J.
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Reconstructing post-Jurassic overburden in central Europe: new insights from mudstone compaction and thermal history analyses of the Franconian Alb, SE Germany [PDF]
The Franconian Alb of SE Germany is characterized by large-scale exposures of Jurassic shallow marine limestones and dolostones, which are frequently considered to be outcrop analogues for deep geothermal reservoir rocks in the North Alpine Foreland ...
S. Freitag +5 more
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The presented study is devoted to the subsurface Upper Jurassic carbonate buildups and surrounding stratified inter-buildup deposits in the hitherto less recognized area, in comparison with other parts of the northern Tethyan shelf in Poland and Europe ...
Łukasz Słonka, Piotr Krzywiec
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Mesozoic and Cenozoic diktyogenese in the Lower Yangtze region
Three stages of metamorphic tectonic movements took place in the Lower Yangtze region due to the joint action of the Tethys and the Pacific plates from the Middle/Late Triassic to the Early/Middle Jurassic, the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, and ...
Daogui DING, Fengli LI
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