Taphonomy of Paleogene and Neogene vertebrate assemblages [PDF]
The Paleontological Society Special Publications, 1992 The Paleogene of Wyoming and Montana and the Neogene Siwaliks of Pakistan contain deposits representing a wide variety of terrestrial environments. Although fossils are preserved in all of these environments, fossil vertebrates are abundant in only certain facies.
William S. Bartels +5 more
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THE RISE OF ACTUALISTIC TAPHONOMY IN SOUTH AMERICA
Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica ArgentinaOver the past four decades, global actualistic taphonomy studies have grown significantly, driven by increased interest in present day patterns and processes of fossilization.
Claudio Germán De Francesco +8 more
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Vertebrate taphonomy of the Ischigualasto Formation [PDF]
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2012 ABSTRACT Trends of preservation are established on the basis of 385 fossil occurrences in the Ischigualasto Formation. The distribution and preservational quality of vertebrate fossils are related to sedimentary facies and stratigraphic position and follow trends in basin evolution and paleoclimate.
Colombi, Carina Ester +2 more
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Site formation processes and the taphonomy of vertebrate remains in underwater caves
Earth-Science ReviewsPalaeontological and zooarchaeological deposits have been recovered from underwater caves across the globe, but studies on site formation processes in these environments are scattered and have never been systematically examined. Flooded caves in the phreatic zone of karst systems include sinkholes and fensters (windows) that form a connection between ...
Walker, Meg M, Louys, Julien
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Sedimentology and vertebrate fossils of the Frasnian Ogre Formation, Gurova outcrops, eastern Latvia [PDF]
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2020 Combined sedimentological and palaeontological study of the siliciclastic sequence of the Ogre Formation in the easternmost area of its distribution in Latvia was aimed at the facies analysis of the deposits and at detailed observation of the taxonomical
Girts Stinkulis +2 more
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The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China
Scientific Reports, 2021 The Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna in Northwest China preserves a large number of specimens of the sexually dimorphic pteranodontoid pterosaur Hamipterus tianshanensis, including 3D eggs and embryos.
Xiaolin Wang +6 more
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New anatomical information of the wukongopterid Kunpengopterus sinensis Wang et al., 2010 based on a new specimen [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 The Wukongopteridae compose a non-pterodactyloid clade of pterosaurs that are the most abundant flying reptiles in the deposits of the Middle-Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota.
Xin Cheng +3 more
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Experimental dissolution of fossil bone under variable pH conditions
PLoS ONE, 2022 Fossils exposed at the surface are an integral component of the paleontologic record and provide an archive of past life. However, it is widely known that fossils are not stable indefinitely upon exposure to surface conditions such as physical, chemical,
Colleen A. Sullivan, Sarah W. Keenan
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A taxonomic and phylogenetic review of the anhanguerid pterosaur group Coloborhynchinae and the new clade Tropeognathinae [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Anhanguerids are a particular group of pterodactyloid pterosaurs, characterized mainly by their rostral sagittal crests, well laterally expanded jaw tips and enlarged anterior teeth.
Borja Holgado, Rodrigo V. Pêgas
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New occurrences of fossilized feathers: systematics and taphonomy of the Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin (Cretaceous), NE, Brazil [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Here we describe three fossil feathers from the Early Cretaceous Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin, Brazil. Feathers are the most complex multiform vertebrate integuments; they perform different functions, occurring in both avian and non-avian ...
Gustavo M.E.M. Prado +3 more
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