Supergene manganese ore records 75 Myr-long Campanian to Pleistocene geodynamic evolution and weathering history of the Central African Great Lakes Region …

T De Putter, G Ruffet - Gondwana Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo locally hosts Proterozoic
manganese deposits. The deposits of Kisenge-Kamata are the most significant, but …

The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying “Patterson's Gap” in the acanthomorph skeletal record André Dumont medalist lecture 2018

M FRIEDMAN, JV ANDREWS, S Hadeel… - Geologica …, 2023 - popups.uliege.be
In contrast to the rich collections of articulated spiny-rayed fishes from early Late Cretaceous
and Eocene Lagerstätten, similar skeletal remains are sparse in Maastrichtian–Paleocene …

Offshore marine actinopterygian assemblages from the Maastrichtian–Paleogene of the Pindos Unit in Eurytania, Greece

T Argyriou, D Davesne - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The fossil record of marine ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) from the time interval
surrounding the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction is scarce at a global scale …

Phosphate δ13Corg chemostratigraphy from the Gantour basin, Morocco: A proof of concept from the K–Pg transition to mid-Thanetian

J Aubineau, F Parat, AC Pierson-Wickmann… - Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Cretaceous–early Paleogene interval is globally associated with transient
to long-term changes in the stable carbon isotopic composition of marine carbonates (δ 13 C …

Brittle faulting and tectonic stress history on the western margin of the Congo Basin between Kinshasa and Brazzaville: Implications for the evolution of the Malebo …

HMD Nkodia, F Boudzoumou, T Miyouma, E Kongota… - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
The history of brittle faulting and associated paleostress states has been investigated in the
rapids of the Congo River at the outlet of the Malebo Pool between Kinshasa (Democratic …

[PDF][PDF] The fossil record of biodiversity in Angola through time: A paleontological perspective

O Mateus, PM Callapez, MJ Polcyn… - Biodiversity of Angola …, 2019 - library.oapen.org
This chapter provides an overview of the alpha paleobiodiversity of Angola based on the
available fossil record that is limited to the sedimentary rocks, ranging in age from …

Global shifts in species richness have shaped carpet shark evolution

BM Boyd, JC Seitz - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Springer
Background The evolutionary processes that shape patterns of species richness in marine
ecosystems are complex and may differ between organismal groups. There has been …

A new Palaeogene elasmobranch fauna (Tebessa region, eastern Algeria) and the importance of Algerian-Tunisian phosphates for the North African fossil record

S Boulemia, S Adnet - Annales de Paléontologie, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Palaeocene-Eocene transition, the southern Tethys margin is
characterized by several African phosphate deposits with many fossil teeth of …

Dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the early Paleogene Landana reference section, Cabinda Province, Angola

T Steeman, J De Weirdt, T Smith, T De Putter, F Mees… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Forty-four rock samples from the Landana section, belonging to the historical Dartevelle
collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) at Tervuren, Belgium, were …

A Composite Section of Fossiliferous Late Cretaceous–Early Paleogene Localities in Senegal and Preliminary Description of a New Late Maastrichtian Vertebrate …

R Sarr, RV Hill, XA Jenkins, L Tapanila… - American Museum …, 2024 - BioOne
We describe new macro-and microfossils recovered on a field expedition to the North Quarry
of Poponguine, a locality in western Senegal that spans the Late Cretaceous through the …