On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

PM Hull, A Bornemann, DE Penman, MJ Henehan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The cause of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction is vigorously debated, owing to the
occurrence of a very large bolide impact and flood basalt volcanism near the boundary …

The rise and fall of the Cretaceous Hot Greenhouse climate

BT Huber, KG MacLeod, DK Watkins… - Global and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
A compilation of foraminiferal stable isotope measurements from southern high latitude
(SHL) deep-sea sites provides a novel perspective important for understanding Earth's …

Paleoecology, ploidy, paleoatmospheric composition, and developmental biology: a review of the multiple uses of fossil stomata

JC McElwain, M Steinthorsdottir - Plant Physiology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Paleoecology, Ploidy, Paleoatmospheric Composition, and Developmental Biology: A Review
of the Multiple Uses of Fossil Stomata | Plant Physiology | Oxford Academic Skip to Main …

A new time tree reveals Earth history's imprint on the evolution of modern birds

S Claramunt, J Cracraft - Science advances, 2015 - science.org
Determining the timing of diversification of modern birds has been difficult. We combined
DNA sequences of clock-like genes for most avian families with 130 fossil birds to generate …

Temperate rainforests near the South Pole during peak Cretaceous warmth

JP Klages, U Salzmann, T Bickert, CD Hillenbrand… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The mid-Cretaceous period was one of the warmest intervals of the past 140 million years,,,–
, driven by atmospheric carbon dioxide levels of around 1,000 parts per million by volume. In …

Refined Permian–Triassic floristic timeline reveals early collapse and delayed recovery of south polar terrestrial ecosystems

C Mays, V Vajda, TD Frank, CR Fielding… - GSA …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The collapse of late Permian (Lopingian) Gondwanan floras, characterized by the extinction
of glossopterid gymnosperms, heralded the end of one of the most enduring and extensive …

Assessing the impact of aquifer-eustasy on short-term Cretaceous sea-level

A Davies, B Gréselle, SJ Hunter, G Baines… - Cretaceous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The origin of moderate magnitude (tens of metres), short-term Cretaceous eustatic cycles
remains enigmatic. The historical view of ubiquitous Cretaceous warmth casts doubt on the …

South Pacific evidence for the long-term climate impact of the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary event

KWR Taylor, PS Willumsen, CJ Hollis… - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary is well-represented across a range of
depositional settings in New Zealand. Trends in fossil assemblages and marine lithofacies …

[HTML][HTML] Paleogeographic controls on the evolution of Late Cretaceous ocean circulation

JB Ladant, CJ Poulsen, F Fluteau, CR Tabor… - Climate of the …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
Understanding of the role of ocean circulation on climate during the Late Cretaceous is
contingent on the ability to reconstruct its modes and evolution. Geochemical proxies used …

Paleo‐Antarctic rainforest into the modern Old World tropics: The rich past and threatened future of the “southern wet forest survivors”

RM Kooyman, P Wilf, VD Barreda… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of study: Have Gondwanan rainforest floral associations survived? Where do they
occur today? Have they survived continuously in particular locations? How significant is their …