[HTML][HTML] Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary

NR Longrich, DM Martill, B Andres - PLoS biology, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight and the largest animals to ever
take wing. The pterosaurs persisted for over 150 million years before disappearing at the …

African land mammal ages

JA Van Couvering, E Delson - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We define 17 African land mammal ages, or AFLMAs, covering the Cenozoic record of the
Afro-arabian continent, the planet's second largest land mass. While fossiliferous deposits …

Biotic community and landscape changes around the Eocene–Oligocene transition at Shapaja, Peruvian Amazonia: Regional or global drivers?

PO Antoine, J Yans, AA Castillo, N Stutz… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since 2012, we have investigated a stratigraphic section encompassing the late Eocene–
earliest Oligocene interval at Shapaja (Tarapoto area, Peruvian Amazonia, ca. 7° S) …

An abelisaurid from the latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) of Morocco, North Africa

NR Longrich, X Pereda-Suberbiola, NE Jalil… - Cretaceous …, 2017 - Elsevier
During the latest Cretaceous, distinct dinosaur faunas were found in Laurasia and
Gondwana. Tyrannosaurids, hadrosaurids, and ceratopsians dominated in North America …

Comprehensive stable isotope investigation of marine biogenic apatite from the late Cretaceous–early Eocene phosphate series of Morocco

L Kocsis, E Gheerbrant, M Mouflih, H Cappetta… - Palaeogeography …, 2014 - Elsevier
Fossil biogenic apatites were studied for their geochemical composition across the late
Cretaceous–early Eocene Moroccan phosphate series in the Ouled Abdoun and Ganntour …

A new small duckbilled dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Morocco and dinosaur diversity in the late Maastrichtian of North Africa

NR Longrich, X Pereda-Suberbiola, N Bardet… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract In the Late Cretaceous, northern and southern hemispheres evolved distinct
dinosaurian faunas. Titanosaurians and abelisaurids dominated the Gondwanan continents; …

Fossils indicate marine dispersal in osteoglossid fishes, a classic example of continental vicariance

A Capobianco, M Friedman - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The separation of closely related terrestrial or freshwater species by vast marine barriers
represents a biogeographical riddle. Such cases can provide evidence for vicariance, a …

Highly variable content of fluorapatite-hosted CO32− in the Upper Cretaceous/Paleogene phosphorites (Morocco) and implications for paleodepositional conditions

J Aubineau, F Parat, A Elghali, O Raji, A Addou… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) usually occurs as microcrystalline minerals of carbonate fluorapatite (CFA)
in sediments of upwelling-related areas. The Upper Cretaceous/Paleogene marine …

The Baroch Nala section (NE Pakistan): A new PETM standard for the eastern Tethys

M Ali, G Coletti, E Garzanti, T Adatte… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2025 - Elsevier
We present an integrated, high-resolution, biostratigraphical, mineralogical, and
geochemical characterization of the well-exposed Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene …

Gradual changes in upwelled seawater conditions (redox, pH) from the late Cretaceous through early Paleogene at the northwest coast of Africa: Negative Ce …

L Kocsis, E Gheerbrant, M Mouflih, H Cappetta… - Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Marine vertebrate fossils from late Cretaceous–early Paleogene shallow marine
phosphorites of Morocco were investigated for their trace element compositions and …