The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest
concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living …

Scientific practices stemming from colonialism, whereby middle-and low-income countries
supply data for high-income countries and the contributions of local expertise are devalued …

The Lower Cretaceous Crato and Santana formations have provided one of the richest
Mesozoic fish faunas from South America. An updated review of this ichthyofauna …

In the vast majority of fossils, the organic matter is degraded with only an impression or cast
of the organism remaining. In rare cases, ideal burial conditions result in a rapid fossilisation …

A new pterosaur, Hongshanopterus lacustris gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous
Jiufotang Formation, western Liaoning, China is described. The specimen (IVPP V14582) …

Carbonate concretions hosted within organic carbon‐rich shale sequences represent
unique archives of often exceptionally preserved fossil biota. Besides providing high‐fidelity …

Abstract Fossil bonanzas called Konservat Lagerstätten provide geological windows to the
ecology of ancient life communities. These deposits often occur as cluster of fossil localities …

ABSTRACT A revision of the semionotids from the Lower Cretaceous Lagarcito Formation of
Argentina leads to the conclusion that only one taxon, Neosemionotus puntanus Bocchino …

ABSTRACT The semionotid Lepidotes piauhyensis Roxo and Löfgren, 1936, is redescribed
on the basis of original and new material obtained from the Pastos Bons Formation,? Upper …

Most Mesozoic vertebrate species are represented by scarce and incomplete specimens,
preventing statistical studies of morphometric features. Moreover, rich vertebrate …