Regional to global correlation of Cenomanian-early Turonian sea-level evolution and related dynamics: New perspectives

A Mansour, J Wang, X Fu, SS Tahoun… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Major sea-level cycles occurred in the Cenomanian-early Turonian greenhouse world and
impacted depositional conditions and ecosystems across the paleo-shelf seas. These sea …

[HTML][HTML] Geology and paleontology of the upper cretaceous Kem Kem group of eastern Morocco

N Ibrahim, PC Sereno, DJ Varricchio, DM Martill… - ZooKeys, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The geological and paleoenvironmental setting and the vertebrate taxonomy of the
fossiliferous, Cenomanian-age deltaic sediments in eastern Morocco, generally referred to …

Petrological and geochemical constraints on the origin of apatite ores from Mesozoic alkaline intrusive complexes, Central High-Atlas, Morocco

M Ouabid, O Raji, JM Dautria, JL Bodinier, F Parat… - Ore Geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Five main apatite deposits from the Moroccan Central High-Atlas—including Anemzi, Tirrhist-
Inouzane, Tassent, Ait-Daoud-Toumliline and Tasraft—have been investigated through …

Tail-propelled aquatic locomotion in a theropod dinosaur

N Ibrahim, S Maganuco, C Dal Sasso, M Fabbri… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
In recent decades, intensive research on non-avian dinosaurs has strongly suggested that
these animals were restricted to terrestrial environments. Historical proposals that some …

Aquatic adaptation in the skull of carnivorous dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae) and the evolution of aquatic habits in spinosaurids

TMS Arden, CG Klein, S Zouhri, NR Longrich - Cretaceous Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Spinosauridae is a specialized group of theropod dinosaurs characterised by a long,
narrow skull, robust forelimbs with a hooked thumb claw, and tall neural spines forming a …

A second peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco and the diversity of Gondwanan notosuchians outside South America

CSC Nicholl, ESE Hunt… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Notosuchians are an extinct clade of terrestrial crocodyliforms with a particularly rich record
in the late Early to Late Cretaceous (approx. 130–66 Ma) of Gondwana. Although much of …

A reappraisal of the morphology and systematic position of the theropod dinosaur Sigilmassasaurus from the “middle” Cretaceous of Morocco

SW Evers, OWM Rauhut, AC Milner, B McFeeters… - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis is an enigmatic theropod dinosaur from the early Late
Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco, originally based on a few isolated cervical vertebrae …

Calcium isotopes offer clues on resource partitioning among Cretaceous predatory dinosaurs

A Hassler, JE Martin, R Amiot… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Large predators are overabundant in mid-Cretaceous continental dinosaur assemblages of
North Africa. Such unbalanced ecosystem structure involves, among predatory dinosaurs …

[HTML][HTML] An unusual new theropod with a didactyl manus from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina

S Apesteguía, ND Smith, RJ Valieri, PJ Makovicky - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Late Cretaceous terrestrial strata of the Neuquén Basin, northern Patagonia,
Argentina have yielded a rich fauna of dinosaurs and other vertebrates. The diversity of …

A new eusuchian crocodyliform with novel cranial integument and its significance for the origin and evolution of Crocodylia

CM Holliday, NM Gardner - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Crocodyliforms were one of the most successful groups of Mesozoic tetrapods, radiating into
terrestrial, semiaquatic and marine environments, while occupying numerous trophic niches …