Molecular signatures of fossil leaves provide unexpected new evidence for extinct plant relationships

V Vajda, M Pucetaite, S McLoughlin… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Gene sequences form the primary basis for understanding the relationships among extant
plant groups, but genetic data are unavailable from fossils to evaluate the affinities of extinct …

Chemical and mineral comparison of fossil insect cuticles from Crato Konservat Lagerstätte, Lower Cretaceous of Brazil

FI Bezerra, JH da Silva, EC Miguel, AR Paschoal… - Journal of Iberian …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Crato Formation palaeoentomofauna from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of
northeast Brazil is extremely well preserved. Crato insects are often complete with abdomen …

Influence of the abiotic environment on Permian woods from northwestern Gondwana

MGFE Júnior, DM da Conceição, R Iannuzzi - Review of Palaeobotany and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluctuations in cell densities are common in the secondary xylem of gymnosperms from the
lower Permian of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, but they lack any distinct annual growth …

New petrified forest in Maranhão, Permian (Cisuralian) of the Parnaíba Basin, Brazil

DM da Conceição, LS de Andrade, JC Cisneros… - Journal of South …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work presents a new fossil plant-bearing area located in the municipalities of Duque
Bacelar and Coelho Neto, Maranhão State, Brazil, recovered from lower Permian …

Vibrational spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and EDS applied to reveal the fossilization pathways of fossil shells from the Jandaíra Formation, Upper Cretaceous …

WJ Alencar, JH da Silva, FIB de Oliveira, A Ghosh… - Vibrational …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Jandaíra Formation, Potiguar Basin, is well known for hosting a rich marine
fauna from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Among the organisms that compose this diverse …

Physicochemical investigation of shrimp fossils from the Romualdo and Ipubi formations (Araripe Basin)

OA Barros, JH Silva, GD Saraiva, BC Viana… - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
The Ipubi and Romualdo Formations are Cretaceous units of the Araripe Basin (Santana
Group). The first and most ancient was deposited in a lake environment, and some fossils …

Novo registro de floresta petrificada em Altos, Piauí: relevância e estratégias para geoconservação

DM CONCEIÇÃO, JC CISNEROS… - Pesquisas em …, 2016 - seer.ufrgs.br
Apresenta-se aqui uma nova ocorrência de plantas fósseis na Formação Pedra de Fogo,
Permiano inicial da Bacia Sedimentar do Parnaíba, NE do Brasil. A ocorrência, aqui …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging of Jurassic fossils from the Talbragar Fish Bed using fluorescence, photoluminescence, and elemental and mineralogical mapping

M Frese, G Gloy, RG Oberprieler, DB Gore - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The Talbragar Fish Bed is one of Australia's most important Jurassic deposits for freshwater
fishes, land plants and aquatic and terrestrial insects. The site has yielded many well …

Physicochemical analysis of Permian coprolites from Brazil

MIC Rodrigues, JH da Silva, FEP Santos… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper we performed the study of two coprolites (fossilized feces) collected from the
exposed levels of the Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaiba Sedimentary Basin, and Rio do …

Fourier transform infrared characterization of the Middle Devonian non‐vascular plant Spongiophyton

WMK Matsumura, NM Balzaretti, R Iannuzzi - Palaeontology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Spectroscopy information (functional groups and semiquantitative data) by F ourier
transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy of S pongiophyton K räusel emend. C haloner et al. is …