The oldest known co-occurrence of dinosaurs and their closest relatives: A new lagerpetid from a Carnian (Upper Triassic) bed of Brazil with implications for dinosauromorph biostratigraphy, early diversification and biogeography
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2019.02.005
Abstract: Abstract Late Triassic deposits from south Pangea (Argentina and Brazil) bear the oldest (so far) and most informative unequivocal records of dinosaurs worldwide. Herein we describe a new lagerpetid dinosauromorph from a classic dinosaur-bearing locality… read more here.
Keywords: known occurrence; occurrence dinosaurs; oldest known; new lagerpetid ... See more keywords
Neanderthal artists made oldest-known cave paintings
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-02357-8
Abstract: Designs at three Spanish sites are thought to predate human arrival in Europe by at least 20,000 years. Designs at three Spanish sites are thought to predate humans' arrival in Europe by at least 20,000… read more here.
Keywords: made oldest; cave paintings; artists made; known cave ... See more keywords
When the past meets the present: the oldest known Bibioninae, and the youngest known Cretobibioninae (Diptera, Bibionidae) from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.5.4
Abstract: The Diptera family Bibionidae has a rich fossil record from the Tertiary, however little is known about this family in the Mesozoic. Recently, a number of specimens have been found in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber, dating… read more here.
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The oldest known bat skeletons and their implications for Eocene chiropteran diversification
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283505
Abstract: The Fossil Lake deposits of the Green River Formation of Wyoming, a remarkable early Eocene Lagerstätte (51.98 ±0.35 Ma), have produced nearly 30 bat fossils over the last 50 years. However, diversity has thus far… read more here.
Keywords: bat skeletons; known bat; skeletons implications; oldest known ... See more keywords