Upper Cretaceous Abiod and El Haria Formations in Jebel Rhorfa (Grombalia area, northeastern Tunisia): lithology and biostratigraphy revised—with extended comments on Ahlem Amri, Moez Ben Fadhel, Asma Chermiti, and Mohamed Ben Youssef (2018)
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DOI: 10.1007/s12517-020-05545-x
Abstract: In the present work, we comment on Amri et al. Arab J Geosci 11(253) ( 2018 ) publication. This latter contains many taxonomic misinterpretations and confusions. That is why, in the present work, we propose… read more here.
Keywords: jebel rhorfa; ben; rhorfa grombalia; grombalia area ... See more keywords
Origin of geothermal waters from the Upper Cretaceous to Lower Eocene strata of the Jiangling Basin, South China: Constraints by multi-isotopic tracers and water-rock interactions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104810
Abstract: Abstract Fluids in geothermal reservoirs can be affected by the interaction with host rocks. To determine solute sources and water-rock interaction processes, this study collected water samples from the Upper Cretaceous to Lower Eocene strata… read more here.
Keywords: water; cretaceous lower; basin; rock ... See more keywords
A putative twisted-wing parasitoid planidium (Insecta: Strepsiptera) in Taimyr Upper Cretaceous amber
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.010
Abstract: Abstract A planidium is newly recorded from Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) amber of the Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Siberia. This peculiar fossil is tentatively attributed to the order Strepsiptera, representing the first record of this lineage… read more here.
Keywords: planidium; putative twisted; twisted wing; strepsiptera ... See more keywords
A new genus of whip-scorpions in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber: Earliest fossil record of the extant subfamily Thelyphoninae (Arachnida: Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.004
Abstract: Abstract Mesozoic whip-scorpions are very rare, with only two Cretaceous species known to date. Here we describe a new genus and species of Thelyphonidae, Mesothelyphonus parvus gen. & sp. nov., based on a very well-preserved… read more here.
Keywords: new genus; subfamily thelyphoninae; extant subfamily; whip scorpions ... See more keywords
New materials of lithostrotian titanosaurs (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of central Patagonia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.015
Abstract: Abstract Continental Cretaceous deposits exposed in central Patagonia, Argentina, preserve a rich and important record of titanosaurian evolution that spans the entire Upper Cretaceous. Recently, a new lithostragraphic unit, the Lago Colhue Huapi Formation (Coniacian… read more here.
Keywords: central patagonia; colhue huapi; new materials; lago colhue ... See more keywords
Two new species of Archipseudophasmatidae (Insecta: Phasmatodea) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.01.007
Abstract: Abstract Two new stick insect nymphs, Pseudoperla scapiforma sp. nov. and Pseudoperla leptoclada sp. nov. in Archipseudophasmatidae of Phasmatodea, are described from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Compared to Pseudoperla gracilipes Pictet & Berendt, 1854,… read more here.
Keywords: cretaceous myanmar; two new; new species; phasmatodea ... See more keywords
Redescription of the elasmosaurid plesiosaurian Libonectes atlasense from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.017
Abstract: The holotype of Libonectes atlasense is an almost complete skeleton from Upper Cretaceous (mid-Turonian) rocks of the Goulmima area in eastern Morocco. Initial assessment of this specimen in 2005 proposed generic referral based on stratigraphical… read more here.
Keywords: plesiosaurian libonectes; elasmosaurid plesiosaurian; morocco; redescription elasmosaurid ... See more keywords
First record of the subfamily Archinemestriinae in the family Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.03.005
Abstract: Abstract Mesonemestrius caii gen. et sp. nov. is the first record of Archinemestriinae (Nemestrinidae) to be described from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Mesonemestrius caii can be attributed to the subfamily Archinemestriinae by the following characters:… read more here.
Keywords: burmese amber; cretaceous burmese; subfamily archinemestriinae; first record ... See more keywords
Mosasaurid and plesiosaurian remains from marginal facies of the lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Bottrop and Vaals formations of western Germany
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.026
Abstract: Abstract Isolated remains of mosasaurids and plesiosaurians are recorded from the lower Campanian Bottrop and Vaals formations of North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. A tooth crown from Bottrop-Fuhlenbrock, referred to an elasmosaurid plesiosaurian, represents the first… read more here.
Keywords: vaals formations; bottrop vaals; western germany; bottrop ... See more keywords
Reevaluation of the subfamily Cretanallachiinae Makarkin, 2017 (Insecta: Neuroptera) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.028
Abstract: Abstract A new genus with a new species, Oligopsychopsis penniformis gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Upper Cretaceous Myanmar (Burmese) amber, which is assigned to the subfamily Cretanallachiinae Makarkin, 2017 for sharing the… read more here.
Keywords: subfamily cretanallachiinae; cretaceous myanmar; cretanallachiinae makarkin; makarkin 2017 ... See more keywords
First amber inclusion of a glaresid beetle from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.04.022
Abstract: Abstract Glaresis burmitica sp. nov., the first amber inclusion of Glaresidae is described and figured based on a well preserved adult from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Glaresis burmitica differs from all extant and extinct… read more here.
Keywords: amber inclusion; upper cretaceous; glaresis burmitica; first amber ... See more keywords