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Cretaceous period

Morphological disparity across the K-Pg boundary in mollusk shells: A theoretical morphology approach

Gabriela Contreras-Figueroa, Austin J. W. Hendy, José L. Aragón

published 20 Feb 2026

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LA-ICP-MS Zircon U-Pb Ages, geochemical characteristics, and geological significance of the early cretaceous volcanic rocks in Haitangwan Town, Southern Hainan Island, China

Yihua Lin, Dingyong Liang, Qinmin Yuan, Zailong Hu, Zhaoying Lv, Changyan Lv

published 04 Dec 2025

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Morphotypes, preservation, and taphonomy of dinosaur footprints, tail traces, and swim tracks in the largest tracksite in the world: Carreras Pampa (Upper Cretaceous), Torotoro National Park, Bolivia

Raúl Esperante, Jeremy A. McLarty, Kevin E. Nick, Lance R. Pompe, Roberto E. Biaggi, Helen D. Baltazar Medina, Nelson A. Llempen, Ángela B. Limachi Silvestri, Lourdes Lidia Mamani Quispe, Antonio Joaquín Garre Cano, Wilson Quiroga Saavedra, Germán Rocha Rodríguez

published 03 Dec 2025

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Paleontological and paleoecological significance of the oldest highly productive Upper Cretaceous (lowermost Maastrichtian) bonebed of Haţeg Basin (western Romania; Densuş-Ciula Formation)

Gábor Botfalvai, Zoltán Csiki-Sava, János Magyar, Barna Páll-Gergely, Levente Koczó, Daniel Ţabără, Gergő Konecsni, Soma Budai

published 10 Nov 2025

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A new large hypercarnivorous crocodyliform from the Maastrichtian of Southern Patagonia, Argentina

Fernando E. Novas, Diego Pol, Federico L. Agnolín, Ismar de Souza Carvalho, Makoto Manabe, Takanobu Tsuihiji, Sebastián Rozadilla, Gabriel L. Lio, Marcelo P. Isasi

published 27 Aug 2025

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A ceratopsid-dominated tracksite from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada

Phil R. Bell, Brian J. Pickles, Sarah C. Ashby, Issy E. Walker, Sally Hurst, Michael Rampe, Paul Durkin, Caleb M. Brown

published 23 Jul 2025

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The NW extension of the Nahavand Fault along the Main Recent Fault, west Iran

Reza Alipoor, Ehsan Aghayani

published 23 Jun 2025

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The evolution of bone-eating worm diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Chalk Group of the United Kingdom

Sarah Jamison-Todd, James D. Witts, Marc E. H. Jones, Deborah Tangunan, Kim Chandler, Paul Bown, Richard J. Twitchett

published 03 Apr 2025

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Classopollis works as a significant indicator for the Cheirolepidiaceae paleovegetation arid zone, as proven by fossil records from Egypt

Ahmed Maher

published 25 Mar 2025

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Fossil eggshell diversity of the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah

Joshua Hedge, Ryan T. Tucker, Peter J. Makovicky, Lindsay E. Zanno

published 26 Feb 2025

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A new Late Cretaceous metatherian from the Williams Fork Formation, Colorado

Jaelyn Eberle, Joshua Cohen, John Foster, ReBecca Hunt-Foster, Andrew Heckert

published 23 Oct 2024

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New enantiornithine diversity in the Hell Creek Formation and the functional morphology of the avisaurid tarsometatarsus

Alexander D. Clark, Jessie Atterholt, John B. Scannella, Nathan Carroll, Jingmai K. O’Connor

published 09 Oct 2024

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Geochemical characteristics and detrital zircon U-Pb ages of the Yimin Formation, Kelulun Depression, Hailar Basin and constraints on uranium mineralization

Fanmin Meng, Fengjun Nie, Fei Xia, Zhaobin Yan, Da Sun, Wenbo Zhou, Xin Zhang, Qing Wang

published 30 Aug 2024

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