scholarly journals On <i>Everticyclammina</i> Redmond (Foraminifera), especially <i>E. kelleri</i> (Henson)

1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. T. Banner ◽  
J. Highton
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic

Abstract. Everticyclammina kelleri (Henson) (= E. eccentrica Redmond and E. elegans Redmond), a Berriasian-Valanginian index in the Middle East, is descended from the Late Jurassic Tethyan E. praekelleri sp.nov, a species which probably had its ancestry in Late Jurassic Ammobaculites sp. From this ancestor also evolved E. virguliana, and, in the Middle East, its Early Cretaceous descendants E. hensoni Redmond, E. contorta Redmond and E. greigi (Henson), which themselves formed the ancestry of the Albian Hemicyclammina whitei (Henson) and the Tethyan Albian - Cenomanian index H. sigali (Maync). Another, independent lineage from Ammobaculites, Buccicrenata hedbergi (Maync) (= B. libyca Gohrbandt) to B. subgoodlandensis (Vanderpool), transglobal in the Barremian - Cenomanian, is distinguished.

scholarly journals A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 20130021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Fischer ◽  
Robert M. Appleby ◽  
Darren Naish ◽  
Jeff Liston ◽  
James B. Riding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Early Jurassic ◽  
Late Triassic ◽  
Low Diversity ◽  
History Of

Cretaceous ichthyosaurs have typically been considered a small, homogeneous assemblage sharing a common Late Jurassic ancestor. Their low diversity and disparity have been interpreted as indicative of a decline leading to their Cenomanian extinction. We describe the first post-Triassic ichthyosaur from the Middle East, Malawania anachronus gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous of Iraq, and re-evaluate the evolutionary history of parvipelvian ichthyosaurs via phylogenetic and cladogenesis rate analyses. Malawania represents a basal grade in thunnosaurian evolution that arose during a major Late Triassic radiation event and was previously thought to have gone extinct during the Early Jurassic. Its pectoral morphology appears surprisingly archaic, retaining a forefin architecture similar to that of its Early Jurassic relatives. After the initial latest Triassic radiation of early thunnosaurians, two subsequent large radiations produced lineages with Cretaceous representatives, but the radiation events themselves are pre-Cretaceous. Cretaceous ichthyosaurs therefore include distantly related lineages, with contrasting evolutionary histories, and appear more diverse and disparate than previously supposed.

scholarly journals A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Fischer ◽  
Darren Naish ◽  
Jeff Liston ◽  
Robert M Appleby ◽  
James B Riding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Early Jurassic ◽  
Late Triassic ◽  
Low Diversity ◽  
History Of

Cretaceous ichthyosaurs have typically been considered a small, homo- geneous assemblage sharing a common Late Jurassic ancestor. Their low diversity and disparity have been interpreted as indicative of a decline lead- ing to their Cenomanian extinction. We describe the first post-Triassic ichthyosaur from the Middle East, Malawania anachronus gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous of Iraq, and re-evaluate the evolutionary history of parvipelvian ichthyosaurs via phylogenetic and cladogenesis rate ana- lyses. Malawania represents a basal grade in thunnosaurian evolution that arose during a major Late Triassic radiation event and was previously thought to have gone extinct during the Early Jurassic. Its pectoral mor- phology appears surprisingly archaic, retaining a forefin architecture similar to that of its Early Jurassic relatives. After the initial latest Triassic radiation of early thunnosaurians, two subsequent large radiations pro- duced lineages with Cretaceous representatives, but the radiation events themselves are pre-Cretaceous. Cretaceous ichthyosaurs therefore include distantly related lineages, with contrasting evolutionary histories, and appear more diverse and disparate than previously supposed.

AGE MODEL FOR LATE JURASSIC THROUGH EARLY CRETACEOUS USED IN THE GEOLOGIC TIMESCALE 2012/2016 REFERENCE SCALES

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Ogg ◽  
◽  
Chunju Huang ◽  
Chunju Huang ◽  
Linda A. Hinnov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
Age Model

Theropod teeth from the basalmost Cretaceous of Anoual (Morocco) and their palaeobiogeographical significance

2009 ◽  
Vol 146 (4) ◽  
pp. 602-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. KNOLL ◽  
J. I. RUIZ-OMEÑACA
Keyword(s):  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
Dispersal Events ◽  
Early Occurrence

AbstractThe theropod teeth from the Berriasian (Early Cretaceous) site of Anoual (N Morocco) are described. The assemblage is important in that it comes from one of the very few dinosaur sites of this age globally and the only one for the whole of Gondwana. The theropod teeth from Anoual are morphologically diverse. Most of the material possibly belongs to the clade Dromaeosauridae, which would be an early occurrence for this taxon. The palaeogeographic position of Anoual enables it to provide data on the dispersal events that affected terrestrial faunas during Mesozoic times. A Laurasian influence is evidenced by the presence of Velociraptorinae and, on the whole, the theropod fauna from Anoual provides support for the existence of a trans-Tethyan passage allowing terrestrial faunal interchanges during Late Jurassic and/or earliest Cretaceous times. Additionally, Anoual records the existence of diminutive theropods. However, it cannot yet be determined whether the small size of the specimens is genetic or ontogenetic.

scholarly journals Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous palynostratigraphy and palaeoclimate in the Andigama Basin, Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
pp. 100067
Author(s):  
Panchala Weerakoon ◽  
Harinam Joshi ◽  
Neha Aggarwal ◽  
Neerja Jha ◽  
Hetti Arachchige Hemachandra Jayasena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic

New multituberculate mammal from the Early Cretaceous of eastern North America

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Cifelli ◽  
Cynthia L. Gordon ◽  
Thomas R. Lipka
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
North American ◽  
Lower Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
Relative Length ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
The North

Multituberculates, though among the most commonly encountered mammalian fossils of the Mesozoic, are poorly known from the North American Early Cretaceous, with only one taxon named to date. Herein we describe Argillomys marylandensis, gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous of Maryland, based on an isolated M2. Argillomys represents the second mammal known from the Arundel Clay facies of the Patuxent Formation (Lower Cretaceous: Aptian). Though distinctive in its combination of characters (e.g., enamel ornamentation consisting of ribs and grooves only, cusp formula 2:4, presence of distinct cusp on anterobuccal ridge, enlargement of second cusp on buccal row, central position of ultimate cusp in lingual row, great relative length), the broader affinities of Argillomys cannot be established because of non-representation of the antemolar dentition. Based on lack of apomorphies commonly seen among Cimolodonta (e.g., three or more cusps present in buccal row, fusion of cusps in lingual row, cusps strongly pyramidal and separated by narrow grooves), we provisionally regard Argillomys as a multituberculate of “plagiaulacidan” grade. Intriguingly, it is comparable in certain respects to some unnamed Paulchoffatiidae, a family otherwise known from the Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula.

Bivalves and oncoids as palaeoenvironmental indicators at Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous dinosaur sites from Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graciela Delvene ◽  
Rafael P. Lozano ◽  
Martin Munt ◽  
Rafael Royo-Torres ◽  
Alberto Cobos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic

scholarly journals Biotic and environmental dynamics through the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous transition: evidence for protracted faunal and ecological turnover

2016 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 776-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. Tennant ◽  
Philip D. Mannion ◽  
Paul Upchurch ◽  
Mark D. Sutton ◽  
Gregory D. Price
Keyword(s):  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Late Jurassic
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