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The revision of fossil big-eyed bugs suggests a peculiar evolutionary history of a peculiar true bug family (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae)
The fossil record of the lygaeoid true bug family, Geocoridae so far consisted of a compression fossil from the Florissant Formation, Geocoris...
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The Fossil Record of Tragulids (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Tragulidae) in Greece
Tragulidae is a family of basal ruminants restricted during its whole evolutionary history to the Old World. In Greece, fossil tragulids are known...
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The fossil record of whip spiders: the past of Amblypygi
Whip spiders (Amblypygi), as their name suggests, resemble spiders (Araneae) in some aspects, but differ from them by their heart-shaped (prosomal)...
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The Fossil Taphonomic Patterns and Age of the Newly Discovered Large Dinosaur Fossil Groups in the Yunyang Area, Northeast Sichuan Basin, China
AbstractIn 2015, a large dinosaur fossil burial site was found in Pu’an Township, Yunyang, Chongqing, northeast of Sichuan Basin, which was another...
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The Fossil Record of Hyraxes (Mammalia: Hyracoidea: Pliohyracidae) in Greece
The hyraxes are a peculiar group of mammals displaying close relationships with the elephants and sirenians. They appeared at the Eocene but later,...
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Euboeus mimonti Boieldieu, 1865, the oldest record of an extant species of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) and notes on other species identified as darkling beetles from the Late Pliocene of Willershausen (Germany)
Several fossil beetles from the Late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of Willershausen (Lower Saxony, Germany) previously identified as Tenebrionidae and...
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The Iberian Triassic fossil record of Sauropterygia: an update
Members of the aquatic clade of reptiles Sauropterygia quickly evolved and diversified during the Triassic, acquiring different lifestyles and...
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Fossil Stone Shelduck (Tadorna petrina) and Shoveler (Spatula praeclypeata sp. nov.)—the Oldest Early Pleistocene Ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from Crimea
AbstractThe oldest remains of anseriform birds for the Early Pleistocene of the Northern Black Sea region are described based on materials from the...
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Introduction to the Study of Greek Fossil Vertebrates
The sedimentary basins of Greece contain an important fossil record of vertebrates that is known and studied for nearly two centuries. Vertebrate...
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The Fossil Record of Equids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Equidae) in Greece
Family Equidae includes all the modern horses, zebras, donkeys and a great number of related species. The equids appeared with the genus...
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Introduction to the Study of Greek Fossil Vertebrates
The sedimentary basins of Greece contain an important fossil record of vertebrates that is known and studied for nearly two centuries. Vertebrate...
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The Fossil Record of Percrocutids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Percrocutidae) in Greece
The family Percrocutidae was erected to include some Miocene and Pliocene hyaena-like carnivoran taxa of Eurasia and Africa, which were included to...
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The Fossil Record of the Miocene Hominoids (Mammalia: Primates: Hominoidea) in Greece
The informal group “Miocene hominoids” comprises a primate group of special interest as it is considered including the common ancestor of the modern...
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Chapter 3. Early Precambrian Fossil Microorganisms
AbstractArchean (2.5–4.0 Ga) microfossils found in various regions of the world (Greenland, Australia, South Africa, and the Fennoscandian Shield)...
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Modern vegetation and its pollen spectra in the Cantabrian mountains, northern Iberian Peninsula, compared with fossil pollen records
The study of the pollen rain from modern vegetation has greatly improved the interpretation of pollen diagrams and our understanding of ancient plant...
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An update of the spinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) fossil record from the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula: distribution, diversity, and evolutionary history
The fossil record of spinosaurid theropods from the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula is relatively abundant, but not very informative. This...
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First Record of the Weevil Genus Pseudanthonomus Dietz (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Mexican Amber
AbstractA new species, weevil Pseudanthonomus antonkozlovi sp. nov., from Early Miocene Mexican amber is described and illustrated. The new species...
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New human fossil from the latest Pleistocene levels of Grotta Romanelli (Apulia, southern Italy)
Grotta Romanelli can be counted among the most interesting sites for the late Upper Palaeolithic of the Mediterranean area, since returned a...
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The Fossil Record of South American Mesozoic Mammals and Their Close Relatives
The South American fossil record of Mesozoic mammals and close relatives is one of the best for Gondwana. Early mammals and relatives are found in...