Search
Search Results
-
Revision of the Middle Triassic coelacanth Ticinepomis Rieppel 1980 (Actinistia, Latimeriidae) with paleobiological and paleoecological considerations
Coelacanths form today an impoverished clade of sarcopterygian fishes, which were somewhat more diverse during their evolutionary history, especially...
-
The first Jurassic coelacanth from Switzerland
Coelacanths form a clade of sarcopterygian fish represented today by a single genus, Latimeria . The fossil record of the group, which dates back to...
-
L
a Konzentrat-Lagerstätte in Los Angeles that has produced many complete specimens of mammals and birds of the late Pleistocene. The bones are...
-
Taphonomic variation within a Middle Triassic fossil lagerstätte (Cassina beds, Meride Limestone) at Monte San Giorgio
Middle Triassic sediments at Monte San Giorgio, a UNESCO heritage site on the Switzerland-Italy border, have famously sourced well-preserved...
-
S
a genus of early pteraspidimorph craniates in the order Arandaspidiformes, closely related to Arandaspis and among the earliest whole-body specimens...
-
A
name given to a piece of petrified wood found in the Aachenian deposits near Moresnet, Belgium, and mis-identified in 1888 as part of a duckbill...
-
Marine Early Triassic Osteichthyes from Spiti, Indian Himalayas
A new, marine osteichthyan (bony fish) fauna from the Early Triassic of northern India is presented. The material was collected in situ at localities...
-
Taphonomic analysis of Saurichthys from two stratigraphic horizons in the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland
Excavations of Middle Triassic strata at Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland–Italy) have famously recovered a range of reptiles whose affinities,...
-
Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) brackish to freshwater habitats at a fluvial-dominated delta plain (Seinstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany)
The historic Late Triassic outcrops at Fuchsberg and Langenberg near Seinstedt (Lower Saxony, Germany) are constrained to the Norian/Rhaetian...
-
New coelacanth material from the Middle Triassic of eastern Switzerland, and comments on the taxic diversity of actinistans
New coelacanth material from the Middle Triassic Prosanto Formation of the Ducan and Landwasser area near Davos in eastern Switzerland, Canton...
-
The silty shale Taquaral Member of the early Permian Irati Formation (Paraná Basin, Brazil). Paleontology and paleoenvironments
Two facies are recognized in the Taquaral Member, base of the Artinskian Irati Formation, Parana Basin, Brazil: (1) The sandstone and conglomerate...
-
Fossil Fish Taphonomy and the Contribution of Microfossils in Documenting Devonian Vertebrate History
Of late little work has been done on Palaeozoic fossil fish taphonomy especially in the Devonian period, [known also as the Age of Fishes], apart...
-
The Miguasha Fossil-Fish-Lagerstätte: a consequence of the Devonian land–sea interactions
The evolution of vertebrate assemblages in terms of fluctuating environments has rarely been investigated for the Devonian period. Variation of...
-
On some principles of taxonomy
In eukaryotes, in contrast to prokaryotes, phyletic lineages are usually quite distinct. Therefore, the best classifications of eukaryotes are...
-
Eine Neubeschreibung der GattungEoeugnathus Brough, 1939 (Actinopterygii; Halecomorphi) aus der alpinen Mitteltrias Graubündens (Schweiz)
New material of the genus Eoeugnathus BROUGH, 1939 (Actinopterygii) found during excavations within the Prosanto Formation (Alpine Middle Triassic,...
-
Effects of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Event on Bony Fishes
The effects of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary (KTB) event on the bony fishes are explored. The data are compiled by the analysis of the literature...
-
Monte San Giorgio und Besano, mittlere Trias, Schweiz und Italien
Die bituminösen Schiefer, Kalke und Dolomite der mittleren Trias des Monte San Giorgio (Tessin/Schweiz) und der Gegend um die italienische Ortschaft...
-
-
The identity of the type specimen ofCoelacanthus harlemensis Winkler (Pisces, Actinistia) from the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen (Tithonian), Bavaria
The type specimen of Coelacanthus harlemensis Winkler 1874 is redescribed. It belongs to Coccoderma suevicum Quenstedt, 1858. The fossil is the first...