Deep-time maar lakes and other volcanogenic lakes as Fossil-Lagerstätten–An overview

D Uhl, M Wuttke, M Aiglstorfer, CT Gee… - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Deep-time (= pre-Quaternary) maar lakes and certain other, hydrologically deep
volcanogenic lakes, are often excellent Konservat-Lagerstätten representing unique …

Small vertebrates from the Late Pliocene Las Higueruelas locality of central Spain with new biochronological and palaeoecological inferences

HA Blain, T Přikryl, P Piñero… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Pliocene fossil locality of Las Higueruelas (central Spain) has been known
for many decades; however, in this paper, we describe the fauna of small-sized vertebrates …

Enzymatic phosphatization of fish scales—a pathway for fish fossilization

F Gäb, G Bierbaum, R Wirth, C Bultmann, B Palmer… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Phosphatized fish fossils occur in various locations worldwide. Although these fossils have
been intensively studied over the past decades they remain a matter of ongoing research …

Skeletal taphonomy of the water frogs (Amphibia: Anura) from the Pit 7/8 of the Pliocene Camp dels Ninots site (Caldes de Malavella, NE Spain)

HA Blain, T Přikryl, I Cáceres… - Historical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The Pliocene lacustrine infill of Camp dels Ninots maar (Girona, Spain) hosts an exceptional
record of complete articulated skeletons. Here we present the taphonomical description of …

Looking back over the shoulder: New insights on the unique scapular anatomy of the tapir (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae)

JA MacLaren - The Anatomical Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The musculoskeletal anatomy of the shoulder of many ungulates has been inferred from
veterinary model taxa, with uniformity in muscle arrangements and attachment sites often …

[PDF][PDF] A Pompeii-like preservation for Dosinia ponderosa (Gray, 1838): two volcanic ash casts from the East Pisco Basin (Miocene, Peru)

G Bosio - Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 2023 - researchgate.net
In the East Pisco Basin, in Peru, a highly unusual example of Pompeii-like preservation has
been discovered. At the locality of Cerros la Mama y la Hija, along the western side of the …

The Tapirus from Camp dels Ninots (NE Iberia): implications for morphology, morphometry and phylogeny of Neogene Tapiridae

L Pandolfi, L Sorbelli, O Oms… - Journal of Systematic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Western Eurasian Neogene tapirids are an intriguing but poorly known and poorly
documented group of mammals. As the Western Eurasian Tapiridae are mainly represented …