The geological and paleoenvironmental setting and the vertebrate taxonomy of the
fossiliferous, Cenomanian-age deltaic sediments in eastern Morocco, generally referred to …

Widespread fish clades that occur mainly or exclusively in fresh water represent a key target
of biogeographical investigation due to limited potential for crossing marine barriers …

The Afrotropics house a diverse freshwater ichthyofauna with> 3000 species, almost all of
which are endemic. Recent progress in dated phylogenetics and palaeontology of several …

The Spinosauridae is a specialized group of theropod dinosaurs characterised by a long,
narrow skull, robust forelimbs with a hooked thumb claw, and tall neural spines forming a …

Reconstructing deep-time biogeographic histories is limited by the comparatively recent
diversification of most extant lineages. Ray-finned fishes, which include nearly half of all …

Coprolites from the Rhaetian bone beds in south-west England can be assigned to
crustaceans and fishes. Here, we report crustacean microcoprolites, including …

Excellent outcrops of the upper part of the “Continental Intercalaire” deposits occur in the
Gara Samani area, southern Algeria. These strata are recognised herein as belonging to the …

With more than 15,000 species, nearly a quarter of the total number of vertebrate species on
Earth, freshwater fishes are extremely varied. They include the largest fish species, the …

Pterodactyloid pterosaurs underwent a diversification in the Late Jurassic and Early
Cretaceous, followed by a major turnover event in the mid-Cretaceous, when ornithocheirids …

Pan-Pleurodira is one of the two clades of extant turtles (ie Testudines). Its crown group,
Pleurodira, has a Gondwanan origin being known from the Barremian. Cretaceous turtle …