U-Pb dating of pedogenic calcite near the Permian–Triassic boundary, Karoo Basin, South Africa

H Rochín-Bañaga, RA Gastaldo, DW Davis… - …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We report U-Pb age determinations of carbonate nodules from an in situ paleosol horizon in
the Upper Permian Balfour Formation and from several horizons of pedogenic nodule …

Late Paleozoic–Early Mesozoic Insects: State of the Art on Paleoentomological Studies in Southern South America

MB Lara, B Cariglino, AM Zavattieri - Ameghiniana, 2023 - BioOne
En este trabajo presentamos información actualizada de los insectos colectados y
descriptos en diferentes unidades del Pérmico y del Triásico de Sudamérica, acompañado …

Selected Karoo geoheritage sites of palaeontological significance in South Africa and Lesotho

EM Bordy, RMH Smith, JN Choiniere… - Geological Society …, 2024 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The main Karoo Basin of South Africa and Lesotho preserves c. 120 myr of Earth's
history. The sedimentary rocks of its Karoo Supergroup record massive environmental …

Not the first leech: An unusual worm from the early Silurian of Wisconsin

SJ Braddy, KC Gass, M Tessler - Journal of Paleontology, 2023 - cambridge.org
An unusual worm, previously interpreted as the earliest leech, is described from the early
Silurian (Llandovery, Telychian) Brandon Bridge Formation Lagerstätte (Waukesha Biota) of …

Excavating the fossil record for evidence of leaf mining

S McLoughlin, AA Santos - New Phytologist, 2024 - diva-portal.org
Leaf mining is a highly specialized endophytic feeding style that evolved independently,
within multiple lineages, in four major insect orders: Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera …

[HTML][HTML] A multidisciplinary approach to resolving the end-Guadalupian extinction

CR Fielding, SE Bryan, JL Crowley, TD Frank, MT Hren… - Evolving Earth, 2023 - Elsevier
The transition from the middle to late Permian (Guadalupian–Lopingian) is claimed to record
one or more extinction events that rival the 'Big Five'in terms of depletion of biological …

First palynological record for the Lebombo Basin, South Africa with implications for Guadalupian (middle Permian) palaeofloras and palaeoenvironments

ML Balarino, PR Gutiérrez, R Prevec, LR Rey… - Gondwana …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Permian Emakwezini Formation (Adelaide Subgroup, Beaufort Group, Karoo
Supergroup) of the Lebombo Basin in northeastern South Africa, has previously yielded two …

Local provincialism of late Permian plant–arthropod associations in South Cathaysia: Evidence of arthropod-mediated damages in a Wuchiapingian assemblage of …

FJ Ma, DD Luo, S Liu, CW Zhang, QJ Wang… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Permian is a pivotal time interval for the evolution of the terrestrial realm while the
evolutionary dynamics of both floral and faunal turnover are poorly understood. Fossil …

Fossil millipedes associated with articulated tetrapod skeletons in the Early Triassic Karoo Basin, South Africa

DP Groenewald, J Botha, RMH Smith - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Millipede fossils of late Permian to Early Triassic age are exceptionally rare worldwide. Two
specimens of Triassic millipedes, both associated with multitaxic tetrapod aggregations …

A Middle Permian Oasis for Vertebrate and Invertebrate Life in a High-Energy Fluvial Palaeoecosystem of Southern Gondwana (Karoo, Republic of South Africa)

A Ronchi, L Marchetti, H Klein, GH Groenewald - Geosciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Gansfontein palaeosurface (Fraserburg, Karoo, South Africa), which is correlated with
the stratigraphic lowermost part of the continental Middle–Upper Permian Teekloof …