Adaptive radiation of multituberculate mammals before the extinction of dinosaurs

GP Wilson, AR Evans, IJ Corfe, PD Smits, M Fortelius… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Abstract The Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction approximately 66 million years ago is
conventionally thought to have been a turning point in mammalian evolution,. Prior to that …

[HTML][HTML] Island life in the Cretaceous-faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European …

Z Csiki-Sava, E Buffetaut, A Ősi, X Pereda-Suberbiola… - ZooKeys, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Late Cretaceous was a time of tremendous global change, as the final stages
of the Age of Dinosaurs were shaped by climate and sea level fluctuations and witness to …

The tetrapod fossil record from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the Ibero-Armorican Island: An integrative review based on the outcrops of the western Tremp Syncline …

M Pérez-Pueyo, P Cruzado-Caballero… - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The South-Pyrenean Basin (northeastern Spain) has yielded a rich and diverse record of
Upper Cretaceous (uppermost Campanian− uppermost Maastrichtian) vertebrate fossils …

The east side story–the Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary events

Z Csiki-Sava, M Vremir, Ş Vasile, SL Brusatte… - Cretaceous …, 2016 - Elsevier
The latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate faunas of the wider Transylvanian area figured
prominently in discussions concerning the Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary (K-Pg) events …

Dome-headed, small-brained island mammal from the Late Cretaceous of Romania

Z Csiki-Sava, M Vremir, J Meng… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The island effect is a well-known evolutionary phenomenon, in which island-dwelling
species isolated in a resource-limited environment often modify their size, anatomy, and …

The Latest Cretaceous fauna with dinosaurs and mammals from the Haţeg Basin—A historical overview

D Grigorescu - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2010 - Elsevier
Research on the uppermost Cretaceous continental deposits with dinosaur remains from the
Haţeg Basin has behind it a history of more than 110years. The first studies were by Franz …

'X'marks the spot! Sedimentological, geochemical and palaeontological investigations of Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) vertebrate fossil localities from the Vălioara …

G Botfalvai, Z Csiki-Sava, L Kocsis, G Albert… - Cretaceous …, 2021 - Elsevier
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Croatian-Hungarian palaeontologist Ottokár Kadić
discovered a rich Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage around Vălioara in the Haţeg …

Palaeobiogeographic relationships of the Haţeg biota—Between isolation and innovation

DB Weishampel, Z Csiki, MJ Benton… - Palaeogeography …, 2010 - Elsevier
The biogeographic significance of the Late Cretaceous Haţeg fauna is assessed using both
faunal and phylogenetic analyses. Although extremely endemic at the species level, the …

Taphonomic modes in the Maastrichtian continental deposits of the Haţeg Basin, Romania—Palaeoecological and palaeobiological inferences

Z Csiki, D Grigorescu, V Codrea, F Therrien - Palaeogeography …, 2010 - Elsevier
The uppermost Cretaceous continental deposits of the Haţeg Basin (SW Romania) have
yielded a high-diversity vertebrate assemblage, including the “dwarf” insular dinosaurs of …

Red iron-pigmented tooth enamel in a multituberculate mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island”

T Smith, V Codrea - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Mammals that inhabit islands are characterized by peculiar morphologies in comparison to
their mainland relatives. Here we report the discovery of a partial skull associated with the …