[HTML][HTML] Early Cretaceous angiosperm radiation in northeastern Gondwana: Insights from island biogeography theory

H Boukhamsin, D Peyrot, M Vecoli, V Paumard… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Cretaceous palynological successions record one of the earliest waves of
angiosperm radiation in several low-latitude localities, including the Arabian Plate. The …

The dismembering of the Adria platforms following the Late Cretaceous-Eocene abortive rift: A review of the tectono-stratigraphic record in the southern Apennines

S Vitale, S Ciarcia - International Geology Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We present a review of the Maastrichtian-Miocene tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the
southern Apennines. Starting from the Late Cretaceous, a large part of the Africa-Adria …

Geological uniqueness and potential geotouristic Appeal of Murge and Premurge, the first territory in Puglia (Southern Italy) aspiring to become a UNESCO Global …

M Tropeano, MA Caldara, V De Santis, V Festa… - Geosciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
At the end of November 2021, a large area of Puglia (an administrative region in Southern
Italy) was officially nominated as new aUGGp (aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark) by the …

Orogenic evolution of the northern Calabria− southern Apennines system in the framework of the Alpine chains in the central-western Mediterranean area

S Ciarcia, S Vitale - Geological Society of America …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The northern Calabrian ranges and the southern Apennines are part of a single orogenic
segment of the Alpine chain system framing the central-western Mediterranean Sea. Three …

Fracture stratigraphy of Mesozoic platform carbonates, Agri Valley, southern Italy

C Manniello, F Agosta, S Todaro, F Cavalcante… - Geological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The Viggiano Mt. platform carbonates form a layered succession cross-cut by a dense array
of pressure solution seams, and five sets of fractures and veins, which together form a sub …

An Italian dinosaur Lagerstätte reveals the tempo and mode of hadrosauriform body size evolution

AA Chiarenza, M Fabbri, L Consorti, M Muscioni… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
During the latest Cretaceous, the European Archipelago was characterized by highly
fragmented landmasses hosting putative dwarfed, insular dinosaurs, claimed as fossil …

The first unique‐headed bug (Hemiptera, Enicocephalomorpha) from Cretaceous Iberian amber, and the Gondwanan connections of its palaeoentomological fauna

LR Davranoglou, R Pérez‐de la Fuente… - Papers in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Enicocephalomorpha, also known as unique‐headed bugs, are a seldom‐collected
infraorder of heteropteran insects whose evolutionary relationships have puzzled …

[HTML][HTML] Organic carbon isotope (δ13Corg) curve and extinction trends across the Triassic/Jurassic boundary at Mt. Sparagio (Italy): A tool for global correlations …

M Rigo, M Favero, P Di Stefano, S Todaro - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Triassic/Jurassic boundary (TJB, 201.3 Ma) is characterized by profound
turnovers in both marine and terrestrial biota, known as end-Triassic mass Extinction event …

Evidence of theropod dinosaurs in the upper Hauterivian–lower Barremian of Jebel Kebar (central Tunisia): paleobiogeographic implications

J Dridi, Y Houla, I Salhi, MF Zagrarni - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The fossil record of Mesozoic dinosaurs in Tunisia has long been thought to be restricted
exclusively to the southern part of the country. Although tidal and continental environments …

[PDF][PDF] Comments on the Mesozoic theropod dinosaurs from Italy

A Cau - Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Theropoda is the monophyletic group including all predatory dinosaurs and birds. The study
of theropod dinosaurs from Italy is a recent field, not more than three decades old. Although …