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First occurrence of Mosasauridae (Squamata) in the Maastrichtian (latest Cretaceous) of Alicante (Valencia Community, Eastern Spain)
(CSIC, 2013-01)
[EN] Although the mosasaurid genus
Prognathodon is known worldwide during the latest Cretaceous (Cam-panian-Maastrichtian), we report here its first occurrence in the Eastern area of the Iberian Peninsula. It was previously ...
Stable Isotopes Reveal Patterns of Diet And Mobility in the Last Neandertals and First Modern Humans in Europe
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019-03-14)
Correlating cultural, technological and ecological aspects of both Upper Pleistocene modern humans (UPMHs) and Neandertals provides a useful approach for achieving robust predictions about what makes us human. Here we ...
Early Development of the Neanderthal Ribcage Reveals a Different Body Shape at Birth Compared to Modern Humans
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020-10-07)
Ontogenetic studies provide clues for understanding important paleobiological aspects of extinct species. When compared to that of modern humans, the adult Neanderthal thorax was shorter, deeper, and wider. This is related ...
Multi-aged social behaviour based on artiodactyl tracks in an early Miocene palustrine wetland (Ebro Basin, Spain)
(Nature, 2020-01-24)
We present a new locality with at least 880 vertebrate tracks found at the top of a limestone bed from the lower Miocene Tudela Formation (Spain). The trampled surface was formed by artiodactyls that crossed a muddy carbonate ...
Geological record of extreme floods and anthropogenic impacts on an industrialised bay: the inner Abra of Bilbao (northern Spain)
(Elsevier, 2019-08-15)
The Bilbao estuary is one of the most polluted areas on the northern coast of Spain, owing to the direct disposal of urban effluents and waste waters from mining and industrial activities that has occurred during the last ...
The Oyambre Coastal Terrace: a Detailed Sedimentary Record of the Last Interglacial Stage in Northern Iberia (Cantabrian Coast, Spain)
(Wiley, 2021-05-14)
A detailed study is presented of a 15.3-m-thick Pleistocene coastal terrace located on the Cantabrian coast (northern Spain). Stratigraphic, sedimentological, topographic and micropalaeontological information is combined ...
Ichnotaxonomic Review of Large Ornithopod Dinosaur Tracks: Temporal and Geographic Implications
(Public Library Science, 2015-02-12)
Background
Large ornithopod tracks are known from the Upper Jurassic to the uppermost Cretaceous rocks of all continents but Antarctica. They include the tracks historically called Iguanodon footprints, iguanodontid ...
First palaeoneurological study of asauropod dinosaur from France and itsphylogenetic significance
(PeerJ Incorporation, 2019-11-18)
Despite continuous improvements, our knowledge of the palaeoneurology of sauropod dinosaurs is still deficient. This holds true even for Titanosauria, which is a particularly speciose clade of sauropods with representatives ...
Lethal Interpersonal Violence in the Middle Pleistocene
(Public Library Science, 2015-05-27)
Evidence of interpersonal violence has been documented previously in Pleistocene members of the genus Homo, but only very rarely has this been posited as the possible manner of death. Here we report the earliest evidence ...
The First Occurrence in the Fossil Record of an Aquatic Avian Twig-Nest with Phoenicopteriformes Eggs: Evolutionary Implication
(Public Library of Science, 2012-10-17)
Background: We describe the first occurrence in the fossil record of an aquatic avian twig-nest with five eggs in situ (Early Miocene Tudela Formation, Ebro Basin, Spain). Extensive outcrops of this formation reveal ...