9 articles in this issue
DANIEL B. BLAKE, LUCIA ANGIOLINI, ANDREA TINTORI
Omanaster imbricatus is a new genu s and species of Sakmarian (Early Permian) asteroids collected from the basal Pachycyrtella Bed of the Saiwan Formation of Oman, Arabian Peninsula; the family Omanasteridae is recognized. Late Paleozo... see more
KATHLEEN BAUER, EVELYN KUSTATSCHER, RAINER BUTZMANN, THILO C. FISCHER, JOHANNA H.A. VAN KONIJNENBURG-VAN CITTER, MICHAEL KRINGS
Fossil evidence of late Palaeozoic ginkgophytes is rare; Palaeozoic floras in which ginkgophytes are abundant or represent a predominant element have not previously been described. The late Permian (Lopingian) flora from the Gröden/Val Gardena Sandstone o... see more
VITTORIO PIERONI, ALEXANDER NÜTZEL
A new Middle Triassic (Uppermost Anisian, Illyrian) gastropod genus and species, Rasatomaria gentilii gen. n. sp. n. , is described from the San Salvatore Formation from Rasa, an outer district of the town Varese (Lombardy, Italy). The stud... see more
FATEMEH AMIRHASSANKHANI, BABA SENOWBARI-DARYAN, KOOROSH RASHIDI
In order to study the hypercalcified sponges in reefal deposits of the Nayband Formation in Lut Block, the Garm Ab section near the village of Mehran Kushk, located about 20 km northeast of Ferdows city, was sampled. Eight horizons of reefal limestone bed... see more
ANDREA ARTONI, STEFANO CONTI, ELENA TURCO, SILVIA IACCARINO
Seep-carbonates are generally related to hydrocarbon seepage on continental margins. Modern cold seeps are abundant in actively deforming tectonic settings, suggesting that tectonics is one of the major controlling factor on fluid emissions. Hydrocarbon s... see more
JUAN FRANCISCO BETANCORT, ALEJANDRO LOMOSCHITZ, JOAQUIN MECO
There are few previous references to fossil crustaceans for the Neogene marine layers of the Canary Islands (Spain). The Mio-Pliocene marine sedimentary layers in the eastern islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote) were previously characterise... see more
GIOVANNI MUTTONI, DENNIS V. KENT, GIANCARLO SCARDIA, EDOARDO MONESI
We update critical reviews of sites bearing hominin remains and/or tools from Europe (including the Balkans and Greece) and conclude that the only compelling evidence of hominin presence in these regions was after ~0.9 Ma (million-years-ago), bracketed by... see more
DAVIDE F.BERTÈ, LUCA PANDOLFI
Here we described the remains of Canis lupus from the bed 8 of Avetrana karst filling (Late Pleistocene; Taranto, Southern Italy). The studied specimens are larger than those collected from the early Late Pleistocene Apulian localities and those... see more
LEONARDO SALARI, MARIO F. ROLFO, CARMELO PETRONIO
This paperdescribes a sub-entire, partially articulated skeleton of chamois found togetherwith other vertebrate remainsina silty lens withlimestone clastsbetween the 104 and 105 SSUU of Grotta Mora Cavorso(Latium, Italy). Thissilty lensis chronologically ... see more