ONLY a Palæontologist who has lived through much of the development of his science could produce volume such as this. The brachiopod and molluscan fauna of the Productus Limestone is describes in ...

The Chonetoidea specimens represents a very characteristic superfamily of brachiopods due to their spines along the hinge of the ventral valve and a pair of anderidia inside the dorsal valve. This ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Crystallization by amorphous particle attachment, a nonclassical crystal growth mode, ...

The authors present 16 new well-preserved specimens from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota. These specimens potentially represent a new taxon which could be useful in sorting out the problematic ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. August 11, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. Butterflies, beavers, panda bears — open ...

Bird lice have existed on the planet for around 100 million years. They survive on the skin, feathers, and scabs of bird populations around the planet. While they appear to be true lice to the ...

Biologically-controlled mineralization producing organic-inorganic composites (hard skeletons) by metazoan biomineralizers has been an evolutionary innovation since the earliest Cambrian. Among them, ...

Being the phylum with the second largest biodiversity, mollusks are widely distributed in marine, freshwater, and land, conquered almost all habitats on the earth. Throughout geological time, several ...

Abstract Chonetoidea corresponds to one of the most abundant superfamilies throughout the Malvinokaffric Realm (Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, Antarctica, Peru and South-Central Brazil). In ...

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Minnesota, also known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” is a state located in North America’s Upper Midwest. Minnesota has 11,842 lakes recognized by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, most ...