Colorful Collar-Covers and Bells Reduce Wildlife Predation by Domestic Cats in a Continental European Setting by Madeleine Geiger, Madeleine Geiger, Madeleine Geiger, Claudia Kistler, Prisca Mattmann, Lukas Jenni, Daniel Hegglin, Daniel Hegglin, Fabio Bontadina, Fabio Bontadina

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Ancient Mitogenomes Reveal Stable Genetic Continuity of the Holocene Serows by Shiwen Song, Bo Xiao, Jiaming Hu, Haifeng Lin, Zhicheng Du, Kunpeng Xiang, Dong Pan, Xindong Hou, Junxia Yuan, Xulong Lai, Guilian Sheng

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Taphonomy of very ancient microfossils from the similar to 3400 Ma Strelley Pool Formation and similar to 1900 Ma Gunflint Formation: New insights using a focused ion beam by Wacey, D, Menon, S, Green, L, Gerstmann, D, Kong, C, Mcloughlin, N, Saunders, M, Brasier, M

“…However, the destructive nature of both techniques makes their application to unique palaeontological specimens problematical. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.…”

Stable oxygen isotopes of crocodilian tooth enamel allow tracking Plio-Pleistocene evolution of freshwater environments and climate in the Shungura Formation (Turkana Depression, E... by A. Gardin, E. Pucéat, G. Garcia, J.-R. Boisserie, J.-R. Boisserie, A. Euriat, M. M. Joachimski, A. Nutz, M. Schuster, O. Otero

“…They represent an archive of prime interest for tracking freshwater palaeoenvironmental change, applicable to many palaeontological localities in the world: crocodilian teeth are abundant in continental basins and have been widely distributed since their diversification during the Mesozoic; the enamel phosphate is resistant to diagenesis and retains its original isotopic composition over geological timescales; and their <span class="inline-formula"><i>δ</i>¹⁸</span>O<span class="inline-formula">_p</span> mainly relies on that of the crocodilian's home waterbody (<span class="inline-formula"><i>δ</i>¹⁸</span>O<span class="inline-formula">_w</span>), which in turn reflects waterbody types, regional climate, and evaporation conditions. …”
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Ancient mitogenomes reveal a high maternal genetic diversity of Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros in Northern China by Junxia Yuan, Guojiang Sun, Bo Xiao, Jiaming Hu, Linying Wang, Taogetongqimuge, Lei Bao, Yamei Hou, Shiwen Song, Shan Jiang, Yong Wu, Dong Pan, Yang Liu, Michael V. Westbury, Xulong Lai, Guilian Sheng

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Biostratigraphy and sedimentary sequences of the Toarcian Hainberg section (Northwestern Harz foreland, Northern Germany) by Gernot Arp, Yagmur Balmuk, Stephan Seppelt, Andreas Reimer

“…A temporary outcrop in southern Lower Saxony permitted the sedimentological, geochemical and palaeontological investigation of a 40.8 m thick Toarcian section, from the top of the Amaltheenton Formation, through the Posidonienschiefer and Jurensismergel Formations, to lower parts of the Opalinuston Formation. …”
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Cretaceous sea-surface temperature evolution: Constraints from TEX86 and planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotopes by O'Brien, C, Robinson, S, Pancost, R, Sinninghe Damsté, J, Schouten, S, Lunt, D, Alsenz, H, Bornemann, A, Bottinni, C, Brassell, S, Farnsworth, A, Forster, A, Huber, B, Inglis, G, Jenkyns, H, Linnert, C, Littler, K, Markwick, P, McAnena, A, Mutterlose, J, Naafs, B, Puttmann, W, Sluijs, A, van Helmond, N, Vellekoop, J, Wagner, T, Wrobel, N

“…Quantitative and qualitative geochemical and palaeontological proxies provide valuable observational constraints on Cretaceous climate. …”

Combining legacy data with new drone and DGPS mapping to identify the provenance of Plio-Pleistocene fossils from Bolt’s Farm, Cradle of Humankind (South Africa) by Tara R. Edwards, Brian J. Armstrong, Jessie Birkett-Rees, Alexander F. Blackwood, Andy I.R. Herries, Paul Penzo-Kajewski, Robyn Pickering, Justin W. Adams

“…This highlighted transcription errors between maps, most notably the location of Pit 23, an important palaeontological deposit given the recovery of well-preserved primate crania (Parapapio, Cercopithecoides) and partial skeletons of the extinct felid Dinofelis. …”
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Zur Geschichte der Geowissenschaften im Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Teil 5: Vom Mineralogischen Museum im Hauptgebäude der Universität zu den zwei geowissenschaftlichen Instit... by G. Hoppe

“…It is structured as follows: 1) The Mineralogical Museum under the directorship of the mineralogist Gustav Rose and the palaeontologist Ernst Beyrich from 1856 until 1873; 2) the Mineralogical Museum under the directorship of Ernst Beyrich, the mineralogist Martin Websky and the geologist and petrographer Justus Roth from 1873 to 1889, and its division into two institutions; 3) the planning and construction of the Museum für Naturkunde from 1873 to 1889; 4) the two geoscientific institutions from 1888 to 1910; 4a) the Geological-Palaeontological Institute and Museum under the successive directorships of the geologists and palaeontologists Ernst Beyrich, Wilhelm Beyrich, E. …”
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The Viséan sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas by C. Klug, S. Döring, D. Korn, V. Ebbighausen

“…Highstand sediments yielded ammonoid assemblages from six horizons; a total of 1,040 specimens separated into 20 species are described in the palaeontological section. The genus <i>Itimaites</i> is new, together with the 16 new species <i>Itimaites parabolicus</i> n. sp., <i>Calygirtyoceras zrigatense</i> n. sp., <i>Sudeticeras fornicum</i> n. sp., <i>Sudeticeras pusillobatum</i> n. sp., <i>Sudeticeras occultornatum</i> n. sp., <i>Goniatites rodioni</i> n. sp., <i>Goniatites gerberi</i> n. sp., <i>Goniatites evelinae</i> n. sp., <i>Hypergoniatites fusiger</i> n. sp., <i>Neogoniatites worki</i> n. sp., <i>Dombarites bellornatus</i> n. sp., <i>Platygoniatites rhanemensis</i> n. sp., <i>Ferganoceras torridum</i> n. sp., <i>Prolecanites meandricus</i> n. sp., <i>Prolecanites mapesi</i> n. sp., <i>Epicanites hamianensis</i> n. sp., and <i>Megapronorites itimensis</i> n. sp. …”
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Zur Geschichte der Geowissenschaften im Museum für Naturkunde zu Berlin. Teil 5: Vom Mineralogischen Museum im Hauptgebäude der Universität zu den zwei geowissenschaftlichen Instit... by G. Hoppe

“…It is structured as follows: 1) The Mineralogical Museum under the directorship of the mineralogist Gustav Rose and the palaeontologist Ernst Beyrich from 1856 until 1873; 2) the Mineralogical Museum under the directorship of Ernst Beyrich, the mineralogist Martin Websky and the geologist and petrographer Justus Roth from 1873 to 1889, and its division into two institutions; 3) the planning and construction of the Museum für Naturkunde from 1873 to 1889; 4) the two geoscientific institutions from 1888 to 1910; 4a) the Geological-Palaeontological Institute and Museum under the successive directorships of the geologists and palaeontologists Ernst Beyrich, Wilhelm Beyrich, E. …”
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Late Ordovician jawed polychaete fauna from the Spiti Valley, northern India by Petra Tonarová, Thomas J. Suttner, Michal Kubajko, Olle Hints

“…Various representatives of algae, bryozoans, corals, cephalopods, conodonts, ostracods and other groups have already been described from this region. Palaeontological data and facies analysis indicate shallow-water conditions within the subtropicalâtropical realm. …”
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La secuencia prehistórica de la cueva de Abittaga (Amoroto, Bizkaia): evaluación de las excavaciones de J.M. Barandiarán (1964-1966) by Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Aixa San Emeterio, Maitane Larrea Robles, Miriam Cubas, Andrea García-Sagastibelza, Diego Garate Maidagan, Rita Peyroteo Stjerna, Carmen Núñez-Lahuerta, Asier Gómez-Olivencia

“…In this work we present the systematic revision of the archaeo-palaeontological collection, and we offer new data about the lithic tools, bone industry, pottery, and faunal and human remains. …”
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La presencia de ámbar en los yacimientos prehistóricos (del Paleolítico superior a la Edad del Bronce) de la Cornisa Cantábrica y sus fuentes de aprovisionamiento by Esteban ÁLVAREZ FERNÁNDEZ, Enrique PEÑALVER MOLLÁ, Xavier DELCLÒS MARTÍNEZ

“…Four areas, with close spatial relationship between the archaeological and the palaeontological sites of amber, are proposed as hypothetical source areas where the humans used Cretaceous amber during the Prehistory of the Cantabrian Spain. …”
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The Late Ordovician extinction conundrum by Christian M. Ø. Rasmussen

“…The effects climate change had on Ordovician life are well documented through palaeontological evidence, several geochemical proxies and further simulated in modelling scenarios. …”
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A strontium isoscape of northern Australia by P. de Caritat, A. Dosseto, F. Dux

“…Furthermore, the resulting Sr isoscape and future models derived therefrom can also be utilized in forensic, archaeological, palaeontological, and ecological studies that aim to investigate, for example, past and modern animal (including humans) dietary habits and migrations. …”
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The East Anatolia–Lesser Caucasus ophiolite: An exceptional case of large-scale obduction, synthesis of data and numerical modelling by Y. Rolland, M. Hässig, D. Bosch, O. Bruguier, R. Melis, G. Galoyan, G. Topuz, L. Sahakyan, A. Avagyan, M. Sosson

“…These data are consistent with palaeontological dating of sediment deposits directly under (Cenomanian, i.e. ≥ 93.9 Ma) or sealing (Coniacian‒Santonian, i.e., ≤89.8 Ma), the obduction. (3) At Hınıs (NE Turkey) P-T-t conditions on amphibolites (0.66 ± 0.06 GPa and 660 ± 20 °C, with a U-Pb titanite age of 80.0 ± 3.2 Ma) agree with previous P-T-t data on granulites, and highlight a rapid exhumation below a top-to-the-North detachment sealed by the Early Maastrichtian unconformity (ca. 70.6 Ma). …”
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Evolución paleoambiental de la formación Río Mayer, cretácico inferior, cuenca austral, provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina by Sebastián Richiano, Augusto N Varela, Abril Cereceda, Daniel G Poiré

“…The Río Mayer Formation (Fig. 2) was studied in three main localities, where detailed sedimentary logging was undertaken (Figs. 4, 5), taking into account the lithology, the primary sedimentary structures, the palaeontological content, rock bodies geometry, their orientation and the hierarchy as well as the contacts with underlying and overlying units. …”
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The Geology of Montserrat, British West Indies by Rea, W, Rea, William J.

“…Among deposits disturbed by this intrusion are a group of tuffaceous limestones which on palaeontological grounds are thought to be about 40,000 yrs. old. …”

The Mousterian complex in Portugal by João Luís CARDOSO

“…</p><p>After the formation of the fossil deposits of Gruta da Furninha, the palaeoclimatic evolution is not known until ca. 45 Ka calBP, represented by the palaeontological sites of Vale de Janela in the Estremadura littoral and São Torpes in the Alentejo littoral. …”
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