A new genus Amphignokachinia Brysz & Szwedo, gen. n. and species subversa sp. of Achilidae (Hemiptera) planthoppers the tribe Amphignomini are described. It is second first fossil representative coming from Cenomanian amber in Kachin State, Myanmar. Diagnosis revised its position respect fossils family discussed.

carbonate successions of the sarvak formation (late albian? to mid-turonian) together with the carbonate of the ilam formation formed the second important hydrocarbon reservoirs in sw iran and persian gulf. facies analyses were carried out on the upper parts of the sarvak formation in western part of the ahwaz oilfield (az-63 well) to interpret depositional environment. lithologically, the uppe...

Dakotasaurus gilletorum Nydam 2013 was erected for two partial mandibles of a paramacellodid-cordylid grade scincomorphan lizard from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of southern Utah (Nydam 2013). However, the genus name Dakotasaurus is a junior homonym of the ichnofossil Dakotasaurus Branson and Mehl 1932. Under Article 23.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 199...

Many aspects of Late Cretaceous eustasy, including timing, amplitudes, and forcing mechanisms, remain poorly understood. Recent studies suggest a possibility of Milankovitch forcing of the Cretaceous "greenhouse" eustasy (e.g. Plint, 1991; Fischer Hinnov, 2000; Gale et al., 2002), but stratigraphic data, which would exceed, in their temporal resolution, the constraints given by biostratigraphic...

A new species of the extinct genus Microphorites Hennig (Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae) is described from a single male preserved in Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian) Vendean amber (NW France). Microphorites magaliae n. sp., is mostly characterized by large compound eyes, flagellomere I with base bulbous and abruptly tapering to slender apex, thorax strongly hump-backed, with numerous a...

Trichomyia lengleti sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cenomanian amber of La Buzinie, Charente (SW France) from a piece of fully opaque amber. The Upper Albian Trichomyia swinhoei Cockerell, 1917 is transferred from the Trichomyiinae to the Sycoracinae incertae sedis stat. nov. T. lengleti is the oldest representative of the subfamily Trichomyiinae, supporting at least a Cretaceous diversif...