The combination of detrital low-temperature thermochronology with previous U–Pb geochronology, petrological and sedimentological analyses, has proven to be a valuable approach constrain the provenance non-marine Lower Upper Cretaceous synorogenic deposits in northern Neuquén Basin. This work focuses on study Diamante Formation, fluvial succession that represents first products Andean foreland b...

Angiosperms evolved rapidly in the late Mesozoic. Data from the genetic-based approach called ’molecular clock’ permit an evaluation of the radiation of flowering plants through geological time and of the possible influences of Mesozoic mass extinctions. A total of 261 divergence ages of angiosperm families are considered. The radiation of flowering plants peaked in the Albian, early Campanian,...

An analysis of joint patterns were carried out on multiple exposures in Albian to Turonian strata belonging the Abakaliki Formation (Asu River Group) and Eze-Aku (Eze-Aku eastern flank Anticlinorium Southern Benue Trough. The was using FracPaQ a MATLAB based toolbox for quantification fracture patterns. tool used calculate density, intensity traces; quantify scaling distributions, determine dil...

A new genus and species of ornithomimosaur, Afromimus tenerensis, is described based on a fragmentary skeleton from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) El Rhaz Formation of Niger. The holotype and only known individual preserves caudal vertebrae, chevrons and portions of the right hind limb. Derived ornithomimosaurian features include the broad, peanut-shaped articular surfaces of mid caudal c...