A biostratigraphic study based on calcareous nannofossils was performed on the chalky limestone from the Abderaz Formation in the Mozduran section (Kopet Dagh basin, NE Iran). Semiquantitative estimates of total nannofossil and single species abundances showed that calcareous nannofossil assemblages are common and their preservation is good. In this study37species have been identified in chalky...

Late Cretaceous (late Campanian) diatom assemblages from the Campbell Plateau (Zealandia), southwest Pacific Ocean, obtained Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Leg 29 Site 275, contain well-preserved specimens of two enigmatic species currently assigned to genus Ktenodiscus; Micrampulla parvula originally described Maastrichtian-age Moreno Shale, California, and Pterotheca cretacea DSDP 275. In g...

The Campanian–Paleocene Jaworzynka Formation, a part of the Magura Nappe succession in Polish Outer Carpathians, is described terms its detailed litho- and biostratigraphy. formation stretches along marginal Siary Unit, from stratotype area Silesian Beskid Mts up to Mszana Dolna Wyspowy Mts. Its equivalent Moravskoslezske Beskydy the Czech Republic Solaň Formation. In area, displays complex str...

The Campi Flegrei volcanic field (Italy) poses very high risk to the highly urbanized Neapolitan area. Eruptive history was dominated by explosive activity producing pyroclastic currents (hereon PCs; acronym for Pyroclastic Currents) ranging in scale from localized base surges to regional flows. Here we apply probabilistic numerical simulation approaches to produce PC hazard maps, based on a co...

The region of Campania exerted a powerful influence over the Roman cultural imagination. the volcanic landscape around the Bay of naples was blessed with immense natural beauty and abundance but also harbored some of nature’s most violent forces. in this suitably monumental setting, mythological heroes such as Heracles and aeneas were said to have performed famous deeds. campania was, moreover,...

Studying the evolution and biogeographic distribution of dinosaurs during the latest Cretaceous is critical for better understanding the end-Cretaceous extinction event that killed off all non-avian dinosaurs. Western North America contains among the best records of Late Cretaceous terrestrial vertebrates in the world, but is biased against small-bodied dinosaurs. Isolated teeth are the primary...

BACKGROUND Rhabdodontid ornithopod dinosaurs are characteristic elements of Late Cretaceous European vertebrate faunas and were previously collected from lower Campanian to Maastrichtian continental deposits. Phylogenetic analyses have placed rhabdodontids among basal ornithopods as the sister taxon to the clade consisting of Tenontosaurus, Dryosaurus, Camptosaurus, and Iguanodon. Recent studie...