Aneuretinae is an enigmatic ant subfamily with poorly defined morphological boundaries. Aneuretus simoni Emery, 1893, found only in Sri Lanka, a “living fossil”, the known extant species of Aneuretinae. In distant past, however, was more diverse and widespread, including eight extinct genera spread across North America, Europe, Russian Far East. Here, we report two fossil sp...

Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau, expansion/shrinkage Paratethys Sea, and global climate are three major forcings for central-east Asian climatic environmental variations during Cenozoic. However, knowledge history Sea is much less well known in comparison with other two forcings. Here, we present a first multiple-parameter magnetic diffuse reflectance spectroscopy study Eocene eolian Red Clay dep...

The Late Miocene evolution of the Eastern Paratethys Sea was marked by significant palaeogeographical transformations. knowledge them should be improved with information from peripheral parts this semi-enclosed marine basin. study area corresponds to Rostov Dome where northern shore is widely documented. previously published work, going back beginning 20th century, collected. Its analysis allow...

The Yarkand Basin, located in the southwest of Tarim is a northeastern part eastern Paratethys ocean Paleocene, and significant amount evaporites, with gypsum, anhydrite, halite as main types, were developed this area. These evaporites record sedimentary environment at that time. A study was conducted on sulfur isotopic composition gypsum Paleocene Basin to explore origin interpret environment....