Fire is a major driver for the evolution of biodiversity throughout the Phanerozoic and occurs
in continental palaeoenvironments since the advent of the first land plants in the Silurian …

Deserts are stressful environments where the living beings must acquire different strategies
to survive due to the water stress conditions. From the late Albian to the early Cenomanian …

Abstract The Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) Bahariya Formation of Egypt has an
outstanding reputation for its wealth of vertebrate remains, including a variety of iconic …

Large intervals of the Cretaceous are considered as a 'high-fire'period in Earth's history.
However, so far most studies dealing in greater detail with the fossil evidence of palaeo …

A palynological analysis of core and cuttings samples from successions assigned to the
Biyadh Formation of Saudi Arabia in the Arabian Gulf (eastern margin of northern …

This work summarizes the results of previous investigations on the plant fossil remains since
the last century within the Egyptian strata, exclusively from the Cretaceous. Most of these …

The Cretaceous was a significant greenhouse period in Earth's history with higher
atmospheric CO 2 levels and temperatures than today. Although evidence of combustion …

Flowering plants, the angiosperms, are the most diverse group of plants on our planet.
Today, they dominate most vegetation types, but their origin continues to remain a mystery …

A new florula, dominated by angiosperm leaves, is reported from the Upper Cretaceous
(Turonian?) Malihah Formation of Saudi Arabia. The leaves are fragmentary preserved as …

Based on new material from the uppermost Albian levels of Piedra Clavada Formation
(Austral Basin, Argentina), the species Konijnenburgia alata (Matoniaceae) is re-examined …