A comprehensive compilation of literature on global Cretaceous charcoal occurrences
shows that from the Valanginian on throughout the Cretaceous, terrestrial sedimentary …

We suggest that the spread of angiosperms in the Cretaceous was facilitated by novel fire
regimes. Angiosperms were capable of high productivity and therefore accumulated …

The Winton Formation provides an important snapshot of Australia's late Mesozoic terrestrial
biota, boasting a vertebrate fauna that includes dinosaurs, crocodyliforms, aquatic …

Stomata play a critical ecological role as an interface between the plant and its environment.
Although the guard‐cell pair is highly conserved in land plants, the development and …

The Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, has produced several
partial sauropod skeletons, but cranial remains—including teeth—remain rare. Herein, we …

Background Fires have been widespread over the last 250 million years, peaking 60− 125
million years ago (Ma), and might therefore have played a key role in the evolution of …

Wildfires play a crucial role in recent and ancient ecosystem modeling but their detailed
history on the Earth is still not well recorded or understood. The co-occurrence of charcoal …

The titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur Savannasaurus elliottorum is represented by a partial
postcranial skeleton from the lower Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–lowermost Turonian) …

We report new skeletal elements pertaining to the same individual which represents the
holotype of Australovenator wintonensis, from the 'Matilda Site'in the Winton Formation …

Seed ferns, dominant elements of the vegetation in many parts of the world from the Triassic
to Cretaceous, were considered to have disappeared at the end of the Cretaceous together …