The Miocene Pisco Formation, broadly exposed in the Ica Desert of southern Peru, is among
the most outstanding Cenozoic marine Fossil-Lagerstätten worldwide. It is renowned for its …

The physico-chemical characteristics of bone mineral remain heavily debated. On the
nanoscale, bone mineral resides both inside and outside the collagen fibril as distinct …

The northward-flowing Humboldt Current hosts perpetually high levels of productivity along
the western coast of South America. Here, we aim to elucidate the deep-time history of this …

Bioapatite of fossil bone and teeth is susceptible to alteration and ion exchange during
burial and diagenesis, varying its Sr content through the geological time. Nevertheless, fossil …

Postcranial remains of a small teleosauroid from the Upper Jurassic of north‐eastern Italy
are described in detail. The specimen, discovered in 1980 on a slab of Rosso Ammonitico …

Simple Summary Contrary to traditional views, fossil bones have been shown to
occasionally retain original cells, blood vessels, and structural tissues that are still …

Nowadays, the odontocete family Kogiidae is monotypic and only includes two species of
diminutive relatives of the great sperm whale Physeter Linnaeus, 1758. Conversely, a …

We report 130 vertebrate fossils preserved as bony elements and the co-occurring
assemblage of fish teeth and spines from the lower strata of the Pisco Formation exposed …

Nowadays, the requiem sharks comprise one of the most diverse and widespread families of
selachians, ie, Carcharhinidae. Among the carcharhinids, the genus Carcharhinus has the …

The Eocene sediment successions of the East Pisco Basin (southern Peru) host an
exceptionally rich and well-preserved assemblage of vertebrate fossils. However, due to the …