Ordovician integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

Y Zhang, R Zhan, Y Zhen, Z Wang, W Yuan… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
In this chapter, starting with a brief review of the research history and current status in the
studies of the Ordovician chronostratigraphy in China, the subdivision of the Ordovician …

Carbon-cycle changes during the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) and implications for regional versus global drivers of the Toarcian oceanic anoxic event

MN Remírez, TJ Algeo - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Jurassic Toarcian oceanic anoxic event (T-OAE) is characterized by an
extinction event, a major sea-level rise, enhanced marine primary productivity, elevated …

When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

J Zalasiewicz, CN Waters, M Williams… - Quaternary …, 2015 - Elsevier
We evaluate the boundary of the Anthropocene geological time interval as an epoch, since it
is useful to have a consistent temporal definition for this increasingly used unit, whether the …

U-Pb age constraints on dinosaur rise from south Brazil

MC Langer, J Ramezani, ÁAS Da Rosa - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Triassic dinosaurs from South Brazil are considered as some of the oldest known
worldwide, but their precise correlation to other early dinosaur occurrences have proven …

[HTML][HTML] Cenozoic topography, monsoons and biodiversity conservation within the Tibetan Region: An evolving story

RA Spicer, A Farnsworth, T Su - Plant Diversity, 2020 - Elsevier
The biodiversity of the Himalaya, Hengduan Mountains and Tibet, here collectively termed
the Tibetan Region, is exceptional in a global context. To contextualize and understand the …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid eruption of silicic magmas from the Paraná magmatic province (Brazil) did not trigger the Valanginian event

BC Rocha, JHFL Davies, VA Janasi… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Valanginian Stage is marked by a period of global positive δ 13 C carbon cycle
perturbation and biotic crises, which are collectively referred to as the Valanginian event …

A review of the Famatinian Ordovician magmatism in southern South America: evidence of lithosphere reworking and continental subduction in the early proto-Andean …

CW Rapela, RJ Pankhurst, C Casquet… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Along the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana, from Venezuela to northeastern Patagonia, the
Early–Middle Ordovician Famatinian orogeny was the first orogenic event following …

Angiosperm flowers reached their highest morphological diversity early in their evolutionary history

AM López‐Martínez, S Magallón… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Flowers are the complex and highly diverse reproductive structures of angiosperms.
Because of their role in sexual reproduction, the evolution of flowers is tightly linked to …

Evolutionary history of the Asian Horned Frogs (Megophryinae): integrative approaches to timetree dating in the absence of a fossil record

S Mahony, NM Foley, SD Biju… - Molecular biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Molecular dating studies typically need fossils to calibrate the analyses. Unfortunately, the
fossil record is extremely poor or presently nonexistent for many species groups, rendering …

[HTML][HTML] Total evidence phylogeny of platyrrhine primates and a comparison of undated and tip-dating approaches

RMD Beck, D de Vries, MC Janiak, IB Goodhead… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
There have been multiple published phylogenetic analyses of platyrrhine primates (New
World monkeys) using both morphological and molecular data, but relatively few that have …