Abstract The authors describe a fossil avian distal tibiotarsal epiphysis, remains of cormorant (Phalacrociracinae), differing in age and morphological characters from other cormorants. material comes sandy marine deposits the village Máriahalom north-western Hungary, together with 26 vertebrate species, mostly marine. fossiliferous deposit is established Late Oligocene, at beginning Chattian s...

The Cenozoic Malaguide Basin from Sierra Espuña (Internal Betic Zone, S Spain) due to the quality of outcropping, areal representation, and continuity in sedimentation can be considered a key-basin. In last 30 years, large number studies with very different methodological approaches have been done area. Models indicate an evolution passive margin wedge-top basin Late Cretaceous Early Miocene. S...

The greenhouse-to-icehouse climate transition from the Eocene into Oligocene is well documented by sea surface temperature records southwest Pacific and Antarctic margin, which show evidence of pronounced long-term cooling. However, identification a driving mechanism depends on better understanding whether this cooling was also present in terrestrial settings. Here, we semi-continuous record sp...

Abstract Reconstructing the history of Philippine Sea (PHS) plate motion is important for better understanding tectonics surrounding plates. It generally considered that PHS migrated northward since Eocene, but its rotation has not been constrained well; some reconstructions incorporated a large clockwise others did not. This mainly because difficulty collecting oriented rocks from mostly subme...

The upper dentition of two Australian early Miocene mystacinids, Icarops paradox and I. aenae, from Riversleigh, Queensland, are described for the first time. Also recognised is a late Oligocene mystacinid from Lake Palankarinna, South Australia. The new fossils help refine understanding about the evolutionary history of mystacinids in Australia, including their temporal and geographical range,...

The entire tube wall of Dodecaceria caulleryi and D. coralii is composed of thin calcareous lamellae with a spherulitic prismatic ultrastructure. In Diplochaetetes mexicanus the tube ultrastructure is similar, but contains also some lamellae with a homogeneous structure. The biomineralization system of cirratulids has not evolved since the appearance of calcareous tubes in the Oligocene. The tu...