The evolution of Tethyan phosphogenesis during the Cretaceous–Eocene is examined to try to explain fluctuations of phosphogenesis through time, and whether or not they reflect long-term changes in ocean circulation or in continental weathering. Twenty-seven time-stratigraphic phosphate levels in various Tethyan sites, covering a time span of about 90 Myr from the Hauterivian to the Eocene, were...

The biostratigraphy of platform carbonates and adjacent basins outcropping in the Prebetic Zone of Alicante, south-eastern Spain, is presented. With this aim, 42 sections from 13 major outcrops, of Aptian–Middle Cenomanian age, were analysed. Ten biostratigraphic units based upon benthonic foraminifers have been distinguished within this interval. Comparison with other previously published bioz...

Harlanjohnsonella annulata Elliott in Granier & Deloffre, 1993, non 1968, was originally described from Cenomanian strata in Serbia. Herein, we report its first occurrence outside the type area, i.e., in Lebanon, and in older strata, i.e., earliest Bedoulian or Late Barremian in age. Our specimens are compared with topotypic material. The species was recently revised by Radoičić & Schlagintweit...

Thirteen species of basal Brachycera (11 described as new) are reported, belonging to nine families and three infraorders. They are preserved in amber from the Early Cretaceous (Neocomian) of Lebanon, Albian of northern Spain, upper Albian to lower Cenomanian of northern Myanmar, and Late Cretaceous of New Jersey USA (Turonian) and Alberta, Canada (Campanian). Taxa are as follows, with signific...

Although sauropod dinosaur bones are the most abundant vertebrate fossils found in Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of northeast Australia, only subadult and adult specimens have been described to date. Herein, we describe first juvenile from derived (Cenomanian–lower Turonian). The preserved material belongs a single individual is sufficiently diagnostic classify as Diamantinasaurus matildae—...

Spinosauridae presents an extensive geographical and temporal distribution, with records from Gondwana Laurasia, a range Barremian (~129 Ma, Lower Cretaceous) to Cenomanian (~95 Upper Cretaceous). To date, 13 species were described, besides several specimens identified at broader taxonomic level. One of the most notable cranial features spinosaurids is their elongated rostrum (hypertrophied pre...