the study of planktonic foraminifera of the ilam and gurpi formations at sarvestan area (se of shiraz) enables me to find the most standard biozones defined in mediterranean regions, especially tethysian domain. seven biozones were determined. biozones i (dicarinella concavata zone) and ii (dicarinella asymetrica zone) belong to the ilam formation and indicate the late coniacian-early santonian...

We report the Narmada Seaway began in India during largest global sea-level transgression and Oceanic Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) δ13C excursion late Cenomanian to early Turonian. The progressed eastward Turonian-Coniacian reached Jhilmili by end of Maastrichtian. During this time Godavari Seaways may have joined via Narmada-Tapti rift formed a Trans-India Seaway. history major seaway is entombed fos...

Abstract The Yola Sub-basin represents the lower portion of bifurcated Upper Benue Trough, whose origin has been linked to opening Atlantic Ocean in Mesozoic. sub-basin fill consists predominantly siliciclastic and carbonate deposits, ages which have remained controversial until now. This work employs field observations integrated with palynostratigraphy refine stratigraphy these Cretaceous dep...

Jamaica has a complex geological history with rocks belonging to the Cretaceous Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP) in east and oceanic island arc centre west. We present new geochemical dataset for CLIP correlate this previous datasets using radiolarians planktic foraminifers timescale. The palaeontological dating indicates that two phases of plateau activity – ‘main’ phase late Turonian-m...

Three species belonging to the fern genus Ochotopteris E. Lebedev, including new O. lebedevii Herman et Domogatskaya, are revised, described and illustrated in this paper. The fossils come from Albian, Cenomanian, Turonian Coniacian beds exposed at seven sites North-Eastern Asia Northern Alaska. These located Cretaceous Arctic, with their palaeolatitudes ranging 60° N 80° N. high endemism chara...

The mesoeucrocodylian record from the Bauru Group (Paraná Basin, Brazil) comes three formations: Adamantina (Late Turonian–Early Maastrichtian), Presidente Prudente (Early Campanian–Early Maastrichtian) and Marília (Maastrichtian). These records are restricted to Early Coniacian–Early Maastrichtian. Here, we report a new crocodyliform Group, which was first of Araçatuba Formation, locality Coro...