scholarly journals The Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from Late Quaternary Underwater Cave Deposits in the Dominican Republic

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (3916) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary S. Morgan ◽  
Nancy A. Albury ◽  
Renato Rímoli ◽  
Phillip Lehman ◽  
Alfred L. Rosenberger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Cave Deposits

scholarly journals The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from late Quaternary underwater cave deposits in the Dominican Republic /

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary S. Morgan ◽  
Nancy Ann Albury ◽  
Siobhán B. Cooke ◽  
Phillip. Lehman ◽  
Renato O. Rímoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Cave Deposits

PRELIMINARY CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF CAVE DEPOSITS IN THE PANTANAL WETLANDS (BRAZIL): INSIGHTS INTO LATE QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. McGlue ◽  
◽  
Valdir Felipe Novello ◽  
Francisco W. Cruz ◽  
Rudney de Almeida Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Cave Deposits

Timing and nature of late Quaternary climate change from cave deposits

2006 ◽  
Vol 70 (18) ◽  
pp. A155
Author(s):  
R.L. Edwards ◽  
D.X. Yuan ◽  
Z.S. An ◽  
Y.J. Wang ◽  
A.S. Auler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Quaternary Climate ◽  
Cave Deposits

scholarly journals Short-tailed mice with a long fossil record: the genusLeggadina(Rodentia: Muridae) from the Quaternary of Queensland, Australia

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e5639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Cramb ◽  
Gilbert J. Price ◽  
Scott A. Hocknull
Keyword(s):  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Mount Etna ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Late Cenozoic ◽  
Additional Material ◽  
Common Component ◽  
Cave Deposits ◽  
Mt Etna

The genusLeggadina(colloquially known as ‘short-tailed mice’) is a common component of Quaternary faunas of northeastern Australia. They represent a member of the Australian old endemic murid radiation that arrived on the continent sometime during the late Cenozoic. Here we describe two new species of extinctLeggadinafrom Quaternary cave deposits as well as additional material of the extinctLeggadina macrodonta.Leggadina irvinisp. nov. recovered from Middle-Upper (late) Pleistocene cave deposits near Chillagoe, northeastern Queensland, is the biggest member of the genus, being substantially larger than any other species so far described.Leggadina webbisp. nov. from Middle Pleistocene cave deposits at Mount Etna, central eastern Queensland, shares features with the oldest species of the genus, the Early PleistoceneL. gregoriensis. Based on the current palaeoecological interpretation of the type locality,L. webbi, represents the only member of the genus that inhabited rainforest. The succession ofLeggadinaspecies through the late Quaternary suggests an ecological replacement of the extinct large-bodiedL. irviniwith the extant, small-bodiedL. lakedownesisat Chillagoe. At Mt. Etna, the extinct rainforest speciesL. webbiis replaced with the extant xeric-adaptedL. forrestiduring the latest Middle Pleistocene. This replacement is associated with a mid-Pleistocene shift towards progressive intensifying seasonal and arid climates. Our study adds to the growing list of small-bodied faunal extinctions during the late Quaternary of northern Australia.

scholarly journals Submerged Speleothems and Sea Level Reconstructions: A Global Overview and New Results from the Mediterranean Sea

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1663
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Antonioli ◽  
Stefano Furlani ◽  
Paolo Montagna ◽  
Paolo Stocchi ◽  
Lucio Calcagnile ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Cave Deposits ◽  
Regional Sea Level ◽  
Sea Level Variations ◽  
The Mediterranean

This study presents a global overview of the submerged speleothems used to reconstruct paleo sea levels and reports new results from two stalactites collected in the Mediterranean Sea. Coastal cave deposits significantly contributed to the understanding of global and regional sea-level variations during the Middle and Late Quaternary. The studied speleothems cover the last 1.4 Myr and focused mainly on Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1, 2, 3, 5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.5. The results indicate that submerged speleothems represent extraordinary archives that can provide detailed information on former sea-level changes. The two stalactites collected in the central Mediterranean Sea, at Favignana and Ustica islands (Sicily, Italy), are both characterized by continental, phreatic or marine layers. The U-Th and 14C ages of the new speleothems provide results of great interest for relative sea-level changes over the last 1000 years.

A fossil Aspergillus from Eocene Dominican amber

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (01) ◽  
pp. 141-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard M. Thomas ◽  
George O. Poinar
Keyword(s):  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
First Report ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Eocene Amber

A sporulating Aspergillus is described from a piece of Eocene amber originating from the Dominican Republic. The Aspergillus most closely resembles a form of the white spored phase of Aspergillus janus Raper and Thom. This is the first report of a fossil species of Aspergillus.

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