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Ornithischians were a major dinosaur lineage that existed from the Triassic–Jurassic boundary interval to the end of the Cretaceous…

The earliest turtles are known from the middle Late Triassic (Norian), but their record in the latest Triassic (Rhaetian) is very scarce…

For the first time, the lifespan of deep-sea stalked crinoids was determined using the bomb radiocarbon method…

A new fossil (Early Cretaceous) marine snail, Fimbrivasum bulgaricum provides rare evidence of the early evolution of Neogastropoda…

Today, stalked crinoids are confined to the deep sea, although their ancestors once dominated shallow-marine environments.

The Paja Formation (Colombia) preserves an exceptional fossil record of a tropical sea 120 million years old.

Lungfish were common in Late Triassic freshwater ecosystems but remain surprisingly understudied.

Turtles appeared in the Triassic and quickly attained global distribution.

Principles of species identification in fossil material are a fundamental problem in palaeontology.

Colombellinidae was a family of small marine snails that inhabited warm shallow seas during the Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous.