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Bibliography of Prof. RNDr. Zlatko Kvaček, DrSc.

Jiří Kvaček, Jakub Sakala

This complete list of publications of Professor RNDr. Zlatko Kvaček, DrSc. (1937 – 2020) is an addition and supplementary continuation of the memorial volumes of Fossil Imprint (2021/2 and 2022/1) devoted to his work and life. The present list is compiled from three published sources: (1) in Acta…

The Early Cretaceous mesofossil flora of Catefica, Portugal: angiosperms

Else Marie Friis, Peter R. Crane, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, Mário Miguel Mendes, Jiří Kvaček

Angiosperm mesofossils are described from the Lower Cretaceous Almargem Formation exposed near the village of Catefica, Portugal, and are thought to be of Aptian-early Albian age. The mesofossil assemblage from Catefica is diverse and, in addition to the angiosperms described here, also contains a…

New species of Zamites from the Cenomanian of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin

Jiří Kvaček

Zamites pateri J.Kvaček is described as a new member of the Bennettitales from the Cenomanian of the Peruc-Korycany Formation, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin in the Czech Republic. It comes from fluvial sediments exposed in the Pecínov quarry. It is compared to Zamites bayeri J.Kvaček from the…

Taimyria gen. nov., a new genus of evolutionary advanced gymnosperms from Triassic of the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia, Russia

Serge V. Naugolnykh, Nina K. Mogutcheva

New genus and species Taimyria triassica Naugolnykh et Mogutcheva gen. et sp. nov. of peltaspermalean affinity is described on the basis of material collected from the Keshinskian Formation (Induan stage, Lower Triassic), outcropped in the Tsvetkov Cape section (eastern part of the Taimyr Peninsula,…

A modified, step-by-step procedure for the gentle bleaching of delicate fossil leaf cuticles

Mariah M. Howell, Rolf Gossmann, Carole T. Gee

Cuticular analysis has long been used by palaeobotanists for the identification of fossil leaves, and a variety of chemical procedures has been developed to extract and prepare fossil cuticles. However, even commonly used solutions may be too harsh for the preparation of extremely delicate cuticles.…

New Pliocene hominid fossils from Baringo County, Kenya

Martin Pickford, Brigitte Senut, Dominique Gommery, Joseph Kipkech

During field surveys between 2005 and 2011 in the Tugen Hills by the Franco-Kenyan Kenya Palaeontology Expedition, several hominid specimens were discovered in the Pliocene Mabaget Formation. One mandible fragment, three isolated teeth and a pedal phalanx collected from the Pelion Member (base of…

Late Bashkirian ammonoids from the Mospyne Formation of the Donets Basin, Ukraine

Vitaly Dernov

Eleven late Bashkirian ammonoid taxa (Anthracoceratites sp., Cymoceras sp., Melvilloceras rotaii (Librovitch in Popov, 1979), Gastrioceras angustum Patteisky, 1964, G. lupinum Popov, 1979, G. kutejnikovense Popov, 1979, ?Agastrioceras sp., Bisatoceras sp., ?Owenoceras sp., Branneroceras sp. A, and…

New material of the puffer fish Archaeotetraodon winterbottomi Tyler et Bannikov, 1994 (Tetraodontidae) from the Oligocene of the Eastern Paratethys

Tomáš Přikryl, Oleksandr Kovalchuk, Giorgio Carnevale, Zoltán Barkaszi

A new specimen of the fossil puffer fish Archaeotetraodon winterbottomi (Tetraodontidae) is described from the lower Oligocene deposits of the Sheshory locality, Ukraine. The specimen reveals a number of characters, some of which are diagnostic and others which were recognized herein for first time,…

New ichthyofauna from the Holešice and Libkovice members in the western part of Most Basin (Early Miocene), the Czech Republic

Boris Ekrt, Tomáš Novotný, Tomáš Přikryl

New material of fish fossils from the west part of Most Basin is described here. Disarticulated and articulated fish remains were discovered in several layers in the Holešice and Libkovice members. Fossil fish occurrence, their taxonomic structure and taphonomy were evaluated in the context of the…

Book review

Jiří Žítt

Baja California’s Coastal Landscapes Revealed: excursions in geologic time and climate change, by Markes E. Johnson, 2021, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 264 pages. ISBN-13: 9780816542529 (paperback).

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