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Triassic lungfish from Frick

Lungfish were common in Late Triassic freshwater ecosystems but remain surprisingly understudied. New fossils from Frick (Switzerland), a locality that has also previously yielded remains of dinosaurs, allow for the first description of lungfish material from this site.

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The end of the Dinosaur Age in eastern Poland

From 27 to 29 May 2026, the 90th Scientific Meeting of the Polish Geological Society was held in Lublin, co-organized by the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

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Two new Triassic turtles from Greenland

Turtles appeared in the Triassic and quickly attained global distribution. Yet, until recently, their early diversity was poorly recognized. The paper presents two new genera and species of Triassic turtles from Greenland established based on material collected in the late 20th century.

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Map of Denmark with the location of the studied sites and an illustration of an ammonite with explanations of morphological terms
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Species concept in palaeontology

Principles of species identification in fossil material are a fundamental problem in palaeontology. This paper illustrates the issue through a taxonomic analysis of a collection of ammonites of the Pachydiscus neubergicus group from the Maastrichtian chalk of Denmark.

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Organic carbon burial in fjords of South Georgia

Despite their limited surface area, fjords play a disproportionately large role in the global organic carbon cycle. Those in the remote regions of the Southern Ocean are particularly poorly understood.

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At the origin of cowries

Colombellinidae was a family of small marine snails that inhabited warm shallow seas during the Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous. This extinct group was revised based on all known fossils. The family included only two genera. Additionally, a new species from Bulgaria was described.

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