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Ancestors of Neogastropoda – old problem, new data

Neogastropods are a diverse group of carnivorous sea snails found worldwide but with the largest diversity in tropical regions.

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New Jurassic plesiosaurs from Germany

The Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic, ∼192.9–184.2 Ma) plesiosaurs are poorly understood, with only three taxa established worldwide.

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Oxygen isotope changes in foram tests

Fossilized marine calcifiers provide key data for reconstructing ancient seawater temperatures, but diagenesis can bias their isotope and trace-element records.

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Wilhelm Friedberg’s collections at Lviv

Wilhelm Friedberg (1873–1941) was a Polish naturalist focussing on Miocene geology and palaeontology of today’s Poland and Western Ukraine.

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Ecosystem recovery after the Taghanic extinction

Kyrtatrypa pauli, a new Givetian brachiopod species from Świętomarz and Laskowa in the Holy Cross Mountains, is described.

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Environmental impact of whaling

As late as in the mid-1960s, whales were still being intensively harvested and processed in South Georgia.

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