Dinosaurs and amber: site in Teruel opens unique window to Cretaceous world from 110 million years ago
Ariño is a site inside an open mine of lignite. Photo: Xavier Delclòs (UB-IRBio) For the first time in fossil records, root amber, related to the
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Ariño is a site inside an open mine of lignite. Photo: Xavier Delclòs (UB-IRBio) For the first time in fossil records, root amber, related to the
New findings of amber in the site of Ariño in Teruel have enabled the reconstruction of a swampy paleoenvironment with a rich coastal resin forest from 110 million years ago
Image of a lake in a volcanic crater in the Azores Islands. Photo: Alberto Sáez (UB) Sample extraction in a UWITEC floating platform. Photo: Alberto
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A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous. The results confirm the hypothesis that it was a giant meteorite impact what caused...