Essays about: "Belemnites"

Found 3 essays containing the word Belemnites.

  1. 1. Testing the Cretaceous Diversity of Ichthyosaurs and Their Extinction Hypotheses Using a Quantitative Approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Naz Acikkol; [2015]
    Keywords : diversity; ichthyosaurs; extinction; belemnites; ammonites; prey; predator; rock record; sampling bias; Cretaceous; mångfald; utdöende; fisködlor; belemniter; rovdjur; byte;

    Abstract : As portrayed in Before the Dinosaur: the Historical Significance of the Fossil Marine Reptiles, ichthyosaurs, as other Mesozoic marine amniotes, have been unfairly overshadowed by dinosaurs in both popular culture and the field of vertebrate palaeontology. Yet by the effort of dedicated researchers, work on these fish-like marine reptiles had never died out, and in fact a second wave of interest emerged in the late 20th century. READ MORE

  3. 2. Paleoecology and sedimentology of the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian), marine strata at Åsen, Kristianstad Basin, Southern Sweden, Scania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Faisal Javed Iqbal; [2013]
    Keywords : Campanian; Belemnellocamax mammilatus Zone; Belemnellocamax balsvikensis Zone; Brachiopods; Bivalves; Belemnites; Bryozoans; Barnacle; Sea urchin; corals; coprolites; shark teeth; vertebrate fossils; XRF; Sr Ca; Steinkern; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Campanian marine strata from Åsen, north east part of the Kristianstad Basin (southern Sweden) contain a most diverse vertebrate and invertebrate marine fossil assemblages. A diverse fossil fauna was collected from Campanian deposits from a ca. 4.15m thick section during June-August 2010-2012. READ MORE

  4. 3. Petrology and depositional history of the Campanian strata at Maltesholm, Scania, southern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Olof Sandström; [1994]
    Keywords : Kristianstad basin; Maltesholm; Campanian; grainstone; facies; storm sediments; hummocky cross bedding; conglomerates; shallow marine environment; rudists; belemnites; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Campanian sediments of the Maltesholm quarry consist of mostly coarse grained, poorly consolidated, ruditic grainstones, almost free of micrite and lime mud, with interbedded clay horizons. The main constituents of the grainstones are coralline algae and quartz. READ MORE