Early Evolution of Nocturnal Behavior in Cockroaches Documented by a New Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) Amber Fossil from Japan
Ovaliblatta iwakiensis gen. et sp. nov.
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Drawn by Shunichi Kawasaki
The phylogenetic origin of turtles
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Did they? Gervilleioperna is in Aalenian Chile and in Brame et al. (2019) literally is quoted:
"Rare lithiotids can still be found in the Toarcian of Morocco following the T-OAE (Bodin, personal observation)"
(Tough @rowanmartindale.bsky.social can confirm if this last one was an error)
New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina
[Kank australis gen. et sp. nov.]
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(Art of the relative Neuquenraptor by PaleoGeekSquared)
Lithiotid bivalves thrived following the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event, colonizing many coasts and producing huge build-ups similar to modern oyster reefs. They were strange and elongated clams, forming "banana bunch" like aggregations. Sadly they were wiped out in the Toarcian extinction (115)