Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extincti

Kenshu Shimada; Ryosuke Motani; Jake J. Wood; Phillip C. Sternes; Taketeru Tomita; Mohamad Bazzi; Alberto Collareta; Joel H. Gayford; Julia Türtscher; Patrick L. Jambura; Jürgen Kriwet; Romain Vullo; Douglas J. Long; Adam P. Summers; John G. Maisey; Charlie Underwood; David J. Ward; Harry M. Maisch IV; Victor J. Perez; Iris Feichtinger; Gavin J.P. Naylor; Joshua K. Moyer; Timothy E. Higham; João Paulo C.B. da Silva; Hugo Bornatowski; Gerardo González-Barba; Michael L. Griffiths; Martin A. Becker; Mikael Siversson

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Biology of Otodus megalodon

Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extinction

Kenshu Shimada, Ryosuke Motani, Jake J. Wood, Phillip C. Sternes, Taketeru Tomita, Mohamad Bazzi, Alberto Collareta, Joel H. Gayford, Julia Türtscher, Patrick L. Jambura, Jürgen Kriwet, Romain Vullo, Douglas J. Long, Adam P. Summers, John G. Maisey, Charlie Underwood, David J. Ward, Harry M. Maisch IV, Victor J. Perez, Iris Feichtinger, Gavin J.P. Naylor, Joshua K. Moyer, Timothy E. Higham, João Paulo C.B. da Silva, Hugo Bornatowski, Gerardo González-Barba, Michael L. Griffiths, Martin A. Becker, and Mikael Siversson

Article number: 28.1.a12
https://doi.org/10.26879/1502
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XRF characterization

Noninvasive elemental XRF characterization of mudstone lagerstätten for provenance identification: Advantages and limitations

Alejandro Gil-Delgado, Jordi Ibáñez-Insa, Albert Sellés, Xavier Delclòs, Àngel Galobart, Matías Reolid, David Cruset, Soledad Álvarez, and Oriol Oms

Article number: 28.1.a3
https://doi.org/10.26879/1415
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Trimming down Perucetus

Further trimming down the marine heavyweights: Perucetus colossus did not come close to, much less exceed, the tonnage of blue whales, and the latter are not ultra-sized either

Gregory S. Paul and Asier Larramendi

Article number: 28.1.a6
https://doi.org/10.26879/1435
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Spatangoid echinoid burrows

Paleoecology and taphonomy of spatangoid echinoid-produced burrows (Scolicia) in slope and basin floor deposits from the Eocene of Cuba

Jorge Villegas-Martín, Renata G. Netto, Reinaldo Rojas-Consuegra, and Jordi M. de Gibert

Article number: 28.1.a4
https://doi.org/10.26879/1271
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Menispermites in Northern Asia

The morphological diversity and distribution of the genus Menispermites (Magnoliopsida) in the Cretaceous of Northern Asia

A.A. Zolina, L.B. Golovneva, and A.A. Grabovskiy

Article number: 28.1.a9
https://doi.org/10.26879/1441
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Holocene bryozoans from Japan

Unveiling the cheilostome bryozoan fauna of Daidokutsu submarine cave (Okinawa, Japan) over the last 7,000 years

Emanuela Di Martino, Antonietta Rosso, Paul D. Taylor, Ruby W.T. Chiu, Kazuhiko Fujita, Akihisa Kitamura, and Moriaki Yasuhara

Article number: 28.1.a7
https://doi.org/10.26879/1433
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Glossary of tetrapod tracks

Glossary of fossil tetrapod tracks

Jens N. Lallensack, Giuseppe Leonardi, and Peter L. Falkingham

Article number: 28.1.a8
https://doi.org/10.26879/1389
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First butterfly in Baltic amber

First butterfly (Papilionoidea) from Baltic amber by a characteristic egg pinpoints an Eocene minimal age of admirals (Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) — a distinct step in the rise of the Papilionoidea

Thilo C. Fischer and Axel Hausmann

Article number: 28.1.a10
https://doi.org/10.26879/1407
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Drishti and Amira visualizations

Drishti and Amira – different visualizations exemplified by the early Cambrian Chengjiang arthropod Leanchoilia illecebrosa from China

Michel Schmidt, Roland R. Melzer, Huijuan Mai, Xianguang Hou, and Yu Liu

Article number: 28.1.a5
https://doi.org/10.26879/1358
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An Eomysticetidae from Mexico

First record of an Eomysticetidae from the Late Oligocene at the Pilon locality, San Gregorio Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Cielo Cedillo-Avila, Gerardo González-Barba, and Azucena Solis-Añorve

Article number: 28.1.a1
https://doi.org/10.26879/1390
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