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Practical application of studies on calcification

Shaping calcium carbonate: Biological and environmental controls on polymorphism
Calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) is among the most widespread chemical compounds on Earth.

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New genus of Triassic turtles from Thailand

Already in the Late Triassic, turtles attained global distribution, yet only a single species, Proganochelys ruchae, had been described from the eastern part of Pangea (Thailand, in the 1980s).

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The Early Jurassic plesiosauroid Seeleyosaurus

Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris is an early plesiosauroid from the Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shale of Germany.

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Collagen: graptolites’ strength

The work is a synthetic compilation of data on the walls of graptolite colonies, Ordovician and Silurian index fossils.

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Geochemistry and nanomechanics of echinoids

Geochemical studies of Recent echinoids from a variety of environments have shown that incorporation of trace elements into their skeleton is partly dependent on environmental factors such as salinity.

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The largest dinosaurs walked slowly

How fast did the largest dinosaurs – the sauropods – walk? This may be calculated based on the length of their limb bones, using the laws of physics.

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