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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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First remains of Miocene reptiles from Moravia

The paper describes the first remains of a crocodile and a sea turtle from the Middle Miocene locality of Kienberg in the Moravian part of Czechia.

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Ancestors of Neogastropoda – old problem, new data

Neogastropods are a diverse group of carnivorous sea snails found worldwide but with the largest diversity in tropical regions.

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New Jurassic plesiosaurs from Germany

The Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic, ∼192.9–184.2 Ma) plesiosaurs are poorly understood, with only three taxa established worldwide.

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