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Aachenosaurus Multidens
''Nicolia'' is a genus of Fossil wood, fossilized wood from the Late Cretaceous to Pleistocene of Belgium, Ethiopia, Egypt, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Tunisia. The type species is ''N. aegyptiaca''.H. N. Andrews. (1970). Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965. ''Geological Survey Bulletin'' 1-354 Discovery and naming The type species ''Nicolia aegyptiaca'' were named in 1842 by Franz Unger.Unger, F. (1842). Synopsis Lignorum Fossilium Plantarum Acramphibryarum. In Endlicher Genera Plantarum Suppl. II, Appendix, pp. 100—102. The first specimens were collected in Egypt and it is often synonymised with ''Sterculioxylon aegypticum''.Édouard Boureau. (1949). Étude paléoxylologique du Sahara (VI). Sur une forme nouvelle de ''Sterculioxylon'' (''Nicolia'') ''aegyptiacum'' (Unger) Krausel, des couches post-éocènes du Tibesti, ''Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Paris'' ser. 2, 21(6): 776-787 The discovery of ''N. caledonica'' suggests the genus existed until the Pleistocene. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the Latin word for the white limestone known as chalk. The chalk of northern France and the white cliffs of south-eastern England date from the Cretaceous Period. Climate During the Late Cretaceous, the climate was warmer than present, although throughout the period a cooling trend is evident. The tropics became restricted to equatorial regions and northern latitudes experienced markedly more seasonal climatic conditions. Geography Due to plate tectonics, the Americas were gradually moving westward, causing the Atlantic Ocean to expand. The Western Interior Seaway divided North America into eastern and western halves; Appalachia and Laramidia. India maintained a northward course towards Asia. In the Southern Hemisphere, Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
