@article {ValerianJPJsus2025, title = {Late Triassic small and medium-sized vertebrates from the Fleming Fjord Group of the Jameson Land Basin, central East Greenland}, journal = {Palaentologia Electronica}, volume = {28}, year = {2025}, note = {

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The Late Triassic deposits in the Jameson Land Basin, central East Greenland, stand as a crucial fossil area, yielding a diverse Norian vertebrate fauna. This basin, situated at a palaeolatitude of 41{\textdegree} N on the northern rim of Pangea and bordered in the North by the Boreal Sea, was a hub of activity during the Late Triassic. A large ephemeral to perennial lake system developed in the central and eastern parts of the basin, with rivers transporting sediment from the uplands northwest of the basin. Our research focused on the microvertebrate remains recovered from an expedition to Jameson Land in 1991 which yielded significant findings. These specimens, meticulously photographed and listed in a catalogue, comprise 950 vertebrate remains. Notably, we have identified new taxa never described from the Late Triassic sediments of Greenland, including sharks (Lissodus, Rhomphaiodon), bony fish (Gyrolepis), and reptiles (Doswelliidae and Rhynchocephalia). The revision of two sphenodontians jaw fragments as Clevosauridae, in association with Lissodus lepagei, Lissodus cf. Lissodus minimus, Rhomphaiodon sp., Saurichthys sp., and Gyrolepis sp., which are taxa that are highly documented in Europe and Asia, confirms a relationship between faunas of Greenland and Eurasia during the Late Triassic, a statement previously based on macro vertebrate studies.

}, url = {https://doi.org/10.26879/1423}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jesus_et_al_2025_greenland_triassic_1423.pdf}, author = {Valerian J. P. J{\'e}sus and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Mil{\`a}n, Jesper and Clemmensen, Lars B.} } @article { doi:10.1126/sciadv.adp5243, title = {Insights on the evolution and adaptation toward high-altitude and cold environments in the snow leopard lineage}, journal = {Science Advances}, volume = {11}, number = {3}, year = {2025}, note = {n/a}, pages = {eadp5243}, abstract = {

How snow leopard gradually adapted to the extreme environments in Tibet remains unexplored due to the scanty fossil record in Tibet. Here, we recognize five valid outside-Tibet records of the snow leopard lineage. Our results suggest that the snow leopard dispersed out of the Tibetan Plateau multiple times during the Quaternary. The osteological anatomy of the modern snow leopard shows adaptation to the steep slope and, to a lesser extent, cold/high-altitude environment. Fossils and phylogeny suggest that the snow leopard experienced a gradual strengthening of such adaptation, especially since the Middle Pleistocene (~0.8 million years). Species distribution modeling suggests that the locations of the fossil sites are not within most suitable area, and we argue that local landscape features are more influential factors than temperature and altitude alone. Our study underscores the importance of integrating morphology, fossil records, and species distribution modeling, to comprehensively understand the evolution, ecology, and inform conservation strategies for endangered species. Integrated morphology, fossil records, and SDM reveal the evolution and adaptation in the snow leopard lineage.

}, doi = {10.1126/sciadv.adp5243}, url = {https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/sciadv.adp5243}, author = {Qigao Jiangzuo and Joan Madurell-Malapeira and Xinhai Li and Dar{\'\i}o Estraviz-L{\'o}pez and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Agn{\`e}s Testu and Shijie Li and Shiqi Wang and Tao Deng} } @article {doi:10.1144/SP543-2022-301, title = {The Atlantic jigsaw puzzle and the geoheritage of Angola}, journal = {Geological Society, London, Special Publications}, volume = {543}, number = {1}, year = {2024}, note = {n/a}, pages = {SP543-2022-301}, abstract = {

The jigsaw-puzzle fit of South America and Africa is an icon of plate tectonics and continental drift. Fieldwork in Angola since 2002 allows the correlation of onshore outcrops and offshore geophysical and well-core data in the context of rift, sag, salt, and post-salt drift phases of the opening of the central South Atlantic. These outcrops, ranging in age from \>130 Ma to \<71 Ma, record Early Cretaceous outpouring of the Etendeka-Paran{\'a} Large Igneous Province (Bero Volcanic Complex) and rifting, followed by continental carbonate and siliciclastic deposition (Tumbalunda Formation) during the sagging of the nascent central South Atlantic basin. By the Aptian, evaporation of sea water resulted in thick salt deposits (Bambata Formation), terminated by sea floor spreading. The Equatorial Atlantic Gateway began opening by the early Late Cretaceous (100 Ma) and allowed flow of currents between the North and South Atlantic, creating environmental conditions that heralded the introduction of marine reptiles. These dramatic outcrops are a unique element of geoheritage because they arguably comprise the most complete terrestrially exposed geological record of the puzzle-like icon of continental drift.

}, doi = {10.1144/SP543-2022-301}, url = {https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1144/SP543-2022-301}, author = {Jacobs,Louis L. and Stefan Schr{\"o}der and Nair de Sousa and Richard Dixon and Edoardo Fiordalisi and Arthur Marechal and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Pedro Claude Nsungani and Michael J. Polcyn and Gustavo do Couto Ramos Pereira and Nathan Rochelle-Bates and Anne S. Schulp and Christopher R. Scotese and Ian Sharp and Carlos Gaudari Silvano and Roger Swart and Vineyard, Diana P.} } @conference {16306, title = {Deep time conservation paleobiology of the Atlantic jigsaw puzzle and the future of the southwestern Angolan coast}, booktitle = {Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History}, volume = {60}, year = {2023}, note = {

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}, pages = {90}, publisher = {In: Abstracts of the 2nd Conservation Paleobiology Symposium. https://doi~{\textellipsis}}, organization = {In: Abstracts of the 2nd Conservation Paleobiology Symposium. https://doi~{\textellipsis}}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jacobs_et_al_2023_jigsaw.pdf}, author = {Jacobs,Louis L. and Michael J. Polcyn and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Anne S. Schulp} } @article {Oct{\'a}vio_Mateus_117704647, title = {First occurrence of a frog-like batrachian (Amphibia) in the Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Group, central East Greenland}, journal = {Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark}, volume = {70}, year = {2022}, note = {

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}, pages = {117{\textendash}130}, abstract = {

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}, doi = {10.37570/bgsd-2022-70-08}, url = {http://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-2022-70-08}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/bull70-117-130.pdf}, author = {Valerian J. P. J{\'e}sus and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Mil{\`a}n, Jesper and Clemmensen, Lars B.} } @article {d14090741, title = {Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola}, journal = {Diversity}, volume = {14}, number = {9}, year = {2022}, note = {

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Here, we describe the first pterosaur remains from Angola, an assemblage of fourteen bones from the Lower Maastrichtian marine deposits of Bentiaba, Namibe Province. One new species is introduced, Epapatelo otyikokolo, gen. et sp. nov., which comprises an articulated partial left humerus and ulna as well as an articulated left ulna and radius (from a second individual). Phylogenetic analysis confirms a non-nyctosaurid pteranodontian attribution for this new taxon and supports a new apomorphy-based clade, Aponyctosauria, which is here defined. Late Cretaceous pteranodontians are rare in Sub-Saharan Africa and throughout the Southern Hemisphere. Preliminary histological analysis also reveals a likely sub-adult age for one of the specimens. This fossil assemblage provides a first glimpse of Angolan pterosaur paleobiodiversity providing further insight into the Gondwanan ecosystems of the Upper Cretaceous.

}, issn = {1424-2818}, doi = {10.3390/d14090741}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/9/741}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/diversity-14-00741.pdf}, author = {Fernandes, Alexandra E and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Andres, Brian and Michael J. Polcyn and Anne S. Schulp and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'\i}mpio Gon{\c c}alves and Jacobs,Louis L.} } @article {15414, title = {The cranial anatomy and relationships of Cardiocorax mukulu (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from Bentiaba, Angola}, journal = {PLOS ONE}, volume = {16}, year = {2021}, note = {

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}, month = {2021/08/17}, pages = {e0255773 - }, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, abstract = {

We report a new specimen of the plesiosaur Cardiocorax mukulu that includes the most complete plesiosaur skull from sub-Saharan Africa. The well-preserved three-dimensional nature of the skull offers rare insight into the cranial anatomy of elasmosaurid plesiosaurians. The new specimen of Cardiocorax mukulu was recovered from Bentiaba, Namibe Province in Angola, approximately three meters above the holotype. The new specimen also includes an atlas-axis complex, seventeen postaxial cervical vertebrae, partial ribs, a femur, and limb elements. It is identified as Cardiocorax mukulu based on an apomorphy shared with the holotype where the cervical neural spine is approximately as long anteroposteriorly as the centrum and exhibits a sinusoidal anterior margin. The new specimen is nearly identical to the holotype and previously referred material in all other aspects. Cardiocorax mukulu is returned in an early-branching or intermediate position in Elasmosauridae in four out of the six of our phylogenetic analyses. Cardiocorax mukulu lacks the elongated cervical vertebrae that is characteristic of the extremely long-necked elasmosaurines, and the broad skull with and a high number of maxillary teeth (28{\textendash}40) which is characteristic of Aristonectinae. Currently, the most parsimonious explanation concerning elasmosaurid evolutionary relationships, is that Cardiocorax mukulu represents an older lineage of elasmosaurids in the Maastrichtian.

}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255773}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/marx_et_al_2021_cardiocorax_angola.pdf}, author = {Marx, Miguel P. and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Michael J. Polcyn and Anne S. Schulp and Gon{\c c}alves,A. Ol{\'\i}mpio and Jacobs,Louis L.} } @article {15333, title = {When Dinosaurs Walked Through Diamonds: Constraining the Age of Early Cretaceous Footprints in Volcanic Crater Sediments}, journal = {SMU Journal of Undergraduate Research}, volume = {6}, year = {2021}, note = {

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}, publisher = {DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.25172/jour.6.1.1 Available at: https://scholar.smu~{\textellipsis}}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/when_dinosaurs_walked_through_diamonds.pdf}, author = {Jackson, Yasmin and Economos, Rita and Jacobs, Louis and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Gon{\c c}alves, Ant{\'o}nio O.} } @conference {2020AGUFMSY048..05J, title = {Projecto PaleoAngola: Geoheritage and Conservation Paleobiology as Science for Development in Angola}, booktitle = {AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts}, volume = {2020}, year = {2020}, note = {

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}, pages = {SY048-05}, abstract = {

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}, keywords = {0805 Elementary and secondary education, 0810 Post-secondary education, 0815 Informal education, 0830 Teacher training, Education}, url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AGUFMSY048..05J/abstract}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/projecto_paleoangola__geoheritage_and_conservation_paleobiology_as_science_for_development_in_angola_-_nasa_ads.pdf}, author = {Jacobs, L.~L. and Sousa, N. and Goncalves, A.~O. and O. Mateus and Polcyn, M.~J. and Schulp, A.~S.} } @proceedings {14859, title = {When dinosaurs walked through diamonds: constraining the age of Early Cretaceous footprints in volcanic crater sediments}, journal = {54th Annual GSA South-Central Section Meeting 2020}, year = {2020}, publisher = {Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 52, No. 1}, address = {Fort Worth}, url = {10.1130/abs/2020SC-343603}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jackson_et_al_2020_abstract__when_dinosaurs_walked_through_diamonds__gsa.pdf}, author = {Yasmin Jamalia Jackson and Rita C. Economos and Jacobs,Louis L. and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'\i}mpio Gon{\c c}alves} } @proceedings {13492, title = {Angola and its role in the paleobiogeography of Gondwana}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts}, year = {2019}, pages = {188}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/schulp_et_al_2019_angola_svp_abstract.pdf}, author = {Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and Polcyn, M and A Gon{\c c}alves and Jacobs, LL} } @inbook {Mateus2019, title = {The Fossil Record of Biodiversity in Angola Through Time: A Paleontological Perspective}, booktitle = {Biodiversity of Angola: Science \& Conservation: A Modern Synthesis}, year = {2019}, note = {

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}, pages = {53{\textendash}76}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, abstract = {

This chapter provides an overview of the alpha paleobiodiversity of Angola based on the available fossil record that is limited to the sedimentary rocks, ranging in age from Precambrian to the present. The geological period with the highest paleobiodiversity in the Angolan fossil record is the Cretaceous, with more than 80{\%} of the total known fossil taxa, especially marine molluscs, including ammonites as a majority among them. The vertebrates represent about 15{\%} of the known fauna and about one tenth of them are species firstly described based on specimens from Angola.

}, isbn = {978-3-030-03083-4}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus2019_chapter_thefossilrecordofbiodiversityi.pdf}, author = {Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Pedro M. Callapez and Michael J. Polcyn and Anne S. Schulp and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'\i}mpio Gon{\c c}alves and Jacobs,Louis L.}, editor = {Huntley, Brian J. and Russo, Vladimir and Lages, Fernanda and Ferrand, Nuno} } @inbook {13272, title = {O registo f{\'o}ssil da biodiversidade em Angola ao longo do tempo: uma perspectiva paleontol{\'o}gica}, booktitle = {Biodiversidade de Angola: Ci{\^e}ncia e Conserva{\c c}{\~a}o - Uma S{\'\i}ntese Moderna}, year = {2019}, pages = {89-116}, publisher = {Arte \& Ci{\^e}ncia}, organization = {Arte \& Ci{\^e}ncia}, address = {Porto}, abstract = {

Este cap{\'\i}tulo apresenta uma vis{\~a}o geral da paleobiodiversidade alfa de Angola com base no registo f{\'o}ssil dispon{\'\i}vel, o qual se limita {\`a}s rochas sedimentares, a sua idade variando entre o Pr{\'e}-C{\^a}mbrico e o pre-
sente. O per{\'\i}odo geol{\'o}gico com a maior paleobiodiversidade no registo f{\'o}ssil angolano {\'e} o Cret{\'a}cico, com mais de 80\% do total dos t{\'a}xones f{\'o}sseis conhecidos, especialmente moluscos marinhos, sendo estes na sua maioria
amonites. Os vertebrados representam cerca de 15\% da fauna conhecida e cerca de um d{\'e}cimo destes s{\~a}o esp{\'e}cies descritas pela primeira vez com base em esp{\'e}cimes de Angola.

}, url = {http://www.unescolifeonland.com/fotos/gca/biodiversidadeangola_89a116_13863553415cf1644fb9c1b.pdf}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_et_al_2019_paleobiodiversidade_angola.pdf}, author = {Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Pedro M. Callapez and Michael J. Polcyn and Anne S. Schulp and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'\i}mpio Gon{\c c}alves and Jacobs,Louis L.}, editor = {Huntley B.J. and Russo V. and Lages F. and Ferrand N.} } @proceedings {13492, title = {Angola and its role in the paleobiogeography of Gondwana}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts}, year = {2019}, note = {n/a}, pages = {188}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and Polcyn, M and A Gon{\c c}alves and Jacobs, LL} } @inbook {Mateus2019, title = {The Fossil Record of Biodiversity in Angola Through Time: A Paleontological Perspective}, booktitle = {Biodiversity of Angola: Science {\&} Conservation: A Modern Synthesis}, year = {2019}, note = {n/a}, pages = {53{\textendash}76}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, abstract = {

This chapter provides an overview of the alpha paleobiodiversity of Angola based on the available fossil record that is limited to the sedimentary rocks, ranging in age from Precambrian to the present. The geological period with the highest paleobiodiversity in the Angolan fossil record is the Cretaceous, with more than 80{\%} of the total known fossil taxa, especially marine molluscs, including ammonites as a majority among them. The vertebrates represent about 15{\%} of the known fauna and about one tenth of them are species firstly described based on specimens from Angola.

}, isbn = {978-3-030-03083-4}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03083-4_4}, author = {Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Pedro M. Callapez and Michael J. Polcyn and Anne S. Schulp and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'\i}mpio Gon{\c c}alves and Jacobs,Louis L.}, editor = {Huntley, Brian J. and Russo, Vladimir and Lages, Fernanda and Ferrand, Nuno} } @article {Mateus_2017, title = {Angolan ichnosite in a diamond mine shows the presence of a large terrestrial mammaliamorph, a crocodylomorph, and sauropod dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Africa}, journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology}, volume = {471}, year = {2017}, note = {n/a}, month = {apr}, pages = {220{\textendash}232}, publisher = {Elsevier {BV}}, abstract = {n/a}, doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.049}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016\%2Fj.palaeo.2016.12.049}, author = {Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Marzola, Marco and Anne S. Schulp and Jacobs,Louis L. and Michael J. Polcyn and Vladimir Pervov and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'{\i}}mpio Gon{\c c}alves and Morais, Maria Luisa} } @article {Mateus2017220, title = {Angolan ichnosite in a diamond mine shows the presence of a large terrestrial mammaliamorph, a crocodylomorph, and sauropod dinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous of Africa}, journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology}, volume = {471}, year = {2017}, note = {

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}, pages = {220 - 232}, abstract = {

Abstract We report here new and the first mammaliamorph tracks from the Early Cretaceous of Africa. The tracksite, that also bears crocodylomorph and sauropod dinosaurian tracks, is in the Catoca diamond mine, Lunda Sul Province, Angola. The mammaliamorph tracks have a unique morphology, attributed to Catocapes angolanus ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. and present an anterolateral projection of digit I and V. The tracks with an average length of 2.7 cm and width of 3.2 cm are the largest mammaliamorph tracks known from the Early Cretaceous unmatched in size in the skeletal fossil record. The crocodylomorph trackways and tracks are attributed to Angolaichnus adamanticus ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. ({\textquoteleft}ichnofamily{\textquoteright} Batrachopodidae) and present a functionally pentadactyl pes, an extremely outwardly rotated handprint, and an unusual tetradactyl and plantigrade manus. One medium-sized sauropod dinosaur trackway preserved skin impressions of a trackmaker with stride length of 1.6 m; a second is that of a small-sized sauropod trackmaker with a pace length of 75 cm.

}, keywords = {Footprints}, issn = {0031-0182}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.049}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018216303467}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_et_al_2017_angolan_ichnosite_in_a_diamond_mine_shows_the_presence_of_a_large_terrestrial_mammaliamorph_a_crocodylomorph_and_sauropod_dinosaurs_in_the_early_cretaceous_of_africa.pdf}, author = {Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Marzola, Marco and Anne S. Schulp and Jacobs,Louis L. and Michael J. Polcyn and Vladimir Pervov and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'\i}mpio Gon{\c c}alves and Morais, Maria Luisa} } @article {SPP2:SPP21100, title = {A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola}, journal = {Papers in Palaeontology}, volume = {2017}, year = {2017}, note = {

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A new stem cheloniid turtle, Cabindachelys landanensis, gen. et sp. nov., is represented by a nearly complete skull and partial hyoid collected in lower Paleocene shallow marine deposits, equivalent to the offshore Landana Formation, near the town of Landana in Cabinda, Angola. A partial chelonioid carapace previously reported from this locality is referred here to C.~landanensis. Cabindachelys landanensis possesses clear synapomorphies of Pan-Cheloniidae, including a rod-like rostrum basisphenoidale, V-shaped basisphenoid crest, and secondary palate, but also retains a reduced foramen palatinum posterius, unlike most other pan-cheloniids. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that C.~landanensis forms a weakly-supported clade with Erquelinnesia gosseleti, Euclastes acutirostris, Euclastes wielandi and Terlinguachelys fischbecki, although a close relationship between the protostegid T.~fischbecki and these durophagous pan-cheloniids is unlikely. The Paleocene{\textendash}Eocene strata near Landana have produced a number of turtle fossils, including the holotype specimen of the pleurodire Taphrosphys congolensis. A turtle humerus collected c. 1~m above the holotype skull of C.~landanensis differs from humeri of chelonioids and Taphrosphys, indicating that a third turtle taxon is present at Landana. Cheloniid fossil material is rare in the Landana assemblage, in comparison with the abundant remains of Taphrosphys congolensis found throughout the stratigraphic section. This disparity implies that C.~landanensis preferred open marine habitats, whereas Taphrosphys congolensis spent more time in nearshore environments. The appearance of new durophagous species such as C.~landanensis in the early Paleocene reflects the rapid radiation of pan-cheloniids as they diversified into open niches following the K{\textendash}Pg extinction.

}, keywords = {Africa, Cheloniidae, Cryptodira, Paleocene, phylogeny, Testudines}, issn = {2056-2802}, doi = {10.1002/spp2.1100}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1100}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/new_durophagous_stem_cheloniid_turtle_from_the_lower_paleocene_of_cabinda_angola.pdf}, author = {Myers,Timothy S. and Michael J. Polcyn and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Vineyard, Diana P. and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'\i}mpio Gon{\c c}alves and Jacobs,Louis L.} } @article {10071, title = {Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4196}, year = {2016}, note = {

Export Date: 5 January 2017

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We report a new chelonioid turtle on the basis of a nearly complete skull collected in lower Paleocene, shallow marine deposits, equivalent to the offshore Landana Formation, near the town of Landana in Cabinda Province, Angola. Chelonioid material previously reported from this locality is likely referable to this new taxon. The well-preserved skull is missing the left quadrate, squamosal, and prootic, both opisthotics, and the mandible. The skull possesses a rod-like basisphenoid rostrum, which is a synapomorphy of Chelonioidea, but it differs from other chelonioid skulls in that the contact between the parietal and squamosal is absent, and the posterior palatine foramen is present. Phylogenetic analysis recovers the new taxon as a basal chelonioid. The Paleocene{\textendash} Eocene strata near Landana have produced a wealth of turtle fossils, including the holotype of the pleurodire Taphrosphys congolensis. A turtle humerus collected from the Landana locality differs morphologically from the humeri of chelonioids and Taphrosphys, indicating the presence of a third taxon. Chelonioid fossil material in the Landana assemblage is rare compared to the abundant fragmentary remains of Taphrosphys that are found throughout the stratigraphic section. This disparity in abundance suggests the new chelonioid taxon preferred open marine habitats, whereas Taphrosphys frequented nearshore environments.

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We report a new chelonioid turtle on the basis of a nearly complete skull collected in lower Paleocene, shallow marine deposits, equivalent to the offshore Landana Formation, near the town of Landana in Cabinda Province, Angola. Chelonioid material previously reported from this locality is likely referable to this new taxon. The well-preserved skull is missing the left quadrate, squamosal, and prootic, both opisthotics, and the mandible. The skull possesses a rod-like basisphenoid rostrum, which is a synapomorphy of Chelonioidea, but it differs from other chelonioid skulls in that the contact between the parietal and squamosal is absent, and the posterior palatine foramen is present. Phylogenetic analysis recovers the new taxon as a basal chelonioid. The Paleocene{\textendash} Eocene strata near Landana have produced a wealth of turtle fossils, including the holotype of the pleurodire Taphrosphys congolensis. A turtle humerus collected from the Landana locality differs morphologically from the humeri of chelonioids and Taphrosphys, indicating the presence of a third taxon. Chelonioid fossil material in the Landana assemblage is rare compared to the abundant fragmentary remains of Taphrosphys that are found throughout the stratigraphic section. This disparity in abundance suggests the new chelonioid taxon preferred open marine habitats, whereas Taphrosphys frequented nearshore environments.

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We report a new chelonioid turtle on the basis of a nearly complete skull collected in lower Paleocene, shallow marine deposits, equivalent to the offshore Landana Formation, near the town of Landana in Cabinda Province, Angola. Chelonioid material previously reported from this locality is likely referable to this new taxon. The well-preserved skull is missing the left quadrate, squamosal, and prootic, both opisthotics, and the mandible. The skull possesses a rod-like basisphenoid rostrum, which is a synapomorphy of Chelonioidea, but it differs from other chelonioid skulls in that the contact between the parietal and squamosal is absent, and the posterior palatine foramen is present. Phylogenetic analysis recovers the new taxon as a basal chelonioid. The Paleocenetextendash Eocene strata near Landana have produced a wealth of turtle fossils, including the holotype of the pleurodire Taphrosphys congolensis. A turtle humerus collected from the Landana locality differs morphologically from the humeri of chelonioids and Taphrosphys, indicating the presence of a third taxon. Chelonioid fossil material in the Landana assemblage is rare compared to the abundant fragmentary remains of Taphrosphys that are found throughout the stratigraphic section. This disparity in abundance suggests the new chelonioid taxon preferred open marine habitats, whereas Taphrosphys frequented nearshore environments.

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and Feij{\'o}, A. and Feitosa, R.M. and Fernandes, D.S. and Fik{\'a}?ek, M. and Fisher, B.L. and FitzPatrick, M.J. and Forero, D. and Franz, I. and Freitag, H. and Fr{\'e}tey, T. and Fritz, U. and Gallut, C. and Gao, S. and Garbino, G.S.T. and Garcete-Barrett, B.R. and Garc{\'\i}a-Prieto, L. and Garc{\'\i}a, F.J. and Garcia, P.C.A. and Gardner, A.L. and Gardner, S.L. and Garrouste, R. and Geiger, M.F. and Giarla, T.C. and Giri, V. and Glaubrecht, M. and Glotzhober, R.C. and Godoi, F.S.P. and Gofas, S. and Gon?alves, P.R. and Gong, J. and Gonzalez, V.H. and Gonz{\'a}lez-Orej, J.A. and Gonz{\'a}lez-Santill{\'a}n, E. and Gonz{\'a}lez-Soriano, E. and Goodman, S.M. and Grandcolas, P. and Grande, L. and Greenbaum, E. and Gregorin, R. and Grillitsch, H. and Grismer, L.L. and Grootaert, P. and Grosjean, S. and Guarino, F.M. and Guayasamin, J.M. and Gu{\'e}nard, B. and Guevara, L. and Guidoti, M. and Gupta, D. and Gvo?d{\'\i}k, V. and Haddad, C.F.B. and Hallermann, J. and Hassanin, A. and 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I. and De Lucena, C.A.S. and De Lucena, Z.M.S. and Lucinda, P. and Lujan, N.K. and Luporini, P. and Luz, D.R. and Lynch, J.D. and Machado, L.F. and Mahony, S. and Malabarba, L.R. and Manuel-Santos, M. and Marinho-Filho, J. and Marini, M.{\^A}. and Marques, A C and Marques, M.P. and O. Mateus and Matsui, M. and Mazuch, T. and McCranie, J. and McKellar, R.C. and McMahan, C.D. and Mecke, S. and Mei{\ss}ner, K. and Mendoza-Becerril, M.A. and Mendoza-Palmero, C.A. and Merker, S. and Mezzasalma, M. and Midgley, J.M. and Miller, J. and Miller, M.J. and Mincarone, M.M. and Minet, J. and Miralles, A. and Miranda, T.P. and Missoup, A.D. and Modr?, D. and Molinari, J. and Monadjem, A. and Montreuil, O. and Moratelli, R. and Moreira, C.R. and Moreira, F.F.F. and Mourer-Chauvir{\'e}, C. and Mulieri, P.R. and Munroe, T.A. and Naomi, S.-I. and Nascimento, F. and N{\"a}ssig, W.A. and Neifar, L. and Netto-Ferreira, A.L. and Niamir, A. and Nielsen, S.V. and Nihei, S.S. and Nistri, A. and Oceguera-Figueroa, A. and Odierna, G. and Ohler, A. and Ojanguren-Affilastro, A.A. and De Oliveira, F.F. and De Oliveira, M.L. and De Oliveira, O.M.P. and Oliveira, S.S. and Olson, L.E. and Ong{{\textquoteright}}ondo, G.O. and Orlov, N. and Ornelas-Garc{\'\i}a, C.P. and Ortega, H. and Ortega-Andrade, M. and Ota, H. and Pariselle, A. and Passos, P. and Pastana, M.N.L. and Patterson, B.D. and Patitucci, L.D. and Patton, J.L. and Pavan, A.C. and Pavan, S.E. and Pavia, M. and Peloso, P.L.V. and Pelzer, A. and Pereyra, M.O. and Perez-Gonzalez, A. and P{\'e}rez-Luz, B. and P{\'e}rez, C.H.F. and Peterhans, J.K. and Peterson, A.T. and P{\'e}tillon, J. and Philips, T.K. and Picariello, O. and Pie, M.R. and Pikart, T.G. and Pine, R.H. and Pinheiro, U. and Pinho, L.C. and Pinto, {\^A}.P. and Costa, L.P. and Poggi, R. and Pombal, J.P. and Prabhu, M. and Prendini, E. and Prendini, L. and Purushothaman, J. and Pyron, R.A. and Quintela-Alonso, P. and Quinteros, A.S. and Quiroga-Carmona, M. and Rabitsch, W. and Raffa{\"e}lli, J. and Rage, J.-C. and Rajaei, H. and Ram{\'\i}rez, M.J. and Raposo, M.A. and Py-Daniel, L.H.R. and Rasplus, J.-Y. and Ratcliffe, B.C. and Reddy, S. and Reis, R.E. and Remsen, J.V. and Richards, L.R. and Richling, I. and Robillard, T. and Rocha, M.S. and Rocha, R.M. and R{\"o}dder, D. and R{\"o}del, M.-O. and Rodrigues, F.P. and Rodriguez, E. and Rogers, D.S. and Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M. and R{\"o}ll, B. and Rosenberger, A.L. and Rowley, J. and Roza, A.S. and Ruedi, M. and Salazar-Bravo, J. and Salcedo, N.J. and Samyn, Y. and Santana, S.E. and Santoferrara, L. and Santos, B.F. and Santos, C.M.D. and Santos, J.C. and Santos, M.P.D. and Sargis, E.J. and Schargel, W.E. and Sch{\"a}tti, B. and Scherz, M.D. and Schlick-Steiner, B.C. and Schmidt, R.C. and Schmitt, T. and Schodde, R. and Schoeman, C.S. and Schweiger, S. and Schwertner, C.F. and Seamark, E.C.J. and Semedo, T.B.F. and Shin, M.K. and Siler, C.D. and Silveira, L.F. and Simison, W.B. and Sim{\~o}es, M. and Sites, J.W. and Smith, B.T. and Smith, K.T. and Song, W. and Soulier-Perkins, A. and Sousa, L.M. and Sparks, J.S. and Stampar, S.N. and Steiner, F.M. and Steyer, J.-S. and Stiassny, M.L.J. and Stoeck, T. and Stopiglia, R. and Streicher, J.W. and Sturaro, M.J. and Stys, P. and Swierk, L. and Taeger, A. and Takiya, D.M. and Taphorn, D.C. and Tavares, M. and Tavares, V.D.C. and Taylor, P.J. and Tello, J.G. and Teta, P. and Tillack, F. and Timm, R.M. and Tokaryk, T. and Tominaga, A. and Tonini, J.F.R. and Tornabene, L. and Torres-Carvajal, O. and Townsend, J. and Trape, J.-F. and Rodrigues, M.T. and Trusch, R. and Tschopp, E. and Uhl, D. and Upham, N.S. and Vacher, J.-P. and Valdesalici, S. and Van Bocxlaer, B. and Van Cakenberghe, V. and Van De Kamp, T. and Van De Velde, I. and Van Den Spiegel, D. and Vanhove, M.P.M. and Vasudevan, K. and Veerappan, D. and Velazco, P.M. and Verdade, V.K. and Verheyen, E. and Vieira, L.M. and Victoriano, P.F. and Vitt, L.J. and Wagner, P. and Watkins-Colwell, G.J. and Weisse, T. and Werneck, F.P. and Wheeler, W.C. and Wilson, D.E. and Valero, K.C.W. and Wood, P.L. and Woodman, N. and Quetzalli, H.-D.Y. and Yoshikawa, N. and Zaher, H. and Ziegler, T. and Zima, J. and Zink, R.M. and Zug, G.} } @article {Mateus2016, title = {Post-Gondwana Africa and the vertebrate history of the Angolan Atlantic Coast}, journal = {Memoirs of Museum Victoria}, volume = {74}, year = {2016}, note = {n/a}, pages = {343-362}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Gon?alves, A.O. and Morais, ML} } @article {RID:0209191141995-412, title = {Post-Gondwana Africa and the vertebrate history of the Angolan Atlantic Coast}, journal = {Memoirs of Museum Victoria}, volume = {74}, year = {2016}, note = {n/a}, pages = {343\{\textendash}\}362}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Jacobs,Louis L. and Michael J. Polcyn and Mateus,Oct\{\'a}\}vio and Anne S. Schulp and Gon\{\c c\}alves, Ant\{\'o}\}nio Olimpio and Morais, Maria Luisa} } @conference {7368, title = {Comparative anatomy and systematics of Cretaceous mammal tracks of Angola}, booktitle = {13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists - EAVP 2015}, year = {2015}, month = {July 2015}, publisher = {European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists}, organization = {European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists}, address = {Opole, Poland}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/marzola_et_al_2015_catoca_tracks_eavp.pdf}, author = {Marzola, M. and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Pervov, V. and Goncalves, AO and Morais, ML} } @conference {7368, title = {Comparative anatomy and systematics of Cretaceous mammal tracks of Angola}, booktitle = {13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists - EAVP 2015}, year = {2015}, note = {n/a}, month = {July 2015}, publisher = {European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists}, organization = {European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists}, address = {Opole, Poland}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Marzola, M. and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Pervov, V. and Goncalves, AO and Morais, ML} } @article {NJG:9557869, title = {New aristonectine elasmosaurid plesiosaur specimens from the Early Maastrichtian of Angola and comments on paedomorphism in plesiosaurs}, journal = {Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {FirstView}, year = {2015}, note = {

n/a

}, month = {2}, pages = {1{\textendash}16}, abstract = {

ABSTRACT New elasmosaurid plesiosaur specimens are described from the Early Maastrichtian of Angola. Phylogenetic analyses reconstruct the Angolan taxon as an aristonectine elasmosaurid and the sister taxon of an unnamed form of similar age from New Zealand. Comparisons also indicate a close relationship with an unnamed form previously described from Patagonia. All of these specimens exhibit an ostensibly osteologically immature external morphology, but histological analysis of the Angolan material suggests an adult with paedomorphic traits. By extension, the similarity of the Angolan, New Zealand and Patagonian material indicates that these specimens represent a widespread paedomorphic yet unnamed taxon.

}, issn = {1573-9708}, doi = {10.1017/njg.2014.43}, url = {http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0016774614000432}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/araujo_et_al_2015_paedomorphism-libre.pdf}, author = {Ara{\'u}jo, R. and M. J. Polcyn and Lindgren, J and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and Gon{\c c}alves,A. Ol{\'\i}mpio and Morais,M.-L.} } @article {NJG:9557532, title = {Stable oxygen isotope chemostratigraphy and paleotemperature regime of mosasaurs at Bentiaba, Angola}, journal = {Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {FirstView}, year = {2015}, note = {

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}, month = {2}, pages = {1{\textendash}7}, abstract = {

ABSTRACT Stable oxygen isotope values of inoceramid marine bivalve shells recovered from Bentiaba, Angola, are utilised as a proxy for paleotemperatures during the Late Cretaceous development of the African margin of the South Atlantic Ocean. The δ18O values derived from inoceramids show a long-term increase from {\textendash}3.2{\textperthousand} in the Late Turonian to values between {\textendash}0.8 and {\textendash}1.8{\textperthousand} in the Late Campanian. Assuming a constant oceanic δ18O value, an \~{}2{\textperthousand} increase may reflect cooling of the shallow marine environment at Bentiaba by approximately 10{\textdegree}. Bentiaba values are offset by about +1{\textperthousand} from published records for bathyal Inoceramus at Walvis Ridge. This offset in δ18O values suggests a temperature difference of \~{}5{\textdegree} between coastal and deeper water offshore Angola. Cooler temperatures implied by the δ18O curve at Bentiaba coincide with the stratigraphic distribution of diverse marine amniotes, including mosasaurs, at Bentiaba.

}, issn = {1573-9708}, doi = {10.1017/njg.2015.1}, url = {http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0016774615000013}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/strganac_etal2015_stable_oxigen_isotopes.pdf}, author = {Strganac, C and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Ferguson, KM and O. Mateus and Gon{\c c}alves,A. Ol{\'\i}mpio and Morais,M.-L. and Silva Tavares, T. da} } @article {NJG:9528459, title = {A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs}, journal = {Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {FirstView}, year = {2015}, note = {

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}, month = {1}, pages = {1{\textendash}12}, abstract = {

ABSTRACT We report here a new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian at Bentiaba, southern Angola. Phylogenetic analysis places the new taxon as the sister taxon to Styxosaurus snowii, and that clade as the sister of a clade composed of (Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae (Libonectes morgani + Elasmosaurus platyurus)). The new taxon has a reduced dorsal blade of the scapula, a feature unique amongst elasmosaurids, but convergent with cryptoclidid plesiosaurs, and indicates a longitudinal protraction-retraction limb cycle rowing style with simple pitch rotation at the glenohumeral articulation. Morphometric phylogenetic analysis of the coracoids of 40 eosauropterygian taxa suggests that there was a broad range of swimming styles within the clade.

}, issn = {1573-9708}, doi = {10.1017/njg.2014.44}, url = {http://journals.cambridge.org/article_S0016774614000444}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/araujo_et_al_2015_a_new_elasmosaurid_from_the_early_maastrichtian_of_angola.pdf}, author = {Ara{\'u}jo, R. and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and Gon{\c c}alves,A. Ol{\'\i}mpio and Morais,M.-L.} } @proceedings {7576, title = {The fossil record of testudines from angola from the turonian to oligocene}, journal = {Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting}, year = {2015}, pages = {177}, address = {Dallas}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_et_al_2015_testudines_angola_svp_abstract.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Myers, TS and Schulp, AS} } @article {6048, title = {Geological Setting and Paleoecology of the Upper Cretaceous Bench 19 Marine Vertebrate Bonebed at Bentiaba, Angola}, journal = {Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {94}, year = {2015}, pages = {121-136}, abstract = {

The Bench 19 Bonebed at Bentiaba, Angola, is a unique concentration of marine vertebrates preserving six species of mosasaurs in sediments best correlated by magnetostratigraphy to chron C32n.1n between 71.4 and 71.64 Ma. The bonebed formed at a paleolatitude near 24{\textdegree}S, with an Atlantic width at that latitude approximating 2700 km, roughly half that of the current width. The locality lies on an uncharacteristically narrow continental shelf near transform faults that controlled the coastal outline of Africa in the formation of the South Atlantic Ocean. Biostratigraphic change through the Bentiaba section indicates that the accumulation occurred in an ecological time dimension within the 240 ky bin delimited by chron 32n.1n. The fauna occurs in a 10 m sand unit in the Mocuio Formation with bones and partial skeletons concentrated in, but not limited to, the basal 1{\textendash}2 m. The sediment entombing the fossils is an immature feldspathic sand shown by detrital zircon ages to be derived from nearby granitic shield rocks. Specimens do not appear to have a strong preferred orientation and they are not concentrated in a strand line. Stable oxygen isotope analysis of associated bivalve shells indicates a water temperature of 18.5{\textdegree}C. The bonebed is clearly mixed with scattered dinosaur and pterosaur elements in a marine assemblage. Gut contents, scavenging marks and associated shed shark teeth in the Bench 19 Fauna indicate biological association and attrition due to feeding activities. The ecological diversity of mosasaur species is shown by tooth and body-size disparity and by δ13C analysis of tooth enamel, which indicate a variety of foraging areas and dietary niches. The Bench 19 Fauna was formed in arid latitudes along a coastal desert similar to that of modern Namibia on a narrow, tectonically controlled continental shelf, in shallow waters below wave base. The area was used as a foraging ground for diverse species, including molluscivorus Globidens phosphaticus, small species expected near the coast, abundant Prognathodon kianda, which fed on other mosasaurs at Bench 19, and species that may have been transient and opportunistic feeders in the area.

}, url = {http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0016774614000328}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/strganac_et_al_2014_geological_setting_bentiaba_angola.pdf}, author = {Christopher Strganac and Jacobs, Louis and Polcyn, Mike and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Myers, Timothy and Ara{\'u}jo, Ricardo and Kurt M. Fergunson and Ant{\'o}nio Ol{\'\i}mpio Gon{\c c}alves and Maria Lu{\'\i}sa Morais and Anne S. Schulp and Tavares, Tatiana da Silva and Salminen, Johanna} } @proceedings {7577, title = {Tethyan and Weddellian biogeographic mixing in the Maastrichtian of Angola}, journal = {Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology}, year = {2015}, pages = {196}, address = {Dallas, TX}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/polcyn_etal2015_mix_fauna_angola_svp_abstract.pdf}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and Ara{\'u}jo, R.} } @proceedings {7527, title = {Trolling the Cretaceous Seas: Marine Amniotes of Two West Coast Margins}, journal = {Geological Society of America Annual Meeting}, year = {2015}, pages = {55}, publisher = {Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 4, p.55}, abstract = {

In this session we review the Upper Cretaceous marine amniote records from the west coasts of North America and Africa. Recent work by our group in Angola, on the west coast of Africa, has opened up new fossiliferous localities, producing well-preserved turtles, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs, ranging in age from Late Turonian to Late Maastrichtian. These African localities were deposited in arid latitudes and highly productive upwelling zones along the passive margin of a growing South Atlantic Ocean. The fossil record of Cretaceous marine amniotes from the West Coast of North America is relatively meager when compared to the African record and the prolific fossil beds laid down in the epicontinental seas of the Western Interior Seaway and northern Europe. Nonetheless, these localities provide an important glimpse of a marine ecosystem that developed on the active margins of a deep ocean basin. Historically considered to be depauperate and endemic, the west coast fauna was characterized by unusual forms such as Plotosaurus, arguably one of the most derived mosasaurs; however, in recent years, additional taxa have been described, revealing species diversity and ecological partitioning within these communities and in some cases, faunal interchange with other regions. The large quantity of well-preserved fossils from the west coast of Africa is influenced in part by its paleogeographic position, deposited within highly productive areas of Hadley Cell controlled upwelling zones. By contrast, the North American west coast localities have been deposited in temperate and higher latitudes since the Late Cretaceous. Nonetheless, the North American and African faunas share some common characteristics in a possessing a mix of endemic and more cosmopolitan forms. Habitat partitioning reflected in tooth form and body size is comparable between the Angolan and the North American west coast, and there is remarkable convergence in taxa which appear to exploit certain like-niches.

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}, publisher = {Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 4, p.55}, organization = {Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 4, p.55}, abstract = {

In this session we review the Upper Cretaceous marine amniote records from the west coasts of North America and Africa. Recent work by our group in Angola, on the west coast of Africa, has opened up new fossiliferous localities, producing well-preserved turtles, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs, ranging in age from Late Turonian to Late Maastrichtian. These African localities were deposited in arid latitudes and highly productive upwelling zones along the passive margin of a growing South Atlantic Ocean. The fossil record of Cretaceous marine amniotes from the West Coast of North America is relatively meager when compared to the African record and the prolific fossil beds laid down in the epicontinental seas of the Western Interior Seaway and northern Europe. Nonetheless, these localities provide an important glimpse of a marine ecosystem that developed on the active margins of a deep ocean basin. Historically considered to be depauperate and endemic, the west coast fauna was characterized by unusual forms such as Plotosaurus, arguably one of the most derived mosasaurs; however, in recent years, additional taxa have been described, revealing species diversity and ecological partitioning within these communities and in some cases, faunal interchange with other regions. The large quantity of well-preserved fossils from the west coast of Africa is influenced in part by its paleogeographic position, deposited within highly productive areas of Hadley Cell controlled upwelling zones. By contrast, the North American west coast localities have been deposited in temperate and higher latitudes since the Late Cretaceous. Nonetheless, the North American and African faunas share some common characteristics in a possessing a mix of endemic and more cosmopolitan forms. Habitat partitioning reflected in tooth form and body size is comparable between the Angolan and the North American west coast, and there is remarkable convergence in taxa which appear to exploit certain like-niches.

}, author = {Polcyn, {Michael J.} and Jacobs, {Louis L.} and Schulp, {Anne S.} and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio} } @conference {6041, title = {Geological and paleoecological setting of a marine vertebrate bonebed from the Lower Maastrichtian at Bentiaba, Angola}, booktitle = {Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Aquatic Life}, year = {2014}, note = {

M.J. Polcyn, L.L. Jacobs, C. Strganac, O. Mateus, T.S. Myers, S. May, R. Ara{\'u}jo, A.S. Schulp, M.-L. Morais
2014. Geological and Paleoecological Setting of a Marine Vertebrate Bonebed from the Lower Maastrichtian at Bentiaba, Angola. Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Aquatic Life, Washington DC, USA, 2-4 Jun 2014

}, month = {2-4 Jun 2014}, address = {Washington DC, USA}, url = {http://events2.gmu.edu/secad2014/category/abstracts/}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Strganac, C and O. Mateus and Myers, TS and S. May and Ara{\'u}jo, R. and Schulp, AS and Morais, ML} } @article {5310, title = {Carbon isotope stratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar age of the Cretaceous South Atlantic coast, Namibe Basin, Angola}, journal = {Journal of African Earth Sciences}, volume = {onine}, year = {2014}, pages = {1-11}, abstract = {

We present the δ13C and paleomagnetic stratigraphy for marine strata at the coast of southern Angola, anchored by an intercalated basalt with a whole rock 40Ar/39Ar radiometric age of 84.6 {\textpm} 1.5 Ma, being consistent with both invertebrate and vertebrate biostratigraphy. This is the first African stable carbon isotope record correlated to significant events in the global carbon cycle spanning the Late Cenomanian to Early Maastrichtian. A positive \~{} 3{\textperthousand} excursion seen in bivalve shells below the basalt indicates the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary Event at 93.9 Ma, during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2. Additional excursions above the basalt are correlated to patterns globally, including a negative \~{} 3{\textperthousand} excursion near the top of the section interpreted as part of the Campanian-Maastrichtian Boundary Events. The age of the basalt ties the studied Bentiaba section to a pulse of Late Cretaceous magmatic activity around the South Atlantic and significant tectonic activity, including rotation, of the African continent.

}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.03.003}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/strganac_et_al_2014_carbon_isotope_stratigraphy_magnetostratigraphy_and_40ar_39ar_age_of.pdf}, author = {Strganac, C and Salminen, J. and Jacobs, LL and Ferguson, KM and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Morais, ML and Tavares, TS and Gon{\c c}alves, AO.} } @article {6163, title = {Cenozoic vertebrates of coastal Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2014}, year = {2014}, pages = {153}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jacobs_et_al._2014_cenozoic_vertebrates_of_coastal_angola.pdf}, author = {Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M and O. Mateus and Scott, M. and Graf, J. and Kappelman, J. and Jacobs, B. and A. Schulp and Morais, M and Goncalves, O.} } @article {6162, title = {Early Cretaceous tracks of a large mammaliamorph, a crocodylomorph, and dinosaurs from an Angolan diamond mine}, journal = { Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2014}, year = {2014}, pages = {181}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/marzola_et_al_2014._cretaceous_tracks_mammaliamorph_a_crocodilomorph_angolan_diamond_mine.pdf}, author = {Marzola, M. and O. Mateus and A. Schulp and Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M and Pervov, V.} } @article {6168, title = {Geology and paleoecology of a marine vertebrate bonebed from the lower Maastrichtian of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {Program and Abstracts, 2014}, year = {2014}, pages = {206}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/polcyn_et_al._2014_geology_and_paleoecology_of_a_marine_vertebrate_bonebed_from_the_lower_maastrichtian_of_angola.pdf}, author = {Polcyn, M and Jacobs, L and Strganac, C and O. Mateus and Myers, S. and S. May and Araujo, R and A. Schulp and Morais, M} } @article {4045, title = {Physical drivers of mosasaur evolution}, journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology}, volume = {400}, year = {2014}, pages = {17-27}, abstract = {

Mosasaurs are marine squamates with a 32.5 million-year history from their appearance at 98 Ma to their extinction at the K-Pg boundary (65.5 Ma). Using a database of 43 generic and 94 species-level taxa, we compare the taxonomic diversity and patterns of morphological disparity in mosasaurs with sea level, sea surface temperature, and stable carbon isotope curves for the Upper Cretaceous to explore factors that may have influenced their evolution. No single factor unambiguously accounts for all radiations, diversification, and extinctions; however, the broader patterns of taxonomic diversification and
morphological disparity point to niche differentiation in a {\textquotedblleft}fishing up{\textquotedblright} scenario under the influence of {\textquotedblleft}bottom-up{\textquotedblright} selective pressures. The most likely driving force in mosasaur evolution was high productivity in the Late Cretaceous, driven by tectonically controlled sea levels and climatically controlled ocean stratification and nutrient delivery. When productivity collapsed at the end of the Cretaceous, coincident with bolide impact, mosasaurs became extinct.

}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/polcyn_et_al_2014_physical_drivers_mosasaurs.pdf}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Ara{\textasciiacute}ujo, R. and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus} } @article {6169, title = {A specimen-level cladistic analysis of Camarasaurus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) and a revision of camarasaurid taxonomy}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {Program and Abstracts, 2014}, year = {2014}, pages = {241-242}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/tschopp_et_al._2014_a_specimen-level_cladistic_analysis_of_camarasaurus.pdf}, author = {Tschopp, E. and O. Mateus and Kosma, R. and M Sander and Joger, U. and O. Wings} } @article {Mateus2014, title = {Carbon isotope stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and 40Ar/39Ar age of the cretaceous South Atlantic coast, Namibe Basin, Angola}, journal = {Journal of African Earth Sciences}, volume = {99}, number = {PA2}, year = {2014}, note = {n/a}, pages = {452-462}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Strganac, C and Salminen, J. and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Ferguson, KM and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Morais, ML and Tavares, TS and Gon?alves, A.O.} } @article {Mateus2014, title = {Geological setting and paleoecology of the Upper Cretaceous Bench 19 Marine Vertebrate Bonebed at Bentiaba, Angola}, journal = {Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {94}, number = {1}, year = {2014}, note = {n/a}, pages = {121-136}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Strganac, C and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Myers, TS and Salminen, J. and May, S.R. and Ara{\'u}jo, R. and Ferguson, KM and Gon?alves, A.O. and Morais, ML and Schulp, AS and Silva Tavares, T. da} } @article {Mateus2014, title = {New aristonectine elasmosaurid plesiosaur specimens from the Early Maastrichtian of Angola and comments on paedomorphism in plesiosaurs}, journal = {Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {94}, number = {1}, year = {2014}, note = {n/a}, pages = {93-108}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Ara{\'u}jo, R. and M. J. Polcyn and Lindgren, J and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and Gon?alves, A.O. and Morais,M.-L.} } @article {Mateus2014, title = {A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs}, journal = {Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {94}, number = {1}, year = {2014}, note = {n/a}, pages = {109-120}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Ara{\'u}jo, R. and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and Gon?alves, A.O. and Morais,M.-L.} } @article {Mateus2014, title = {Physical drivers of mosasaur evolution}, journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology}, volume = {400}, year = {2014}, note = {n/a}, pages = {17-27}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Ara{\'u}jo, R. and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus} } @article {Mateus2014, title = {Stable oxygen isotope chemostratigraphy and paleotemperature regime of mosasaurs at Bentiaba, Angola}, journal = {Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {94}, number = {1}, year = {2014}, note = {n/a}, pages = {137-143}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Strganac, C and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Ferguson, KM and O. Mateus and Gon?alves, A.O. and Morais,M.-L. and Silva Tavares, T. da} } @proceedings {4533, title = {Cabinda revisited: age and environment of new Cenozoic vertebrate fossils from northern Angola}, journal = {Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.0}, year = {2013}, url = {https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/webprogram/Paper232115.html}, author = {Jacobs, LL and Myers, TS and Goncalves, AO and JF Graf and B. F. Jacobs and JW KAPPELMAN and O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn and ET RASBURY and Vineyard, DP} } @proceedings {4531, title = {Late Cretaceous marine reptiles and cooling at the South Atlantic coast inferred through stable oxygen isotopes of Inoceramus from the Namibe Basin, Angola}, journal = {Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.0}, year = {2013}, url = {https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/webprogram/Paper223295.html}, author = {Christopher Strganac and Jacobs,Louis L. and Kurt M. Ferguson and Michael J. Polcyn and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Anne S. Schulp and Maria Lu{\'\i}sa Morais} } @proceedings {4532, title = {A marine vertebrate assemblage from the Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary at Bentiaba, Angola}, journal = {Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p.0}, year = {2013}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/polcyn_et_al_2013_abstract__a_marine_vertebrate_assemblage_from_the_campanian-maastrichtian_boundary_at_bentiaba_angola_2013__gsa_27-30_october_2013.pdf}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Strganac, C and Ara{\'u}jo, R. and JF Graf and Vineyard, D and Myers, TS} } @article {3719, title = {Two rare mosasaurs from the Maastrichtian of Angola and the Netherlands}, journal = {Netherlands Journal of Geosciences {\textemdash} Geologie en Mijnbouw}, volume = {92}, year = {2013}, pages = {3-10}, abstract = {

We report here the addition of two rare mosasaur taxa to the Maastrichtian marine amniote fauna of Angola. The new specimens include a dentary fragment referable to the large carnivore Prognathodon saturator and an isolated tooth of the small durophage Carinodens belgicus. Both were recovered from Maastrichtian outcrops in southern Angola in 2011. Additionally, a complete posterior mandibular unit of a large mosasaur from the type Maastrichtian of The Netherlands, collected some time prior to 1879 and previously identified as {\textquoteleft}Mosasaurus giganteus{\textquoteright}, is described and reassigned here to Prognathodon saturator; historical issues surrounding the taxonomic attribution of this specimen are clarified. The new material extends the known geographic distribution of Prognathodon saturator and Carinodens belgicus.

}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/schulp_et_al_2013_two_rare_mosasaurs_from_the_maastrichtian_of_angola__njg-92-1-schulp.pdf}, author = {Schulp, AS and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL} } @article {Mateus2013, title = {Two rare mosasaurs from the Maastrichtian of Angola and the Netherlands}, journal = {Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences}, volume = {92}, number = {1}, year = {2013}, note = {n/a}, pages = {3-10}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Schulp, AS and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL} } @article {Mannion:2011, title = {New information on the anatomy and systematic position of Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal, with a review of European diplodocoids}, journal = {Journal of Systematic Palaeontology}, volume = {10}, year = {2012}, note = {

n/a

}, month = {Jan}, pages = {521{\textendash}551}, type = {Peer reviewed}, abstract = {

Although diplodocoid sauropods from Africa and the Americas are well known, their European record remains largely neglected. Here we redescribe Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. The holotype comprises two posterior cervical vertebrae, the dorsal series and a caudal centrum. Redescription demonstrates its validity on the basis of three autapomorphies: (1) posteriorly restricted ventral keel on posterior cervical vertebrae; (2) three small subcircular fossae posterior to the lateral coel on posterior cervical neural spines; (3) accessory lamina linking the hyposphene with base of the posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina in middle-posterior dorsal vertebrae. Phylogenetic analysis places Dinheirosaurus as the sister taxon to Supersaurus, and this clade forms the sister taxon to other diplodocines. However, this position should be treated with caution as Dinheirosaurus displays several plesiomorphic features absent in other diplodocids (including unbifurcated presacral neural spines, and dorsolaterally projecting diapophyses on dorsal vertebrae) and only four additional steps are required to place Dinheirosaurus outside of Flagellicaudata. We identify Amazonsaurus as the basal-most rebbachisaurid and recover Zapalasaurus outside of the South American Limaysaurinae, suggesting the biogeographic history of rebbachisaurids is more complex than previously proposed. Review of the European diplodocoid record reveals evidence for the earliest known diplodocid, as well as additional diplodocid remains from the Late Jurassic of Spain. A Portuguese specimen, previously referred to Dinheirosaurus, displays strong similarities to Apatosaurus from the contemporaneous Morrison Formation of North America, indicating the presence of a second Late Jurassic Portuguese diplodocid taxon. Along with Dinheirosaurus, these Portuguese remains provide further evidence for a Late Jurassic palaeobiogeographic connection between Europe and North America. No dicraeosaurids are currently known from Europe, but rebbachisaurids are present in the Early Cretaceous, with weak evidence for the earliest known representative from the Late Jurassic of Spain; however, more complete material is required to recognize early members of this clade.

}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mannion_et_al_2012_new_information_on_the_anatomy_and_systematic_position_of_dinheirosaurus_lourinhanensis_sauropoda_-_diplodocoidea_from_the_late_jurassic_of_portugal_with_a_review_of_european_diplodocoids.pdf}, author = {Mannion, PD and Upchurch, P and O. Mateus and Barnes, RN and Jones, MEH} } @article {1204, title = {Palaeoclimate of the Late Jurassic of Portugal: Comparison with the Western United States}, journal = {Sedimentology}, volume = {59}, year = {2012}, month = {2012//01/}, pages = {1695{\textendash}1717}, abstract = {

Investigation of the palaeoclimatic conditions associated with Upper Jurassic strata in Portugal and comparison with published palaeoclimate reconstructions of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in western North America provide important insights into the conditions that allowed two of the richest terrestrial faunas of this period to flourish. Geochemical analyses and observations of palaeosol morphology in the informally named Upper Jurassic Lourinh{\~a} formation of western Portugal indicate warm and wet palaeoclimatic conditions with strongly seasonal precipitation patterns. Palaeosol profiles are dominated by carbonate accumulations and abundant shrink-swell (vertic) features that are both indicative of seasonal variation in moisture availability. The δ18OSMOW and δDSMOW values of phyllosilicates sampled from palaeosol profiles range from +22{\textperiodcentered}4{\textperthousand} to +22{\textperiodcentered}7{\textperthousand} and -53{\textperiodcentered}0{\textperthousand} to -37{\textperiodcentered}3{\textperthousand}, respectively. These isotope values correspond to temperatures of formation between 32{\textdegree}C and 39{\textdegree}C {\textpm} 3{\textdegree}, with an average of 36{\textdegree}C, which suggest surface temperatures between 27{\textdegree}C and 34{\textdegree}C (average 31{\textdegree}C). On average, these surface temperature estimates are 1{\textdegree}C higher than the highest summer temperatures modelled for Late Jurassic Iberia using general circulation models. Elemental analysis of matrix material from palaeosol B-horizons provides proxy (chemical index of alteration minus potassium) estimates of mean annual precipitation ranging from 766 to 1394 mm/year, with an average of approximately 1100 mm/year. Palaeoclimatic conditions during deposition of the Lourinh{\~a} formation are broadly similar to those inferred for the Morrison Formation, except somewhat wetter. Seasonal variation in moisture availability does not seem to have negatively impacted the ability of these environments to support rich and relatively abundant faunas. The similar climate between these two Late Jurassic terrestrial ecosystems is probably one of the factors which explains the similarity of their vertebrate faunas.

}, isbn = {00370746}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01322.x/abstract}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/myers_et_al_2012_palaeoclimate_of_the_late_jurassic_of_portugal_comparison_with_the_western.pdf}, author = {Myers,Timothy S. and Tabor,Neil J. and Jacobs,Louis L. and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio} } @article {2791, title = {Age and paleoecology of mosasaurs and plesiosaurs from the Late Cretaceous South Atlantic margin at Bentiaba, Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2012}, year = {2012}, pages = {180}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/strganac_et_al_mateus_2012_age_bentiaba_angola_2012_svp_abstract.pdf}, author = {Strganac, C and Ferguson, K.M, and Jacobs, J.L. and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus} } @proceedings {3427, title = {Cretaceous amniotes from Angola: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and turtles}, journal = {V Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontolog{\'\i}a de Dinosaurios y su Entorno}, year = {2012}, pages = {71-105}, address = {Salas de los Infantes, Burgos}, abstract = {

Although rich in Cretaceous vertebrate fossils, prior to 2005 the amniote fossil record of Angola was poorly known. Two horizons and localities have yielded the majority of the vertebrate fossils collected thus far; the Turonian Itombe Formation of Iembe in Bengo Province and the Maastrichtian Mocuio Formation of Bentiaba in Namibe Province. Amniotes of the Mesozoic of Angola are currently restricted to the Cretaceous and include eucryptodire turtles, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs. Recent collecting efforts have greatly expanded our knowledge of the amniote fauna of Angola and most of the taxa reported here were unknown prior to 2005.

}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_et_al_2012_amniotes_from_angola_cretaceous_amniotes_from_angola_dinosaurs_pterosaurs_mosasaurs.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Ara{\'u}jo, R. and Schulp, AS and Marinheiro, J. and B. Pereira and Vineyard, D} } @article {2786, title = {Estimating soil pCO2 using paleosol carbonates: implications for the relationship between primary productivity and faunal richness in ancient terrestrial ecosystems}, journal = {Paleobiology}, volume = {38}, year = {2012}, pages = {585{\textendash}604}, abstract = {

In this paper we present a method for estimating soil pCO2 in ancient environments using the measured carbon-isotope values of pedogenic carbonates and plant-derived organic matter. The validity of soil pCO2 estimates proves to be highly dependent on the organic δ13C values used in the calculations. Organic matter should be sourced from the same paleosol profiles as sampled carbonates to yield the most reliable estimates of soil pCO2. In order to demonstrate the potential use of soil pCO2 estimates in paleoecological and paleoenvironmental studies, we compare samples from three Upper Jurassic localities. Soil pCO2 estimates, interpreted as a qualitative indicator of primary paleoproductivity, are used to rank the Late Jurassic terrestrial environments represented by the Morrison Formation in western North America, the informally named Lourinh{\~a} formation in Western Europe, and the Stanleyville Group in Central Africa. Because modern terrestrial environments show a positive correlation between primary productivity and faunal richness, a similar relationship is expected in ancient ecosystems. When the relative paleoproductivity levels inferred for each study area are compared with estimates of dinosaur generic richness, a positive correlation emerges. Both the Morrison and Lourinh{\~a} formations have high inferred productivity levels and high estimated faunal richness. In contrast, the Stanleyville Group appears to have had low primary productivity and low faunal richness. Paleoclimatic data available for each study area indicate that both productivity and faunal richness are positively linked to water availability, as observed in modern terrestrial ecosystems.

}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/myers_et_al_2012_estimating_soil_paleosols_portugal.pdf}, author = {Myers, TS and NJ Tabor and Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus} } @article {2793, title = {A new marine turtle from the Maastrichtian of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2012, 189. ISSN 1937-2809 }, year = {2012}, pages = {189}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/vineyard_mateus_et_al_2012_euclastes_chelonia_turtle_angola_svp_2012_abstract.pdf}, author = {Vineyard, D and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and A. Schulp} } @booklet {Oct{\'a}vio_Mateus54570957, title = {Data from: Estimating soil pCO2 using paleosol carbonates: implications for the relationship between primary productivity and faunal richness in ancient terrestrial ecosystems}, journal = {Dryad Digital Repository}, year = {2012}, note = {n/a}, abstract = {n/a}, doi = {10.5061/DRYAD.8Q5T4}, url = {http://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.8Q5T4}, author = {Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Myers,Timothy S. and Tabor,Neil J. and Jacobs,Louis L. and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio} } @article {14214, title = {Estimating soil pCO2 using paleosol carbonates: implications for the relationship between primary productivity and faunal richness in ancient terrestrial ecosystems.}, journal = {Paleobiology}, volume = {38}, number = {4}, year = {2012}, note = {n/a}, pages = {585{\textendash}604}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Myers, TS and NJ Tabor and Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus} } @article {Mateus2012, title = {New information on the anatomy and systematic position of Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis (Sauropoda: Diplodocoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal, with a review of European diplodocoids}, journal = {Journal of Systematic Palaeontology}, volume = {10}, number = {3}, year = {2012}, note = {n/a}, pages = {521-551}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Mannion, PD and Upchurch, P and O. Mateus and Barnes, RN and Jonese, M.E.H.} } @article {Mateus2012, title = {Palaeoclimate of the late jurassic of portugal: Comparison with the western united states}, journal = {Sedimentology}, volume = {59}, number = {6}, year = {2012}, note = {n/a}, pages = {1695-1717}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Myers, TS and NJ Tabor and Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus} } @article {Mateus:2011, title = {Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola.}, journal = {Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ci{\^e}ncias}, volume = {83}, year = {2011}, note = {

"Chamei-me Adamastor [...] / Converte-se-me a carne em terra dura, / Em penedos os ossos se fizeram, / Estes membros que v{\^e}s e esta figura / Por estas longas {\'a}guas se estenderam; / Enfim, minha grand{\'\i}ssima estatura
Neste remoto cabo converteram / Os Deuses, e por mais dobradas m{\'a}goas, / Me anda Thetis cercando destas {\'a}guas."

Extract of Os Lus{\'\i}adas, a poem by Luiz Vaz de Cam{\~o}es (1572) translated into English, among others, by Sir Richard Francis Burton, explorer of Africa:

I was named Adamastor [...] / My stiff{\textquoteright}ning flesh to earthy ridges grew, / And my huge bones, no more by marrow warm{\textquoteright}d, / To horrid piles, and ribs of rock transform{\textquoteright}d, / Yon dark-brow{\textquoteright}d cape of monstrous size became, / Where, round me still, in triumph o{\textquoteright}er my shame, / The silv{\textquoteright}ry Thetis bids her surges roar, / And waft my groans along the dreary shore

}, month = {Jan}, pages = {221-233}, abstract = {

A forelimb of a new sauropod dinosaur (Angolatitan adamastor n. gen. et sp.) from the Late Turonian of Iembe (Bengo Province) represents the first dinosaur discovery in Angola, and is one of the few occurrences of sauropod dinosaurs in sub-Saharan Africa collected with good chronological controls. The marginal marine sediments yielding the specimen are reported to be late Turonian in age and, thus it represents a non-titanosaurian sauropod in sub-Saharan Africa at a time taken to be dominated by titanosaurian forms. Moreover, Angolatitan adamastor is the only basal Somphospondyli known in the Late Cretaceous which implies in the existence of relict forms in Africa.

}, url = {http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v83n1/v83n1a12.pdf}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_et_al_2011_angolatitan_adamastor_sauropod.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and M. J. Polcyn and Tavares, TS and Neto, AB and Morais, ML and Antunes, MT} } @inbook {Ara{\'u}jo:2011, title = {Evolutionary major trends of ornithopod dinosaurs teeth}, booktitle = {Dinosaurios y paleontolog{\'\i}a desde Am{\'e}rica Latina}, year = {2011}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {25-31}, publisher = {EDIUNC, Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo}, organization = {EDIUNC, Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo}, type = {Peer reviewed}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/araujo_et_al_2011_evolutionary_major_trends_of_ornithopod_dinosaurs_teeth.pdf}, author = {Ara{\'u}jo, R. and Castanhinha, R and O. Mateus}, editor = {J.Calvo, J. Porfiri, B. Gonzalez Riga y D. Dos Santos (scientific editors)} } @article {Adams_TL:2011, title = {First occurrence of the long-snouted crocodyliform Terminonaris (Pholidosauridae) from the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian) of Texas}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {31}, year = {2011}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {712-716}, publisher = {So Methodist Univ, Univ Nova Lisboa}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/adams_polcyn_mateus_et_al_2011_terminonaris_crocodile_pholidosauridae.pdf}, author = {Adams, TL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Winkler, DA and Jacobs, LL} } @proceedings {Graf:2011, title = {New fossil whales from Angola}, journal = {71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology}, year = {2011}, note = {

Cited by: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=16338831831131141190\&amp;as_sdt=2005\&amp;sciodt=0,5\&amp;hl=en

}, month = {Jan}, pages = {119}, publisher = {Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology}, type = {Peer reviewed}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/graf_et_al_mateus_2011_fossil_whales_from_angola_svp11abstracts.pdf}, author = {Graf, J. and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS} } @proceedings {Ara{\'u}jo_R.:2011, title = {Plesiosaur structural extreme from the Maastrichtian of Angola}, journal = {71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology}, year = {2011}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {63}, publisher = {Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology}, type = {Peer reviewed}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/araujo_et_al_mateus_2011_plesiosaur_extreme_angola_svp11abstracts.pdf}, author = {Ara{\'u}jo, R. and Polcyn, M and Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS} } @article {Mateus_2011, title = {Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola}, journal = {Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ci{\^e}ncias}, volume = {83}, number = {1}, year = {2011}, note = {n/a}, pages = {221{\textendash}233}, publisher = {{FapUNIFESP} ({SciELO})}, abstract = {n/a}, doi = {10.1590/s0001-37652011000100012}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0001-37652011000100012}, author = {Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Jacobs,Louis L. and Anne S. Schulp and Michael J. Polcyn and Tatiana S. Tavares and Andr{\'e} Buta Neto and Maria Lu{\'{\i}}sa Morais and Miguel T. Antunes} } @article {Oct{\'a}vio_Mateus53840073, title = {Angolatitan adamastor, a new sauropod dinosaur and the first record from Angola}, journal = {Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ci{\^e}ncias}, year = {2011}, note = {n/a}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Mateus,Oct{\'a}vio and Jacobs,Louis L. and Anne S. Schulp and Michael J. Polcyn and Tatiana S. Tavares and Andr{\'e} Buta Neto and Maria Lu{\'\i}sa Morais and Miguel T. Antunes} } @article {Mateus2011, title = {First occurrence of the long-snouted crocodyliform Terminonaris (Pholidosauridae) from the Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian) of Texas}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {31}, number = {3}, year = {2011}, note = {n/a}, pages = {712-716}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Adams, TL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Winkler, DA and Jacobs, LL} } @conference {Adams:2010, title = {New occurrence of the long-snouted crocodyliform,Terminonaris cf.T. robusta, from Woodine Formation (Cenomanian) ot Texas}, series = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, year = {2010}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {52A}, type = {Peer reviewed}, abstract = {

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}, author = {Adams, TL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Winkler, DA and Jacobs, LL} } @article {Polcyn_M:2010, title = {The North African Mosasaur Globidens phosphaticus from the Maastrichtian of Angola}, journal = {Historical Biology}, volume = {22}, year = {2010}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {175{\textendash}185}, abstract = {

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}, url = {http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bz3AF226MnaNMjdiNThiNmYtMzEzOS00YWEwLWExM2ItNDVkODg3OTM1Yjc0\&$\#$38;hl=en}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/polcyn_jacobs_schulp__mateus_2010globidens_mosasaur_angola_african.pdf}, author = {Polcyn, M and Jacobs, L and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus} } @proceedings {Jacobs:2010, title = {Physical drivers of evolution and the history of the marine tetrapod fauna of Angola}, journal = {Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology}, year = {2010}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {110A}, type = {Peer reviewed}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jacobs_et_al_mateus_2010_physical_drivers_marine_tetrapod_fauna_of_angola_svp10abstracts.pdf}, author = {Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M and Ara{\'u}jo, R. and Strganac, C and O. Mateus} } @conference {Jacobs_LL:2010, title = {Tectonic Drift, Climate, and Paleoenvironment of Angola Since the Cretaceous}, booktitle = {AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 1:}, series = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, year = {2010}, month = {Jan}, pages = {02}, abstract = {

Africa is the only continent that now straddles arid zones located beneath the descending limbs of both the northern and southern Hadley cells, and it has done so since it became a distinct continent in the Early Cretaceous. Since that time, Africa has drifted tectonically some 12 degrees north and rotated approximately 45 degrees counterclockwise. This changing latitudinal setting and position of the landmass under the relatively stable Hadley Cells is manifested as southward migration of climatic zones over the past 132 million years. Data from kerogen, X-ray diffraction analysis of sedimentary matrix, carbon isotopes from shell samples and tooth enamel,new 40Ar/39Ar radiometric dates, pollen and plant macrofossils, and fossil vertebrates indicate a productive upwelling system adjacent to a coastal desert since the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean; however, the position of the coastal desert has migrated southward as Africa drifted north, resulting in today{\textquoteright}s Skeleton Coast and Benguela Current. This migration has had a profound effect on the placement of the West African coast relative to areas of high marine productivity and resulting extensive hydrocarbon deposits, on the placement of arid zones relative to the continent especially the Skeleton Coast desert, on the climatic history of the Congo Basin (which shows a Late Cretaceous decrease in aridity based on the relative abundance of analcime in the Samba core), and in reducing the southern temperate region of Africa from 17\% of continental area during the Cretaceous to 2\% today. We show here that these related geographic and environmental changes drove ecological and evolutionary adjustments in southern African floras and faunas, specifically with respect to the distribution of anthropoid primates, the occurrence of modern relicts such as the gnetalean Welwitschia mirabilis, endemism as in the case of ice plants, and mammalian adaption to an open environment as in springhares. Africa{\textquoteright}s tectonic drift through climate zones has been a first-order environmental determinant since the Early Cretaceous.

}, url = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AGUFM.B44B..02J}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jacobs_polcyn_mateus_et_al_2010_tectonic_drift_climate_and_paleoenvironment_of_angola_since_the_cretaceous.pdf}, author = {Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and A. Schulp and K. Ferguson and C. Scotese and B. F. Jacobs and Strganac, C and Vineyard, D and Myers, TS and Morais, ML} } @conference {4092, title = {Plesiosaurs from the Maastrichtian of Bentiaba, Namibe Province, Angola}, booktitle = {Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 70th Annual Meeting.}, year = {2010}, abstract = {

Recent excavations at the Maastrichtian locality of Bentiaba, Namibe Province, in the southern part of Angola, have yielded high quality and partially articulated plesiosaur specimens that indicate at least three taxa were present. A new elasmosaurid is the most abundant and well-preserved plesiosaur taxon at Bentiaba. It is known from a complete articulated paddle and other elements of the skeleton, many of which remain to be collected. The most diagnostic elements so far recovered are the complete pelvic and pectoral girdles, which indicate that the Bentiaba elasmosaurid is probably a new genus because it bears an asymmetrical ventral process of the coracoids, a complete cordiform posterior coracoid vacuity, and pronounced excavation of the anterior border of the coracoids, among other characters. A polycotylid is [...]

}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/araujo_polcyn_mateus__schulp_2010_plesiosaurs_from_maastrichtian_of_angola_svp10abstracts.pdf}, author = {Ara{\'u}jo, R. and Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M and O. Mateus and A. Schulp} } @article {Mateus2010, title = {The North African Mosasaur Globidens phosphaticus from the Maastrichtian of Angola}, journal = {Historical Biology}, volume = {22}, number = {1}, year = {2010}, note = {n/a}, pages = {175-185}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus} } @article {Jacobs_LL:2009, title = {Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean}, journal = {BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE}, volume = {180}, year = {2009}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {333-341}, publisher = {Univ Agostinho Neto, Univ Nova Lisboa, So Methodist Univ, Univ Texas Arlington, Museu Lourinha, Nat Hist Museum}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jacobs_mateus_et_al_2009_cretaceous_paleogeography_paleoclimatology_and_amniote_biogeography_of_the_south_atlantic_ocean_angola_africa_currents.pdf}, author = {Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and Scotese, CR and Goswami, A and Ferguson, KM and Robbins, JA and Vineyard, DP and Neto, AB} } @article {Jacobs_L:2009, title = {The Cretaceous Skeleton Coast of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {29}, year = {2009}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {121A}, abstract = {

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}, url = {http://pages.google.com/edit/omateus/Jacobsetal2009CretaceousSkeletoncoas.pdf}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jacobs_et_al_2009cretaceousskeletoncoas.pdf}, author = {Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Neto, AB} } @article {Polcyn_M:2009, title = {New specimens of Angolasaurus bocagei and comments on the early radiations of plioplatecarpine mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {29}, year = {2009}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {165A}, abstract = {

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}, url = {http://pages.google.com/edit/omateus/Polcynetal2009AngolasaurusMosasaurAn.pdf}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/polcyn_et_al_2009_angolasaurus_mosasaur_angola_svp09abstracts.pdf}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS} } @article {Mateus_O:2009, title = {The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola}, journal = {Acta Palaeontologica Polonica}, volume = {54}, year = {2009}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {581-588}, publisher = {Univ Agostinho Neto, Univ Nova Lisboa, Museu Lourinha, Acad Ciencias Lisboa, Nat Hist Museum Maastricht, So Methodist Univ}, abstract = {

A new Late Cretaceous turtle, Angolachelys mbaxi gen. et sp. nov., from the Turonian (90 Mya) of Angola, represents the oldest eucryptodire from Africa. Phylogenetic analysis recovers Angolachelys mbaxi as the sister taxon of Sandownia harrisi from the Aptian of Isle of Wight, England. An unnamed turtle from the Albian Glen Rose Formation of Texas (USA) and the Kimmeridgian turtle Solnhofia parsonsi (Germany), are successively more distant sister taxa. Bootstrap analysis suggests those four taxa together form a previously unrecognized monophyletic clade of marine turtles, herein named Angolachelonia clade nov., supported by the following synapomorphies: mandibular articulation of quadrate aligned with or posterior to the occiput, and basisphenoid not visible or visibility greatly reduced in ventral view. Basal eucryptodires and angolachelonians originated in the northern hemisphere, thus Angolachelys represents one of the first marine amniote lineages to have invaded the South Atlantic after separation of Africa and South America.

}, url = {http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.4202/app.2008.0063}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_et_al_2009_the_oldest_african_angolachelys_angola_turtle.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M and Schulp, AS and Vineyard, D and Neto, AB and Antunes, MT} } @proceedings {4093, title = {Euclastes from the Maastrichtian of Angola and the distribution of the Angolachelonia}, journal = {Eugene Gaffney Turtle Symposium}, year = {2009}, address = {Royal Tyrrell Museum}, author = {Vineyard, DP and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Strganac, C} } @article {Mateus2009, title = {Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean}, journal = {Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France}, volume = {180}, number = {4}, year = {2009}, note = {n/a}, pages = {333-341}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and Scotese, CR and Goswami, A and Ferguson, KM and Robbins, JA and Vineyard, DP and Neto, AB} } @article {RID:1218131049170-330, title = {The Cretaceous Skeleton Coast of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {29}, number = {3}, year = {2009}, note = {n/a}, pages = {121}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M and O. Mateus and Schulp, and Neto, A.} } @article {14263, title = {The Cretaceous Skeleton Coast of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {29}, number = {3}, year = {2009}, note = {n/a}, pages = {121{\textendash}121}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS and Neto, A.} } @article {RID:1218131049169-329, title = {New specimens of Angolasaurus bocagei and comments on the early radiations of plioplatecarpine mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {29}, number = {3}, year = {2009}, note = {n/a}, pages = {165}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Polcyn, M and Jacobs, L and O. Mateus and A. Schulp} } @article {14260, title = {New specimens of Angolasaurus bocagei and comments on the early radiations of plioplatecarpine mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {29}, number = {3}, year = {2009}, note = {n/a}, pages = {165{\textendash}165}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and Schulp, AS} } @article {Mateus2009, title = {The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola}, journal = {Acta Palaeontologica Polonica}, volume = {54}, number = {4}, year = {2009}, note = {n/a}, pages = {581-588}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M and Schulp, AS and Vineyard, D and Buta Neto, A. and Telles Antunes, M.} } @conference { ref83, title = {Dinosaur and turtles from the Turonian of Iembe, Angola}, booktitle = {Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontologia de Vertebrados}, year = {2008}, note = {

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}, pages = {156}, address = {Neuqu{\'e}n, Argentina}, abstract = {

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}, url = {http://omateus.googlepages.com/Mateusetall2008Turtles.pdf}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_et_al_2008_dinosaur_and_turtles_from_the_turonian_of_iembe_angola.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and Neto, AB and Antunes, MT} } @inbook {3108, title = {Hemidactylus turcicus}, booktitle = {Atlas dos Anf{\'\i}bios e R{\'e}pteis de Portugal}, year = {2008}, pages = {130-131}, publisher = {A. Loureiro, N. Ferrand de Almeida, M.A. Carretero, O.S. Paulo. Instituto da Conserva{\c c}{\~a}o da Natureza e da Biodiversidade}, organization = {A. Loureiro, N. Ferrand de Almeida, M.A. Carretero, O.S. Paulo. Instituto da Conserva{\c c}{\~a}o da Natureza e da Biodiversidade}, address = {Lisboa}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus__jacinto_2008_hemidactylus_turcicus_in_atlas_dos_anfibios_e_repteis_de_portugal.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and Jacinto, J.} } @conference { ref72, title = {A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola, and the affinities of the mosasaur genus Liodon}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas}, year = {2008}, note = {

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}, pages = {1-12}, abstract = {

Here we describe a new species of the mosasaurine genus Prognathodon from the Maastrichtian of Namibe, Angola, on the basis of five specimens which represent most of the cranial skeleton including the diagnostic quadrate. Phylogenetic analysis shows this new taxon, P. kianda nov. sp., to be the sister taxon to all other species of Prognathodon. It is unique amongst Prognathodon in possessing a high marginal tooth count and relatively small pterygoid teeth. The tooth morphology in the new taxon is reminiscent of some species of the genus Liodon, allowing association of Liodon-like dentition with otherwise Prognathodon-like crania, and thus resolves the long-standing question of the phylogenetic affinities of Liodon.

}, keywords = {Angola, Mosasaurs}, url = {http://omateus.googlepages.com/Schulpetal2008Prognathodonkiandafrom.pdf}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/schulp_et_al_2008_prognathodon_kianda_from_angola_a_new_species_of_prognathodon_squamata_mosasauridae_from_the_maastrichtian_of_angola_and_the_affinities_of_the_mosasaur_genus_liodon.pdf}, author = {Schulp, AS and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and Morais, ML} } @conference {RID:1218131049170-281, title = {Dinosaur and turtles from the Turonian of Iembe, Angola}, booktitle = {Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontolog{\'\i}a de Vertebrados}, year = {2008}, note = {n/a}, pages = {156}, address = {Neuqu{\'e}n, Argentina}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and Neto, AB and Antunes, MT} } @conference {14278, title = {Dinosaur and turtles from the Turonian of Iembe, Angola}, booktitle = {Livro de Resumos de Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontolog{\'\i}a de Vertebrados}, year = {2008}, note = {n/a}, pages = {156{\textendash}156}, address = {Neuqu{\'e}n, Argentina}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and Neto, AB and Antunes, MT} } @inbook {RID:1218131049457-289, title = {Hemidactylus turcicus}, booktitle = {Atlas dos Anf{\'\i}bio e R{\'e}pteis de Portugal}, year = {2008}, note = {n/a}, pages = {134-135}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto}, editor = {A Loureiro, N F de Almeida, M.A Carretero, O S Paulo} } @conference {RID:1218131051564-270, title = {A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola, and the affinities of the mosasaur genus Liodon}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas}, year = {2008}, note = {n/a}, pages = {1-12}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Schulp, AS and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and Morais, ML} } @conference {11288, title = {Morphology and systematic position of Angolasaurus bocagei and the evolution of the braincase in Plioplatecarpine mosasaurs}, booktitle = {Second Mosasaur Meeting}, year = {2007}, month = {May 3-6, 2007}, address = {Sternberg Museum, Hays, Kansas}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/polcyn_et_al_2007_angolosaurus_mosasaurmeetingabstracts.pdf}, author = {M. J. Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus} } @article {Polcyn_M:2007, title = {Halisaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {27}, year = {2007}, month = {Jan}, pages = {130A}, publisher = {Museu Lourinha, So Methodist Univ, Nat Hist Museum Maastricht}, abstract = {

Recent fieldwork in the Namibe province in southern Angola yielded cranial and postcranial elements of at least two individuals of the rare and enigmatic mosasaur Halisaurus from a single small excavation. The genus Halisaurus is unique in retaining a primitive configuration of the temporal arcade, specifically a broad, vertically oriented contact between the parietal and the supratemporal. The supratemporal is broadly sutured to the opisthotic and prootic, unlike the condition in varanoids in which the simple lunate element lies between the parietal ramus and the squamosal and does not form a sutural contact with the opisthotic or prootic, but as in other halisaurines retains a plesiomorphic, vertically oriented contact with the parietal rami. The squamosal is lightly built and broadly arched as in Varanus. Comparison with known halisaurines indicates the new material is referable to the species Halisaurus arambourgi.
The locality that yielded the new specimens has also yielded a large number of isolated teeth, bones, articulated, and associated skeletons of Mosasaurus, Prognathodon, Globidens, and Plioplatecarpus, which with Halisaurus comprise a mosasaur assemblage most similar to that reported from the Maastrichtian of Morocco.

}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/polcyn_et_al_mateus2007_halisaurus_angola_svpmeet.pdf}, author = {Polcyn, M and Jacobs, L and A. Schulp and O. Mateus} } @article {RID:1218131049172-285, title = {Halisaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {27(suppl. to 3)}, year = {2007}, note = {n/a}, pages = {130}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Polcyn, M and Jacobs, LL and A. Schulp and O. Mateus} } @conference {RID:1218131049172-287, title = {Morphology and systematic position of Angolasaurus bocagei and the evolution of the braincase in Plioplatecarpine mosasaurs}, booktitle = {Second Mosasaur Meeting}, year = {2007}, note = {n/a}, pages = {20}, address = {Hays, Kansas}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {M W Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus}, editor = {Sternberg, Museum} } @conference {14300, title = {Morphology and systematic position of Angolasaurus bocagei and the evolution of the braincase in Plioplatecarpine mosasaurs}, booktitle = {Second Mosasaur Meeting}, year = {2007}, note = {n/a}, pages = {20{\textendash}20}, address = {Hays, Kansas}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {M W Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus} } @conference { ref88, title = {The mosasaurs of Angola}, booktitle = {Second Mosasaur Meeting}, year = {2007}, note = {n/a}, pages = {21}, publisher = {Sternberg Museum}, organization = {Sternberg Museum}, address = {Hays, Kansas}, abstract = {

Although occurrences of marine reptiles have been previously reported from Angola, with the exception of two Turonian taxa, these reports were based largely on isolated teeth. Fieldwork in 2005 and 2006 yielded well-preserved remains of marine reptiles including plesiosaurs, turtles, and mosasaurs. The mosasaurs discussed here were recovered from two field areas: Turonian sediments at Iembe along the north coast and Maastrichtian sediments at Bentiaba on the south coast. The Turonian section near Iembe produced at least two new specimens of Angolasaurus bocagei and one fragmentary specimen of Tylosaurus iembeensis. One of the Angolasaurus specimens is represented by a well preserved, complete and articulated skull and partial postcrania, including portions of the forelimbs and pectoral girdle. The preservation of material from the Bentiaba locality is remarkable due to the grain support of the entombing sandstone, which preserves fine anatomical details with little apparent crushing, and in the number of articulated, semi-articulated, and associated skeletons. Identifications from the field and preliminary preparation show the Bentiaba mosasaur fauna is represented by at least five genera including Mosasaurus, Prognathodon, Globidens, Plioplatecarpus and Halisaurus. Collectively, these new specimens greatly expand our knowledge of the anatomy and systematics of Angolan mosasaurs.

}, url = {http://omateus.googlepages.com/Polcyn_et_al_2007_The_mosasaurs_of_A.pdf}, author = {M W Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus} } @conference {RID:1218131049172-286, title = {The mosasaurs of Angola}, booktitle = {Second Mosasaur Meeting}, year = {2007}, note = {n/a}, pages = {21}, address = {Hays, Kansas}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {M W Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus}, editor = {Sternberg, Museum} } @conference {14305, title = {The mosasaurs of Angola}, booktitle = {Second Mosasaur Meeting}, year = {2007}, note = {n/a}, pages = {21{\textendash}21}, address = {Hays, Kansas}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {M W Polcyn and Jacobs, LL and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus} } @conference {Mateus_O:2006, title = {The Cretaceous of Angola}, booktitle = {JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY}, series = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {26}, year = {2006}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {96A-97A}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_et_al_2006_svp_abstracts_cretaceous_fo_angola.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and Morais, M and A. Schulp and Jacobs, L and Polcyn, M} } @conference {Schulp_A:2006, title = {A new Prognathodon (Squamata : Mosasauridae) from the Cretaceous of Angola}, booktitle = {JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY}, series = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {26}, year = {2006}, note = {

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}, month = {Jan}, pages = {122A-122A}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/schulp_et_al_2006.pdf}, author = {A. Schulp and O. Mateus and Polcyn, M and Jacobs, L} } @article {2693, title = {New mosasaur material from the Maastrichtian of Angola, with notes on the phylogeny, distribution and palaeoecology of the genus Prognathodon}, journal = {Publicaties van het Natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg Reeks XLV aflevering 1. Stichting Natuurpublicaties Limburg, Maastricht }, year = {2006}, pages = {57-67 }, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/schulp_polcyn_mateus_jacobs_et_al_2006_new_mosasaur_material_from_the_maastrichtian_of_angola_with_notes_on_the_phylogeny_distribution_and_palaeoecology_of_the_genus_prognathodon.pdf}, author = {Schulp, AS and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and Morais, LM and Tavares, TS} } @article {4875, title = {The occurrence and geological setting of Cretaceous dinosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and turtles from Angola}, journal = {Paleont. Soc. Korea}, volume = {22}, year = {2006}, pages = {91-110}, abstract = {

Vertebrate-bearing fossiliferous outcrops of Cretaceous age in sub-Saharan Africa are rare because of younger superficial deposits, vegetation cover, and the widespread occurrence of Precambrian metamorphic plateau basement comprising much of the continent. However, one area of extensive marine and nonmarine
Cretaceous exposures is found between the plateau and the coast in Angola. The Angolan margin was formed in conjunction with the breakup of Gondwana and subsequent growth of the South Atlantic. Cretaceous deposits are constrained in age by the emplacement of oceanic crust, which began no later than magnetozone M3
(approximately 128 Ma, Barremian). Shallow marine facies are exposed in sea cliffs but equivalent facies become increasingly terrestrial inland. Few vertebrate fossils have been described from Angola aside from sharks.
Notable exceptions are the late Turonian mosasaurs Angolasaurus bocagei and Tylosaurus iembeensis from northern Angola. Those taxa are significant because they are among the earliest derived mosasaurs. Recent field work led to the discovery of a new skull of Angolasaursus as well as sharks, fish, plesiosaurs, the skull of a new taxon of turtle, additional mosasaurs, and the articulated forelimb of a sauropod dinosaur, the first reported dinosaur from Angola. In southern Angola, marine sediments spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary are found.

}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jacobs_mateus-et_al_2006_angola.pdf}, author = {Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and Antunes, MT and Morais, ML and Silva Tavares, T. da} } @conference { ref111, title = {Systematic Position and Geological Context of Angolasaurus (Mosasauridae) and a New Sea Turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola}, booktitle = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (Suppl. To 3)}, year = {2006}, note = {

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}, pages = {81A}, abstract = {

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}, url = {http://omateus.googlepages.com/Jacobs_et_al_2006_SVP_Abstracts.pdf}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/jacobs_et_al_2006__systematic_position_angolasaurus_angola_mosasaur__svp_abstracts.pdf}, author = {Jacobs, LL and Morais, ML and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn} } @article {RID:1218131049459-307, title = {The Cretaceous of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {26}, number = {(Suppl. To 3)}, year = {2006}, note = {n/a}, pages = {96-97}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and Morais, ML and Schulp, AS and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn} } @article {14314, title = {The Cretaceous of Angola}, journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology}, volume = {26}, number = {(Suppl. T}, year = {2006}, note = {n/a}, pages = {96{\textendash}97}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and Morais, ML and Schulp, AS and Jacobs, LL and M. J. Polcyn} } @article {RID:1218131051565-305, title = {New mosasaur material from the Maastrichtian of Angola, with notes on the phylogeny, distribution and palaeoecology of the genus Prognathodon}, journal = {Publicaties van het Natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg Reeks XLV aflevering 1. Stichting Natuurpublicaties Limburg, Maastricht}, year = {2006}, note = {n/a}, pages = {57-67}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Schulp, AS and M. J. Polcyn and O. Mateus and Jacobs, LL and Morais, ML and Tavares, TS} } @article {RID:1218131049459-267, title = {The occurrence and geological setting of Cretaceous dinosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and turtles from Angola}, journal = {Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea}, volume = {22}, number = {1}, year = {2006}, note = {n/a}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and Antunes, MT and Morais, ML and Tavares, TS} } @article {14318, title = {The occurrence and geological setting of Cretaceous dinosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and turtles from Angola}, journal = {JOURNAL-PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF KOREA}, volume = {22}, number = {1}, year = {2006}, note = {n/a}, pages = {91{\textendash}91}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Jacobs, LL and O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn and Schulp, AS and Antunes, MT and Morais, ML and Silva Tavares, T. da} } @conference {RID:1218131049459-309, title = {Systematic Position and Geological Context of Angolasaurus (Mosasauridae) and a New Sea Turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola}, booktitle = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (Suppl. To 3)}, year = {2006}, note = {n/a}, pages = {81}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {Jacobs, LL and Morais, ML and Schulp, AS and O. Mateus and M. J. Polcyn} } @conference { ref96, title = {Contribui{\c c}{\~a}o para o estudo de Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae): ritmos de actividade e microhabitat em {\'E}vora, Portugal}, booktitle = {VII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia}, year = {2002}, note = {

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}, pages = {136}, address = {{\'E}vora}, abstract = {

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}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto} } @conference { ref95, title = {Integration of the distribution of Hemidactylus turcicus and Tarentola mauritanica in Portugal Continental in a G.I.S. and some occasional observations}, booktitle = {Livro de resumos do VII Congresso Luso-espanhol (XI Congreso Espa{\~n}ol de Herpetologia}, year = {2002}, note = {

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}, pages = {127}, publisher = {Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia \& Associacion Herpetologica Espa{\~n}ola}, organization = {Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia \& Associacion Herpetologica Espa{\~n}ola}, address = {{\'E}vora, Portugal}, abstract = {

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}, author = {J J Jacinto and O. Mateus} } @conference {RID:1218131049460-294, title = {Contribui{\c c}{\~a}o para o estudo de Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae): ritmos de actividade e microhabitat em {\'E}vora, Portugal}, booktitle = {VII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia}, year = {2002}, note = {n/a}, pages = {136}, address = {{\'E}vora}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto} } @conference {14336, title = {Contribui{\c c}{\~a}o para o estudo de Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae): ritmos de actividade e microhabitat em {\'E}vora, Portugal}, booktitle = {VII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia}, year = {2002}, note = {n/a}, pages = {136{\textendash}136}, address = {{\'E}vora}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto} } @conference {RID:1218131049460-293, title = {Integration of the distribution of Hemidactylus turcicus and Tarentola mauritanica in Portugal Continental in a G.I.S. and some occasional observations}, booktitle = {Livro de resumos do VII Congresso Luso-espanhol (XI Congreso Espa{\~n}ol) de Herpetologia}, year = {2002}, note = {n/a}, pages = {127}, address = {{\'E}vora, Portugal}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {J J Jacinto and O. Mateus}, editor = {Sociedade Portuguesa de, Herpetologia} } @conference {14338, title = {Integration of the distribution of Hemidactylus turcicus and Tarentola mauritanica in Portugal Continental in a G.I.S. and some occasional observations}, booktitle = {Livro de resumos do VII Congresso Luso-espanhol (XI Congreso Espa{\~n}ol) de Herpetologia}, year = {2002}, note = {n/a}, pages = {127{\textendash}127}, address = {{\'E}vora, Portugal}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {J J Jacinto and O. Mateus} } @article { ref123, title = {Activity Rithms and habitat of Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) in {\'E}vora, Portugal}, journal = {Cuadernos ICIJA}, volume = {2}, year = {1998}, pages = {37-43}, abstract = {

A survey of Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) was carried out every 3 weeks from March to November of 1997, in nocturnal transects in the city of {\'E}vora, Portugal. In this country this species is strictly nocturnal with a mean daily activity peak at 2hOO A.M (UTC).A model that correlates Activity and Temperature of the air is given. H. turcicus prefers, as microhabitat, walls (78\%) and doors (16\%) of low used houses. The average height in which they were found is about 3 meters.

}, url = {https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bz3AF226MnaNZThiNTk1ZTYtZTM2Zi00NmNmLWI0MDAtNzZiMzRjMzQzYTNl\&$\#$38;hl=en}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus__jacinto_1998__activity_rithms_and_habitat_of_hemidactylus_turcicus_reptilia_gekkonidae_in_evora_portugal.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto} } @conference { ref121, title = {Contribui{\c c}{\~a}o para o estudo de Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae): Ritmos de actividade e microhabitat em {\'E}vora, Portugal}, booktitle = {Caderno de resumos do I Congresso de Estudantes de Biologia}, year = {1998}, note = {

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}, pages = {14}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_jacinto_1998_hemidactylus.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto} } @article {RID:1218131049461-321, title = {Activity Rithms and habitat of Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) in {\'E}vora, Portugal}, journal = {Boletin de ICIJA}, volume = {2}, year = {1998}, note = {n/a}, pages = {37-43}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto} } @article { ref122, title = {Ritmos de Actividade e habitat de Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) em {\'E}vora, Portugal.}, journal = {Cuadernos de INICE}, volume = {74-75}, year = {1997}, note = {

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}, pages = {207-214}, abstract = {

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}, attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/omateus/files/mateus_jacinto_1997_hemidactylus.pdf}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto} } @article {RID:1218131049462-320, title = {Ritmos de Actividade e habitat de Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) em {\'E}vora, Portugal}, journal = {Cuadernos de INICE}, volume = {74-75}, year = {1997}, note = {n/a}, pages = {207-214}, abstract = {n/a}, author = {O. Mateus and J J Jacinto} }