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The long-term survival of bone: the role of bioerosion by Trueman, C. N., Martill, D. M.

“…Fossil bones (N = 350) spanning more than 350 million years, and covering a wide range of depositional environments, were studied to compare the distribution…”
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Morphologic and spectral investigation of exceptionally well-preserved bacterial biofilms from the Oligocene Enspel formation, Germany by Toporski, J.K.W, Steele, A, Westall, F, Avci, R, Martill, D.M, McKay, D.S

“…The fossilised soft tissues of a tadpole and an associated coprolitic structure from the organic-rich volcanoclastic lacustrine Upper Oligocene Enspel…”
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A possible earthquake-triggered mega-boulder slide in a Chilean Mio-Pliocene marine sequence; evidence for rapid uplift and bonebed genesis by Walsh, S. A, Martill, D. M

“…The type area of the Bahia Inglesa Formation (north-central Chile) is structurally complex as a result of active margin subduction at the Peru-Chile Trench…”
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Phosphatization of soft-tissue in experiments and fossils by Briggs, D. E. G, Kear, A. J, Martill, D. M, Wilby, P. R

“…In laboratory experiments, the smaller the aggregations of calcium phosphate particles precipitated the greater the fidelity of morphological preservation; the…”
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A new crested maniraptoran dinosaur from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil by Martill, D. M, Cruickshank, A. R. I, Frey, E, Small, P. G, Clarke, M

“…The skull of a new, and highly unusual crested dinosaur with an elongate rostrum is the first dinosaur to be named from the Santana Formation of NE Brazil…”
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A pliosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) exhibiting pachyostosis from the Middle Jurassic of England by Cruickshank, A. R. I, Martill, D. M, Noe, L. F

“…A new and unusual pliosaurid from the Peterborough Member, Oxford Clay Formation (Callovian, Jurassic) of Cambridgeshire, UK, exhibits a type of pachyostosis…”
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The trophic structure of the biota of the Peterborough Member, Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic), UK by Martill, D. M, Taylor, M. A, Duff, K. L, Riding, J. B, Bown, P. R

“…The Peterborough Member of the Oxford Clay Formation is organic-rich and contains an abundance of well-preserved vertebrate and invertebrate fossils. A high…”
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The Peterborough Member (Callovian, Middle Jurassic) of the Oxford Clay Formation at Peterborough, UK by Hudson, J. D, Martill, D. M

“…King’s Dyke brick pit, Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, provides a continuous section through the Peterborough Member (formerly known as the…”
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Macromolecular resolution of fossilized muscle tissue from an elopomorph fish by Martill, David M

“…The Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian/Lower Albian) of Ceara, Brazil, contains many exceptionally preserved fish fossils within carbonate…”
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Evidence for photic‐zone euxinia in the Early Albian Santana Formation (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil) by Heimhofer, U., Hesselbo, S. P., Pancost, R. D., Martill, D. M., Hochuli, P. A., Guzzo, J. V. P.

“…Organic matter from two black shale units in the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil, has been studied to investigate the palaeoenvironmental…”
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The Preservation of Marine Vertebrates in the Lower Oxford Clay (Jurassic) of Central England by Martill, D. M.

“…Fossil vertebrate remains are found throughout the Lower Oxford Clay (Callovian, Middle Jurassic) in the Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) area, but occur more…”
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On the Nature of the Pteroid in Pterosaurs by Unwin, D. M., Frey, E., Martill, D. M., Clarke, J. B., Riess, J.

“…The nature of the pteroid, a rod-like bone projecting from the carpus in pterosaurs, has long been disputed. Three lines of evidence, morphological,…”
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The fossil Ainiktozoon is an arthropod by van der Brugghen, Wim, Schram, Frederick R, Martill, David M

“…The enigmatic fossil Ainiktozoon loganense Scourfield 1937 from the Lower Silurian period of Lesmahagow, Scotland, has puzzled most who have studied it. We…”
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Dispersal via whale bones by MARTILL, D. M, CRUICKSHANK, A. R. I, TAYLOR, M. A

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The gonorynchiform fish Dastilbe from the lower Cretaceous of Brazil by Davis, Samuel P., Martill, David M.

“…We examine the preservation, autecology and morphological variation for several characters of the Cretaceous gonorynchiform fish Dastilbe from the Lower…”
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Did dinosaurs come up to scratch? by Martill, David M, Davis, Paul G

“…The high specificity of bird ectoparasites has frequently been interpreted to mean that they have a long evolutionary history. Either they were present as…”
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A New Japygid Dipluran from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil by Wilson, Heather M., Martill, David M.

“…The first Mesozoic japygid (Hexapoda: Diplura), Ferrojapyx vivax gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation of…”
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Dinosaur nesting or preying? by Martill, David M, Barker, Michael J, Dacke, Chris G

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Exceptionally well preserved pterosaur wing membrane from the Cretaceous of Brazil by Martill, David M, Unwin, David M

“…The first description of the internal anatomy of the wing membrane of a pterosaur, based on exceptionally well preserved soft tissues from the forearm of a…”
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Pterosaurs--a successful invasion of prehistoric skies by Naish, D, Martill, D M

“…Pterosaurs were actively flying, quadruped reptiles with a unique wing configuration. Darren Naish and Dave Martill describe recent discoveries of pterosaur…”
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