Journal of Earth Science

Ediacaran Holdfasts and Their Systematics

Natalia Bykova

2010, 21(S1): 1-3. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0152-7

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Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Pursuant to the Great Oxidation Event: Evidence from the Paleoproterozoic of Fennoscandia

Lee Kump, Christopher Junium, Michael Arthur, Alex Brasier, Anthony Fallick, Victor Melezhik, Aivo Lepland, Alenka Črne, Genming Luo, The FAR-DEEP Drilling Team

2010, 21(S1): 4-5. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0153-6

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How Synthetic is Vendobionta Morphology? A Geometric Morphometric Study of Pteridinium from the Latest Neoproterozoic

M Meyer, S Xiao

2010, 21(S1): 6-8. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0154-5

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A Modern Perspective on Ancient Life: The Question of the Rise of Cyanobacteria in Earth History

Nora Noffke

2010, 21(S1): 9-10. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0155-4

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Carbonate Concretions from the Gaoyuzhuang Formation (ca. 1.6 Ga) Of the North China Platform: Implication for a Methane-Rich Mesoproterozoic Ocean

Xiaoying Shi, Ganqing Jiang, Dongjie Tang

2010, 21(S1): 11-12. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0156-3

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The Cloud Paradigm: Geostable Molecules as Proxies for Surface Oxygenation

Roger E Summons, Christian Hallmann, Jacob R Waldbauer, Laura Sherman

2010, 21(S1): 13-13. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0157-2

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Microscopic Characteristics of Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures from Yunmengshan Formation in Jiaozuo, North China

Zhifeng XING, Yongan QI, Yuyang YUAN, Wei ZHENG

2010, 21(S1): 14-17. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0158-1

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Archaeocyaths from the Kaczawa Complex, West Sudetes, Poland

Dawid Białek, Paweł Raczyński, Przemysław Sztajer, Dominik Zawadzki

2010, 21(S1): 18-20. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0159-0

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The Cambrian Substrate Revolution and Early Evolution of the Phyla

David J. BOTTJER

2010, 21(S1): 21-24. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0160-7

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Evidence from Precambrian carbonate and siliciclastic sedimentary structures indicates that in marine settings before the Cambrian conditions of seafloor environments were largely controlled by microbes and the mats which they form. During the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, a vertical component to marine bioturbation evolved, as well as overall increased seafloor bioturbation. The “Cambrian substrate revolution (CSR)” encompasses the evolutionary and ecological effects that occurred due to these substrate changes. The continued evolution of bioturbating organisms caused the development of a significant variety of new microenvironments, which led to the formation of new ecospace and evolutionary opportunities for other benthic organisms. Numerous studies have evaluated the “weird” morphology of early seafloor animals and how they adapted to an increasingly bioturbated substrate. Many early animals adapted to seafloors with strong microbial mat development are stem groups of the phyla we recognize today, and thus have morphological features absent in modern representatives. Fossils of crown groups of modern phyla first began to appear in the Cambrian and subsequently dominated Phanerozoic bioturbated seafloor environments. The CSR is thus a primary component of the evolution of stem and crown groups of the phyla during the Cambrian explosion.

Diversification of Ordovician Chitinozoans from South China, and Its Relationships with Environment Changes

Xiaohong Chen, Chuanshang Wang, Miao Zhang, Zhihong Li, Xiaofeng Wang

2010, 21(S1): 25-28. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0161-6

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Early Diversification of Ordovician Graptolites in Jiangnan Slope, South China

Hongzhen Feng, Lixia Li, Wenhui Wang

2010, 21(S1): 29-32. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0162-5

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Dominant Input of Marine Microbial Organics to Ni-Mo Polymetallic Sulfide Shale in Early Cambrian Niutitang Formation in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, South China

Yan Huang, Li Lin, Yongjun Yang, Liyan Ma, Deliang Li

2010, 21(S1): 33-35. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0163-4

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Middle Devonian Brachiopods from Arctic Canada and Some Preliminary Results of North American Biogeography Based on Quantitative Assessment

Rong-Yu Li

2010, 21(S1): 36-39. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0164-3

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Submarine Hydrothermal/Hot Spring Deposition of Early Cambrian Niutitang Formation in South China

Li Lin, Yanchun Pang, Liyan Ma, Yongjun Yang, Deliang Li

2010, 21(S1): 40-43. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0165-2

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Evidence for Decoupling of Relative Abundance and Biodiversity of Marine Organisms in Initial Stage of GOBE: A Preliminary Study on Lower Ordovician Shellbeds of South China

Jianbo Liu, Ezaki Yoichi, Adachi Natsuko, Renbin Zhan

2010, 21(S1): 44-48. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0166-1

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Periodic Ichnofabric Couplets Indicative of Paleoclimate Variations in the Upper Cambrian Gushan Formation, North China

Yongan Qi, Min Wang, Da Li, Yuyang Yuan

2010, 21(S1): 49-51. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0167-0

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Chitinozoan-Based Age of the Wengxiang Group in Kaili, Southeastern Guizhou, Southwest China

Peng Tang, Honghe Xu, Yi Wang

2010, 21(S1): 52-57. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0168-z

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Diversity of Late Pridoli Flora from Northern Xinjiang, China

Yi Wang

2010, 21(S1): 58-60. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0169-y

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Ediacara-Type Fossils from Lower Cambrian Strata in Qingzhen County, Guizhou Province, South China

Ruidong Yang

2010, 21(S1): 61-63. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0170-5

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Late Ordovician Foliomena Fauna (Brachiopoda) of South China

Renbin Zhan, Guangxu Wang, Rongchang Wu

2010, 21(S1): 64-69. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0171-4

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Carbon Isotope Development in the Ordovician of the Yangtze Gorges Region (South China) and Its Implication for Stratigraphic Correlation and Paleoenvironmental Change

Yuandong Zhang, Junfeng Cheng, Axel Munnecke, Chuanming Zhou

2010, 21(S1): 70-74. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0172-3

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Land Plant Evolution and Weathering Rate Changes in the Devonian

Thomas J Algeo, Stephen E Scheckler

2010, 21(S1): 75-78. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0173-2

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Stage Change of Middle–Late Devonian Calcified Algae and Cyanobacteria in South China and Its Significance

Qi Feng, Yiming Gong, Robert Riding

2010, 21(S1): 79-81. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0174-1

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Fusulinid and Foraminifera in Carboniferous– Permian Taiyuan Formation in Yanzhou Coalfield, Shandong, Northeast China

Qiang Jia, Dawei Lü, Miao He, Xiangsuo Song, Yuying Zhu

2010, 21(S1): 82-85. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0175-0

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Absence of Middle Permian Kamura Event in the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

Genming Luo, Junhua Huang, Xiao Bai, Xia Wu, Jiaxin Yan, Shucheng Xie

2010, 21(S1): 86-89. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0176-z

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Spatiotemporal Distributions and Controlling Factors of Devonian Reefs in South China

Yibu Wu, Yiming Gong, Lijun Zhang, Qi Feng

2010, 21(S1): 90-93. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0177-y

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Euxinic Ocean during the Late Devonian Mass Extinction Inferred from Organic Compounds

Susumu Yatsu, Kunio Kaiho, Masahiro Oba, Z Q Chen, Jean-Georges Casier, James D Wright

2010, 21(S1): 94-95. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0178-x

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Geochemistry of the Late Devonian F-F Transitional Rare Earth Elements in the Yangdi Section from Guilin, South China

Jianwei Zeng, Ran Xu, Yiming Gong

2010, 21(S1): 96-98. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0179-9

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Devonian Trace Fossils and Paleoenvironments from Ganxi of Sichuan, Southwest China

Lijun Zhang, Yiming Gong

2010, 21(S1): 99-102. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0180-3

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Molecular Evidence for Primary Producers and Sedimentary Environmental Conditions of Permian Chihsia Formation in Northeast Sichuan, China

Qiang Zhao, Xiaoyan Ruan, Jiaxin Yan, Wenjun Wu, Hua Guo, Genming Luo

2010, 21(S1): 103-106. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0181-2

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Anomalous Early Triassic Sediment Fluxes due to Elevated Weathering Rates

Thomas J Algeo

2010, 21(S1): 107-110. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0182-1

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Recovery of Vertebrate Faunas from the End-Permian Mass Extinction

Michael J Benton

2010, 21(S1): 111-114. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0183-0

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A New Trace-Fossil Assemblage from the Lower Triassic of Western Australia

Cynthja Bolton, Z Q Chen, Margaret L Fraiser

2010, 21(S1): 115-117. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0184-z

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Pattern of δ¹³C_carb and Implications for Geological Events during the Permian–Triassic Transition in South China

Changqun Cao, Carolyn L K Colonero, Shuzhong Shen, Roger E Summons

2010, 21(S1): 118-120. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0185-y

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Brachiopod Assemblages from the Early Middle Triassic of Qingyan, Guizhou, Southwest China

Jing Chen, Jinnan Tong, Z Q Chen

2010, 21(S1): 121-124. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0186-x

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Marine ecosystem changes from the latest Permian to Middle Triassic in Qingyan area, Guizhou, Southwest China

Z Q Chen, Jing Chen, Jinnan Tong, Margaret L Fraiser

2010, 21(S1): 125-129. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0187-9

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The Use of Shell Beds as a Tool for Investigating Ecological Changes across Mass Extinction Intervals

Sarah E Greene, David J Bottjer

2010, 21(S1): 130-132. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0188-8

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Shocked Quartz Grains in Rhyolitic Bentonites

H. J. Hansen, P. Toft, Jinnan Tong

2010, 21(S1): 133-134. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0189-7

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Timing of Permo-Triassic mass extinctions: Global correlation by high-resolution astronomical tuning

Chunju Huang, Jinnan Tong, Linda Hinnov, Z. Q. Chen

2010, 21(S1): 135-136. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0190-1

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Smithian Microstromatolites in Triassic in Chaohu, East China and Their Forming Mechanism

Zhihai Jia, Fumei Yang, Tianqiu Hong, Liwei Zhang

2010, 21(S1): 137-140. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0191-0

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An Abrupt Decrease in Atmospheric Oxygen by Massive Release of Hydrogen Sulfide during the End-Permian Mass Extinction

Kunio Kaiho, Masahiro Oba, Satoshi Takahashi, Yoshihiko Fukuda, Seiji Koga, Z Q Chen, Satoshi Yamakita

2010, 21(S1): 141-142. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0192-z

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Microbialites and Environmental Change at the Permian-Triassic Boundary: An Overview

Steve Kershaw, Sylvie Crasquin

2010, 21(S1): 143-144. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0193-y

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Continuous Wavelet Analysis on Ce/La and Magnetic Susceptibility Records in Permian-Triassic Dongpan Section in South China

Xingfang Peng, Zhoubo Li, Xiaoyang Wu

2010, 21(S1): 145-146. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0194-x

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Comparison of Changes in Ocean Chemistry in the Early Triassic with Trends in Diversity and Ecology

Pietsch Carlie, Bottjer David J

2010, 21(S1): 147-150. doi: 10.1007/S12583-010-0195-9

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The end-Permian mass extinction resulted in the demise of ~90% of marine genera. Recent work on the Early Triassic using carbon isotopes, ammonoids, conodonts, and some benthic fauna shows that this supposed recovery period was almost as turbulent as the extinction itself. Carbon isotope records from China, India, and Italy portray a global signal with major perturbations at stage boundaries in the Early Triassic most likely as a result of fluctuating environmental conditions. Comparison of global cycles of extinction and radiation of ammonoids and conodonts to the global carbon signal suggests that the two are related. In order to investigate the ubiquity of the connection between the carbon signal and biological changes, the benthic diversity and ecological structure of the western USA was examined. Instead of the fluctuating patterns that were expected, evidence for gradual increases in both taxonomic and guild diversity was found. The lack of evenness in the recovery suggests ecological stagnation; dominance of a few genera and a few life habits. The prolonged benthic recovery, and trends of pelagic boom and bust, both point to environmental instability in the Early Triassic as the probable cause for the protraction of the biotic crisis.

Environmental Conditions and Events Prior to the Permian-Triassic Boundary at Meishan Section, China

Wenjie Shen, Yangting Lin

2010, 21(S1): 151-153. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0196-8

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Size Variation of Foraminifers during the Permian-Triassic Transition at Meishan Section, South China

Haijun Song, Jinnan Tong

2010, 21(S1): 154-157. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0197-7

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Excursion of Sulfur Isotope Compositions in the Lower Triassic of South Guizhou, China

Huyue Song, Jinnan Tong, Haijun Song, Haiou Qiu, Yuanyuan Zhu

2010, 21(S1): 158-160. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0198-6

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Recovery of Corals and Reefs After the End-Permian and the "Naked Coral" Lazarus Effect

Stanley Jr George D

2010, 21(S1): 161-164. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0199-5

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A Smooth Negative Shift of Organic-Carbon Isotope Ratios at an End-Permian Mass Extinction Horizon in Central Pelagic Panthalassa

Satoshi Takahashi, Kunio Kaiho, Masahiro Oba, Takeshi Kakegawa

2010, 21(S1): 165-166. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0200-3

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Reconstruction of Ecosystem and Biotic Recovery Following the End-Permian Mass Extinction in South China

Jinnan Tong, Z Q Chen, Yunfei Huang

2010, 21(S1): 167-169. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0201-2

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Southern Hemisphere Perspectives on the End-Permian Life Crisis and the Triassic Recovery

J. B. Waterhouse

2010, 21(S1): 170-173. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0202-1

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Calcareous Tube-Worm Fossils in Microbialites after End-Permian Mass Extinction and Their Paleoenvironmental Implications

Hao Yang, Hao Liu, Yongbiao Wang

2010, 21(S1): 174-175. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0203-0

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Conodont and Ammonite Biostratigraphy and Age of the Lower–Middle Triassic Boundary in Southern Part of Guizhou Province, China

Jianxin Yao, Zhansheng Ji, Yanbin Wang, Dunyi Liu, Guichun Wu, Zhenjie Wu, Jianwei Zhang, Liting Wang

2010, 21(S1): 176-178. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0204-z

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Paleofloral Assemblage across the Permian–Triassic Boundary, Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan in South China

Jianxin Yu, Jean Broutin, Qisheng Huang, Qianqian Song, Jianhua Chen

2010, 21(S1): 179-182. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0205-y

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Early Olenekian Microbialites in Chaohu Area, Anhui Province, East China

Liwei Zhang, Tianqiu Hong, Zhihai Jia, Jinlong Xu, Fumei Yang

2010, 21(S1): 183-185. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0206-x

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Micro Probe Analysis on Triassic Vermicular Limestone in Wufeng, Hubei, China

Xiaoming Zhao, Jinnan Tong, Huazhou Yao, Zhijun Niu, Yang Tian

2010, 21(S1): 186-189. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0207-9

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A High-Resolution Record from Svalbard of Carbon Release during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

Ying Cui, Lee R. Kump, Andy Ridgwell, Aaron Diefendorf, Chris K. Junium

2010, 21(S1): 190-190. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0208-8

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Fossil Coprolites from the Middle Triassic Luoping Biota and Ecological Implication

Shixue Hu, Qiyue Zhang, Changyong Zhou

2010, 21(S1): 191-193. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0209-7

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Paleo-oceanographic Conditions of the Middle Cretaceous Marine Organic Carbon Accumulation in Gamba, Southern Tibet

Jianzhong Jia, Hesong Chen, Guobiao Li, Xiaoqiao Wan

2010, 21(S1): 194-196. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0210-1

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Giant Ooids as One Kind of Anachronistic Sediments in Lower Triassic: A Case Study from Moyang Section, Guizhou Province, South China

Fei Li, Jiaxin Yan

2010, 21(S1): 197-197. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0211-0

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Osteoderms of Pakisauridae and Balochisauridae (Titanosauria, Sauropoda, Dinosauria) in Pakistan

M. Sadiq Malkani

2010, 21(S1): 198-203. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0212-z

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The four types of dermal armour bones/osteoderms and scutes of Balochisauridae and Pakisauridae (Titanosauria) were found as fragmentary in the latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Vitakri Formation of Sulaiman basin in Pakistan. Larger and smaller osteoderms from Pakistan provide a further opportunity for correlation with the armor bones already discovered from Madagascar, Argentina, Brazil, France, Malawi, Romania and Spain.

Vitakridrinda (Vitakrisauridae, Theropoda) from the Latest Cretaceous of Pakistan

M. Sadiq Malkani

2010, 21(S1): 204-212. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0213-y

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The holotyic and referred specimens of the slender and large bodied Vitakridrinda sulaimani (Vitakrisauridae, Theropoda) were found in the latest Cretaceous Vitakri Formation of Sulaiman Basin, Balochistan, Pakistan. The holotypic fossil record of Vitakridrinda rostrum demonstrates the serious confrontation between theropods which resulted in the death of Vitakridrinda. This rostrum provides further opportunity for the study of phylogeny, paleobiogeography, behaviors like fighting, scavenging, predatory and interaction among theropods.