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Rock shelter (abri) in Coniacian limestone in the Boulou valley (left-hand side) near La Tabaterie, commune of La Gonterie-Boulouneix, Dordogne, France. In the abri there is a natural spring and next to it a deep well - dangerous!

Rock shelter (abri) in Coniacian limestone in the Boulou valley (left-hand side) near La Tabaterie, commune of La Gonterie-Boulouneix, Dordogne, France. In the abri there is a natural spring and next to it a deep well - dangerous!

France Coniacian
Limestone cliff with the stratigraphic stage of Cretaceous Coniacian near the eponym town of Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

Limestone cliff with the stratigraphic stage of Cretaceous Coniacian near the eponym town of Cognac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

France Coniacian Cretaceous
Ivy and limestone cliff of Cretaceous Coniacian, Cognac, Charente, France.

Ivy and limestone cliff of Cretaceous Coniacian, Cognac, Charente, France.

France Coniacian Cretaceous
Limestone Cretaceous cornices (Coniacian type), valley of the river Voultron; Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Charente, France.

Limestone Cretaceous cornices (Coniacian type), valley of the river Voultron; Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard, Charente, France.

France Coniacian Cretaceous
A hypothetical life restoration of Oneirosaurus caballeroi, a basal plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Coniacian beds of Lebrija, Santander of Central Colombia. Body proportions are based off of other related mosasaurs such as Angolasaurus and Yaguarasaurus.

A hypothetical life restoration of Oneirosaurus caballeroi, a basal plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Coniacian beds of Lebrija, Santander of Central Colombia. Body proportions are based off of other related mosasaurs such as Angolasaurus and Yaguarasaurus.

Colombia Coniacian Angolasaurus Oneirosaurus +3
Skull of troodontid theropod Xixiasaurus henanensis gen. et sp. nov. (HGM 41HIII−0201; holotype), lower–middle Majiacun Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Coniacian–Campanian), Henan Province, China; in dorsal (A); lateral (B), and ventral (C) views.

Note that this version of the image does not include the interpretative lines of the version in the paper.
Taxa Xixiasaurus

Skull of troodontid theropod Xixiasaurus henanensis gen. et sp. nov. (HGM 41HIII−0201; holotype), lower–middle Majiacun Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Coniacian–Campanian), Henan Province, China; in dorsal (A); lateral (B), and ventral (C) views. Note that this version of the image does not include the interpretative lines of the version in the paper.

China Campanian Coniacian Cretaceous +5
Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis (Familyː Nyctosauridae) is a species of nyctosaurid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (early Coniacian stage) of what is now Coahuila, Mexico.
Taxa Muzquizopteryx

Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis (Familyː Nyctosauridae) is a species of nyctosaurid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (early Coniacian stage) of what is now Coahuila, Mexico.

Mexico Coniacian Cretaceous Late Cretaceous +3
Azhdarcho sp., ZIN PH 56/43, distal fragment of a right ulna in proximal (a), ventral (b), posterior (c), dorsal (d), anterior (e), and distal (f, stereopair) views. This specimen is from the Tyulkili locality in the northeastern Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan; Zhirkindek Formation, Upper Cretaceous (upper Turonian – Coniacian). Abbreviations: das, dorsal articulation surface; ft, groove for flexor tendon; tub, tuberculum; vf, ventral fovea. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Taxa Azhdarcho

Azhdarcho sp., ZIN PH 56/43, distal fragment of a right ulna in proximal (a), ventral (b), posterior (c), dorsal (d), anterior (e), and distal (f, stereopair) views. This specimen is from the Tyulkili locality in the northeastern Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan; Zhirkindek Formation, Upper Cretaceous (upper Turonian – Coniacian). Abbreviations: das, dorsal articulation surface; ft, groove for flexor tendon; tub, tuberculum; vf, ventral fovea. Scale bar is 10 mm.

scale Kazakhstan Coniacian Cretaceous +4