Reinterpretation of ceratitic ammonoids from the Greville Formation, New Zealand

1976 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. M. Furnish ◽  
B. F. Glenister ◽  
B. Kummel ◽  
C. Spinosa ◽  
W. Sweet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Lower Triassic ◽  
Middle Permian ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family

SummaryCeratitic ammonoids from the Greville Formation in the Nelson Regional Syncline, South Island of New Zealand, were described as a new genus and species of the Ophiceratidae, Durvilleoceras woodmani, and dated as ‘late Middle Permian’ (Waterhouse, 1973). In fact, Durvilleoceras differs from all known Permian ammonoids in both conch form and sutural pattern, but closely resembles lower Triassic ceratites. Structural and sedimentologic complexities within the Nelson Syncline are such that stratigraphic interpretations are questionable, and the fauna of both the Greville and adjacent formations is sparse. Consequently, we consider that Durvilleoceras is best interpreted as a middle Scythian ceratite of the family Flemingitidae.

Yeatesinia barbata gen. n., sp. n. (Nematoda: Plectida: Plectidae), a most remarkable nematode from New Zealand

Nematology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 953-962
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Holovachov ◽  
Sven Boström
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Sand Dune ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Oral Opening ◽  
The Family ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities

The new genus and species Yeatesinia barbata gen. n., sp. n. is described from a sand dune habitat in New Zealand. The new genus is characterised by a body length of 299-357 μm in females and 304-361 μm in males, lip region rounded dorso-ventrally, broad laterally, dorsally inclined, lateral sides of lip region with two large, horn-like, projections, each bearing one seta at its base, each amphid surrounded by three setiform sensilla, oral opening a broad transverse slit located on the dorsal body surface, and different structure of cuticle in the dorsal and ventral body sectors. This combination of unique morphological characters clearly separates the new genus from all other members of the Plectidae. The phylogenetic affinities of Yeatesinia gen. n. and its relationships to other genera of the family Plectidae are discussed.

Revision of the genus Megalopsalis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Phalangioidea) in Australia and New Zealand and implications for phalangioid classification

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2773 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER K. TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
South American ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Auckland Island ◽  
The Family

A morphological phylogenetic analysis is conducted of Australasian harvestmen previously included in the family Monoscutidae. Monophyly of Monoscutidae is not supported, and the subfamilies Monoscutinae and Megalopsalidinae are synonymised with the South American subfamily Enantiobuninae. Monoscutidae is re-synonymised with the family Neopilionidae. The analysis also demonstrates the polyphyly of species previously assigned to the genus Megalopsalis. Megalopsalis epizephyros new species, M. eremiotis new species, M. leptekes new species and M. pilliga new species are described and M. serritarsus and M. hoggi are redescribed, all from Australia. Hypomegalopsalis tanisphyros new genus and species is described from Western Australia. Megalopsalis linnaei is transferred to Tercentenarium new genus. Forsteropsalis new genus is established to include species from New Zealand (including Auckland Island): Macropsalis chiltoni (type species), Pantopsalis distincta, Macropsalis fabulosa, Pantopsalis grayi, Megalopsalis grimmetti, Megalopsalis inconstans, Megalopsalis marplesi, Megalopsalis nigra and Pantopsalis wattsi.

A new lydekkerinid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) fro the lower Triassic of South Africa: implications for evolution of the early capitosauroid cranial pattern

1996 ◽  
Vol 351 (1347) ◽  
pp. 1635-1659 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Lower Triassic ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Developmental Trends ◽  
The Family ◽  
Assemblage Zone ◽  
Late Growth

A new genus and species of lydekkerinid amphibian, Eolydekkerina magna , is described from the lower part of the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. Most distinctions between Eolydekkerina and Lydekkerina (other than those related to width of interorbital area and structure of choana and squamosal occipital flange) are linked to late growth stages and particularly preorbital elongation of the skull in the former genus. The developmental trends in Lydekkerina and the Lydekkerinidae in general are analysed by comparison with the cranial pattern of juvenile rhinesuchids. The evidence suggests that the Lydekkerinidae evolved from more fully developed capitosauroid (rhinesuchid-like) ancestors by gradual truncation of ontogeny in parallel with the acquisition of many advanced features, unknown in the Permian capitosauroids. The composition of the Lydekkerinidae is reviewed, and it is suggested that the family includes six to seven valid genera known from Antarctica, Greenland, India, Russia, South Africa and Tasmania. The smaller, and obviously most paedomorphic forms come from the reptile-dominated assemblages in which Lystrosaurus is abundant, whereas the larger ones belong to amphibian-dominated assemblages.

Stauromenia australis, a new genus and species in the family Kallymeniaceae (Rhodophyta) from southern New Zealand

Phycologia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta D'Archino ◽  
Wendy A. Nelson ◽  
Giuseppe C. Zuccarello
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family

A new Paraleptamphopidae (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the burrow of Virilastacus rucapihuelensis (Parastacidae) and surrounding peat bogs. Rudolphia macrodactylus n. gen., n. sp. from southern South America

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2243 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS E. GROSSO ◽  
MARCELA PERALTA
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
South America ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Equal Length ◽  
Peat Bogs ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
The Family

A new genus and species of a chilean Paraleptamphopidae is described. Rudolphia n. gen. shares eleven characters with the family diagnosis sensu Bousfield, 1983. The diagnosis of the new genus is: A1 and A2 long; A1 equal to length of body, A1 inner flagellum scale shaped, calceoli gammarid-type in males only; Mx1 asymmetrical; Gn1 propodus mittenlike, palmar index = 1.81; Gn2 carpus longer than Gn1, palmar index = 2.39; coxal gills: P2–5 and 7 bilobate, P6 ovoid; dactyls of pereopods very long; Pleopods multiarticulate, Pl 2 sexually dimorphic; Uropods birami, rami uniarticulate, Ur1 and Ur2 exopodites scarcely shorter than endopodites, Ur1 peduncle longer than rami, Ur2 resembling Ur1 but much shorter, Ur3 subequal in length to Ur2, Ur3 peduncle shorter than rami, rami acuminated of equal length, with pairs of a bifid and a plumose setae; Telson cleft halfway. Rudolphia macrodactylus n. sp. is the first discovery of Paraleptamphopidae sp. out of New Zealand. A cladistic analysis allows us support that Paraleptamphopidae clade was differentiated before the New ZealandSouth America separation (80–85 mya).

Wawea Fruticulosa, a New Genus and Species from the Southern Hemisphere

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aino Henssen ◽  
G. Kantvilas
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The North ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
The Family ◽  
North And South

AbstractThe monotypic genus Wawea gen. nov. is described as a second genus in the family Arctomiaceae. The single species, Wawea fruticulosa sp. nov., is characterized by its fruticose habit, rugose and corticate lobes, secondarily multidivided and coalescing apothecia, two-celled spores, and by the unique initial stage of ascocarp ontogeny which includes simultaneous development of ascogonia as well as short-celled, branched conldiophores producing conidia. W. fruticulosa is widespread in Tasmania and is known also from New Zealand with single collections from the North and South Island. A new pyrenomyceteRhynchomeliola lichenicola sp. nov., parasymbiotic on Wawea fruticulosa, is also described.

The limits of the family Evaniidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) and a new genus from Lebanese Amberamber

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan H. Basibuyuk ◽  
Mike G. Fitton ◽  
Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn ◽  
Donald L.J. Quicke
Keyword(s):  
Fore Wing ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Wing Venation ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Ground Plan ◽  
The Family ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThe definition of the family Evaniidae is revised and Cretevaniidae are synonymised with Evaniidae based on evidence derived from recently described Mesozoic taxa and a new genus and species, Lebanevania azari, described here from Lebanese amber. A fore leg with a long trochanter and a 12-segmented antenna are autapomorphies of the new genus. A large, high and wide head and a high and short mesosoma are derived characters shared with other Evaniidae. The new genus also has complete fore wing venation and lacks a tubular petiole, which are ground plan features of the Evanioidea. A cladistic analysis of fossil and extant members of the superfamily Evanioidea and notes on fossil taxa are presented.

Reinterpretation of a Chilean pterosaur and the occurrence of Dsungaripteridae in South America

2000 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID M. MARTILL ◽  
EBERHARD FREY ◽  
GUILLERMO CHONG DIAZ ◽  
C. M. BELL
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family

A fragmentary specimen of pterosaur originally assigned to the genus Pterodaustro Bonaparte, 1970 is reassessed. The presence of a sagittal dorsal cranial crest on a fragment of nasopreorbital arcade with linear vertical trabeculae and the occurrence of alveolar protuberances on the os dentale indicate the new specimen has similarities with crested pterodactyloid pterosaurs of the family Ctenochasmatidae, and with members of the Dsungaripteridae. The presence of alveolar protuberances allows us to assign the specimen to the Dsungaripteridae. It forms the basis of a new genus and species, Domeykodactylus ceciliae.

Cassiavellia galtarae, new species, new genus: a new Permian bivalve and its significance for pterioidean systematics

2010 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 1152-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilya Tëmkin ◽  
John Pojeta
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Larval Shell ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
Taxonomic Significance ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Dental Ontogeny

An exceptionally well-preserved silicified bivalve from the Upper Permian of Texas is described and assigned to a new genus and species,Cassiavellia galtarae, placed in the family Bakevelliidae. The species represents one of the earliest and best characterized unequivocal occurrences of the multivincular ligament in the superfamily Pterioidea. The silicified material provides a wealth of information on the morphology of inadequately known Paleozoic pterioideans, including hitherto undescribed aspects of the larval shell, auricular sulcus, muscle scars, and dental ontogeny. The discovery of the condyle-fossa complex on the anteroventral shell margin, a feature previously undescibed in Bivalvia, raises the question of the homology and taxonomic significance of the problematic subumbonal ridge-like structures in Pterioidea. In life,C. galtaraewas probably an epifaunal right-pleurothetic bivalve, byssally attached to hard or raised flexible substrata. In addition toC. galtarae, another new species,C. nadkevnae, is placed inCassiavellia.

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