scholarly journals A late Miocene astropectinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and associated ichnofossils from Liessel, province of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

2009 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W.M. Jagt ◽  
R.H.B. Fraaije ◽  
B.W.M. van Bakel
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fine Grained

AbstractA fragmentary and partially dissociated arm of an astropectinid starfish, assigned to the genus Astropecten Gray, 1840, is recorded from decalcified and limonitised, fine-grained sandstone concretions and slabs of late Miocene (Tortonian) age, collected from the former gravel and sand pit ‘de Hoogdonk’ near Liessel, province of Noord-Brabant. Added are two examples of the ichnofossil Asteriacites lumbricalis von Schlotheim, 1820, both preserved in convex hyporelief and co-occurring with other, indeterminate traces. Although astropectinids have been recorded previously from Miocene and Pliocene deposits in the Netherlands, the present is the first record of fossilised traces of starfish.

scholarly journals Occurrence of the Isopod Iridovirus in European Armadillidium and Porcellio (Crustacea, Isopoda)

1985 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
George O. Poinar ◽  
Roberta T. Hess ◽  
Jan H. Stock
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
First Record ◽  
Blue Color ◽  
Porcellio Scaber ◽  
Terrestrial Isopods ◽  
Armadillidium Vulgare ◽  
Bright Blue

First record of iridovirus infections of terrestrial isopods (Armadillidium vulgare and Porcellio scaber) in Europe (The Netherlands). Infested specimens can be detected by their bright blue color.

First record of the genus Acrodactyla Haliday (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3207 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
NHI THI PHAM ◽  
GAVIN R. BROAD ◽  
RIKIO MATSUMOTO ◽  
WOLFGANG BÖHME
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
First Record ◽  
Group A ◽  
Lao Cai

Six new Acrodactyla species are described and illustrated from Vietnam based on the Ichneumonidae collection depositedat the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity, Naturalis, Netherlands and the Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan: A.maiphuquyi sp. nov., A. elongata sp. nov., A. shawi sp. nov and A. tami sp. nov. collected from Lao Cai Province at anelevation of 1,700–2,320 m a.s.l; A. lachryma sp. nov. collected from Chu Mom Ray NP, Kon Tum Province at an eleva-tion of 700–900 m a.s.l; and A. phuthoensis sp. nov. collected from Xuan Son NP, Phu Tho Province at an elevation of350–400 m a.s.l. Acrodactyla maiphuquyi sp. nov., A. elongata sp. nov. and A. tami sp. nov. belong to the degener group; A. lachryma sp. nov., A. phuthoensis sp. nov. and A. shawi sp. nov. belong to the quadrisculpta group.

scholarly journals Unique Short-Faced Miocene Seal Discovered in Grytsiv (Ukraine)

Zoodiversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
I. A. Koretsky ◽  
S. J. Rahmat
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Cranial Morphology ◽  
Sea Otter ◽  
Terrestrial Mammal ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Rostral Portion

Numerous Miocene terrestrial mammal fossils have been discovered at the Grytsiv locality of Ukraine, but this is the first record of a fossil marine mammal at this site. Morphological analysis of the rostral portion of this middle-late Miocene (12.3–11.8 Ma) partial skull suggests that it belongs to the subfamily Phocinae. The small size and cranial morphology of this partial skull is compared with recent and fossil representatives of the extant subfamily Phocinae and the extinct subfamily Devinophocinae. Extinct and modern representatives of the extant subfamilies Cystophorinae and Monachinae were not incorporated in this study due to their extremely large size in comparison to this new find. This newly described skull belonged to a small-sized seal (likely similar in size to the modern sea otter based on the width of the rostrum) with an extremely short rostrum and several other diagnostic characters that differ from all other fossil and extant phocines. Due to the lack of preservation and fragility of fossil seal skulls, less than 20 have been described so far. This new skull is yet another example of an ancestral seal, supporting the suggestion that modern seals have become larger over their evolutionary history. Overall, any cranial information on fossil true seals is extremely important since it allows resolving contentious phylogenetic relationships between extinct and extant representatives of this group.

Music and cremation rituals in The Netherlands: A fine-grained analysis of a crematorium’s playlist

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 806-817
Author(s):  
Doris van der Smissen ◽  
Margaret A Steenbakker ◽  
Martin J M Hoondert ◽  
Menno M van Zaanen
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Computational Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Musical Analysis ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
History Of ◽  
Multi Method Approach ◽  
Method Approach

Abstract Although music is an important part of cremation rituals, there is hardly any research regarding music and cremations. This lack of research has inspired the authors to conduct a long-term research project, focusing on musical and linguistic aspects of music played during cremations. This article presents the analysis of a playlist consisting of twenty-five sets of music, each consisting of three tracks, used in a crematorium in the south of The Netherlands from 1986 onward. The main objective is to identify the differences and similarities of the twenty-five sets of musical tracks regarding content and musical properties. Consequently, we aim to provide insight in the history of (music played during) cremation rituals in The Netherlands. To analyze the musical properties of the sets, the authors use both a qualitative approach (close reading and musical analysis) and a computational analysis approach. The article demonstrates that a combination of a close reading and musical analysis and a computational analysis is necessary to explain the differences in properties of the sets. The presented multi-method approach may allow for comparisons against musical preferences in the context of current cremations, which makes it possible to trace the development of music and cremation rituals.

Martha Komter, Dilemmas in the courtroom: A study of trials of violent crime in the Netherlands. (Everyday communication: Case studies of behavior in context.) Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 1998. Pp. xxix, 186. Hb $49.95, pb $27.50.

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-136
Author(s):  
Greg Matoesian
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Violent Crime ◽  
Multiplex Analysis ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Compliment Responses ◽  
Everyday Communication

Among the most relevant, practical issues in the courtroom – and explicitly recognized by attorneys well in advance of their occurrence – are the potential dilemmas involved in the questioning of witnesses. Practicing attorneys (and often their trial consultants) spend much time considering strategies for managing these. If we do X, this will happen; if we do Y, that will happen. Komter's book is a fine-grained and multiplex analysis of the interactional dilemmas that confront courtroom participants in cases of violent crime in the Netherlands. Using a conversation-analytic/ethnomethodological framework, she examines the communicative dilemmas that arise in a system with both adversarial and inquisitorial elements, and she shows how these dilemmas are shaped by the institutional interests of the participants. In a much broader sense, her study continues a strong empirical program initiated by Atkinson & Drew 1979 on the attribution and negotiation of blame in accusation sequences; but other readers may find Komter's work strikingly reminiscent of Pomerantz's classic analysis (1978) of the interactional dilemmas that shape compliment responses.

scholarly journals First record of Pachydiscus noetlingi Kennedy, 1999 (Ammonoidea) from the Maastrichtian type area (the Netherlands)

2003 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.W.M. Jagt ◽  
W.J. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
Type Area ◽  
Upper Maastrichtian

AbstractTwo specimens of a pachydiscid ammonite, a fragmentary silicified phragmocone from the Kunrade Limestone facies at Kunrade (Schunck), and a partial external mould preserved in flint from the Nekum Member (both Maastricht Formation, Belemnitella junior Zone of authors) at the former Blom quarry (Berg en Terblijt), are identified as Pachydiscus (P.) noetlingi Kennedy, 1999, a species previously known only from the Upper Maastrichtian of Baluchistan (Pakistan). This new record underscores the proposal of incursions of Tethyan biota into the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage, previously documented for other groups, including echinoderms and bivalves, as well.

The first record of fossil penguins from East Antarctica

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Jadwiszczak ◽  
Krzysztof P. Krajewski ◽  
Zinaida Pushina ◽  
Andrzej Tatur ◽  
Grzegorz Zieliński
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
First Record ◽  
East Antarctica ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Diagenetic Alteration ◽  
Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Isotope Stratigraphy ◽  
The Antarctic

AbstractThis paper presents the first fossil penguin from East Antarctica, and the only one known south of the Antarctic Circle. It is represented by two well-preserved elements of the wing skeleton, humerus and radius, obviously assignable to the extant genus Spheniscus. They were found in the glaciomarine succession of the Fisher Bench Formation (Fisher Massif, Prince Charles Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land), which was dated using Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy to be Late Miocene in age (10.2 Ma). They are only slightly younger than the oldest remains undoubtedly attributable to this taxon. The X-ray diffraction and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy indicate diagenetic alteration of the original bone bioapatite under dominantly marine conditions. The Late Miocene was a period of ice margin retreat and marine incursion into the Lambert embayment that followed Middle Miocene cooling of the Antarctic climate. The fossils strongly suggest that variable climatic and environmental conditions in East Antarctica may have been an important factor in the evolution of penguins there during the Neogene.

scholarly journals First record of Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene of the southern central Andes, NW Argentina

2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 566-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo A. Bonini ◽  
Gabriela I. Schmidt ◽  
Marcelo A. Reguero ◽  
Esperanza Cerdeño ◽  
Adriana M. Candela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
First Record ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Mandibular Ramus ◽  
Early Pliocene ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
The Right ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species of toxodontid notoungulate, Xotodon maimarensis n. sp., is described from the Maimará Formation (late Miocene–early Pliocene), Jujuy Province, northwestern Argentina. This is the first record of a toxodontid from the Eastern Cordillera. The specimen is housed at the Museo de Geología, Mineralogía y Paleontología, Instituto de Geología y Minería de la Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. It consists of an incomplete mandible preserving the right mandibular ramus with part of the dental series, partially preserved symphysis with all the incisors, and a small portion of the left ramus without teeth. The following characters distinguish it as a new taxon: symphysis long and narrow with slight divergence of its lateral borders; strong procumbence of lower incisors and deeply implanted i3; chin angle lower than in X. major and X. cristatus and bulging labial keel limiting strong lateral concavities. Comparative analysis in the context of the recently revised Neogene Toxodontidae indicates that the Maimará specimen shares mandibular features and dental characters with Xotodon and Mixotoxodon, differing from the latter by the more upraised symphysis. The phylogenetic position of Xotodon maimarensis n. sp. supports the taxonomic interpretation of the studied specimen as a new species of Xotodon. This new Toxodontidae increases the knowledge of the diversity and radiation of this group of notoungulates in northwest Argentina.

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