scholarly journals A new family of bizarre durophagous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Archer ◽  
S. J. Hand ◽  
K. H. Black ◽  
R. M. D. Beck ◽  
D. A. Arena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Weak Support ◽  
New Family ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Original Interpretation ◽  
Heritage Area ◽  
Prey Items

Abstract A new specimen of the bizarrely specialised Malleodectes mirabilis from middle Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area provides the first and only information about the molar dentition of this strange group of extinct marsupials. Apart from striking autapomorphies such as the enormous P3, other dental features such as stylar cusp D being larger than B suggest it belongs in the Order Dasyuromorphia. Phylogenetic analysis of 62 craniodental characters places Malleodectes within Dasyuromorphia albeit with weak support and without indication of specific relationships to any of the three established families (Dasyuridae, Myrmecobiidae and Thylacinidae). Accordingly we have allocated Malleodectes to the new family, Malleodectidae. Some features suggest potential links to previously named dasyuromorphians from Riversleigh (e.g., Ganbulanyi) but these are too poorly known to test this possibility. Although the original interpretation of a steeply declining molar row in Malleodectes can be rejected, it continues to seem likely that malleodectids specialised on snails but probably also consumed a wider range of prey items including small vertebrates. Whatever their actual diet, malleodectids appear to have filled a niche in Australia’s rainforests that has not been occupied by any other mammal group anywhere in the world from the Miocene onwards.

Endangered lakes of scientific and cultural value in the world heritage area of South-West Tasmania

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.C. Bowling ◽  
P.A. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
South West ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

scholarly journals The Development of The Unesco World Heritage Area in Pécs

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-182
Author(s):  
Renáta Németh-Szigeti ◽  
Balázs Kósa ◽  
Kinga Éva Paczolai
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Prime Task ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
The City ◽  
Heritage Area

Abstract The World Heritage of Pécs is the most valuable historical relic in the city. The conservation, presentation and continuous development is significant. The significant parts of the area are: the Cella Septichora, the Old Christian Mausoleum and the crypts in Apáca Street. Through the design process our prime task is the restoration and expansion of the former development in 2006. The study focuses on creating the Cella Septichora concept.

The influence of a season of extreme wet weather events on exposure of the World Heritage Area Great Barrier Reef to pesticides

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 1495-1507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Kennedy ◽  
Michelle Devlin ◽  
Christie Bentley ◽  
Kristie Lee-Chue ◽  
Chris Paxman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
The World ◽  
Wet Weather ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

scholarly journals Erratum: Corrigendum: A new family of bizarre durophagous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Archer ◽  
S. J. Hand ◽  
K. H. Black ◽  
R. M. D. Beck ◽  
D. A. Arena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
New Family ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

An inventory of the invertebrates of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Mallick ◽  
Michael M. Driessen
Keyword(s):  
Marine Invertebrate ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Limited Area ◽  
Estuarine System ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
Invertebrate Fauna ◽  
Invertebrate Species ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

This paper summarizes the information contained in an inventory of invertebrates recorded from the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (WHA). The WHA covers an area of 1.38 million hectares in the western half of Tasmania. A total of 1397 terrestrial/freshwater species from 293 families in nine phyla are listed as occurring in the WHA. The most diverse phylum is the Uniramia (904 species, 172 families), followed by the Chelicerata (179 species, 56 families), Aschelminthes (Rotifera: 90 species, 22 families), Crustacea (88 species, 21 families), Mollusca (69 species, 14 families), Annelida (57 species, five families), Platyhelminthes (eight species, one family), and the Onychophora and Nemertea (one species each). Sixty-three marine and estuarine species from six phyla are listed for the limited area of marine/estuarine habitat within the WHA. The terrestrial/freshwater WHA invertebrate fauna is characterized by high Tasmanian endemism (46.7% of species are Tasmanian endemics), and a high proportion of species with a predominantly western-Tasmanian distribution and/or a restricted geographical range. The WHA includes the globally unique Bathurst Harbour estuarine system. The marine and estuarine invertebrate fauna of the estuary is largely undescribed, but is likely to show very high levels of Tasmanian and local endemicity. The characteristics of the WHA invertebrate fauna reflect the extant habitats of the area, as well as past geological and climatic processes that have led to their development. The WHA contains 16 threatened invertebrate species, while a total of 34 introduced terrestrial and seven introduced marine invertebrate species have been recorded from the WHA. The invertebrate fauna of the WHA contributes substantially to the World Heritage faunal values of the area. Formal description of currently undescribed material from Bathurst Harbour is likely to substantially add to the World significance of the WHA. The high level of protection afforded the WHA makes the area important for long-term invertebrate fauna conservation in Tasmania. A full inventory of species can be viewed on the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (DPIWE) website (www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au).

scholarly journals Functional and morphometric analysis of a middle Miocene bandicoot (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) skeleton from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen H Black ◽  
Kenny J Travouillon ◽  
Troy J Myers ◽  
Michael Archer ◽  
Suzanne J Hand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Miocene ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Axial Skeleton ◽  
Appendicular Skeleton ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Crown Group ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Fossil Taxon ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

Peramelemorphia comprises four families: the extant Peramelidae (bandicoots), and Thylacomyidae (bilbies); the recently extinct Chaeropodidae (pig-footed bandicoot); and the extinct Yaralidae; with at least ten fossil species of uncertain familial affinity designated as Perameloidea incertae sedis. Extant taxa (18 species) are characteristically omnivorous, small to medium sized (0.1-4.9 kg) semi-fossorial/fossorial marsupials with a quadrupedal bounding gait. They occupy varied habitats from desert to rainforest in Australia and New Guinea. Fourteen pre-Pliocene taxa are currently described on the basis of cranial and/or dental material, yet none is known from its postcranial skeleton. Here we use qualitative morphological and morphometric data to analyse a partial skeleton of a new species of bandicoot from a middle Miocene cave deposit, AL90 Site, in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area. AL90 has been radiometrically dated at 14.7-15.1 Ma, however the species is abundant in numerous early to middle Miocene deposits at Riversleigh The AL90 specimen preserves the skull and dentaries, the fore-and hindlimbs, and elements of the manus, pes and axial skeleton. The species is estimated to have weighed approximately 300g (based on predictive marsupial craniodental regression equations) which is comparable among extant bandicoots to Perameles bougainville (Western barred bandicoot). Unlike modern species, the appendicular skeleton of the fossil taxon is less well-adapted for scratch-digging and fossorial behaviours. A striking contrast is the relatively elongate, gracile bones of the antebrachium of the fossil taxon compared with the generally short, robust forearm of modern bandicoots. Collectively, our data indicate a more generalized niche for this species than crown group peramelemorphians and may support suggestions that archaic bandicoots filled an ecological niche later dominated by small dasyurids during the late Cainozoic.

scholarly journals Functional and morphometric analysis of a middle Miocene bandicoot (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) skeleton from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen H Black ◽  
Kenny J Travouillon ◽  
Troy J Myers ◽  
Michael Archer ◽  
Suzanne J Hand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Miocene ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Axial Skeleton ◽  
Appendicular Skeleton ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Crown Group ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Fossil Taxon ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area

Peramelemorphia comprises four families: the extant Peramelidae (bandicoots), and Thylacomyidae (bilbies); the recently extinct Chaeropodidae (pig-footed bandicoot); and the extinct Yaralidae; with at least ten fossil species of uncertain familial affinity designated as Perameloidea incertae sedis. Extant taxa (18 species) are characteristically omnivorous, small to medium sized (0.1-4.9 kg) semi-fossorial/fossorial marsupials with a quadrupedal bounding gait. They occupy varied habitats from desert to rainforest in Australia and New Guinea. Fourteen pre-Pliocene taxa are currently described on the basis of cranial and/or dental material, yet none is known from its postcranial skeleton. Here we use qualitative morphological and morphometric data to analyse a partial skeleton of a new species of bandicoot from a middle Miocene cave deposit, AL90 Site, in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area. AL90 has been radiometrically dated at 14.7-15.1 Ma, however the species is abundant in numerous early to middle Miocene deposits at Riversleigh The AL90 specimen preserves the skull and dentaries, the fore-and hindlimbs, and elements of the manus, pes and axial skeleton. The species is estimated to have weighed approximately 300g (based on predictive marsupial craniodental regression equations) which is comparable among extant bandicoots to Perameles bougainville (Western barred bandicoot). Unlike modern species, the appendicular skeleton of the fossil taxon is less well-adapted for scratch-digging and fossorial behaviours. A striking contrast is the relatively elongate, gracile bones of the antebrachium of the fossil taxon compared with the generally short, robust forearm of modern bandicoots. Collectively, our data indicate a more generalized niche for this species than crown group peramelemorphians and may support suggestions that archaic bandicoots filled an ecological niche later dominated by small dasyurids during the late Cainozoic.

scholarly journals TIPOLOGI PINTU RUMAH TRADISIONAL DUSUN PUCUNG, SITUS MANUSIA PURBA SANGIRAN

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gun Faisal ◽  
Muhammad Sani Roychansyah
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
The World ◽  
Residential House ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area ◽  
The Doors

Pintu merupakan elemen penting dalam suatu bangunan, terutama rumah tinggal. Pintu adalah jalur sirkulasi antara ruang dalam dan luar bangunan. Rumah di Dusun Pucung memiliki pintu yang terbilang unik, baik dari segi jumlah, bentuk dan ornamennya, yang mana penggunaannya memiliki maksud dan tujuan tersendiri bagi setiap pemiliknya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengklasifikasikan pintu rumah tradisional yang berada di Dusun Pucung. Pendekatan penelitian dilakukan secara kuantititatif dan kualitatif, pengambilan data melalui survey lapangan, diiringi dengan studi literatur, studi kawasan, teoritikal, studi empiris terhadapt laporan penelitian terdahulu. Analisa data diawali dengan perumusan karakter umum pintu bangunan kawasan, penentuan pintu bangunan yang sesuai kriteria penelitian, penggambaran ulang (redrawing), pengelompokan dan kategorisasi tipikal elemen pintu bangunan. Penelitian ini pada akhirnya dapat mentipekan desain elemen pintu rumah tradisional yang berada di kawasan konservasi Situs Manusia Purba Sangiran, yang termasuk kedalam kawasan  World Heritage. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, didapatkan 6 (enam) tipe pintu rumah tradisional Dusun Pucung. Tipe pintu tersebut berdasarkan 2 kategori, yaitu berdasarkan jumlah; pintu satu, tiga, serta lima, dan berdasarkan materialnya, ada pintu yang terbuat dari bambu (gedhek), kayu, dan kayu-kaca. Door is an important element in a building, especially a residential house. It is a circulation path between the interior and exterior of building. In Pucung Village, it has relatively unique function and meaning with a variety of ornaments, shapes, and amounts. The purpose of this study is to classify the types of doors and their elements, in this case the doors of traditional house in Pucung Village. Data were collected through field surveys, which were supported by the literature, theoretical studies and the results of empirical study. Analysis and formulation of the general characters of doors were done, and the doors were determined in accordance with appropriate criteria of study and re-drawn, so the grouping and categorization of typical elements of the doors could be done. As a result, the design of traditional doors in the conservation area of Sangiran Early Man site, which is included in the World Heritage area, can eventually be typified. Based on the results of the study, six types of traditional doors in Pucung Village were obtained. The types of doors were based on two categories. Based on number, there were doors with one, three, and five in number, while based on material, there were doors made from bamboo (gedhek), wood, and wood and glass

Palynological evidence for Holocene palaeoenvironments from the lower Gordon River valley, in the World Heritage Area of southwest Tasmania

The Holocene ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Harle ◽  
Dominic A. Hodgson ◽  
Peter A. Tyler
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
River Valley ◽  
The World ◽  
World Heritage Area ◽  
Heritage Area
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