Stratigraphic correlation chart of Carboniferous–Paleogene rocks of Mexico, adjacent southwestern United States, Central America, and Colombia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy F. Lawton ◽  
Maria Isabel Sierra-Rojas ◽  
Uwe Martens
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central America ◽  
Stratigraphic Correlation ◽  
Southwestern United States

Are We Collapsing? A Review of Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 1049-1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott E Page
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Central America ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Dramatic Decline

Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Viking Penguin, 2005), tells the dramatic decline of past civilizations—the Easter Islanders, the Anasazi in the Southwestern United States, the Mayans in Central America, the Norse Vinland settlement in Greenland. These civilizations did not slowly fall apart; they suffered drastic reductions in population and productivity. In Diamond's account, their collapses result from mismanaged resources, lost friends, gained enemies, climate changes, and most tellingly, their cultures and beliefs. Diamond provides captivating histories and an engaging explanation of the sciences required to piece those histories together, but his logic and his prescriptions would benefit from greater familiarity with some basic principles of economics and a richer understanding of human nature.

scholarly journals Filling gaps in the distribution of the four free-tailed bat species of the genus Nyctinomops Miller, 1902 (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Molossidae), with three new records for Guatemala

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1747-1754
Author(s):  
Luis A. Trujillo ◽  
Raiza Barahona Fong ◽  
Sergio G. Pérez
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central America ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Northern Mexico

We found the four species of Nyctinomops Miller, 1902 living in sympatry in central Guatemala. All specimens were found dead under turbines of a wind farm. Nyctinomops femorosaccus (Merriam, 1889), was previously known from northern Mexico and southwestern United States, and this record extends its distribution at least 1150 km southward, representing the first record for Guatemala and Central America. Although N. aurispinosus (Peale, 1848) and N. macrotis (Gray, 1839) were already known from Central America (Honduras), and these are the first records for Guatemala.

scholarly journals Coccidioidomycosis Chorioretinitis

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 232470961988156
Author(s):  
Brian Nordstrom ◽  
Namgyal Sherpa ◽  
Meagan Marshall ◽  
Anuj Chawla ◽  
Arash Heidari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Central America ◽  
Anterior Segment ◽  
Multiple Organ ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Primary Disease ◽  
Organ Systems ◽  
United States Mexico

Coccidioidomycosis is an invasive fungus found primarily in the soil of Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America. Primary disease mostly presents as a pulmonary disease although multiple organ systems can be affected through lymphohematogenous dissemination, with ocular seeding extremely rare. When present, the anterior segment structures are most commonly affected. Isolated choroid and/or vitreal disease has been reported infrequently. This is a case of chorioretinitis with vitreal involvement.

scholarly journals Aulacidae of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America (Hymenoptera).

2008 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-355
Author(s):  
David R. Smith
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
United States Mexico

Für das Gebiet der südwestlichen USA (südliches Texas, New Mexico, Arizona), Mexiko und Mittelamerika werden 42 Aulacidae-Arten festgestellt, von denen 11 zu Aulacus Jurine und 31 zu Pristaulacus Kieffer gehören. Aus den südwestlichen USA sind 8 Arten bekannt, 27 aus Mexiko, eine aus Guatemala, drei aus Honduras, eine aus Nicaragua, 11 aus Costa Rica und zwei aus Panama. Die folgenden Taxa werden behandelt: Aulacus maculosus, n. sp. (Costa Rica); A. ochreus Smith, 2005 (Costa Rica); A. fascius, n. sp. (Mexiko); A. veracruz, n. sp. (Mexiko); A. costaricensis, n. sp. (Costa Rica); A heredia, n. sp. (Costa Rica), A. elongatus, n. sp. (Panama, Costa Rica); A. leon, n. sp. (Mexiko); A. whartoni, n. sp. (Mexiko); A. aneurus Walkley, 1952 (USA: New Mexico); A. dispilis Townes, 1950 (USA: Texas); Pristaulacus argutus, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. tria, n. sp. (Costa Rica); P. maculatus (Schletterer, 1889) (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); P. ruficollis (Cameron, 1887) (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico); P. auricomus, n. sp. (Honduras, Mexico, USA: Arizona); P. virga, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. punctum, n. sp. (Costa Rica); P. decorus, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. aquilus, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. torridus (Bradley, 1908) (USA: Texas); P. anteala, n. sp. (Costa Rica); P. triclora, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. nigricoxae, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. unimacula, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. postala, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. stangei, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. tenuis, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. decolorus, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. singulus, n. sp. (Costa Rica); P. candidus, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. omninoniger, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. townesi, n. sp. (Mexiko), P. arizonicus (Townes, 1950) (USA: Arizona); P. rufitarsis (Cresson, 1864) (USA: Arizona, California, New Mexico); P. ruficruris, n. sp. (Mexico, USA: Texas); P. parkeri, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. mexiuni, n. sp. (Mexiko, USA: Arizona, Texas); P. totoferrugineus, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. hespenheidei, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. tamaulipas, n. sp. (Mexiko); P. annulatus Kieffer, 1911 (Mexiko). Aulacus hyalinipennis Westwood, 1841, wird innerhalb der Aulacidae als species incertae sedis betrachtet.Stichwörterparasitic wasps, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cerambycidae, Buprestidae.Nomenklatorische Handlungencostaricensis Smith, 2008 (Aulacus), spec. n.elongatus Smith, 2008 (Aulacus), spec. n.fascius Smith, 2008 (Aulacus), spec. n.heredia Smith, 2008 (Aulacus), spec. n.leon Smith, 2008 (Aulacus), spec. n.maculosus Smith, 2008 (Aulacus), spec. n.veracruz Smith, 2008 (Aulacus), spec. n.whartoni Smith, 2008 (Aulacus), spec. n.anteala Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.aquilus Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.argutus Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.auricomus Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.candidus Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.decolorus Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.decorus Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.hespenheidei Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.mexiuni Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.nigricoxae Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.omninoniger Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.parkeri Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.postala Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.punctum Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.ruficollis (Cameron, 1887) (Pristaulacus), Lectotype described as Aulacus ruficollisruficruris Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.singulus Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.stangei Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.tamaulipas Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.tenuis Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.totoferrugineus Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.townesi Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.tria Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.triclora Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.unimacula Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.virga Smith, 2008 (Pristaulacus), spec. n.

Incised Slate Disks from the Atlantic Watershed of Costa Rica

1965 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doris Stone ◽  
Carlos Balser
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Iron Pyrite ◽  
Southwestern United States ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
Wooden Frame ◽  
United States Mexico ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractSlate backs of iron-pyrite mirrors have been found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, and Peru. Three engraved slate disks were recently excavated at two sites in Costa Rica, one at La Fortuna and two at Guácimo. Slate disks in this region are not unusual. Many have traces of the gum that was used for glue, and at least one fragment bears traces of the wooden frame. The significance of these three plaques lies in the designs they bear. These designs indicate that the disks were made between A.D. 435 and 500 in an area remote from lower Central America. Grave objects associated with the mirror backs include reworked jades; gold objects in Coclé, Quimbaya, and Guayas styles; and Incised Zoned Bichrome and Negative Painted Bichrome Incised wares. These disks and the objects associated with them provide insight into pre-Columbian interchange and trade routes in lower Central America, and they suggest that slate disks were important in commerce and perhaps served as ceremonial objects.

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