scholarly journals A new fossil species of Procellaria (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Pliocene of New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. e20216116
Author(s):  
Alan James Drummond Tennyson ◽  
Barbara Mizumo Tomotani
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Late Pliocene ◽  
Global Diversity ◽  
History Of

We describe a new Procellaria petrel species from the late Pliocene of Taranaki, New Zealand. The new species is most similar morphologically to the White-Chinned Petrel (P. aequinoctialis), Spectacled Petrel (P. conspicillata) and the Westland Petrel (P. westlandica). Compared with those taxa, the new species has a deeper and shorter premaxilla, longer coracoid and shorter wings, while its legs are a similar size. Today, New Zealand is the centre of global diversity of the genus, with four breeding species. This is the first fossil species of Procellaria to be described from New Zealand, attesting to a reasonably long history of this genus in the region.

scholarly journals New fossil mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from Miocene hydrocarbon seep deposits, North Island, New Zealand, with general remarks on vent and seep mussels

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2577 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
KRISTIAN P. SAETHER ◽  
CRISPIN T. S. LITTLE ◽  
KATHLEEN A. CAMPBELL ◽  
BRUCE A. MARSHALL ◽  
MIKE COLLINS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Population Variation ◽  
Evolutionary Trend ◽  
Hydrocarbon Seep ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Hydrocarbon Seeps

Bathymodiolus (sensu lato) heretaunga sp. nov. and Gigantidas coseli sp. nov. are described from Miocene-age hydrocarbon seep carbonates of North Island, New Zealand, adding to only four described fossil hydrocarbon seep mussel species. Both new species are small compared to their modern congeners, and it is suggested that an evolutionary trend toward gigantism occurred in vent and seep mussels since the first known fossil species of the group appeared in the Middle Eocene. Bathymodiolus heretaunga is highly variable in morphology, potentially reflecting population variation over a wide geographic area. Gigantidas coseli is the first named species, fossil or modern, of its genus known from hydrocarbon seeps, although several closely related species in the same group, the Bathymodiolus childressi clade, have been reported from these environments.

Four new species of the Jurassic to Cretaceous seep-restricted bivalve Caspiconcha and implications for the history of chemosynthetic communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 596-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Jenkins ◽  
Andrzej Kaim ◽  
Yoshinori Hikida ◽  
Steffen Kiel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Methane Seep ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
History Of ◽  
Northern Japan

AbstractFour new species of the methane seep-inhabiting kalenterid bivalve genus Caspiconcha Kelly in Kelly et al., 2000 are described: Caspiconcha basquensis from the late Albian of northern Spain, C. yubariensis from the late Albian of northern Japan, C. raukumaraensis from the late Albian to mid-Cenomanian of New Zealand, and C. lastsamurai from the Campanian of northern Japan. The earliest confirmed record of the genus is known from the latest Jurassic. It reached its maximum diversity in the Albian and declined in diversity and abundance through the Late Cretaceous. The youngest species, C. lastsamurai, is currently known from a single specimen only.UUID: http://zoobank.org/2f84cfd3-216c-4f1b-8c9f-c808a47f7aaa

scholarly journals Occurrence of <i>Vestalenula</i> (Darwinuloidea, Ostracoda) in the Neogene of Italy, Crete and Serbia, with the description of three new species

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Ligios ◽  
Klaus Minati ◽  
Elsa Gliozzi ◽  
Nadezda Krstic
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sediment Core ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Late Pliocene ◽  
Variability Analysis ◽  
Fossil Remains ◽  
Living Species ◽  
Three New Species

Abstract. The morphology of fossil remains of Vestalenula (Darwinuloidea, Ostracoda) from Crete (Greece), Serbia and Italy were analysed using morphometric valve variability analysis. Three new species were distinguished and described, Vestalenula angulata n. sp., Vestalenula longissima n. sp. and Vestalenula pliocenica n. sp., and represent the first record of this genus in the Neogene of Italy and Serbia. Vestalenula angulata n. sp. was recorded from the early Messinian of Tuscany, Italy (Baccinello and Velona Basins), Vestalenula longissima n. sp. was collected in the Upper Pliocene (Gelasian) sediment core drilled in the Sabina area (Latium, Italy), and Vestalenula pliocenica n. sp. was collected from the Early Tortonian of Vrysses (Rethymnon Basin, Crete), from the lower Messinian deposits of the Velona Basin (Tuscany, Italy), in the Late Pliocene of the Paludinian Beds (Middle Danube Plain) and Mazgoš deposits (Serbia), and in the Upper Pliocene deposits of the Sabina area (Latium, Italy). Despite the freshwater character of most living species of Vestalenula, the fossil species here analysed were found associated with halotolerant forms, showing they could also withstand oligohaline conditions.

scholarly journals Ancient crested penguin constrains timing of recruitment into seabird hotspot

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1932) ◽  
pp. 20201497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Thomas ◽  
Alan J. D. Tennyson ◽  
R. Paul Scofield ◽  
Tracy A. Heath ◽  
Walker Pett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Ancestral Area ◽  
Total Group ◽  
Late Neogene ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dietary Shifts ◽  
A New Species

New Zealand is a globally significant hotspot for seabird diversity, but the sparse fossil record for most seabird lineages has impeded our understanding of how and when this hotspot developed. Here, we describe multiple exceptionally well-preserved specimens of a new species of penguin from tightly dated (3.36–3.06 Ma) Pliocene deposits in New Zealand. Bayesian and parsimony analyses place Eudyptes atatu sp. nov. as the sister species to all extant and recently extinct members of the crested penguin genus Eudyptes . The new species has a markedly more slender upper beak and mandible compared with other Eudyptes penguins. Our combined evidence approach reveals that deep bills evolved in both crested and stiff-tailed penguins ( Pygoscelis ) during the Pliocene. That deep bills arose so late in the greater than 60 million year evolutionary history of penguins suggests that dietary shifts may have occurred as wind-driven Pliocene upwelling radically restructured southern ocean ecosystems. Ancestral area reconstructions using BioGeoBEARS identify New Zealand as the most likely ancestral area for total-group penguins, crown penguins and crested penguins. Our analyses provide a timeframe for recruitment of crown penguins into the New Zealand avifauna, indicating this process began in the late Neogene and was completed via multiple waves of colonizing lineages.

A new species of deep-water triplefin (Pisces: Tripterygiidae) in the genus Ruanoho from coastal New Zealand waters

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4981 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
ANDREW L. STEWART ◽  
STEEN W. KNUDSEN ◽  
KENDALL D. CLEMENTS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anterior Body ◽  
Shelf Region ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
A New Species

A new endemic species of triplefin Ruanoho scurra is described from deep water (108–216 m) on the shelf region around coastal New Zealand (Northland to Stewart Island). It is differentiated from its congeners by the combination of fresh colour (bright yellow spots on the head and anterior body, oblique lines on the dorsal and anal fins, and sub-vertical lines on the caudal) as well as some proportional measurements. Comments are made on the relationship with its congeners, and evolutionary history of the family in New Zealand waters, along with observations on the habitat in which this new species is found. This paper formally describes the species first mentioned in Stewart & Clements 2015:1523 as the polkadot triplefin. 

The biology and host range of Neoaplectana leucaniae, a new species of insect-parasitic nematode

Parasitology ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 44 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 392-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Hoy
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Parasitic Nematode ◽  
Pest Insects ◽  
History Of ◽  
A New Species

The morphology and life history of a new species of insect-parasitic nematode, Neoplectana leucaniae are described. This nematode, which may be cultured on a veal pulp medium, was used in a number of experiments against larvae and adults of New Zealand Melolonthinae, and was found capable of parasitizing all test hosts used. Lack of persistence of the nematode in soil makes it unsuitable for use in the biological control of soil-inhabiting pest insects.

The biting midge genus Forcipomyia (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) in the Australasian region (Exclusive of New Zealand). I. Introduction, key to subgenera, and the Thyridomyia and Trichohelea groups of subgenera

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
ML Debenham
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Present Author ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Biting Midge ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
Taxonomic Studies ◽  
Australasian Region ◽  
One New Species

Specimens of the genus Forcipomyia are among the most commonly encountered in biting midge collections in Australia, but until recently no systematic studies of the genus have been undertaken. The present author has published taxonomic studies of Australasian Region species of the subgenera Lasiohelea and Dacnoforcipomyia, and (with W. W. Wirth) of Euprojoannisia; the remaining subgenera are now examined. In this first part a key to the Australasian Region subgenera, and a study of those subgenera related to Thyridomyia and Trichohelea, are presented. These are: Thyridomyia Saunders (three previously described species); Synthyridomyia Saunders (six new species: caestuum, oryx, bucera, tympanista, operimenti, ansericolli); Collessohelea, subgen. nov. (one new species, yungurara); Blantonia Wirth & Dow (one new species, testudo); Schineromyia, subgen. nov. (one new species, gandangara); Trichohelea Goetghebuer (16 species, of which 10 - ferrea, cliens, imparidentes, alienus, sector, chirurgus, scorpio, lunata, arcis, tumulus - are new); Typhonomyia, subgen. nov. (one new species, anachoreta); Herakleohelea, subgen. nov. (one new species, grallator); Kattangomyia, subgen. nov. (two new species: taurus, orbis); Pterobosca Macfie (five previously described species); and Phytohelea Remm (five species, of which one - forfices - is new). For each subgenus the history of the taxon and its recorded biology are summarised, and the relationships of the Australasian species to other faunas are discussed. The interrelationships of the subgenera are also considered. The Japanese species Dasyhelea crinume Tokunaga, 1932 (subsequently (1934) transferred by its author to Apelma sensu Saunders = Phytohelea), which was described in all stages, is transferred to subgenus Pterobosca, where it provides important amplification of the subgeneric diagnosis.

Two New Fossil Species of Subpterynotus Olsson and Harbison, 1953 (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricopsinae) from Southern Florida

The Festivus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-252
Author(s):  
Edward Petuch ◽  
David Berschauer
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Late Pliocene ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Southern Florida

Two new species of the muricid genus Subpterynotus Olsson and Harbison, 1953 are named from the Neogene fossil beds of southern Florida. These include Subpterynotus gabbi n. sp. from the Early Pleistocene (Gelasian Age) Fort Denaud Member of the Caloosahatchee Formation, and S. feliciae n. sp. from the Late Pliocene (Piacenzian Age) Pinecrest Member of the Tamiami Formation. Both new species had previously been incorrectly assigned to the Langhian Miocene taxon S. textilis (Gabb, 1872) from the Baitoa Formation of the Dominican Republic. Another Floridian species, S. miamiensis Petuch, 1994 from the late Piacenzian Fruitville Member of the Tamiami Formation, is redescribed and compared to S. gabbi, and S. feliciae.

Bidwill of Wide Bay: A Botanist Cut Short

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Read
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Exotic Plant ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Short Life ◽  
Garden History ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
History Of

John Carne Bidwill was born in 1815 in England and died in Queensland in 1853. His short life is relevant to Australia's garden history, botany, the horticultural use of Australian plants in European gardens and the colonial history of Sydney, New Zealand, Wide Bay and Maryborough. He may have been the first to introduce plant breeding into Australia. In a short life, and working in his spare time, he contributed more than many full-time and longer-lived horticulturists. This included discovering new species, crossing new hybrids (specific and inter-generic), and propagating and promulgating plants for the nursery trade and gardeners. His efforts are marked by his name gracing many Australian and New Zealand plants, exotic plant hybrids and modern suburbs of Sydney and Maryborough. This brief biography outlines Bidwill's time in Australasia and Queensland.

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