scholarly journals First record of catacrinid crinoid from the Lower Permian of Spitsbergen

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Przemysław Gorzelak ◽  
Błażej Błażejowski ◽  
Alfred Uchman ◽  
Nils−Martin Hanken
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Degree Of Certainty ◽  
First Time

AbstractAn early Permian (late Artinskian-Roadian) cladid crinoid (Catacrinidae gen. et sp. indet.) is reported for the first time from the Vøringen Member of the Kapp Starostin Formation of Spitsbergen. The specimen is partly articulated and preserves a considerable part of its stalk and a complete cup, but only the proximal portions of its arms. Thus, it can− not be identified with any degree of certainty at the generic level. Despite this, our finding is important as it constitutes one of the youngest records of catacrinid crinoids to date and con− siderably extends the palaeogeographic distribution of this group.

Early Permian corals from Arrow Canyon, Clark County, Nevada

1993 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 935-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward C. Wilson ◽  
Ralph L. Langenheim
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Shelf Area ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Clark County ◽  
Canyon Range ◽  
First Time ◽  
Tabulate Corals

Rugose and tabulate corals from the Lower Permian (Wolfcampian) part of the Bird Spring Group in Arrow Canyon, Arrow Canyon Range, Clark County, Nevada, comprise eight species in eight genera. Stylastraea rowetti n. sp. is the first unequivocal record of this genus west of Texas in North America. Heritschiella girtyi, the only endemic North American waagenophyllid genus and species, is recorded outside Kansas for the first time. Paraheritschioides stevensi formerly was known only from northern California. The other species also occur elsewhere in the Permian of Nevada and nearby. This southeast Nevada shelf area has the first known intermixture of corals from the Durhaminid Coral Province and subprovinces of far western North America and the Cyathaxonid Coral Province of middle and southwestern North America.

A new species of Dimetrodon (Synapsida: Sphenacodontidae) from the Lower Permian of Germany records first occurrence of genus outside of North America

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 803-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S Berman ◽  
Robert R Reisz ◽  
Thomas Martens ◽  
Amy C Henrici
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Vertebral Column ◽  
First Record ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Terrestrial Vertebrates ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Large Predators ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the sphenacodontid synapsid Dimetrodon, D. teutonis, is described on the basis of a single, adult specimen consisting of a large portion of the presacral vertebral column. The holotype was collected from the Lower Permian Tambach Formation, lowermost formational unit of the Upper Rotliegend, of the Bromacker quarry locality in the midregion of the Thuringian Forest near Gotha, central Germany. This is the first record of the genus outside of North America and, therefore, provides not only additional biological evidence of a continuous Euramerican landmass during the Early Permian, but also the absence of any major physical or biological barrier to faunal interchange of terrestrial vertebrates. An estimated weight of 14 kg for D. teutonis is half that of the smallest, previously recognized species, D. natalis. Sphenacodontid phylogeny indicates that the diminutive size of D. teutonis represents an autapomorphy and is in general accord with the absence of large-sized, basal synapsid predators at this truly terrestrial upland locality. It is speculated that the diminutive size of D. teutonis was probably an adaptation to a truly terrestrial, relatively uplands existence like that represented by the Bromacker locality. Here it subsisted on small vertebrates (and possibly large invertebrates) of the Bromacker assemblage, in which the dominant members in both size and abundance were herbivorous diadectids, and it was unlikely to encounter large predators.

scholarly journals The Early Permian Bolosaurid Eudibamus cursoris: Earliest Reptile to Combine Parasagittal Stride and Digitigrade Posture During Quadrupedal and Bipedal Locomotion

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S Berman ◽  
Stuart S. Sumida ◽  
Amy C. Henrici ◽  
Diane Scott ◽  
Robert R. Reisz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vertebral Column ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Vertical Posture ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Bipedal Locomotion ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Comprehensive Description ◽  
Structural Differences ◽  
Juvenile Individual ◽  
First Time

A comprehensive description of the holotype skeleton is presented here for the first time of the lower Permian (Artinskian) reptile Eudibamus cursoris from the Bromacker locality of Germany since the brief description of the holotype in 2000. The holotype is essentially complete and is the only known bolosaurid represented by a well-preserved articulated skeleton. Included in the description here is a superbly preserved, partial, articulated second specimen of E. cursoris discovered at the same locality that includes a short portion of the vertebral column associated with the pelvis and right hindlimb. Descriptions of the holotype and new specimen add substantially to features of the skull and postcranium that not only confirm a bolosaurid assignment, but also add significantly to an already long list of structural features supporting an ability unique among Paleozoic vertebrates to reach relatively high bipedal and quadrupedal running speeds employing a parasagittal stride and digitigrade stance with the limbs held in a near vertical posture. Structural differences between the two specimens are restricted to the tarsi and are attributed to different ontogenetic stages of ossification, with the holotype representing a more juvenile individual, and the larger second specimen representing a more mature animal.

scholarly journals First record of the genus Raunolina (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from tropical Africa with description of two new species from Sudan and Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir M. Gnezdilov
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Abstract Raunolina Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006 erected as a subgenus of Perissana Metcalf, 1952 is upgraded to generic level. Raunolina remanei sp. nov. is described from northeastern Sudan, which is the first record of the genus and the tribe Adenissini Dlabola, 1980 from tropical Africa, and R. jeddahica sp. nov. is described from western Saudi Arabia. Two new combinations are provided: Raunolina circularis (Linnavuori, 1952), comb. nov. and Raunolina arabica (Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006), comb. nov.; R. arabica is recorded for the first time from Yemen. A key to separate the genera Perissana and Raunolina as well as a key to species of Raunolina are given. The global distribution of Adenissini is discussed.

A new vertebrate Lagerstätte from the Lower Permian of France (Franchesse, Massif Central): palaeoenvironmental implications for the Bourbon-l'Archambault basin

2012 ◽  
Vol 183 (6) ◽  
pp. 509-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-Sébastien Steyer ◽  
Sophie Sanchez ◽  
Pierre J. Debriette ◽  
Andrea M.F. Valli ◽  
François Escuille ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Aquatic Environment ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mass Mortality ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Early Permian ◽  
Massif Central

Abstract A new vertebrate locality from the Lower Permian (Cisuralian) of the Bourbon-l'Archambault basin (Massif Central, France) is reported and its associated flora and fauna preliminarily described. This locality corresponds to a mass mortality assemblage deposited in an aquatic environment. Interestingly, it has yielded hundreds of exceptionally well preserved seymouriamorph specimens, all referred to Discosauriscus austriacus. This exquisite assemblage corresponds to the first seymouriamorph Lagerstätte and the first record of D. austriacus outside the Boskovice basin in Czechia. It enlarges the geographical distribution of the species during the Early Permian, and has new palaeoenvironmental implications regarding the Palaeozoic Bourbon-l'Archambault basin.

First record of the superfamily Proctotrupoidea from French Polynesia (Hymenoptera)

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-406
Author(s):  
Thibault Ramage
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
First Time

A Helorid wasp, Helorus ruficornis Förster, 1856, is reported for the first time on Tahiti (Society Islands), which is also the first record of both Proctotrupoidea and family Heloridae in French Polynesia. The potential hosts of Helorus ruficornis in French Polynesia are discussed.

FIRST RECORD OF MANTIDS (MANTODEA: INSECTA) FROM INDIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHVETA PATEL ◽  
RAJENDRA SINGH
Keyword(s):  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
First Record ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Extensive Survey ◽  
First Time

Extensive survey of mantids in the northeastern Uttar Pradesh was conducted. Two mantid species were recorded for the first time from the target area, viz.: Pyrgomantis pallida, 1917 and Bactromantis mexicana.

First Record of Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) from Gills of Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) in Iraq

2018 ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Kefah Naser Abdul-Ameer ◽  
Fatima Khalaf Atwan
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Oreochromis Aureus ◽  
Tigris River ◽  
Blue Tilapia ◽  
First Time

   The Ciliophoran Trichodina magna Van As and Basson, 1989 is recorded for the first time in in Iraq from gills of the blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) Iraq from Al-Graiat location on the Tigris River at Baghdad city. The description and measurements of this external parasite as well as its illustrations are given.  

Alkaliphilic species Euastrum lacustre (Charophyta, Zygnematophyceae), first record from Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-320
Author(s):  
O. V. Anissimova
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
European Russia ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Kursk Region

Euastrum lacustre is reported for Russia for the first time. This alcaliphilic species was found in the periphyton and plankton of three lakes in the Kursk Region (European Russia). A description of morphology, including the relief of cell wall, and habitats where this taxon is found are represented. LM and SEM microphotographs are provided. Morphological differences of E. lacustre from similar species are discussed. New species for region, namely Closterium aciculare, Cosmarium formosulum, C. granatum, C. pseudoinsigne, C. reniforme and Staurastrum pingue, are found in the samples together with E. lacustre.

First record of the soil cyanobacterium Nodosilinea epilithica (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) in Russia

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 125-141
Author(s):  
A. D. Temraleeva ◽  
S. A. Dronova
Keyword(s):  
Chestnut Soil ◽  
First Record ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Dry Steppes ◽  
Cyanobacterial Culture ◽  
Volgograd Region ◽  
First Time

Nodosilinea epilithica Perkerson et Casamatta is reported for the first time for Russia. The sample was isolated from a typical chestnut soil in the zone of dry steppes (Volgograd Region) and its identity was confirmed by morphological and molecular analyses. The specific feature of the studied strain is its ability to form nodules at normal (60–75 μmol photons ∙ m-2 ∙ sec-1) light. The number of nodules is supposed to be related to the age of a cyanobacterial culture.

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