scholarly journals A late Burdigalian bathyal mollusc fauna from the Vienna Basin (Slovakia)

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Harzhauser ◽  
Oleg Mandic ◽  
Jan Schlögl
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
First Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Vienna Basin ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
Central Paratethys ◽  
Aquitaine Basin

A late Burdigalian bathyal mollusc fauna from the Vienna Basin (Slovakia)This is the first record of a bathyal mollusc fauna from the late Early Miocene of the Central Paratethys. The assemblage shows clear affinities to coeval faunas of the Turin Hills in the Mediterranean area and the Aquitaine Basin in France. The overall biostratigraphic value of the assemblage is hard to estimate due to the general very poor knowledge of Miocene bathyal faunas. Several species, however, are known from deep water deposits of the Middle Miocene Badenian stage as well. This implies Early Miocene roots of parts of the Middle Miocene deep water fauna and suggests a low turnover for bathyal mollusc communities at the Early-Middle Miocene boundary. The nassariid gastropodNassarius janschloegliHarzhauser nov. sp. and the naticid gastropodPolinices cerovaensisHarzhauser nov. sp. are introduced as new species.

scholarly journals A new species of Plesiosorex (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla) from the Early Miocene of Japan: first record of the genus from East Asia

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 292-299
Author(s):  
Mitsuharu Oshima ◽  
Yukimitsu Tomida ◽  
Takamichi Orihara
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
European Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract A nearly complete dentary with preserved i2, p3 and m1 of a relatively large soricomorph from the Dota locality, Kani Basin, Early Miocene (ca. 18.5 Ma), Nakamura Formation of the Mizunami Group in central Japan, is described as a new species of Plesiosorex. It represents the first record of the genus in East Asia. Plesiosorex fejfari sp. nov. has a slender dentary, posteriorly elongated angular and condyloid processes, p3 with two roots, and m1 without hypoconulid or cingulid. Cladistic analysis of Butselia gracilis and seven species of Plesiosorex shows that Butselia is basally positioned with respect to Plesiosorex, and it seems likely that Plesiosorex originated in Europe at the beginning of the Miocene and expanded its distribution to East Asia and North America during the Early Miocene. Two Middle Miocene North American species are more closely related to each other than to European species of the same age.

scholarly journals The distribution of <i>Triebelina raripila</i> and <i>Carinocythereis carinata</i> (Ostracoda) from the Middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys and their palaeogeographic implications

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Szczechura
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Central Paratethys ◽  
Eastern Paratethys ◽  
Main Species ◽  
Late Middle Miocene ◽  
The Mediterranean

Abstract. Late Middle Miocene (Upper Badenian) strata of the Fore-Carpathian Depression of Poland yield a shallow-water ostracod fauna which contains the species Triebelina raripila (G. W. Müller, 1894) and Carinocythereis carinata (Roemer, 1838). The palaeobiogeographic distribution of the two main species suggests, that in the late Middle Miocene, Central Paratethys was still connected to the Mediterranean, although still separated from the Eastern Paratethys and from southeastern Eurasia. The continuous occurrence of Triebelina raripila and Carinocythereis carinata in the Mediterranean basins, from the Early Miocene to Recent, indicates that marine conditions existed throughout, thereby allowing them to survive the Late Miocene salinity crisis.

A new deep-water goatfish of the genus Upeneus (Mullidae) from northern Australia and the Philippines, with a taxonomic account of U. subvittatus and remarks on U. mascareinsis

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3550 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANZ UIBLEIN ◽  
MARK MCGROUTHER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Meristic Characters ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Interspecific Comparisons

Upeneus stenopsis n. sp. is described based on four specimens collected off northern Australia and Quezon Island,Philippines, at depths between 165 to 275 m and compared with four closely related species: the deep-water dwellingUpeneus davidaromi (Red Sea) and U. mascareinsis (Western Indian Ocean) and the shallow Indo-West Pacific species,U. subvittatus and U. vittatus. The new species can be distinguished from all other Upeneus species by a narrow caudalpeduncle and a combination of morphometric and meristic characters. This is the first record of a deep-water goatfish ofthe genus Upeneus from the Pacific. A juvenile Upeneus collected off Quezon at 127–142 m depth was also assigned tothe new species and compared to four similar-sized (69–79 mm SL) specimens of U. mascareinsis. A diagnosis is providedfor U. subvittatus, along with evidence of its occurrence in the Eastern Indian Ocean and interspecific comparisons. Thecontinued need to screen scientific fish collections for the occurrence of undescribed species that have successfully colonized and adapted to the depth zone surrounding the ocean margin is outlined.

Callochiton monteleonensis n. sp., first record of Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from the Neogene of Argentina

2011 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
pp. 1181-1187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Urteaga ◽  
Miguel Griffin ◽  
Guido Pastorino
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Central Area ◽  
First Record ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Recent Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species of chiton is described from early Miocene deposits of the Monte León Formation, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Callochiton monteleonensis n. sp. clearly differs from known fossil and Recent species of the southwestern Atlantic because the central area of its intermediate valves has a stepped appearance, in which each step is marked by a longitudinal rib. It is similar to Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926, a Recent species from New Zealand. Biogeographic implications are discussed. This is the first record of a polyplacophoran from Neogene deposits of Argentina.

scholarly journals First record and a new species of Euphrosynoplax (Crustacea: Pseudorhombilidae) from the southwestern Atlantic

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. e20216166
Author(s):  
Marcos Domingos Siqueira Tavares ◽  
William Ricardo Amâncio Santana
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Brachyuran Crab ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of deep-water brachyuran crab, Euphrosynoplax dincao, from southeastern Brazil is described and illustrated. The genus Euphrosynoplax currently consists of two species, E. clausa Guinot, 1969, and E. campechiensis Vázquez-Bader & Gracia, 1991, both only known from the Gulf of Mexico. The new species can be easily separated from its northern counterparts by a suite of carapace and appendage characters. Euphrosynoplax campechiensis is recorded for the first time from the Caribbenan Sea (Guadeloupe and between Saint Kitts and Nevis).

New species of Acasta and Balanus (Balanoidea: Acastinae, Balaninae) from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Aquitaine Basin, France

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3109 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
RENÉ-PIERRE CARRIOL ◽  
BRUNO CAHUZAC ◽  
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LESPORT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Cellular Space ◽  
Longitudinal Ribs ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Aquitaine Basin

Two new species of spiny barnacles (Balanoidea: Acastinae, Balaninae) are described from the lower Burdigalian (Early Miocene) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France. The first, Acasta martillacensis sp. nov., from Martillac, is characterised by a shell with internal longitudinal ribs, a cellular space between the sheath and wall, a carinal sheath which adheres to the wall in the centre of its basal edge, a cup-shaped basis and a scutum with radial striae externally and a less than prominent adductor ridge internally. The second, Balanus aculeatus sp. nov., from Saucats (Le Péloua), has paries exteriorly with strong, tubular spines. An overview of outcrops of Burdigalian strata in the area, within a palaeogeographic context, is added.

A new Clymenura (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the intertidal of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, with a reassessment of Leiochone Grube, 1868 and Clymenura Verrill, 1900

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2934 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEOFFREY B. READ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Eastern Hemisphere ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Northern Pacific

A maldanid discovered on sand beaches of Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand is newly described. Clymenura snaiko sp. nov. is of large size at over 250 mm length, with 18 chaetigers, two achaetous preanal segments with tori, unmodified dentate uncini in anterior chaetigers, a ventral glandular shield on chaetiger eight, a high cephalic rim notched laterally, and a deep anal funnel rimmed with 16 short subequal cirri and one longer ventral cirrus. The confused taxonomy of ventral-shield-bearing maldanids is reassessed and clarified. Leiochone Grube 1868 and Clymenura Verrill, 1900 are here treated as the valid members of Arwidsson’s (1906) tribe Leiochonini in Euclymeninae, and given emended diagnoses, while Imajima and Shiraki’s (1982) subfamily Clymenurinae and Clymenura subgenus Cly. (Cephalata) are considered invalid. Differentiating character states of the valid Leiochonini species are tabulated. Leiochone is restricted to six species, including the new combinations L. annulata (Mohammad, 1980) and L. japonica (Imajima & Shiraki, 1982). Clymenura is restricted to nine valid taxa, including Cly. snaiko sp. nov. and the new combination Cly. polaris lena (Averincev, 1990). These updated groupings exclude a further eight nominal taxa which mostly may be indeterminable. Leiochone species occur in inshore temperate to tropical Eastern Hemisphere waters, while Clymenura mostly occur in high North European latitudes and the northern Pacific region, usually offshore in deep water. The new species is the first record of a Clymenura from Southern Hemisphere waters, and the second member of the genus to be found in the intertidal.

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