scholarly journals A NEW SPECIES OF JUNIPEROXYLON FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF NORTHWESTERN TURKEY

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Unal Akkemik
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Conifer Forest ◽  
Radial Wall ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Axial Parenchyma ◽  
Northwestern Turkey ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

Many different Cupressaceae species were described from the early Miocene of Turkey. Particularly, Glyptostroboxylon Conventz, 1885 and Taxodioxylon Hartig, 1848 from Cupressaceae are the most common genera. With the present study, a new fossil Juniperoxylon (Houlbert, 1910) Kräusel, 1949 species from early Miocene of north-western Turkey was described as Juniperoxylon acarcaea Akkemik sp. nov. The new species has diffuse and zonate axial parenchyma, 2-3 (5) cupressoid pits per cross-field, sometimes presence of crassulae, uniseriate to biseriate, opposite, frequent, contiguous and sometimes spaced radial wall pits, even uniseriate and irregularly or alternately biseriate pits on tangential walls, horizontal walls of rays smooth and/or pitted, ray width uniseriate and rarely partly biseriate, and end walls of axial parenchyma nodular and smooth. The new species is the first Juniperoxylon species description from Turkey. According to the vegetation units (VU), this fossil species may indicate the forest was likely well-drained lowland and/or upland conifer forest (VU7).

Crocus thracicus (Iridaceae), a new species from north-western Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 197 (3) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
İbrahim Sırrı Yüzbaşıoğlu ◽  
Serdar Aslan ◽  
Neriman Özhatay
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
European Part ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Flora Of Turkey ◽  
White Form ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

Crocus thracicus is described as a new species from Thrace, the European part of Turkey. The white form of this species was wrongly referred to an albino form of C. chrysanthus by Mathew in the Flora of Turkey. It grows in open stony places and in sparse Quercus sp. and Paliurus spina-christi clearings at elevations between 45–170 m. It is compared with the morphologically similar C. alexandri and C. weldenii. A description, detailed illustrations, photograps of metephase plate, karyotype and idiogram of new species are presented.

A new species of Fitzroya (Cupressaceae) from oligocene sediments in north-western Tasmania

1996 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 867 ◽  
Author(s):  
RS Hill ◽  
SS Whang
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Leaf Shape ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Fossil Records ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

Vegetative twigs from Oligocene sediments in north-western Tasmania are assigned to a new fossil species of Fitzroya, F. tasmanensis. These twigs differ from extant F. cupressoides in leaf shape and stomatal orientation and morphology. This is the first fossil record of Fitzroya from outside the current range of the genus (South America). Previous fossil records of Fitzroya from South America are almost certainly erroneous. These fossils occur in sediments with leaves and cupules of Nothofagus subgenus Nothofagus, which is also restricted to South America today. This suggests that some current plant associations in southern South America provide good analogues for vegetation in Oligocene Tasmania.

Lethrus (Lethrus) thracicus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), a new species from the European part of Turkey

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4521 (4) ◽  
pp. 573
Author(s):  
DAVID KRÁL ◽  
OLIVER HILLERT ◽  
DANA DROŽOVÁ ◽  
PETR ŠÍPEK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
European Part ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Male Characters ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

Lethrus (Lethrus) thracicus Král & Hillert, new species, from Thrace, north-western Turkey is described. The new species is compared with the morphologically similar species L. (L.) apterus (Laxmann, 1770), L. (L.) ares Král, Rejsek & Schneider, 2001 and L. (L.) schneideri Král & Hillert, 2013. Relevant diagnostic male characters (shape of mandibles, ventral mandible processes, pronotum and parameres) are illustrated. The name Lethrus subaeneus Fairmaire, 1866 is considered a nomen nudum. 

scholarly journals Polymera alexanderi n. sp., a new species of Limoniidae (Diptera) from Dominican amber

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiesław Krzemiński ◽  
Katarzyna Kopeć ◽  
Alicja Pełczyńska ◽  
Agnieszka Soszyńska-Maj
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Dominican Amber ◽  
Fossil Resin ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
A New Species

Dominican amber is the fossil resin famous for the best quality of inclusions, exploited in Dominican Republic from the deposits formed in the late Early Miocene, ca. 16 Ma. A new species, Polymera (Polymera) alexanderi sp. n. of the dipteran family Limoniidae is described from this amber. This new limonid belongs to the genus Polymera Wiedemann, 1820 with 63 extant species described mostly from South America. Only three fossil species are known so far from Dominican and Baltic amber.

Taxodiaceous Macrofossils from Tertiary and Quaternary Sediments in Tasmania

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
RS Hill ◽  
GJ Jordan ◽  
RJ Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Size ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Quaternary Sediments ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Sedimentary Environments ◽  
Extinct Genus ◽  
River Site ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Taxodiaceous macrofossils are described from several Tertiary and Quaternary sedimentary environments in Tasmania. One new species of Athrotaxis is described, based on vegetative remains and an ovuliferous cone. This species, A. mesibovii, occurs in three sites of Oligocene–Early Miocene age and most closely resembles the extant A. selaginoides in its large leaf size. Another fossil species, Athrotaxis rhomboidea, was originally assigned to the genus Mesibovia in the Podocarpaceae, but examination of ovuliferous cones requires that it be transferred to Athrotaxis. This species was also present in several sites during the Oligocene–Early Miocene. Vegetative remains and ovuliferous cones from the Oligocene Little Rapid River site are assigned to a new species of the extinct genus Austrosequoia, which was previously only known from the Cretaceous of Queensland. The similarity of Austrosequoia to Sequoia is noted, and the possibility that the two are congeneric is emphasised.

A new species of fossil Calosoma (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Geumgwangdong Formation (Early Miocene), South Korea

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5072 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
SOO BIN LEE ◽  
GI-SOO NAM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Lower Miocene ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
A New Species

In this paper, a new fossil species of Calosoma (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the lower Miocene Geumgwangdong Formation, Pohang City, South Korea, is described. Compared with other Miocene Calosoma fossils, Calosoma kimi sp. nov. exhibits different characteristics in particular interval connection and scale patterns on the elytra. It is the first fossil Calosoma recorded from the Korean Peninsula. However, the taxonomic position of C. kimi sp. nov. within Calosoma is not clear at present though it is probably related to the complex of the subgenera Australodrepa, Calodrepa, and Calosoma.  

Podocarpoxylon Gothan reviewed in the light of a new species from the Eocene of Patagonia

IAWA Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto R. Pujana ◽  
Daniela P. Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Growth Ring ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Lower Eocene ◽  
Bordered Pit ◽  
Axial Parenchyma ◽  
Stratigraphic Unit ◽  
New Material ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Podocarpoxylon Gothan is described based on samples collected from sediments of the Río Turbio Formation. The fossil-bearing strata are lower Eocene (47–46 Mya) according to recent geochronological ages. The new species has indistinct growth ring boundaries, abundant and frequently tangentially zonate axial parenchyma, uniseriate pitting on radial walls, one half-bordered pit (= oculipore) with reduced borders and vertical aperture inclination per cross-field and medium height uniseriate rays. The new material is compared with all fossil-species of Podocarpoxylon and an inventory of all Podocarpoxylon species previously described is provided. Cross-field characters of the new species indicate affinity to the Podocarpaceae. The presence of Podocarpaceae wood augments other evidence of this family from the same stratigraphic unit.

The large carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Turkey: a review with a new species record

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4441 (3) ◽  
pp. 555
Author(s):  
DERYA ÇİFTÇİ ◽  
JAN RŮŽIČKA ◽  
ABDULLAH HASBENLİ ◽  
ÜLFET ŞAHİN
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Species ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Zoological Museum ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Carrion Beetles ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A total of 24 species and subspecies of Silphidae (ten belonging to the subfamily Nicrophorinae and 14 to Silphinae) are reported from Turkey. This list combines a literature review with examination of specimens collected in various regions of Turkey, and mostly housed at the Metin Aktaş Zoological Museum of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey and in the collection of Jan Růžička, Prague, Czech Republic. One species, Silpha olivieri Bedel, 1887, is reported from Turkey for the first time. The occurrence of Nicrophorus sepultor Charpentier, 1825 in Turkey is confirmed, based on abundant recently collected material from north-western Turkey. For several other species, we provide new province records within Turkey. Thanatophilus ferrugatus (Solsky, 1874) is excluded from the Turkish fauna, since the published record was based on misidentification of the similar T. terminatus (Hummel, 1825). We provide a key to adults of species and subspecies known from Turkey, and distribution maps and photographs of all taxa. 

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