scholarly journals Late Turonian-early Coniacian belemnites from western and central Europe

1982 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 63-79
Author(s):  
Walter Kegel Christensen

A little known fauna of late Turonian--early Coniacian belemnites from the Central European palaeobiogeographic Subprovince is revised and the following species are recognised: Actinocamax strehlensis (Fritsch & Schlonbach), A. bohemicus Stolley, A. paderbornensis Schliiter, and A. esseniensis n. sp. The taxonomic value of various characters within Late Cretaceous belemnites belonging to the family Belemnitellidae Pavlov is discussed, and it is concluded that the shape of the guard is a more significant taxonomic character than the presence of granules. The species from the subprovince are compared to coeval species from the Central Russian Subprovince and the North American Province. The palaeobiogeography and evolutionary trends of early Late Cretaceous belemnites are discussed.

1997 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 59-88
Author(s):  
W. K. Christensen

The Late Cretaceous belemnite family Belemnitellidae Pavlow, 1914 occurs only in the Northern Hemisphere and includes nine genera and two subgenera: Praeactinocamax Naidin, 1964b, Actinocamax Miller, 1823, Belemnocamax Crick, 1910, GonioteuthisBayle, lS7S,BelemnellocamaxNaidin, 1964b,Goniocamax Naidin, 1964b, Belemnitella d'Orbigny, 1840, Belemnella (Belemnella) Nowak, 1913, Belemnella (Pachybelemnella) Schulz, 1979, Belemnella (Neobelemnella) Naidin, 1975 and Fusiteuthis Kongiel, 1962. The latter is most likely a nomen dubium. Diagnoses of the genera and subgenera are provided. The origin of the family is poorly known. The number of genera and subgenera, fluctuated during the Late Cretaceous. It was one to two in the Cenomanian, increased gradually to a maximum of six in the Early Santonian, decreased gradually to one during most of the Late Campanian and increased to two or possibly three in the Maastrichtian. The belemnitellids occur in the North European and North American palaeobiogeographical Provinces of the North Temperate Realm, in additon to the northern European margin of the Tethyan Realm. The centre of evolution lay in the North European Province and all known genera and subgenera occur there. Species of five genera and two subgenera occur on the northern European margin of the Tethyan Realm and the majority of these are conspecific with species from the North European Province. Species of essentially two genera occur in the North American Province and these are endemic, with a few exceptions.


1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoki Kase

The basal part of the Upper Cretaceous, mid-Campanian to Maastrichtian Izumi Group of the Izumi Mountains and Awaji Island, Southwest Japan, contains the most diverse gastropod fauna of this age in Japan. This paper discriminates 19 species and describes two new genera: Atira tricarinata n. sp., Ataphrus (s.s.) sp. A, Ataphrus (s.s.) sp. B, Globularia (s.s.) izumiensis n. sp., Lysis izumiensis n. sp., Trichotropis? sp., Deussenia takinoikensis n. sp., Volutilithes antiqua n. sp., Pseudoperissitys bicarinata Nagao and Otatume, Nekewis sp., Nipponitys inouei n. gen. and sp., Nipponitys acutangularis n. gen. and sp., Nipponitys sp. cf. N. magna (Kalishevitsch), Calorebama cretacea n. sp., Taniella japonica n. gen. and sp., Amuletum (s.s.) sp., Biplica osakensis n. sp., Biplica sphaerica n. sp., and Cylichna sp. The family Ampullospiridae is assigned to the suborder Architaenioglossa from the superfamily Naticacea. The enigmatic genus Lysis is tentatively assigned to the Calyptraeidae. Taniella japonica n. sp. is the oldest member of the family Olividae, and Calorebama cretacea n. sp. is the oldest member of the subfamily Pseudolivinae. Occurrence of Atira, Ataphrus, Biplica, and five perissityids further supports close communication of the northwestern Pacific Late Cretaceous gastropod faunas with those of the North American Pacific coastal areas.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Matthews ◽  
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Marie-Pier Boivin ◽  
Kirsten Sauer ◽  
Daniel S. Coutts

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1331-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aino Henssen

The systematic position of the genus Massalongia and the closely related genera Koerberia, Vestergrenopsis, and Placynthium in the family Peltigeraceae including lichens with hemiangiocarpic apothecia is discussed. The ontogeny of a hemiangiocarpic apothecium is described briefly. A key for the determination of the genera is provided.A general survey is given for the morphology and anatomy of the genus Massalongia. The two species, M. carnosa and M. microphylliza, are described in detail. The new combination M. microphylliza is made.


Author(s):  
Lauren Ash ◽  
Rachel Marschang ◽  
Jolianne Rijks ◽  
Amanda Duffus

Ranaviruses are large double stranded DNA viruses from the family Iridoviridae. They are globally distributed and are currently known to affect fish, reptiles and amphibians. In North America, ranaviruses are also widely distributed, and cause frequent morbidity and mortality events in both wild and cultured populations. This is a synopsys of the North American content of the 4th International Symposium on Ranaviruses held in May 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.


2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Zách

ABSTRACTIn the aftermath of the Great War, the birth of new independent small states in East-Central Europe was closely followed in Irish nationalist circles due to the possibility of Partition in Ireland. Newspaper editorials, journal articles and diplomatic accounts illustrate that post-war Ireland had an open attitude toward the settlement of borders on the Continent as the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was similarly controversial. This paper aims to investigate how contemporary Irish commentators perceived the question of boundary settlements in Central Europe in order to provide an insight into the transformation of political space in both Ireland and Central Europe. After providing a brief background to the Irish boundary question, this paper touches upon the most important points in historiography with regard to border settlements in the post-World War I era.. It also discusses Irish Partition history in detail, concentrating on the North-Eastern Boundary Bureau (NEBB) and the Boundary Commission, and the importance of Central European precedents in their work. Moreover, this paper also proposes to provide an insight into the Irish interest in the minority problem in European borderland regions after 1925 in order to illustrate the outward-looking attitude to Irish nationalists, even in relation to borders and minorities.


1964 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 933-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Rosenblatt

A new species, Pholis clemensi, referred to the family Pholidae, is named and described from 12 specimens taken in southern British Columbia waters and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Pholis clemensi is compared with other members of the genus, and a key is given to the North American species.


1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 1045-1049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell L. Hall ◽  
Suzan Moore

Although many of the surviving lineages of sea stars appeared during an early Mesozoic radiation of the class and have undergone limited change since then, they have left a very poor fossil record, particularly in the Mesozoic of North America (Blake, 1981). This record from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta is made more significant by the fact that it is apparently only the second occurrence of a member of the family Astropectinidae in the Cretaceous of North America; Lophidiaster silentiensis was described by McLearn (1944) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Hasler Formation, from a now-submerged locality on the Peace River in northern Alberta. All previously recorded fossil sea stars from the North American Cretaceous are representatives of the family Goniasteridae.


1959 ◽  
Vol 91 (S10) ◽  
pp. 5-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Rae MacKay

AbstractThe late-instar larvae of about 185 species of the North American Olethreutidae are described and most of them illustrated. Included in these are many pests, such as Grapholitha molesta, Carpocapsa pomonella, and Spilonota ocellana on fruit trees, Paralobesia viteana on grapes, Ancylis comptana fragariae on strawberries, Laspeyresia nigricana in pea pods, Laspeyresia caryana in hickory and pecan nuts, Taniva albolineana in spruce needles, and species of Rhyacionia and Petrova on pines. Keys to species groups and to individual species are provided. Of the diagnostic and specialized characters listed, the most useful include the setae, the spinneret, and the shape of the larva, especially of its head and anal shield. The main characters are given for the postulated ancestral larva and for the highly developed larva. Most of the species groups are arranged according to the suggested phylogenetic relationship of their larvae, emphasizing the necessity of a revision of the family. Larvae of some genera previously difficult to classify, such as Pseudogalleria and Hystricophora, indicate the relationship of those genera to other groups; conversely, lack of relationship is clearly shown in other instances, e.g., between Carpocapsa pomonella and Carpocapsa saltitans, and between the two species Epiblema culminana and E. suffusana and other members of the genus Epiblema.


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