scholarly journals A New Species of Water Vole from the Early Pleistocene of Southern Europe

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Cuenca-Bescós ◽  
Jordi Agustí ◽  
Jaime Lira ◽  
Maria Melero Rubio ◽  
Juan Rofes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Water Vole ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
A New Species

A new species of fossil guenon (Cercopithecini, Cercopithecidae) from the Early Pleistocene Lower Ngaloba Beds, Laetoli, Tanzania

2022 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 103136
Author(s):  
Julia L. Arenson ◽  
Terry Harrison ◽  
Eric J. Sargis ◽  
Hannah G. Taboada ◽  
Christopher C. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
A New Species

Notes on Fossil Chitons. 1. A new species of Lepidopleurus (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Pleistocene of Salice (Sicily, Italy)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 821 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUNO DELL’ANGELO ◽  
ANTONIO BONFITTO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Polyplacophora (Mollusca) has been found in the Salice outcrop, in the Peloritain Mountains (Sicily, Italy), is attributed to the early Pleistocene. Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) salicensis n.sp. is characterized by its uniformly sculptured tegmentum, with (well) raised, randomly distributed, neatly separated rounded/polygonal granules. The new species is compared with Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) alveolus (M.Sars MS, Lovén, 1846), from the North Atlantic, and Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) tavianii Dell’Angelo, Landau & Marquet, 2004, from the Pliocene of Estepona (Málaga, Spain).

scholarly journals A new species of dog from the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Orce, Baza Basin, Spain)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bienvenido MARTINEZ-NAVARRO ◽  
Saverio BARTOLINI LUCENTI ◽  
Paul PALMQVIST ◽  
Sergio ROS-MONTOYA ◽  
Joan MADURELL-MALAPEIRA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Fossil Material ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Venta Micena ◽  
The Town ◽  
A New Species

The site of Venta Micena (Orce, Spain), c. 1.6 Ma, preserves one the best paleontological records of the early Pleistocene large mammals fauna in Europe. Here we describe the specimens of the genus Canis Linnaeus, 1758 in the context of the late Villafranchian and Epivillafranchian fossil dogs from Eurasia. Anatomical and metric data suggest that the Venta Micena Canis form differs from the classical records of Canis etruscus Forsyth Major, 1877 and Canis arnensis Del Campana, 1913, and that it forms part of the younger Canis mosbachensis Soergel (1925) lineage, also recorded in two slightly younger sites of the Orce site complex, Barranco León and Fuente Nueva-3, dated to c. 1.4 Ma. The anatomy of the Venta Micena fossil material shows features that resemble the Canis forms from the Caucasian site of Dmanisi, dated to 1.8 Ma, and Canis ex gr. C. mosbachensis. Nevertheless, dental peculiarities support the creation of a new chrono-species, Canis orcensis n. sp., from the town of Orce. Morphological and paleoecological data suggest that this species probably consumed more vertebrate flesh than other similar sized early Pleistocene canids (i.e., a trend to hypercarnivory), which had more omnivorous dietary habits.

scholarly journals A new species of Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) of the M. lugubris complex from Sardinia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2318 (1) ◽  
pp. 386-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAOLO AUDISIO ◽  
ALESSIO DE BIASE ◽  
MARCO TRIZZINO ◽  
EMILIANO MANCINI ◽  
GLORIA ANTONINI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Formal Description ◽  
A New Species

A combined morphological and bionomical analysis was performed to clarify the position of a problematic species of the Meligethes lugubris group from Sardinia and Corsica (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Meligethinae). This species-group is represented by a dozen anthophagous species associated with Lamiaceae, and distributed from North Africa to Japan. The analysis was mainly focused on the specific distinction and formal description of a new species, M. foddaii Audisio, De Biase & Trizzino sp. nov., from Sardinia and Corsica. The species is morphologically scarcely distinguishable from the allopatric M. lugubris Sturm and M. gagathinus Erichson (both widespread in southern Europe). An identification key to Euro-Mediterranean members of the M. lugubris complex is provided. Combined morphological, ecological, phenological, and preliminary molecular data are presented to support the distinction of the new species. The palaeogeographical scenario explaining the likely Plio-Pleistocene differentiation of the three species, which are all associated with the related Lamiaceae genera Mentha and Thymus, is also briefly discussed.

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