scholarly journals A new species of Plecia from the Green River Formation and new combinations of fossil Bibionidae (Diptera)

1999 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 182-187
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Green River Formation ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Green River ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Systematics and phylogeny of the Zygodactylidae (Aves, Neognathae) with description of a new species from the early Eocene of Wyoming, USA

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4950 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Adam Smith ◽  
Aj M. DeBee ◽  
Julia A. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Green River Formation ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Green River ◽  
Exceptional Preservation ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
Ancestral States ◽  
A New Species

Zygodactylidae are an extinct lineage of perching birds characterized by distinct morphologies of the foot and wing elements. Although the clade has a complex taxonomic history, current hypotheses place Zygodactylidae as the sister taxon to Passeriformes (i.e., songbirds). Given the rather sparse fossil record of early passeriforms, the description of zygodactylid taxa is important for inferring potentially ancestral states in the largest radiation of living birds (i.e., the ∼6,000 species of extant passeriforms). Despite the exceptional preservation of many specimens and considerable species diversity in Zygodactylidae, the relationships among species have not been previously evaluated in a phylogenetic context. Herein, we review the fossil record of Zygodactylidae from North America and describe five new well-preserved fossils from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming. Two specimens are identified as representing a new species and the first records of the taxonZygodactylusoutside Europe. Anatomical comparisons with previously named taxa and the results of phylogenetic analysis including newly described specimens and previously named zygodactylid taxa provide the first hypothesis of the species-level relationships among zygodactylids. The monophyly of Zygodactylidae is supported in these new analyses. However, the monophyly ofPrimozygodactylusand the taxonomic distinction betweenZygodactylusandEozygodactylusremain unresolved and would likely benefit from the description of additional specimens.

scholarly journals New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1046 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
STORRS L. OLSON ◽  
HIROSHIGE MATSUOKA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Size Variation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Green River Formation ◽  
Early Eocene ◽  
Postcranial Skeleton ◽  
Green River ◽  
A New Species

Four additional specimens from the Green River Formation of Wyoming are referred to the Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata azygosternon Olson, originally described from a nearly complete skeleton and two partial paratypes. Two skulls with mandibles and a partial postcranial skeleton are described as a new species, Limnofregata hasegawai, characterized by much larger size and a proportionately longer bill. One of the referred specimens of L. azygosternon is from Eocene Lake Gosiute, whereas all of the other specimens of Limnofregata are from Fossil Lake. The species of Limnofregata would have taken advantage of frequent periodic dieoffs of fish in the Green River lakes. Geological and climatic factors that may have influenced the paleoecology, distribution, and size variation in frigatebirds in the Cenozoic are reviewed.

A new species of Tipula LINNAEUS, 1758 (Diptera: Tipulidae) from Green River Formation, USA

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Kania ◽  
André Nel ◽  
Wiktoria Jordan-Stasio ◽  
Kornelia Skibiñska
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Green River Formation ◽  
Green River ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Stratigraphy, mammalian paleontology, paleoecology, and age correlation of the Wasatch Formation, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 981-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregg F. Gunnell ◽  
John-Paul Zonneveld ◽  
William S. Bartels
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Green River Formation ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Green River ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Forested Areas ◽  
Water Courses ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Abundance And Diversity

AbstractFieldwork conducted in the Wasatch Formation in and around Fossil Butte has yielded a diverse assemblage of early Eocene vertebrates. Fossil vertebrates are distributed through three discrete stratigraphic intervals within the uppermost 180 m of the main body of the Wasatch Formation underlying the Green River Formation. These assemblages were derived primarily from fluvial overbank mudstone units overprinted with variably well-developed paleosols. The lowest (20 m) and highest (60 m) sections are characterized by less mature and more hydromorphic paleosols, whereas the middle section (100 m) is typified by more mature paleosols and more abundant channel sandstones.The combined assemblages contain at least 46 species of mammals. Faunal characteristics include high abundances of equid perissodactyls and a relatively high abundance and diversity of notharctines primates, an apparent absence of omomyid primates, relatively high rodent diversity, and relatively diverse and abundant artiodactyls. One new genus (Eoictopsnew genus) and three new species (Eoictops novacekinew species,Palaeosinopa lacusnew species, and ?Notoparamys blochinew species) are included in the Fossil Butte assemblage. Also recorded are late occurrences of two hyopsodontid condylarths and an early occurrence of a rare phenacodontid condylarth. The relatively high abundances of equids and notharctines suggest that vertebrate samples were derived from relatively open paleohabitats that included forested areas along water courses.All three assemblages contain characteristic Lysitean (Wasatchian biochron Wa-6) elements, but the occurrence of the palaeotheriid perissodactylLambdotheriumin the uppermost horizon indicates a Lostcabinian (Wa-7) age for at least the top of the Wasatch Formation. The overlying predominantly fish-bearing Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation also containsLambdotheriumand is therefore Wa-7 in age as well.

Claxtonia goni, a new species of Tardigrada (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae) from the island of Maui (Hawaiian Islands, U.S.A., North Pacific Ocean), with notes to the genus Claxtonia Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2019

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4933 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-542
Author(s):  
PETER DEGMA ◽  
HARRY A. MEYER ◽  
JULIANA G. HINTON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Pacific ◽  
National Park ◽  
North Pacific Ocean ◽  
Central Area ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Unequally Spaced ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Lateral Plates

A new Tardigrada species, Claxtonia goni sp. nov. is described from specimens collected in the central area of the Haleakalā National Park, the island of Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A. The new species and Clx. pardalis (Degma & Schill, 2015) together with several examples of Clx. wendti (Richters, 1903) are the only known Claxtonia species with the plates having an intracuticular pattern resembling that on a leopard’s fur. Claxtonia goni sp. nov. differs from Clx. pardalis in the absence of pores on leg plates, in smaller and uniform pores on dorso-lateral plates, in very unequally spaced teeth in the dentate collar, in lesser ratio of internal cephalic cirrus and lateral cirrus A lengths, and in relatively shorter claws in fourth pair of legs. The differences between the new species and the other congeners as well as Echiniscus species with the same cirri composition and similar cuticular sculpture are also defined. The diagnosis of the genus Claxtonia is amended and three Echiniscus species are transferred into the genus with the proposed new combinations: Claxtonia aliquantilla (Grigarick, Schuster & Nelson, 1983) comb. nov., Clx. mosaica (Grigarick, Schuster & Nelson, 1983) comb. nov. and Clx. nigripustula (Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978) comb. nov.. 

A tiny new species of Specklinia from Haiti’s Parc National Naturel Macaya and new combinations in Acianthera (Pleurothallidinae, Epidendreae, Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 275 (3) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
ALFONSO DOUCETTE ◽  
JOEL TIMYAN ◽  
INGRID HENRYS ◽  
KENNETH M. CAMERON
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Growth Habit ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Made In

A new species of Specklinia with a repent growth habit and minute purple flowers is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished from Specklinia wrightii based on its morphological and molecular distinctness from that species. The phylogenetic placement of the new species is provided based on an nrITS tree. The species described here represents the first new orchid to be described from material originating from the Parc National Naturel Macaya in six years. New combinations are made in Acianthera for species of Kraenzlinella and Pleurothallis subgen. Antilla embedded within the genus. In particular Kraenzlinella rinkei is provided as a new synonym for Specklinia montezumae and Specklinia simpliciflora is transferred to Acianthera sect. Antilla based on morphology and geographic distribution.

scholarly journals Annonaceae in the Western Pacific: geographic patterns and four new species

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Turner ◽  
Timothy M.A. Utteridge
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Geographic Patterns ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

The taxonomy and distribution of Pacific Annonaceae are reviewed in light of recent changes in generic delimitations. A new species of the genus Monoon from the Solomon Archipelago is described, Monoon salomonicum I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov., together with an apparently related new species from New Guinea, Monoon pachypetalum I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov. The confirmed presence of the genus in the Solomon Islands extends the generic range eastward beyond New Guinea. Two new species of Huberantha are described, Huberantha asymmetrica I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov. and Huberantha whistleri I.M.Turner & Utteridge sp. nov., from the Solomon Islands and Samoa respectively. New combinations are proposed: Drepananthus novoguineensis (Baker f.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov., Meiogyne punctulata (Baill.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov. and Monoon merrillii (Kaneh.) I.M.Turner & Utteridge comb. nov. One neotype and four lectotypes are designated. The geographic patterns exhibited by nine native Annonaceae genera, that range in the Pacific beyond New Guinea, are discussed.

Geosmithia gen. nov. for Penicillium lavendulum and related species

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (19) ◽  
pp. 2021-2030 ◽  
Author(s):  
John I. Pitt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
A New Species

Geosmithia Pitt is erected to accommodate species, previously placed in Penicillium, with the following combination of characters: colonies with conidia in colors other than grey–blue or grey–green, penicilli with all elements roughened, and with both phialides and conidia cylindroidal. Geosmithia lavendula (Raper & Fennell) Pitt, G. putterillii (Thom) Pitt, G. namyslowskii (Zaleski) Pitt, G. cylindrospora (G. Smith) Pitt, G. argillacea (Stolk, Evans & Nilsson) Pitt, and G. emersonii (Stolk) Pitt are described as new combinations; G. swiftii is a new species for the anamorphic state of Talaromyces bacillisporus (Swift) C. R. Benjamin. A key is provided.

Burmanyctycia, a new genus for a new species from north-western Myanmar with notes on closely related genera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Xylenini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5061 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
BALÁZS BENEDEK ◽  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽  
JÁNOS BABICS ◽  
AIDAS SALDAITIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A new genus Burmanyctycia gen. n. is described for the new species Burmanyctycia naumanni sp. n. from Chin State in north-western Myanmar. The new genus is related to the genera Blepharomima Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, Bryotypella Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998 and Charanyctycia Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998. Two new synonyms are established: Bryotypella = Paranyctycia Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, syn. n. and Bryotypella = Parabole Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, syn. n. Six new combinations are established: Bryotypella minima (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1999), comb. n., Bryotypella miraculosa (Hreblay, Peregovits & L. Ronkay, 1999), comb. n., Bryotypella orbiculosa (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998), comb. n., Bryotypella rubiculosa (Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999), comb. n., Bryotypella medionigra (Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998), comb. n. and Bryotypella rectilinea (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998), comb. n. The check-lists of the genera Bryotypella and Charanyctycia are provided. Adults, male and female genitalia of the new and the related taxa are illustrated.  

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