scholarly journals Peer Review #1 of "A new species of Gulo from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines (v0.1)"

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Wolsan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Early Pliocene ◽  
Gray Fossil Site ◽  
Fossil Site ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals A new species of Gulo from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua X. Samuels ◽  
Keila E. Bredehoeft ◽  
Steven C. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Cold Adapted ◽  
Early Pliocene ◽  
Gray Fossil Site ◽  
Fossil Site ◽  
A New Species

The wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest living terrestrial member of the Mustelidae; a versatile predator formerly distributed throughout boreal regions of North America and Eurasia. Though commonly recovered from Pleistocene sites across their range, pre-Pleistocene records of the genus are exceedingly rare. Here, we describe a new species of Gulo from the Gray Fossil Site in Tennessee. Based on biostratigraphy, a revised estimate of the age of the Gray Fossil Site is Early Pliocene, near the Hemphillian—Blancan transition, between 4.9 and 4.5 Ma. This represents the earliest known occurrence of a wolverine, more than one million years earlier than any other record. The new species of wolverine described here shares similarities with previously described species of Gulo, and with early fishers (Pekania). As the earliest records of both Gulo and Pekania are known from North America, this suggests the genus may have evolved in North America and dispersed to Eurasia later in the Pliocene. Both fauna and flora at the Gray Fossil Site are characteristic of warm/humid climates, which suggests wolverines may have become ‘cold-adapted’ relatively recently. Finally, detailed comparison indicates Plesiogulo, which has often been suggested to be ancestral to Gulo, is not likely closely related to gulonines, and instead may represent convergence on a similar niche.

Phytophthora caryaesp. nov., a new species recovered from streams and rivers in the eastern United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 805-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Brazee ◽  
X. Yang ◽  
C. X. Hong
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Streams And Rivers ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Phytophthora irrigata, a new species isolated from irrigation reservoirs and rivers in Eastern United States of America

2008 ◽  
Vol 285 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanxue Hong ◽  
Mannon E. Gallegly ◽  
Patricia A. Richardson ◽  
Ping Kong ◽  
Gary W. Moorman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
A New Species

Phylogenetic Position and Description of a New Species of Medicinal Leech from the Eastern United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 (4) ◽  
pp. 587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna J. Phillips ◽  
Ricardo Salas-Montiel ◽  
Sebastian Kvist ◽  
Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
Medicinal Leech ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
A New Species
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