scholarly journals Heteropelta boboi n. gen., n. sp. an armored archosauriform (Reptilia: Archosauromorpha) from the Middle Triassic of Italy

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e12468
Author(s):  
Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Middle Triassic ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Northeastern Italy ◽  
Postcranial Remains

Heteropelta boboi is a new archosauriform reptile from the upper Anisian of northeastern Italy represented by a fragment of dorsal armor with a row of neural arches of the dorsal vertebrae. The dorsal armor of the new taxon is composed of two columns of paramedian osteoderms and at least six columns of lateral osteoderms. Unlike other armored archosaurs, the osteoderms are imbricated with the posterior osteoderm overlapping the anterior one. The low neural arches bear small neural spines and long postzygapophyses. The osteoderms of the lateral columns increase in size and change in shape from the most medial to the most lateral columns. Among the Archosauriformes, only the non-archosaur proterochampsians Vancleavea campi, Litorosuchus somnii, and the doswelliids have dorsal armor comprised of more than two columns of osteoderms per side, but the morphology and arrangement of their osteoderms is unlike those of the new Italian taxon. A cladistic analysis of Archosauromorpha positions Heteropelta boboi as either a basal phytosaur or a basal suchian. However, a second cladistic analysis focused on armored archosaurs alternatively positions the new taxon as a basal archosauriform, basal suchian, basal loricatan or crocodylomorph. Better resolution of the phylogenetic relationships of Heteropelta boboi will likely be obtained only with the discovery of cranial and postcranial remains associated with its diagnostic armor elements.

A new carnivorous cynodont (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Brazilian Mid-dle Triassic (Santa Maria Formation): Candelariodon barberenai gen. et sp. nov.

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3027 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
TÉO VEIGA DE OLIVEIRA ◽  
CESAR LEANDRO SCHULTZ ◽  
MARINA BENTO SOARES ◽  
CARLOS NUNES RODRIGUES
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Middle Triassic ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Main Cusp ◽  
Shallow Basin ◽  
Santa Maria ◽  
Angular Process

A new small cynodont, Candelariodon barberenai gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic of Brazil (Santa Maria Formation) is reported. The new taxon is represented by a partial mandible having some complete teeth. The morphology of the dentary and splenial is similar to other carnivorous cynodonts, except for the absence of the angular process of the dentary. The anterior-most lower teeth are slightly expanded buccolingually with a tall and posteriorly curved main cusp and one or two accessory cusps. The posterior-most preserved lower postcanine, however, has lingual and buccal rows of cusps, each formed by four anteroposteriorly aligned cusps, separated by a shallow basin. This tooth resembles the posterior-most lower teeth of Aleodon Crompton 1955 from the Middle Triassic of Tanzania, but the anterior-most teeth of Candelariodon and Aleodon are essentially different. In this context, the phylogenetic relationships of the new taxon remain unclear until the discovery of more informative material.

scholarly journals Pyrenochaetopsis kuksensis (Pyrenochaetopsidaceae), a new species associated with an ornamental boxwood in the Czech Republic

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 498 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
MILAN ŠPETÍK ◽  
AKILA BERRAF-TEBBAL ◽  
ROBERT POKLUDA ◽  
ALEŠ EICHMEIER
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Buxus Sempervirens ◽  
Fungal Microbiome ◽  
A New Species

During the investigation of fungal microbiome associated with boxwood in the Czech Republic, samples from Buxus sempervirens L. (Buxaceae) plants were collected and used for isolation. Two fungal strains were proposed as a new species Pyrenochaetopsis kuksensis based on morphology as well as phylogenetic analyses of ITS, LSU, rpb2, and tub2 sequence data. Detailed descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of the new taxon are provided.

scholarly journals Triassic Wood from the Gordon Valley, Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica

IAWA Journal ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina M. Dei Fueyo ◽  
Edith L. Taylor ◽  
Thomas N. Taylor ◽  
N. Rubén Cúneo
Keyword(s):  
Middle Triassic ◽  
Fossil Wood ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Axial Parenchyma ◽  
Transantarctic Mountains ◽  
The Antarctic

Wood from an in situ permineralized forest from the Middle Triassic of Gordon Valley (Queen Alexandra Range, central Transantarctic Mountains) in Antarctica is described as a new taxon, Approximately 100 trunks in growth position are present at the site; they range from 13-61 cm in diameter and suggest that some of the trees were up to 20 m tall, Pits in the radial walls of the tracheids are of the abietinean type, Rays are uniseriate and 1-9 cells high; cross fields include one to two pits that appear to be simple, Axial parenchyma is absent. Pith and cortex are not preserved. The Antarctic wood is compared with existing fossil wood types from Antarctica and other parts of Gondwana. Although the fossil wood shares a number of characteristics with the Podocarpaceae, it differs from any existing genera and is described as a new taxon, Jeffersonioxylon gordonense.

Phylogenetic relationships among families of the order Anomopoda (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Cladocera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 760 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
LOURDES M.A. ELMOOR-LOUREIRO
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Consensus Tree ◽  
Strict Consensus Tree ◽  
Trunk Limbs ◽  
Trunk Limb

The phylogenetic relationships among families of the Order Anomopoda (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Cladocera) were investigated through a cladistic analysis including 93 characters and 37 terminal taxa (2 as outgroups). The strict consensus tree supported the monophyly of the Anomopoda and its families, and indicated the existence of two main clades: (Moinidae+Daphniidae) and (Dumontidae (Ilyocryptidae+Bosminidae+Radopoda)). The later clade was supported by trunk limb characters, probably related to life associated with the bottom or with macrophytes (lifestyle lost in Bosminidae, but still visible in some of its trunk limbs). Within the Radopoda, the Eurycercoidea was monophyletic, but the monophyly of the Macrothricoidea was not supported.

Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2412 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
MING-FU WANG ◽  
DONG ZHANG ◽  
HU AO
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Cladistic Analysis

The Holarctic genus Piezura Rondani (Diptera, Fanniidae) is reviewed. Phylogenetic relationships among the species in this group, as well as the biogeography of these species, are discussed on the basis of a cladistic analysis. Piezura graminicola shanxiensis Xue, Wang and Wu, 1998 is redescribed and elevated to species rank based on comparison of its morphology and phylogenetic relationships. Syllegopterula flava Hsue, 1983 and its replacement name Thricops flavidus Xue, 1998 are treated as junior synonyms of Piezura graminicola (Zetterstedt, 1846).

Evaluation of Phenetic Species and Phylogenetic Relationships in the GenusTrichodermaby Cladistic Analysis of Isozyme Polymorphism

Mycologia ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Stasz ◽  
Kevin Nixon ◽  
Gary E. Harman ◽  
Norman F. Weeden ◽  
Geoffrey A. Kuter
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Isozyme Polymorphism

scholarly journals Phylogenetic relationships of Lecythidaceae: a cladistic analysis using rbcL sequence and morphological data

1997 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 530-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia M. Morton ◽  
Scott A. Mori ◽  
Ghillean T. Prance ◽  
Ken G. Karol ◽  
Mark W. Chase
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Rbcl Sequence

Phylogenetic relationships of the African genera Alestes and Brycinus (Teleostei, Characiformes, Alestidae)

2002 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
pp. 1887-1899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M Murray ◽  
Kathlyn M Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject

The family Alestidae (also referred to as the African Characidae) comprises the African dwarf forms ("Petersiini") and the genera Alestes, Brycinus, Bryconaethiops, and Hydrocynus. Although several authors have presented characters to support the monophyly of the family, a cladistic analysis of the group has not been published. Furthermore, the interrelationships of the constituent groups are the subject of some controversy. A cladistic analysis of the Alestidae is presented, including characters to support the monophyly of the family. The results of this study indicate that several species should be removed from the genus Brycinus, that Hydrocynus is the sister group of Alestes s.str. (containing only five species), and that the dwarf alestids ("Petersiini") do not form a monophyletic group.

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