Tuesday, April 26, 2016

[Herpetology • 2016] Cyrtodactylus hidupselamanya & C. lenggongensis • Two New Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex from Peninsular Malaysia and Multiple Instances of Convergent Adaptation to Limestone Forest Ecosystems

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Cyrtodactylus hidupselamanya   Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Grismer, Quah,  Murdock , Muin, Davis, Aguilar, Klabacka, Cobos, Aowphol & Sit...

[Paleontology • 2016] Gryposuchus pachakamue • A New 13 Million Year Old Gavialoid Crocodylian from Proto-Amazonian Mega-Wetlands Reveals Parallel Evolutionary Trends in Skull Shape Linked to Longirostry

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Fig 9. Time calibrated phylogenetic tree of the Gavialoidea and relevant paleogeographic distributions associated with the evolution and...

[Botany • 2015] Nuphar saikokuensis • A New Species (Nymphaeaceae) from Central to Western Japan

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Nuphar saikokuensis Shiga & Kadono  A . Flower.  F . Emergent form at Oda-cho, Ono-shi, Hyogo Pref. (type locality) on 2 Aug. 200...
Monday, April 25, 2016

[Botany • 2016] Selliguea kachinensis • A New Fern Species (Polypodiaceae) of uncertain affinity from Northern Myanmar

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 Selliguea kachinensis Hovenkamp, S. Linds. & Fraser-Jenk.   DOI:  10.3897/phytokeys.62.8101 Abstract We describe  Sel...

[Mammalogy • 2016] Phylogenetic Position of A Monotypic Ethiopian Endemic Rodent genus Megadendromus (Rodentia, Nesomyidae)

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Figure 2: External view of the Megadendromus nikolausi. Lavrenchenko , et al , 2016 Abstract The taxonomic and phylogenetic ...

[Herpetology • 2015] The Frog Fauna of a Coastal Dry Forest, and a Checklist of the Amphibians of Mozambique

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Figure 3.  Anuran species from Nhica do Rovuma. a .  Arthroleptis stenodactylus , MNHN 2010.21, adult male, pantanos 1;  b .  Arthrolep...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

[PaleoEcology / Paleontology • 2016] Dental Disparity and Ecological Stability in Bird-like Dinosaurs Prior to the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction

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A small feathered dinosaur swoops down on an unsuspecting lizard while a bird hunts for seeds in this reconstructed slice of life in Alb...

[Paleontology • 2016] A Tiny Titanosaur, Rapetosaurus krausei, from the Cretaceous of Madagascar

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Baby  Rapetosaurus  were only dog-sized a few weeks after hatching. Scientists have found an adorable fossil: a baby dinosaur. It would...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

[PaleoMammalogy • 2016] Panamacebus transitus • First North American Fossil Monkey and early Miocene Tropical Biotic Interchange

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Panamacebus transitus  Bloch , Woodruff, Wood, Rincon, Harrington, Morgan, Foster, Montes, Jaramillo, Jud, Jones & MacFadden, 2016...

[Herpetology • 2009] Conolophus marthae • A New Species of Land Iguana (Squamata, Iguanidae) from the Galápagos Archipelago

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Galápagos Pink Land Iguana |   Conolophus marthae  Gentile & Snell, 2009    Abstract  Conolophus marthae sp. nov. , a new...
Friday, April 22, 2016

[Paleontology • 2016] First Sauropod Bones from Italy Offer New Insights on The Radiation of Titanosauria between Africa and Europe

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Titanosauria gen. et   sp. indet. Possible reconstruction of the Italian sauropod    DOI:   10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.008   therop...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

[Mammalogy • 2016] Gracilimus radix • A New Genus and Species of Omnivorous Rodent (Muridae: Murinae) from Sulawesi, nested within A Clade of Endemic Carnivores

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Slender Rat |  Gracilimus radix  Rowe, Achmadi & Esselstyn, 2016   Image by K. Rowe   DOI:  10.1093/JMammal/gyw029    Abst...