Tuesday, December 3, 2013

[Paleontology • 2013] Europelta carbonensis • The Basal Nodosaurid Ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian) Escucha Formation of Northeastern Spain

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  Europelta carbonensis   Kirkland, Alcalá, Loewen, Espílez, Mampel, and Wiersma 2013 the Basal Nodosaurid Ankylosaur from the Lower ...
Friday, November 29, 2013

[Botany • 2013] Seven new species of Miliusa (Annonaceae) from Thailand

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Figure 2. Flowers of (A) Miliusa intermedia sp. nov., (B) Miliusa thailandica sp. nov., and (C)–(D) Miliusa campanulata Pierre. Pho...

[Botany • 2013] Phylogeny of Miliusa (Magnoliales: Annonaceae: Malmeoideae: Miliuseae), with descriptions of two new species from Malesia; M. butonensis from Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia & M. viridiflora from Papua New Guinea.

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Fig. 6. Flowers/inner petals of (representatives of) Miliusa species recovered in each clade. A-C. Clade A. A. Miliusa sclerocarpa (A...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

[Paleontology • 2013] Siats meekerorum • Neovenatorid theropods are Apex Predators in the Late Cretaceous of North America

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Siats meekerorum  Zanno & Makovicky 2013 Allosauroid theropods were a diverse and widespread radiation of Jurassic–Cretaceo...
Friday, November 22, 2013

[Geology / News • 2013] Nishima-Shima Volcano: Submarine Volcanic Eruption Gives Birth to New Island Off Japan

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Nishima-Shima Volcano : Submarine Volcanic Eruption Gives Birth to New Island Off Japan A new island was born today [20 Nov 2...

[Geology • 2013] Seismic Detection of an Active Subglacial Magmatic Complex in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica | Volcano Discovered Smoldering Under a Kilometer of Ice in West Antarctica

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Mount Sidley, the highest volcano in Antarctica, may have a lot of company lurking out of sight. Scientists are using seismographs to hun...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

[Herpetology • 2013] Tylototriton uyenoi & T. panhai • Two New Species of Tylototriton (Urodela: Salamandridae) from Thailand

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Tylototriton uyenoi Nishikawa, Khonsue, Pomchote & Matsui, 2013  from Siribhumi Royal Garden, Inthanon National Park,  Chiang Ma...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

[Herpetology • 2010] Skeletochronological Assessment of Age in the Himalayan Crocodile Newt, Tylototriton 'verrucosus' (Anderson, 1871) from northern Thailand

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A BSTRACT Lines of arrested growth (LAGs) were assessed in Thai population of the protected and rare Himalayan crocodile newt, Tyl...

[Herpetology • 2008] Two Distinctive Color Patterns of the Himalayan Newt Tylototriton 'verrucosus' (Urodela: Salamandridae) Found in Thailand and Its Implication on Geographic Segregation

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Type I & Type II Dorsal Color Pattern | females of Tylototriton ' verrucosus ' A BSTRACT  Field surveys were carried ...

[Herpetology • 2013] A Species Boundary Within the Tylototriton verrucosus Group (Urodela: Salamandroidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Evidence : Tylototriton shanjing should be a valid species

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Abstract  The taxonomic status of red knobby newt ( Tylototriton shanjing ) is under dispute. Molecular phylogenetic tree of Tyloto...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

[Paleontology • 2014] ชาละวัน ไทยแลนดิคัส • Chalawan thailandicus • A Large pholidosaurid in the Phu Kradung Formation of north-eastern Thailand; former 'Sunosuchus' thailandicus

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Chalawan thailandicus (Buffetaut & Ingavat 1984) Chalawan   gen. nov.  Martin, Lauprasert, Buffetaut, Liard & Suteethorn 2013 ...

[Paleontology • 2013] Ajancingenia yanshini (Barsbold, 1981) • A New Name for the oviraptorid Dinosaur "Ingenia" yanshini : Toothless carnivorous dinosaur of Mongolia (Barsbold, 1981; preoccupied by Gerlach, 1957)

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Ajancingenia yanshini (Barsbold, 1981) illustration:  andrewisles.com.au Abstract The genus name of the small oviraptorid di...

[Paleontology • 2001] Liaoningosaurus paradoxus • A juvenile ankylosaur from Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China

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Liaoningosaurus paradoxus Jehol Biota by  cheungchungtat.deviantart.com Abstract Juvenile ankylosaur specimens are very rare. ...

[Paleontology • 2001] Gobisaurus domoculus • A new ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of China, with comments on ankylosaurian relationships

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Gobisaurus domoculus   Vickaryous, Russell, Currie & Zhao 2001 illustration: Andrey Atuchin |  nhm.ac.uk Abstract  Among...

[Paleontology • 2001] Aletopelta coombsi • an ankylosaurian ornithischian dinosaur from Southern California

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Aletopelta and Lambeosaurus in prehistoric California illustration by Ken Kirkland accpaleo.wordpress.com Aletopelta coombsi  Ki...