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Thursday, October 17th, 2024
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| 6:32a | [Botany • 2024] Allium kubeysdaghense (Amaryllidaceae) • A New Species of Allium sect. Codonoprasum from Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye
Allium kubeysdaghense Balos & Sonay, Allium sect. a new species from Codonoprasum, described from Elazığ Province, eastern Turkey. It is morphologically similar to A. turcicum and A. turcicum subsp. fusciflorum in general shape and presence of long spathe valves. But it differs in papyrus-like outer tunic; flexible, purple or green petioles on the upper part of the leaves; leaf sheaths covering up to 2/3 of the total length of the scape; crescent-shaped leaf cross-section; leaf margins with 3 to 6 scabrous teeth; verrucose leaf surface; non waxy, cream or white bell-shaped perigone; different structure and shape of inner and outer tepals; reticulate ovary surface. This study includes a detailed description of the new species, photographs of the species, habitat and ecological characteristics, conservation assessment, significant morphological differences with related species, and seed micromorphology (SEM). Elazığ, Karakoçan, Kovancılar, Palu, New onion, Sultan Kubeys Mountain   Allium kubeysdaghense Balos & Sonay sp. nov. Etymology: The new species takes its name from Sultan Kubeys, which gave its name to Sultan Kubeys Mountain and where his tomb is located. Sultan Kubeys Mountain is located between the Kovancilar, Palu and Karakoçan districts, close to the Elazığ-Bingöl border. The new scientific Turkish name suggested according to the guides of Menemen et al., (2016; 2021) is "Kubeys soğanı", named in honor of Sultan Kubeys. Veysel Sonay, Emel Gül, Mehmet Maruf Balos and Eyup Bagcı. 2024. Allium kubeysdaghense, A New Species of Allium sect. Codonoprasum (Amaryllidaceae) from Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye. International Journal of Nature and Life Sciences. 8(2), 111-124.  | ||
| 9:02a | [Herpetology • 2024] Boulenophrys pepe • A New Species of the Genus Boulenophrys (Anura: Megophryidae) from South China
Abstract In this study, a new species of the genus Boulenophrys is described from northwestern Guangdong, within the Nanling Moutains. The new species can be distinguished from all known congeners by a combination of morphological characteristics and the mitochondrial genetic divergence. The new species is found to breed in winter season which was not common in most amphibian groups but also present in some Boulenophrys congeners. We further discuss the inadequate surveys for these species due to the oversight of such multi-seasonal breeding pattern. Amphibia, asian horned toads, Boulenophrys pepe sp. nov., diversity, winter  Boulenophrys pepe sp. nov.  Jian WANG, Shi-Shi LIN, Jun-Shen GAN, Hong-Hui CHEN, Ling-Min YU, Zhong PAN, Jia-Jie XIAO, Zhao-Chi ZENG. 2024. A New Species of the Genus Boulenophrys from South China (Anura, Megophryidae). Zootaxa. 5514(5); 451-468. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5514.5.3   | ||
| 1:25p | [Herpetology • 2024] Calotes sinyik • A New small-sized Calotes Cuvier (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) from the Subansiri River Basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Abstract We describe a new species of small-sized Calotes from mid-elevation (~1270 m asl.), swidden or shifting cultivation areas in the Subansiri river basin, Upper Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Mitochondrial sequence data (ND2) recovers Calotes sinyik sp. nov. as the closely related sister taxon to an unnamed species from Medog, Tibet; the two falling in a broader clade including C. paulus + C. zolaiking and species of the C. emma and C. mystaceus groups. The new species is 7.8% divergent in ND2 sequence data from the unnamed lineage from Medog and deeply divergent (≥ 21.6–28.1%) from other congeners. The new species can easily be distinguished from regional congeners by its small adult body size (maximum snout to vent length of 65 mm) and heterogenous dorsal scales, and from its closest relatives C. paulus and C. zolaiking by having 54 or 55 midbody scale rows and 42 or 43 vertebral scales. It is likely that many more allied species remain to be discovered from Northeast India, which remains poorly surveyed across taxonomic groups. Reptilia, Biodiversity hotspot, dragon lizards, endemic, eastern Himalayas, Oriocalotes, taxonomy  Calotes sinyik sp. nov. Harshil Patel, Tejas Thackeray, Chintan Sheth, Akshay Khandekar and Ishan Agarwal. 2024. A New small-sized Calotes Cuvier (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) from the Subansiri River Basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa. 5523(2); 151-170. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.1 facebook.com/100064866994974/posts/1011385994366958  | ||
| 2:33p | [Paleontology • 2024] Emiliasaura alessandrii • First Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) Ornithopod (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) from Patagonia
Highlights: • A new taxon of the dinosaur clade Ornithopoda, Emiliasaura alessandri, is described. • Emiliasaura is the first recognized South American rhabdodontoid ornithopod taxon. • Emiliasaura represents the earliest Patagonian Cretaceous ornithischian dinosaur. Abstract Here we describe a new ornithopod species, Emiliasaura alessandrii gen. et sp. nov. from Valanginian rocks (Early Cretaceous) of northwestern Patagonia. This new taxon exhibits affinities with the Rhabdodontomorpha and is primarily represented by two specimens of mid-sized ornithopods collected from different sites and stratigraphical levels of the Mulichinco Formation. The holotype specimen MLL-Pv-001 includes the coracoid, the proximal end of a scapula, a humerus and a complete right hind limb, whereas the paratype specimen MLL-Pv-006 preserves vertebral elements, haemal arches, an incomplete pelvis, and nearly complete hind limbs. The new taxon has an anteroposteriorly elongate ilium with a sigmoidal dorsal border and broad brevis shelf, a femur shaft with an extensive, proximally positioned fourth trochanter, and a second pedal digit with a short, robust, blunt ungual phalanx similar to those in Ankylopollexia ornithopods. The new ornithopod taxon formed part of a diverse dinosaur association from the Mulichinco Fm that includes dicraeosaurid sauropods and carcharodontosaurid theropods, and represents the first South American record of a rhabdodontoid, and the oldest and most primitive representative of this clade.  Emiliasaura alessandrii gen. et sp. nov. R.A. Coria, I.A. Cerda, F. Escaso, M.A. Baiano, F. Bellardini, A. Braun, L.M. Coria, J.M. Gutierrez, D. Pino, G.J. Windholz, P.J. Currie and F. Ortega. 2024. First Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) Ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from Patagonia. Cretaceous Research. 106027. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2024.106027 |
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