October 2018

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A new tyrannosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation

Fig 1: Frontals of UMNH VP 28348 in rostral view

October 9, 2018

A new tyrannosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation

Researchers report a new tyrannosaurid represented by an associated skeleton from the lower Campanian Allison Member of the Menefee Formation of New Mexico. The specimen is the holotype of the new genus and species Dynamoterror dynastes.

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October 31, 2018
Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part I—an examination of cancellous bone architecture in the hindlimb bones of theropods
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5778 PubMed 30402347
October 31, 2018
Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part III—Inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct theropods, and its evolution on the line to birds
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5777 PubMed 30402346
October 9, 2018
Artificial light at night alters life history in a nocturnal orb-web spider
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5599 PubMed 30324009
October 4, 2018
A new species of the odorous frog genus Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from southwestern China
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5695 PubMed 30310744
October 31, 2018
Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part II—a new approach to inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct tetrapod vertebrates
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5779 PubMed 30402348
October 4, 2018
A new limestone-dwelling species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Vietnam
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5771 PubMed 30310757
October 5, 2018
Trophic state (TSISD) and mixing type significantly influence pelagic zooplankton biodiversity in temperate lakes (NW Poland)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5731 PubMed 30310753
October 12, 2018
Assessment of the kidney and lung as immune barriers and hematopoietic sites in the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5789 PubMed 30345179
October 3, 2018
A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from southern Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5683 PubMed 30310742
October 2, 2018
Osteology of a forelimb of an aetosaur Stagonolepis olenkae (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Krasiejów locality in Poland and its probable adaptations for a scratch-digging behavior
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5595 PubMed 30310738
October 31, 2018
Do subterranean mammals use the Earth’s magnetic field as a heading indicator to dig straight tunnels?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5819 PubMed 30402349
October 26, 2018
Size-dependent functional response of Xenopus laevis feeding on mosquito larvae
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5813 PubMed 30386704
October 23, 2018
Chronological age, biological age, and individual variation in the stress response in the European starling: a follow-up study
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5842 PubMed 30370189
October 15, 2018
New Paratethyan dwarf baleen whales mark the origin of cetotheres
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5800 PubMed 30356949
October 2, 2018
Seeing spots: quantifying mother-offspring similarity and assessing fitness consequences of coat pattern traits in a wild population of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5690 PubMed 30310743
October 12, 2018
A new specimen of Palvennia hoybergeti: implications for cranial and pectoral girdle anatomy in ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5776 PubMed 30345178
October 12, 2018
A new tuskless walrus from the Miocene of Orange County, California, with comments on the diversity and taxonomy of odobenids
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5708 PubMed 30345169
October 30, 2018
From the cage to the wild: introductions of Psittaciformes to Puerto Rico
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5669 PubMed 30397538
October 12, 2018
Epiphyte type and sampling height impact mesofauna communities in Douglas-fir trees
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5699 PubMed 30345168
October 18, 2018
Effective population sizes and adaptive genetic variation in a captive bird population
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5803 PubMed 30356989
October 2, 2018
What’s for dinner? Diet and potential trophic impact of an invasive anuran Hoplobatrachus tigerinus on the Andaman archipelago
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5698 PubMed 30310745
October 31, 2018
Uncovering hidden specific diversity of Andean glassfrogs of the Centrolene buckleyi species complex (Anura: Centrolenidae)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5856 PubMed 30402351
October 29, 2018
Egg perivitelline fluid of the invasive snail Pomacea canaliculata affects mice gastrointestinal function and morphology
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5314 PubMed 30397537
October 11, 2018
Estimating unrecorded human-caused mortalities of grizzly bears in the Flathead Valley, British Columbia, Canada
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5781 PubMed 30324033
October 10, 2018
Modulating factors of the abundance and distribution of Achelous spinimanus (Latreille, 1819) (Decapoda, Portunoidea), a fishery resource, in Southeastern Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5720 PubMed 30324019
A new tyrannosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation

Fig 1: Frontals of UMNH VP 28348 in rostral view

October 9, 2018

A new tyrannosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Menefee Formation

Researchers report a new tyrannosaurid represented by an associated skeleton from the lower Campanian Allison Member of the Menefee Formation of New Mexico. The specimen is the holotype of the new genus and species Dynamoterror dynastes.

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