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January 2019

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Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Representing one of the first times that medical imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction methods have been applied to a large skull of a marine reptile, researchers describe the partial skeleton of a large ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England. The unusual three-dimensional preservation of the specimen permitted computed tomography (CT) scanning of individual braincase elements as well as the entire reassembled skull.

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January 4, 2019

Phylogeny of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates reassessed through revision and expansion of the largest published relevant data matrix

David Marjanović, Michel Laurin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5565 PubMed 30631641

January 23, 2019

Reproductive pattern and population dynamics of commercial red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) from China: implications for sustainable aquaculture management

Shiyu Jin, Lisa Jacquin, Mantang Xiong, Ruojing Li, Sovan Lek, Wei Li, Tanglin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6214 PubMed 30697477

January 31, 2019

High-resolution maps of Swiss apiaries and their applicability to study spatial distribution of bacterial honey bee brood diseases

Raphael S. von Büren, Bernadette Oehen, Nikolaus J. Kuhn, Silvio Erler