August 2019

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New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Fig 1: Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779

August 5, 2019

New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Researchers have unearthed a new species of dinosaur from a 30 year old museum collection in South African. The new species has been named Ngwevu intloko.

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August 5, 2019
Ngwevu intloko: a new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus
2 citations
1,419 downloads
5,457 views
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developmental-biology
paleontology
taxonomy
histology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7240 PubMed 31403001
August 22, 2019
Revision of the Tanzanian dicynodont Dicynodon huenei (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Permian Usili Formation
1 citation
517 downloads
1,169 views
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7420 PubMed 31497385
August 1, 2019
Taxonomic revision of black salamanders of the Aneides flavipunctatus complex (Caudata: Plethodontidae)
459 downloads
1,546 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7370 PubMed 31396443
August 22, 2019
Estimating the phylogeny of geoemydid turtles (Cryptodira) from landmark data: an assessment of different methods
432 downloads
842 views
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evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7476 PubMed 31497387
August 27, 2019
A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies
2 citations
391 downloads
1,092 views
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entomology
evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7386 PubMed 31523494
August 12, 2019
A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador
1 citation
314 downloads
1,639 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7405 PubMed 31423356
August 19, 2019
Redescription of Hargeria rapax (Harger, 1879) and description of H. chetumalensis a new species from the Mexican Caribbean (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea, Leptocheliidae) based upon morphological and molecular evidence
279 downloads
357 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7472 PubMed 31489263
August 9, 2019
Taxonomic revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) in Colombia
274 downloads
741 views
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biodiversity
plant-science
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7385 PubMed 31413928
August 21, 2019
Phylogenetic analysis of Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don and its closely related species based on complete chloroplast genomes
263 downloads
474 views
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genetics
plant-science
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7480 PubMed 31497389
August 26, 2019
Three new species, one new genus and subfamily of Dorylaimida (de Man, 1876) Pearse, 1942, and revisions on the families Tylencholaimellidae Jairajpuri, 1964 and Mydonomidae Thorne, 1964 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida)
241 downloads
376 views
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taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7541 PubMed 31523507
August 28, 2019
Early Agenian rhinocerotids from Wischberg (Canton Bern, Switzerland) and clarification of the systematics of the genus Diaceratherium
240 downloads
423 views
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paleontology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7517 PubMed 31523499
August 5, 2019
Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Dichotomius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) through integrative taxonomy
237 downloads
820 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7332 PubMed 31404430
August 20, 2019
A revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Ascotrichia Flint, 1983 (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae)
226 downloads
493 views
entomology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7560 PubMed 31497406
August 8, 2019
A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW)
1 citation
204 downloads
882 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7411 PubMed 31410308
August 30, 2019
Echinoids from the Tesero Member (Werfen Formation) of the Dolomites (Italy): implications for extinction and survival of echinoids in the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction
188 downloads
541 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
taxonomy
biosphere-interactions
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7361 PubMed 31531267
August 16, 2019
Towards a barnacle tree of life: integrating diverse phylogenetic efforts into a comprehensive hypothesis of thecostracan evolution
1 citation
183 downloads
905 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7387 PubMed 31440430
August 6, 2019
Molecular evidence that the Channel Islands populations of the orange-crowned warbler (Oreothlypis celata; Aves: Passeriformes: Parulidae) represent a distinct evolutionary lineage
164 downloads
666 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
genetics
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7388 PubMed 31404458
August 28, 2019
Tribe reassessment of the subhimalayan leafhopper genus Pseudosubhimalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) based on molecular phylogeny
136 downloads
529 views
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entomology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7162 PubMed 31523491
August 6, 2019
First report of cestode infection in the crustacean Artemia persimilis from Southern Chilean Patagonia and its relation with the Neotropical aquatic birds
132 downloads
431 views
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biodiversity
ecology
parasitology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7395 PubMed 31403003
August 15, 2019
Molecular taxonomy of endemic coastal Ligia isopods from the Hawaiian Islands: re-description of L. hawaiensis and description of seven novel cryptic species
126 downloads
618 views
marine-biology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7531 PubMed 31435494
August 7, 2019
Development of genomic simple sequence repeat markers for Glycyrrhiza lepidota and cross-amplification of other Glycyrrhiza species
114 downloads
322 views
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agricultural-science
biodiversity
conservation-biology
plant-science
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7479 PubMed 31410317
New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Fig 1: Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779

August 5, 2019

New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Researchers have unearthed a new species of dinosaur from a 30 year old museum collection in South African. The new species has been named Ngwevu intloko.

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