Researchers have created
a new genus for the unique animal called Atretochoana, meaning closed nostrils.
Not exact matches
The authors of the
new study have proposed that the Haarlem specimen be assigned to a
new genus,
for which they suggest the name Ostromia — in honor of the American paleontologist John Ostrom, who first identified the fossil as a theropod dinosaur.
The two
genera of
New World deer, Mazama and Pudu, were found to be polyphyletic, which was already known
for Mazama, but has been shown
for the first time in Pudu.
Closer scrutiny revealed the spores to belong to a
new species of microsporidian in the
genus Steinhausia — persuasive enough evidence
for Cunningham and Daszak to conclude that the parasite finished off the snails.
In keeping with the naming of its living relative (after an Eastern Cape river), the species name of the
new fossil form, kowiensis, is after the Kowie River which rises among the hills where it was found, and the
genus name, Serenichthys, honours Serena Gess, who provided land
for the storage of more than 70 tons of black shale rescued from roadworks
for ongoing research — in which all the
new material was found.
The researchers have named this
new species Rukwanyoka holmani; the
genus name combines the Rukwa region name with the Swahili word
for snake, and the species name is in honor of J. Alan Holman, a paleontologist and mentor.
The study not only describes a
new genus and species of bird - like dinosaur that lived during the Campanian stage of the Cretaceous in Mongolia but also sheds light on an unexpected amphibious lifestyle
for raptorial dinosaurs.
Consider,
for example, species of the
genus Artemisia, extracts of which have given rise to a promising
new treatment
for malaria as well as to the drink absinthe, under whose influence Van Gogh may have sliced off his ear.
One example
for such an association has now been reported by an international team of researchers in the journal
New Phytologist: a fungus of the
genus Trichoderma lives inside the tissue of tomato plants (endophytically) and helps its host to defend itself against infestations by parasitic nematodes.
In conclusion, the scientists note that the rarity of the observed snake species, especially the
genus, where the
new serpent belongs, accounts
for the unclear species - boundaries as well as
for the myriad of undescribed species.
This is the famous site of Dmanisi, Georgia, which offers an unparalleled glimpse into a harsh early chapter in human evolution, when primitive members of our
genus Homo struggled to survive in a
new land far north of their ancestors» African home, braving winters without clothes or fire and competing with fierce carnivores
for meat.
With extremely large ears, long hind legs that may be used
for hopping, long white incisors and very long urogenital hairs, the Hog - nosed rat is so genetically different from any other species that the scientists described it as a
new genus.
Their findings provide
new evidence
for them being separate
genera.
Yet, these are only part of the reasons why the
new planthopper needed to have a separate
new genus established
for itself.
Nicknamed «Casper»
for obvious reasons, the octopus is almost certainly a
new species, and possibly a
new genus, researchers say.
A
new study from the George Washington University's Center
for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP) found that whereas brain size evolved at different rates
for different species, especially during the evolution of Homo, the
genus that includes humans, chewing teeth tended to evolve at more similar rates.
He named one
new genus he had created — Exserohilum —
for the prominent protuberances called hila (the belly buttons of the fungal and botanical world) on its spores.
According to paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his colleagues, who unearthed and analyzed the remains, they represent a
new species of human — Homo naledi,
for «star» in the local Sotho language — that could overturn some deeply entrenched ideas about the origin and evolution of our
genus, Homo.
The observed pattern of the reduced
genera and families of bacteria seems very characteristic of heart failure, which is why these results may be
new points of departure
for therapies.
For the
new study, a team led by evolutionary biologist Anna Karnkowska, a postdoc, and her adviser, Vladimir Hampl, of Charles University in Prague, checked another candidate, a species in the
genus Monocercomonoides.
You know, Lucy is believed to be ancestral to all of the later Australopithecines species and also our own
genus Homo which includes everything from us to Neandertals, to the little Hobbits of Flores and, you know, we cover all of this in the book, and it's just incredible to see how much
new information about all of Lucy's descendants has been uncovered in the past couple of decades, truly an astonishing period
for paleoanthropology.
This nearly complete fossil was chosen as the main reference
for the
new genus Tokummia and
new species katalep.
Of note today: non-exclusive breastfeeding increases the risk of HIV transmission via the alteration of gut microbiome / T - cell activation; Fasting altered the gut microbiome in beneficial ways but only in mice previously fed a high fat diet; An investigation into
new species of the honey and bumblebee gut commensal
genus Gilliamella; Catfish development shapes gut microbial community structure independent of diet; A metagenomic analysis of the skin microbiome of the frog, Craugastor fitzingeri; The microbiome is altered during the bioremediation of herbicide contaminated soil; The impact of urban density on the soil microbiome; A randomized placebo controlled clinical trial of a microbiota based drug
for the prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection; and the virome of the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin of Mexico
Neanderthals shared Europe with a mysterious member of our
genus that may represent an entirely
new species of human, suggests a paper accepted
for publication in the Journal of Human Evolution.
Our supermatrix expands upon these previous studies by bringing together sequences from a wide array of molecular studies, supplemented by
new data
for four genes, to yield a single primate phylogeny with strong support
for the monophyly of most primate
genera, families, and higher - level taxa (Primates, Strepsirrhini, Lemuriformes, Lorisiformes, Haplorhini, Tarsiiformes, Simiiformes, Catarrhini, Platyrrhini).
In 1936 he decided to search
for more of Dart's australopithecines, and in the same year found a fragmentary skull of an adult at Sterkfontein (which he initially placed in a
new genus, Plesianthropus).
Variation of these mechanisms within a
genus or family are likely responsible
for a good deal of evolutionary novelty, so the
new data being produced on how such patterns are formed are crucial to understanding the evolution of diversity in plant form.
For people
new to the
genera, you may have multiple moments were frustration occurs.
Loss often paves the path of the future, and such is the case
for nature photographer Miranda, the main character in Abby
Geni's eerie
new mystery, The Lightkeepers.
Abby
Geni is the author of The Lightkeepers, winner of the 2016 Barnes & Noble Discover Great
New Writers Award
for Fiction and the inaugural Chicago Review of Books Awards
for Best Fiction, and The Last Animal (2013)... (more)
For a full roster of this varied
genus, see The
New Book of Salvias by Betsy Clebsch.