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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Rodrigo T. Muller, Mauricio S. Garcia
Summary: Researchers have discovered the oldest dinosaur morphological fossil in the Middle Triassic sediments of Brazil, narrowing the geographical gap between South America, Africa, and Argentina during the early radiation of dinosaur morphological forms.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Caitlin M. Baker, Rebecca S. Buckman-Young, Cristiano S. Costa, Gonzalo Giribet
Summary: RNA sequencing and phylogenomic analysis were used to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships within the phylum Onychophora, revealing a well-supported phylogeny for the family Peripatopsidae with signals of Gondwanan vicariance. However, the family Peripatidae in the Neotropical region showed unstable relationships largely due to amino acid-translated sequence data. Discordant phylogenetic signal between genes may indicate a rapid, mid-Cretaceous radiation in the group.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Zoology
Tao Luo, Sha-Sha Yan, Ning Xiao, Jia-Jun Zhou, Xing-Liang Wang, Wei-Cai Chen, Huai-Qing Deng, Bao-Wei Zhang, Jiang Zhou
Summary: Through sequencing mitochondrial genomes and nuclear genes, this study reveals the interspecific phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of Asian warty newts in southern China. The study finds that Paramesotriton originated in southwestern China and identifies five hypothetical phylogenetic cryptic species. Ecological analysis and species distribution models indicate different habitat conditions and distribution areas for Paramesotriton species in different regions.
ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Alexander Martynov, Kennet Lundin, Tatiana Korshunova
Summary: This article reviews the key terms linking ontogeny and evolution and emphasizes the inconsistent and misunderstood application of these terms in modern biology. It suggests a major revision of the main terms associated with ontogeny and phylogeny/evolution field is urgently necessary.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Justine Siegwald, Trond R. Oskars, Yasunori Kano, Manuel Antonio E. Malaquias
Summary: We present the most comprehensive phylogeny of a globally distributed deep-sea group of gastropods published to date, which includes over 80% of recognized diversity of the Scaphandridae family. Through molecular phylogenetics and morpho-anatomical characters, we redefine the Scaphandridae and propose a new classification with the genera Nipponoscaphander, Sabatia, and Scaphander. We found notable differences between genera in terms of shell shape and male reproductive system. Biogeographically, there are multiple speciation events between Indo-Pacific and Atlantic lineages in the genus Scaphander, with a few species confirmed to have a broad distribution spanning different ocean realms.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shlomo Cain, Stephanie F. Loria, Rachel Ben-Shlomo, Lorenzo Prendini, Eran Gefen
Summary: This study investigated the phylogeny and biogeography of Buthacus species in the Levant, supporting a revised classification and revealing two geographically-separated clades. The divergence between these clades occurred in the Early Miocene in the Levant, coinciding with the existence of two land bridges allowing fauna exchange between Africa and Asia.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Luis Gabriel Aguilar-Estrada, Juan J. Morrone
Summary: In this study, the distributional patterns of mollusc subclass Vetigastropoda were analyzed using the panbiogeographical method. By analyzing distributional data of 434 species and 72 genera from 12 malacological collections, 26 generalized tracks and five panbiogeographical nodes were identified. The results provide new insights into the distributional patterns of vetigastropod species.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Xingyue Liu, Libor Dvorak, Jerome Constant
Summary: Megaloptera, a small insect order, has a narrow distribution range and significant biogeographical importance. This study presents the first record of Megaloptera species in the Philippines, contributing to the understanding of the biogeography of this region.
Review
Plant Sciences
Julius Jeiter, Erik Smets
Summary: Comparative morphology has been the primary source of information for systematic studies, but with the molecular revolution, DNA-based classification has become the main approach. However, this paper highlights the importance of morphology in the era of molecular phylogenetics.
Article
Zoology
Gustavo Silva De Miranda, Alessandro P. L. Giupponi, Nikolaj Scharff, Lorenzo Prendini
Summary: This study investigates the phylogeny and biogeography of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae using morphology and multilocus DNA sequences. Charinidae are monophyletic, with Weygoldtia as the sister group to a monophyletic group comprising Charinus and Sarax. The divergence of Charinus and Sarax coincides with the fragmentation of Pangaea.
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ana Claudia Fegies, Ana Paula Carmignotto, Manolo Fernandez Perez, Mariana Dias Guilardi, Ana Claudia Lessinger
Summary: Systematic revisions of South American marsupials have enhanced our understanding of genus and species diversity, with the study of Cryptonanus genus providing valuable insights into their phylogeny and evolution through analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. The diversification of Cryptonanus species is suggested to have occurred during the Quaternary, with best supported biogeographical hypothesis indicating speciation by vicariance and subset speciation in dry tropical landscapes of South America.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
V Deepak, Simon T. Maddock, Rhiannon Williams, Zoltan T. Nagy, Werner Conradie, Sara Rocha, D. James Harris, Ana Perera, Vaclav Gvozdik, Thomas M. Doherty-Bone, Rachunliu G. Kamei, Michele Menegon, Jim Labisko, Charles Morel, Natalie Cooper, Julia J. Day, David J. Gower
Summary: The phylogenetic relationships of sub-Saharan African natricine snakes, including the Seychelles endemic Lycognathophis seychellensis, are not well-understood. Genetic analysis suggests a close relationship between L. seychellensis and mainland sub-Saharan natricines, with low genetic variation. The lineage of L. seychellensis is estimated to have dispersed to the Seychelles from mainland Africa approximately 43-25 million years ago, challenging the idea that it is a Gondwanan relic.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fabien L. Condamine, Remi Allio, Eliette L. Reboud, Julian R. Dupuis, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Nathan Mazet, Shao-Ji Hu, Delano S. Lewis, Krushnamegh Kunte, Adam M. Cotton, Felix A. H. Sperling
Summary: This study reconstructed a phylogenetic tree for the genus Papilio based on taxonomic and molecular analyses. It identified several taxonomic changes and revealed the origin and biogeographic distribution of this genus. This comprehensive phylogenetic framework will facilitate further studies on the ecology and evolutionary biology of Papilio.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Ana P. Dornellas, Roberta M. Graboski, Michael E. Hellberg, Tito M. C. Lotufo
Summary: The rocky intertidal gastropods Agathistoma viridulum and A. hotessierianum have an anti-tropical distribution from the Caribbean to southern Brazil, with genetic analyses revealing some phylogeographic patterns but insignificant morphological differences. Detailed taxon sampling and additional genetic data are needed to establish more robust relationships among Tegulinae.
Article
Geology
Yixiao Wu, Jianguo Li, Miaoqin Lin, Eva Koppelhus
Summary: Triprojectate pollen plays an important role in the stratigraphic division and correlation of Upper Cretaceous strata due to their short distribution, high diversity, and fast evolution rate. This study reports the successive sequence of Triprojectacites evolution from its origin to extinction during the Late Cretaceous in the Songliao Basin, China. By using a combined observation technique, seven genera, thirty-five species (including two new species), and one conformis species are described. The occurrence and range of specific species are precisely recorded. The study also reveals that Triprojectacites in the Songliao Basin underwent morphological evolution, with larger size, more robust ornamentation, and the development of accessory structures.
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Paleontology
Dieter Korn, Qiu-Lai Wang, Ke-Yi Hu, Yu-Ping Qi
Summary: This study revises the important index fossils Cancelloceras and Gastrioceras in the mid-Bashkirian strata of the Qilian Mountain region in China, and describes a new species Homoceratoides wangchengi. Four successive ammonoid assemblages in the Xiaoyuchuan section are identified, with updated species information.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Z. Belka, J. Dopieralska, M. Jakubowicz, S. Skompski, A. Walczak, D. Korn, M. Siepak
Summary: The study found that micritic limestones from the Greater Karatau area can preserve Nd isotope signatures of seawater. The Nd isotope composition of seawater in the Karatau platform indicates the final closure of the Uralian-Turkestan Ocean, and reveals that subduction along Kazakhstan's active margin began at least 23 million years earlier than previously thought.
JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Lea Devaere, Dieter Korn, Abbas Ghaderi, Ulrich Struck, Alireza K. Bavandpur
Summary: The study on small shelly fossils in the lower Cambrian of northern Iran provides new data from this understudied area, allowing the distinction of two successive microfaunal assemblages.
PAPERS IN PALAEONTOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Nahideh Ghanizadeh Tabrizi, Abbas Ghaderi, Ali Reza Ashouri, Dieter Korn
Summary: The representatives of Cyclolobidae family from the Guadalupian and Lopingian are rare in Transcaucasia and Iran. The new species Timorites dendroides KORN & GHADERI n. sp. is described from the early Wuchiapingian beds in Kuh-e-Ali Bashi, NW Iran, making it the first record of the genus in northern Palaeotethys and the youngest occurrence of the genus stratigraphically.
NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Dieter Korn
Summary: This study revises the ammonoid species Tornoceras types, describing their different morphologies in various geological periods. New related species were discovered, enriching the diversity of this group. The research findings indicate that both Tornoceras and Linguatornoceras survived the Kellwasser crisis.
NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Dieter Korn, Michael Montenari
Summary: The Protocanites Beds in the Black Forest Massif are a lithostratigraphic key bed, providing important information for correlating within the central Variscan Belt and understanding the geodynamic evolution of the Moldanubian Zone. Two re-described ammonoid specimens from Schonau have fixed the stratigraphic position of the Protocanites Beds to the early Late Tournaisian.
Article
Plant Sciences
Dieter Korn, Vachik Hairapetian, Abbas Ghaderi, Lucyna Leda, Martin Schobben, Amir Akbari
Summary: The Late Permian Hambast Formation in Baghuk Mountain, Central Iran, has revealed diverse ammonoid assemblages, including three new genera and 19 new species. These findings enhance our understanding of the evolutionary history of organisms before the end-Permian mass extinction in the Late Permian period.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dieter Korn, Luyi Miao, Jurgen Bockwinkel
Summary: This article describes a coiled nautiloid assemblage from the Dalle a Merocanites formation in western Algeria, consisting of nine species from the family Trigonoceratidae. It is the most diverse Carboniferous nautiloid assemblage known from North Africa, but less diverse than the assemblages from Belgium and Ireland.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Franziska Heuer, Lucyna Leda, Hemen Moradi-Salimi, Jana Gliwa, Vachik Hairapetian, Dieter Korn
Summary: The geological section at Baghuk Mountain in Central Iran provides excellent exposures of fossiliferous marine sedimentary successions from the Late Permian to Early Triassic. Detailed analysis of microfacies changes across the Permian-Triassic boundary reveals that carbonate production and biogenic activity ceased simultaneously during the main mass extinction event towards the end of the Permian period.
PALAEOBIODIVERSITY AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTS
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dieter Korn, Juergen Bockwinkel
Summary: This study revises the Tornoceratina ammonoids from the Red Ironstone Formation of the Dillenburg area in the eastern Rhenish Mountains. It re-describes several species and proposes two new genera and one new species. Additionally, a new species from the Anti-Atlas region of Morocco is described and compared with known species.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Martina Aubrechtova, Dieter Korn
Summary: This study revises the Ordovician ectocochleate cephalopods of the Lituitida order, mainly found in Germany, Poland, and the Kaliningrad Region of Russia. A total of 28 species belonging to seven genera were identified, with 11 newly described species. The concept of several taxa described in the 19th century was refined, and neotypes were proposed for two ambiguous species.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dieter Korn, Juergen Bockwinkel
Summary: This study describes coiled nautiloids from five different localities in southern Algeria, which are dated to the Tournaisian and early to middle Viséan stages of the Early Carboniferous. The researchers discovered new genera and species, providing important contributions to the study of Early Carboniferous biota in the region.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dieter Korn, Jurgen Bockwinkel
Summary: The ammonoids of the suborder Gephuroceratina from the Roteisenstein (Red Ironstone) Formation in the area around Dillenburg have been revised, with a new species described and several other species revised. The stratigraphic distribution of the genera is discussed and assigned to three distinct assemblages based on their age.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
(2022)
Article
Paleontology
Jana Gliwa, Marie-Beatrice Forel, Sylvie Crasquin, Abbas Ghaderi, Dieter Korn
Summary: The study of ostracods in the Aras Valley section of northwest Iran revealed a significant turnover in species composition during the end-Permian mass extinction event, from a low-diversity Fabalicypris-dominated community to a more diverse Bairdiacypris-dominated community. This turnover coincided with a significant temperature increase and suggests that environmental changes, such as thermal stress, may have influenced ostracod assemblages prior to the extinction event.
PAPERS IN PALAEONTOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Paleontology
Luyi Miao, Xu Dai, Dieter Korn, Arnaud Brayard, Jing Chen, Xiaokang Liu, Haijun Song
Summary: The highly diverse Changhsingian nautiloid assemblage in Gujiao, Guizhou, consists of nine genera, five taxa, and nine species, including one new genus and three new species. This assemblage is the most diverse among 52 sites worldwide and features cosmopolitan genera such as Pleuronautilus, Tainoceras, and Liroceras.
PAPERS IN PALAEONTOLOGY
(2021)
