Homo floresiensis size+ xenarthran femora + Agapornis longipes + tyrannosauroid giantism + ice-free Greenland + more free pdfs

[Ben Creisler]

Ben Creisler

bcre...@gmail.com

 

I hope all are well.

 

CHECKING FOR PREOCCUPIED NAMES

The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology website recently posted an article that describes a new taxon. Unfortunately, the new generic name was preoccupied and I contacted the lead author. As a reminder, there are a number of ways that authors, reviewers, and editors can check online if a proposed new name has been used before in zoological literature. Even if a generic name is not in current use (it's a junior synonym), it still counts for zoological nomenclature if it was published in a way that makes it an available name according to ICZN requirements.

 

A good first place to check a name is:

Index to Organism Names (ION)

http://www.organismnames.com

This database is kept up-to-date with the Zoological Record. Queries can be exact letter-for-letter or end in * to bring up partial matches after the first letters. The * query feature will not work at the beginning of a name, however. So cerat* works as a query but not *ceratops.

The queries will bring up a name or the first part of a name (when a * is used) that has been used for a  species and for a genus (which may require scrolling through the names because of species matches).

If a queried name does not show up as a generic name in the ION, it is NOT a guarantee that a name has not been used before, and a good policy would be to double-check a number of other online resources.

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Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG)

https://www.irmng.org/

(Has the advantage of being limited to generic names, but is not exhaustive. Still worth checking.)

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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility

https://www.gbif.org/

 

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Tree of Life

https://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/

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The recent problem with the preoccupied dinosaur name Jingia (replaced with Jingiella) highlights some of the content issues with each of these databases. Jingia Chen, 1983 (a moth) shows up in the GBIF and the Tree of Life, but not in the ION or the IRMNG. It's a good idea to check all of them.

Note that I will happily check new names for people for preoccupied status or for questions on meaning or formation.

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Some recent vertpaleo and evolution papers with free pdfs:

 

Yousuke Kaifu, Iwan Kurniawan, Soichiro Mizushima, Junmei Sawada, Michael Lague, Ruly Setiawan, Indra Sutisna, Unggul P. Wibowo, Gen Suwa, Reiko T. Kono, Tomohiko Sasaki, Adam Brumm & Gerrit D. van den Bergh (2024)

Early evolution of small body size in Homo floresiensis

Nature Communications 15: 6381

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50649-7

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50649-7

free pdf:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50649-7.pdf

 

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James Clark & Gonzalo J. Linares-Matás (2024)

When to generalise and when to specialise? Climate change and hominin biocultural adaptability in the African early and middle stone age

Quaternary Science Advances 15: 100218

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2024.100218

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266603342400056X

 

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James R. Usherwood (2024)

The functions of leg muscles, structures and mechanisms in running

Biology Letters 20(8): 20240260

doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0260

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0260

Free pdf:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0260

 

 

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Daniel Charters, Richard P. Brown, Grégory Abrams, Kévin Di Modica, Stéphane Pirson, Isabelle De Groote, Luca Ghiraldi & Carlo Meloro (2024)

Mandibular ecomorphology in the genus Ursus (Ursidae, Carnivora): relevance for the palaeoecological adaptations of cave bears (U. spelaeus) from Scladina cave

Historical Biology (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2024.2377703

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2377703

Free pdf:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/08912963.2024.2377703

 

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Paulo Duñó-Iglesias, Iván Ramírez-Pedraza, Florent Rivals, Natalya E. Prilepskaya, Ruslan I. Belyaev & Gennady F. Baryshnikov (2024)

Dental microwear analysis of Kudaro cave bears: Insights into dietary evolution from the Middle to Late Pleistocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 112417

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112417

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018224004061

 

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Alain Argant (2024)

A History of Research on the Cave Lion Panthera spelaea Goldfuss 1810

Earth History and Biodiversity 100004

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hisbio.2024.100004

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950475924000042

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Zhuotao Liu, Tengwei Su, Qian Li and Zhaoyuan Li (2024)

Spatial distribution pattern of mustelids in the eastern edge of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Royal Society Open Science 11(8): 240294

doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240294

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.240294

 

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Søren Faurby, Daniele Silvestro, Lars Werdelin and Alexandre Antonelli (2024)

Reliable biogeography requires fossils: insights from a new species-level phylogeny of extinct and living carnivores

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291(2028): 20240473

doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0473

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.0473

Free pdf:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspb.2024.0473

 

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Luciano Varela, Sebastián Tambusso & Richard Fariña (2024)

Femora nutrient foramina and aerobic capacity in giant extinct xenarthrans.

PeerJ 12: e17815

doi:  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17815

https://peerj.com/articles/17815/

 

 

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Quentin Martinez, Mark Wright, Benjamin Dubourguier, Kai Ito, Thomas van de Kamp, Elias Hamann, Marcus Zuber, Gabriel Ferreira, Rémi Blanc, Pierre-Henri Fabre, Lionel Hautier & Eli Amson (2024)

Disparity of turbinal bones in placental mammals

The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25552

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25552

Free pdf:

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.25552

 

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Carmela Serio, Richard P. Brown, Marcus Clauss & Carlo Meloro (2024)

Three-dimensional geometric morphometric analyses of humerus ecomorphology: New perspectives for paleohabitat reconstruction in carnivorans and ungulates

The Anatomical Record (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25553

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25553

Free pdf:

https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.25553

 

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Alec T. Wilken, Julia A. Schultz, Zhe-Xi Luo & Callum F. Ross (2024)

A new biomechanical model of the mammal jaw based on load path analysis

Journal of Experimental Biology 247030

doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247030

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/doi/10.1242/jeb.247030/361371/A-new-biomechanical-model-of-the-mammal-jaw-based

 

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Elis Newham, Ian J. Corfe, Philippa Brewer, Jen A. Bright, Vincent Fernandez, Neil J. Gostling, Simone Hoffmann, Kai R. K. Jäger, Erika Kague, Goran Lovric, Federica Marone, Elsa Panciroli,  Philipp Schneider, Julia A. Schultz, Heikki Suhonen, Alex Witchell, Pamela G. Gill & Thomas Martin (2024)

The origins of mammal growth patterns during the Jurassic mammalian radiation

Science Advances 10(32): eado4555

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado4555

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado4555

Free pdf:

https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.ado4555

 

 

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Gerardo P. Álvarez-Herrera and Federico L. Agnolín (2024)

Mesozoic birds from southern Patagonia shed light on the early Antarctic avifauna

Ameghiniana (advance online publication)

doi: 10.5710/AMGH.29.07.2024.3605

https://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/115

 

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Abi Crane, Juan Benito, Albert Chen, Grace Musser, Christopher R. Torres, Julia A. Clarke, Stephan Lautenschlager, Daniel T. Ksepka & Daniel J. Field (2024)

Taphonomic damage obfuscates interpretation of the retroarticular region of the Asteriornis mandible

Geobios (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.03.003

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699524000536

 

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D Charles Deeming, Connor J Hutchings, Fern G Seaward & Adrian M Goodman (2024)

Strength of parrot flight feathers is a function of position on the wing

Current Zoology, zoae041

doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoae041

https://academic.oup.com/cz/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cz/zoae041/7728959

 

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Hanna S Rosinger, Olga Kardailsky, Martyn Kennedy, Hamish G Spencer, Florian M Steiner, Birgit C Schlick-Steiner, Nicolas J Rawlence & Michael Knapp (2024)

The radiation of Austral teals (Aves: Anseriformes) and the evolution of flightlessness

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(4): zlae036

doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae036

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/201/4/zlae036/7729571

 

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Agapornis longipes sp. nov.

 

Marco Pavia, José Braga, Massimo Delfino, Lazarus Kgasi, Albrecht Manegold, Christine Steininger, Bernhard Zipfel & Aurore Val (2024)

A new species of Lovebird (Aves, Psittaculidae, Agapornis) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the Cradle of Humankind (Gauteng, South Africa)

Geobios (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.006

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699524000652

 

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Andre J. Rowe & Emily J. Rayfield (2024)

Morphological evolution and functional consequences of giantism in tyrannosauroid dinosaurs

iScience 110679

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110679

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224019047

 

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Benjamin W. Griffin, Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone, Rodrigo V. Pêgas, Erik Anthony Meilak, Fabiana R. Costa, Colin Palmer & Emily J. Rayfield (2024)

Modelling take-off moment arms in an ornithocheiraean pterosaur.

PeerJ 12:e17678

doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17678

https://peerj.com/articles/17678/

 

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Marco Schade & Jörg Ansorge (2024)

Enigmatic fragment possibly marks the first pterosaur record from the Lower Toarcian of Grimmen, NE Germany

PalZ (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-024-00698-6

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-024-00698-6

 

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Andrej Čerňanský (2024)

Green lizards (Squamata, Lacertidae) from Pliocene deposits of Węże I in southern Poland, with comments on cranial features for selected lacertids

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-024-00619-0

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12549-024-00619-0

 

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Jeffrey L. Weinell, Frank T. Burbrink, Sunandan Das and Rafe M. Brown (2024)

Novel phylogenomic inference and ‘Out of Asia’ biogeography of cobras, coral snakes and their allies

Royal Society Open Science 11(8): 240064

doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240064

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.240064

Free pdf:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rsos.240064

 

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Alice Leavey, Christopher T. Richards & Laura B. Porro (2024)

Comparative muscle anatomy of the anuran pelvis and hindlimb in relation to locomotor mode

Journal of Anatomy (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.14122

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.14122

 

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Shaw Badenhorst & Anelisiwe C. Siteto (2024)

Distinguishing hominin and brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) bone accumulations from the Middle Stone Age in South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 58: 104721

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104721

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X24003493

 

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Amy M. McGuire, Irene M. Waajen & Natasha L.M. Barlow (2024)

Advancing chronologies for Last Interglacial sequences

Journal of Quaternary Science (advance online publication)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3641

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3641

Free pdf:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jqs.3641

 

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Paul R. Bierman, Halley M. Mastro, Dorothy M. Peteet, Lee B. Corbett, Eric J. Steig, Chris T. Halsted, Marc M. Caffee, Alan J. Hidy, Greg Balco, Ole Bennike & Barry Rock (2024)

Plant, insect, and fungi fossils under the center of Greenland’s ice sheet are evidence of ice-free times

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(33): e2407465121

doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407465121

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407465121

 

Free pdf:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.1073/pnas.2407465121

 

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Xin Wang and Li-Jun Chen (2024)

Shaolinia: A Fossil Link between Conifers and Angiosperms

Plants 13(15): 2162

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13152162

https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/15/2162

 

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Yong Yang, Zhi Yang and David Kay Ferguson (2024)

The Systematics and Evolution of Gymnosperms with an Emphasis on a Few Problematic Taxa

Plants 13(16): 2196

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13162196

https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/16/2196

 

 

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Brian K. Arbic, Brandon C. Johnson & Vasily Titov (2024)

The tsunami triggered by the Chicxulub impact

Physics Today 77(8): 54–55

https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/77/8/54/3304682/The-tsunami-triggered-by-the-Chicxulub-impact

 

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He Huang, Chao Ma, Jacques Laskar, Matthias Sinnesael, Mohammad Farhat, Nam H. Hoang, Yuan Gao, Christian Zeeden, Hanting Zhong, Mingcai Hou & Chengshan Wang (2024)

Geological evidence reveals a staircase pattern in Earth’s rotational deceleration evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(33): e2317051121

doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2317051121

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2317051121

Free pdf:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10.1073/pnas.2317051121

 

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[Tim Williams]

Ben Creisler <bcre...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology website recently posted an article that describes a new taxon. Unfortunately, the new generic name was preoccupied and I contacted the 

> lead author.   As a reminder, there are a number of ways that authors, reviewers, and editors can check online if a proposed new name has been used before in zoological 

> literature.

If it's the genus I'm thinking of, then I'm a little surprised that the potential for homonymy wasn't flagged during review.   It's the kind of name that looks like it should have been used already.  At the risk of harping on this, the name in question appears to have been used multiple times in the past (and therefore shown to be preoccupied on more than occasion).

[Tyler Greenfield]

I also recommend the Nomenclator Zoologicus and Index Animalium as great resources for checking historical names.

https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about

https://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/indexanimalium/

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[Mickey Mortimer]

So why are we all dancing around this "new genus and species of giraffid from the Miocene of the Siwaliks (Pakistan)"?  The pdf is already out in the wild as an official version of the paper after being directly downloaded 46 times, and will just become shared informally from now on.  It's going to become another Jingia regardless of whatever next steps are taken. 

Mickey Mortimer