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FIGURE 2 in Big-headed marine crocodyliforms and why we must be cautious when using extant species as body length proxies for long-extinct relatives
FIGURE 2. Comparative view of three fossil thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs: (1) teleosaurid Platysuchus multiscrobiculatus SMNS 9930; (2) basal metriorhynchoid Pelagosaurus typus MTM M62 2516; and (3) metriorhynchid Cricosaurus suevicus SMNS 9808. Scale bars equal 50 cm.
FIGURE 1 in Big-headed marine crocodyliforms and why we must be cautious when using extant species as body length proxies for long-extinct relatives
FIGURE 1. Comparative view of four fossil teleosaurid crocodylomorphs used in the regression analyses: (1) Steneosaurus bollensis GPIT/RE/1193/2; (2) Steneosaurus priscus MNHN.F CNJ 78a; (3) Steneosaurus bollensis MH unnumbered A; and (4) Steneosaurus bollensis MH unnumbered B. Scale bars equal 100 cm.
FIGURE 4 in Big-headed marine crocodyliforms and why we must be cautious when using extant species as body length proxies for long-extinct relatives
FIGURE 4. Comparative least-squares regression gradient plot, of cranial length-to-total length, with the solid line representing Teleosauridae, and the dashed lines representing (1) Crocodylus, (2) Alligator, (3) Gavialis, and (4) Metriorhynchidae, respectively.
FIGURE 5 in Big-headed marine crocodyliforms and why we must be cautious when using extant species as body length proxies for long-extinct relatives
FIGURE 5. Comparative view of estimated body length of large-bodied teleosaurids (see Table 8). (1) Machimosaurus rex (holotype); (2) Machimosaurus hugii (referred specimen from Krebs, 1968); (3) Machimosaurus mosae (neotype, grey silhouette is the lost holotype); (4) Machimosaurus buffetauti (holotype, grey silhouette is the specimen from Buffetaut, 1982b); (5) Steneosaurus edwardsi (referred specimen from Johnson et al., 2015); (6) Steneosaurus obtusidens (holotype); (7) Steneosaurus bollensis (based on MH unnumbered A). The skull drawings are modified from (Fanti et al., 2016 and Young et al., 2014). Scale bar equals 1 m.
FIGURE 3 in Big-headed marine crocodyliforms and why we must be cautious when using extant species as body length proxies for long-extinct relatives
FIGURE 3. Bivariate plots of cranial (1, 3) and femoral lengths (2, 4) plotted against total lengths for complete specimens only (1, 2) and for all specimens (3, 4). In each case a line of least-squares regression is fitted along with a shaded area representing the confidence interval around the regression model.
Fig. 4 in A large extinct marabou stork in African Pliocene hominid sites, and a review of the fossil species of Leptoptilos
Fig. 4. Diagram showing the ratio of the minimal width of the tibiotarsus shaft to the tibiotarsus total length (without cristae cnemialis and patellaris), for living Leptoptilini and fossil Leptoptilos.
Fig. 1. A in A large extinct marabou stork in African Pliocene hominid sites, and a review of the fossil species of Leptoptilos
Fig. 1. A. Leptoptilos falconeri, incomplete left tibiotarsus, KB3−97−161 (Kossom Bougoudi, Chad, ca. 5.0 Ma), comprising part of the distal end and all the shaft; caudal (A1), cranial (A2), and lateral (A3) aspects of the distal part. B. L. falconeri, SAG−VP−1/19 (Sagantole, Ethiopia, 4.4 Ma); B1, part of right tibiotarsus shaft, distal part, cranial aspect; B2 to B7, partial left tarsometatarsus, comprising the distal part and most of the shaft; B2, dorsal aspect, B3, plantar aspect; the deformation of the shaft visible on B2 and B3 is due to diagenetic agents; B4, dorsal aspect of distal part; B5, plantar aspect of distal part; B6, medial aspect of distal part; B7, lateral aspect of distal part. C. L. falconeri, left distal tarsometatarsus, BMNH 39736 (Siwalik Hills of India, 1.8–3.0 Ma), dorsal aspect, from a slightly more lateral point of view compared with B4 and D; after Lydekker (1884). D. L. dubius, FMNH 104387 (Recent), dorsal aspect of the distal part of the left tarsometatarsus. E. cf. L. falconeri, left distal tibiotarsus, URU−VP−1/28 (Urugus, Ethiopia, 4.4 Ma); medial (E1) and cranial (E2) aspects. F. cf. L. falconeri, right distal tibiotarsus, URU−VP−1/15 (Urugus, Ethiopia, 4.4 Ma), lateral aspect. G. L. falconeri, left distal tibiotarsus, OMO−122−76−367 (Omo Shungura, Ethiopia, ca. 2.5 Ma); medial (G1), cranial (G2), and lateral (G3) aspects. H. L. dubius, FMNH 104387 (Recent), left distal tibiotarsus; medial (H1), cranial (H2), and lateral (H3) aspects. Scale bars 10 mm.
Fig. 3 in A large extinct marabou stork in African Pliocene hominid sites, and a review of the fossil species of Leptoptilos
Fig. 3. cf. Leptoptilos falconeri, URU−VP−1/45 (Urugus, Ethiopia, 4.4 Ma). A. Left first pedal phalanx of digit III, dorsal aspect. B. Twelveth vertebra, dorsal (B1) and ventral (B2) aspects.
Fig. 2. A in A large extinct marabou stork in African Pliocene hominid sites, and a review of the fossil species of Leptoptilos
Fig. 2. A. Leptoptilos falconeri, right first pedal phalanx of digit II, F−516−23 (Omo Shungura, Ethiopia, 1.94 Ma); dorsal (A1), lateral (A2), and ventral (A3). B. cf. L. falconeri, proximal half of left carpometacarpus, KT13−96−504 (Koro Toro, Chad, 3.0–3.5 Ma), with part of the proximal end; ventral (B1) and dorsal (B2) aspects. C. cf. L. falconeri, distal half of left carpometacarpus, KT13−98−004 (Koro Toro, Chad, 3.0–3.5 Ma), with an almost complete distal end; ventral (C1) and dorsal (C2) aspects. KT13−96−504 and KT13−98−004 almost certainly represent together a single carpometacarpus.
Fig. 5 in A large extinct marabou stork in African Pliocene hominid sites, and a review of the fossil species of Leptoptilos
Fig. 5. Diagram showing the ratio of the distal depth of the tibiotarsus to its distal width, for living Leptoptilini and fossil Leptoptilos.
Linked collectors and determiners for: Taxonomic revision of the genus Schildia Aldrich, 1923 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) with the description of new extant and extinct species.
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Taxonomic revision of the genus Schildia Aldrich, 1923 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) with the description of new extant and extinct species". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/b5ea33bc-61d9-4849-89d8-4d54ff581052">https://bionomia.net/dataset/b5ea33bc-61d9-4849-89d8-4d54ff581052</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/b5ea33bc-61d9-4849-89d8-4d54ff581052">https://gbif.org/dataset/b5ea33bc-61d9-4849-89d8-4d54ff581052</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.
Linked collectors and determiners for: On the brink of extinction: two new species of Anomaloglossus from French Guiana and amended definitions of Anomaloglossus degranvillei and A. surinamensis (Anura: Aromobatidae).
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "On the brink of extinction: two new species of Anomaloglossus from French Guiana and amended definitions of Anomaloglossus degranvillei and A. surinamensis (Anura: Aromobatidae)". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/fb2cc09e-5c36-4abb-b316-8e447e68fcba">https://bionomia.net/dataset/fb2cc09e-5c36-4abb-b316-8e447e68fcba</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/fb2cc09e-5c36-4abb-b316-8e447e68fcba">https://gbif.org/dataset/fb2cc09e-5c36-4abb-b316-8e447e68fcba</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.
Linked collectors and determiners for: Lost and Found: Taxonomic revision of the speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum; Reptilia; Scincidae) species complex from New Zealand reveals a potential cryptic extinction, resurrection of two species, and description of three new species.
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Lost and Found: Taxonomic revision of the speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum; Reptilia; Scincidae) species complex from New Zealand reveals a potential cryptic extinction, resurrection of two species, and description of three new species". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/b753c71a-aad2-4e6e-9e62-c80348c2cff2">https://bionomia.net/dataset/b753c71a-aad2-4e6e-9e62-c80348c2cff2</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/b753c71a-aad2-4e6e-9e62-c80348c2cff2">https://gbif.org/dataset/b753c71a-aad2-4e6e-9e62-c80348c2cff2</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.
TABLE 1 in The Extinct Fauna of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in Dominican Amber: Two New Species and Redescription of the Male of Proplebeia dominicana (Wille and Chandler)
<p>TABLE 1 <b>Measurements (mm) of Select Specimens of <i>Proplebeia dominicana</i></b> Holotype measurements are from the original descriptions by Wille and Chandler (1964).</p><table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Male DR­14­1178</th><th>Worker DR­14­1111</th><th>Holotype, worker</th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th>1. Head width</th><td>1.31</td><td>1.30</td><td>1.22 (72)</td></tr><tr><th>2. Head length</th><td>1.00</td><td>1.02</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>3. Mesosoma width</th><td>1.28</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>4. Tergum 2 width</th><td>0.98</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>5. Eye length</th><td>0.84</td><td>0.84</td><td>0.80 (47)</td></tr><tr><th>6. Eye width</th><td>0.40</td><td>0.36</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>7. Upper interorbital distance</th><td>0.75</td><td>0.84</td><td>0.76 (45)</td></tr><tr><th>8. Maximum interorbital distance</th><td>0.78</td><td>0.89</td><td>0.82 (48)</td></tr><tr><th>9. Lower interorbital distance</th><td>0.50</td><td>0.68</td><td>0.65 (38)</td></tr><tr><th>10. Clypeus length</th><td>0.34</td><td>0.23</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>11. Clypeus width</th><td>0.48</td><td>0.54</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>12. Clypeocellar distance</th><td>0.64</td><td>0.70</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>13. Malar area length</th><td>linear</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.05 (3)</td></tr><tr><th>14. Interalveolar distance</th><td>0.13</td><td>0.16</td><td>0.15 (9)</td></tr><tr><th>15. Alveolus diameter</th><td>0.14</td><td>0.14</td><td>0.12 (7)</td></tr><tr><th>16. Alveolorbital distance</th><td>0.10</td><td>0.16</td><td>0.17 (10)</td></tr><tr><th>17. Scape length</th><td>0.38</td><td>0.40</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>18. Scape width</th><td>0.08</td><td>0.08</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>19. Length of pedicel plus flagellum</th><td>1.66</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>20. Alveolus­lateral ocellus distance</th><td>0.55</td><td>0.58</td><td>0.65 (38)</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td></td><td>(lateral ocellus?)</td></tr><tr><th>21. 1st flagellomere length</th><td>0.16</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>22. 2nd flagellomere length</th><td>0.15</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>23. 3rd flagellomere length</th><td>0.15</td><td>0.08</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>24. 3rd flagellomere diameter</th><td>0.09</td><td>0.08</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>25. Distance between lateral ocelli</th><td>0.34</td><td>0.26</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>26. Median ocellus diameter</th><td>0.14</td><td>0.11</td><td>0.10</td></tr><tr><th>27. Ocellorbital distance</th><td>0.11</td><td>0.18</td><td>0.17 (10)</td></tr><tr><th>28. Scutellum length: width</th><td>0.28:0.50</td><td>0.26:0.44</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>29. Mesoscutum length</th><td>—</td><td>0.80</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>30. Marginal cell length</th><td>0.91</td><td>0.92</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>31. Marginal cell width</th><td>0.20</td><td>0.21</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>32. Forewing length</th><td>2.75</td><td>2.68</td><td>2.60</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>(+tegula 3,12)</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>33. Forewing width</th><td>0.96</td><td>1.08</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>34. Tibia III length</th><td>0.92</td><td>0.96</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>35. Tibia III width</th><td>0.30</td><td>0.37</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>36. Basitarsus III length</th><td>0.52</td><td>0.42</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>37. Basitarsus III width</th><td>0.12</td><td>0.19</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>38. Hamuli</th><td>5–6</td><td>5</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>39. Pterostigma length: width</th><td>0.44:0.12</td><td>0.50:0.12</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>40. 1st abscissa of M</th><td>0.38</td><td>0.39</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>41. 1st abscissa of Cu</th><td>0.54</td><td>0.56</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>42. Rs + M + 2nd abscissa M</th><td>0.36</td><td>0.40</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th>43. Total body length</th><td>3.68</td><td>3.20</td><td>2.95</td></tr></tbody></table>
Figure 1 in Six new feather mite species (Acari: Astigmata) from the carolina parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), an extinct parrot of North America
Figure 1. Lopharalichus beckeri sp. n., male. (A) Dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) tarsus IV. Setal designations of idiosoma after Griffiths et al. (1990) and those of legs after Atyeo and Gaud (1966).
Figure 3 in Six new feather mite species (Acari: Astigmata) from the carolina parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), an extinct parrot of North America
Figure 3. Genoprotolichus simplex sp. n., male. (A) Dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) tarsus IV, antaxial view; (D) tarsus IV, paraxial view.
Figure 7 in Six new feather mite species (Acari: Astigmata) from the carolina parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), an extinct parrot of North America
Figure 7. Protonyssus proctorae sp. n., male. (A) Dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) tarsus III; (D) tarsus IV.
Figure 5 in Six new feather mite species (Acari: Astigmata) from the carolina parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), an extinct parrot of North America
Figure 5. Females of pterolichid mites. (A) Genoprotolichus simplex sp. n., dorsal view; (B) Genoprotolichus simplex sp. n., oviporal region; (C) Neorhytidelasma conuropsis sp. n., dorsal view; (D) Neorhytidelasma conuropsis sp. n., oviporal region.
Figure 4 in Six new feather mite species (Acari: Astigmata) from the carolina parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), an extinct parrot of North America
Figure 4. Neorhytidelasma conuropsis sp. n., male. (A) Dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) tarsus IV.
Fig. 13 in Pacific Flying Foxes (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Two New Species of Pteropus from Samoa, Probably Extinct
Fig. 13. Skin of USNM 8597/37860, lectotype of Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848. A, dorsal view. B, ventral view.
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