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Figure 18 in The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho
Figure 18. Stormbergia dangershoeki gen. et sp. nov. BMNH R11000 (paratype), right fibula in lateral (A) and medial (B) view.
Figure 10 in The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho
Figure 10. Stormbergia dangershoeki gen. et sp. nov. BMNH R11000 (paratype), scapulocoracoid in lateral (A), medial (B) and dorsal (C) views. Abbreviations: ac, acromion process; cf, coracoid foramen; gl, glenoid.
Figure 17 in The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho
Figure 17. Stormbergia dangershoeki gen. et sp. nov. SAM-PK-K1105 (holotype): right tibia and astragalus in anterior view (A); left distal fibula, astragalus, calcaneum and metatarsus (B). Fibula, astragalus and calcaneum are in posterior view, metatarsals in anterior view. Abbreviations: asp, ascending process of astragalus; ast, astragalus; calc, calcaneum; fib, fibula; mt1, mt2, mt3, mt4, metatarsals.
Figure 9 in The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho
Figure 9. Stormbergia dangershoeki gen. et sp. nov. BMNH R11000 (paratype), anterior caudal in right lateral (A) and anterior (B) views. SAM-PK-K1105 (holotype): mid-caudal in right lateral view (C); posterior caudals in right lateral view (D). All scale bars equal 1 cm. Abbreviations: chf, chrevron facet; poz, postzygapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis.
Figure 13 in The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho
Figure 13. Stormbergia dangershoeki gen. et sp. nov. BMNH R11000 (paratype), left ilium in lateral (A), medial (B) and dorsal (C) views. Abbreviations: bs, brevis shelf; ilisp, ischiadic peduncle; saf, supraacetabular flange; sar2, scar for sacral rib 2; sar3–5, scars for sacral ribs 3–5; vf, ventral flange partially backing the acetabulum.
Figure 3 in The 'fabrosaurid' ornithischian dinosaurs of the Upper Elliot Formation (Lower Jurassic) of South Africa and Lesotho
Figure 3. Ischia of Elliot Formation ornithischians. A, B. Lesothosaurus diagnosticus, BMNH RUB17 (syntype); left (A) and right (B) ischia in medial views. A tab-shaped obturator process is absent in both specimens. Bone fragments erroneously glued to the ventral margin of the left ischium (abf) create the false impression that an obturator process is present in this specimen. C. Stormbergia dangershoeki gen. et sp. nov. BMNH R11000 (paratype), right ischium, lateral view. D. SAM-PK-K1105 (holotype), left ischium, medial view. Note the tab-shaped obturator process present in both BMNH R11000 and SAM-PK-K1105. E, F. Lesothosaurus diagnosticus, SAM-PK-K401; left (E) and right (F) proximal ischia in medial (E) and lateral (F) views. SAM-PK-K401 was depicted by Santa Luca (1984) and some authors have suggested that it demonstrates an obturator process in Lesothosaurus. Note, however, that both ischia are too incomplete to support or deny the presence of an obturator process. All scale bars equal 1 cm. Abbreviations: abf, attached bone fragment; dg, dorsal groove on shaft of ischium; iscip, iliac process; obt, tab-shaped obturator process; iscpp, pubic process.
Figure 5 in Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns
Figure 5. Per-capita rates of origination and extinction for Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa. A, 300-kyr bins from 4.2 to 0.9 Mya. It should be remembered that the intervals 4.2–3.6 Mya and 1.5–0.9 Mya are less well sampled than the intermediate interval (cf. Fig. 3A). Note especially the zero origination rate in the interval 3.0–2.4 Mya. See text for complete discussion. B, the same for 400-kyr bins from 4.1 to 0.9 Mya. C, the same for 500-kyr bins from 4.0 to 1.0 Mya.
Figure 8 in Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns
Figure 8. Results of the regression analysis of number of localities vs. mean standing richness for 400-kyr bins. A, regression analysis. The correlation is significant (adjusted multiple R2 = 0.706**). There are no statistical outliers in this regression. B, regression residuals plotted against time slice. There are no outliers, but the effect of Laetoli is still seen in the relatively high residual for time slice C (3.7– 3.3 Mya).
Figure 1 in Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns
Figure 1. Map showing geographical location of localities studied. 1, Hadar; 2, Middle Awash; 3, Omo, Shungura and Usno Formations; 4, Konso-Gardula; 5, West Turkana, Nachukui Formation; 6, Koobi Fora; 7, Allia Bay; 8, Lothagam; 9, Kanapoi; 10, Nkondo/Nyaburu; 11, West Turkana, Eshoa Kakurongori, South Turkwel, Nakoret; 12, Kanam East; 13, Olorgesailie; 14, Olduvai; 15, Lainyamok; 16, Laetoli. Inset: map of Africa showing (shaded) countries with localities with carnivoran specimens used in this work.
Figure 7 in Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns
Figure 7. Results of the regression analysis of number of localities vs. mean standing richness for 300-kyr bins. A, regression analysis. The correlation is significant (adjusted multiple R2 = 0.603**). Note that time slice C (3.9–3.6 Mya) is an outlier. B, regression residuals plotted against time slice showing the high positive residual for the outlier, time slice C, indicating that this time slice has more taxa than expected given the number of localities present, which is probably an effect of the dominance of the species-rich Laetoli locality in this time slice. Laetoli also has an effect in time slice D (3.6–3.3 Mya), but this time slice includes many more localities and therefore the effect of Laetoli is not as evident.
Figure 4 in Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns
Figure 4. Richness data for Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa. A, total richness and mean standing richness [MSR = (NbL + 2Nbt + NFt)/2] in 300-kyr bins from 4.2 to 0.9 Mya. It should be remembered that the intervals 4.2– 3.6 Mya and 1.5–0.9 Mya are less well sampled than the intermediate interval (cf. Fig. 3A). Peaks before 3 Mya (higher) and after 2 Mya (lower) are evident. See text for complete discussion. B, the same for 400-kyr bins from 4.1 to 0.9 Mya. Note the reduction in height of the post-2 Mya peak. C, the same for 500-kyr bins from 4.0 to 1.0 Mya.
Figure 6 in Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns
Figure 6. Per-taxon rates of origination and extinction for Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa. A, 300-kyr bins. B, 400-kyr bins. C, 500-kyr bins. The diagrams match those for per-capita rates closely, demonstrating that the results are not dependent on the exact metric used.
Figure 3 in Ecology and systematics of mangrove crabs of the genus Perisesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from East Africa
Figure 3. Phylogenetic relationships among four Indo-Pacific species of the genus Perisesarma based on 575 base pairs of mtDNA coding for the 16S rRNA. Minimum evolution (neighbour joining, Kimura 2-parameter distances) (upper) and maximum parsimony (lower) trees with confidence values established after 2000 bootstrap replicates.
Figure 4. Perisesarma guttatum. A in Ecology and systematics of mangrove crabs of the genus Perisesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from East Africa
Figure 4. Perisesarma guttatum. A, dorsal view of chela. B, first gonopod (denuded) (after Crosnier, 1965).
Figure 1 in Ecology and systematics of mangrove crabs of the genus Perisesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from East Africa
Figure 1. Perisesarma samawati sp. nov., male paratype (SMF 29334). A, dorsal view of carapace. B, outer face of chela. C, dorsal view of carpus of cheliped. D, male abdomen and sternum. E, first gonopods, one of them denuded. Scale bars: A, D = 10 mm; B, C = 5 mm; E = 1 mm.
FIGURE 12 in Three new Uroplectes (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with punctate metasomal segments from tropical central Africa
FIGURE 12. Habitus, dorsal aspect (A, C) and ventral aspect (B, D) of Uroplectes zambezicus, sp. nov. A, B. Holotype ♂ (AMNH), Zambezi River, Mozambique. C, D. Paratype ♀ (AMNH), same locality. Scale bars = 5 mm.
Fig. 60 in New species and subspecies of Octavius from South Africa, with a key and additional distribution records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Euaesthetinae)
Fig. 60. Distribution of Octavius sarkae sp. nov., O. sarkae ntsubane subsp. nov. and O. sarkae xhosa subsp. nov.
Geochemistry and petrography of martian meteorite Northwest Africa 11115: A rare earth element-enriched olivine-phyric shergottite closely linked to Northwest Africa 1068
<p>This is the Electronic Appendix of the manuscript "<strong>Geochemistry and petrography of martian meteorite Northwest Africa 11115: A rare earth element-enriched olivine-phyric shergottite closely linked to Northwest Africa 1068</strong>", by M. Melwani Daswani, N. Greber, J. Hu, R. C. Greenwood, and P. R. Heck, submitted to <em>Meteoritics & Planetary Science</em>.</p> <p>Corresponding author: M. Melwani Daswani (daswani@jpl.caltech.edu)</p> <p>The compressed folder contains two files:</p> <p>1) <strong>NWA11115_CT_scan_TIFF_substack.tif</strong></p> <p>This is a TIFF image stack of the CT scan of the full NWA 11115 sample. Open in a program such as ImageJ (Rasband, W.S., ImageJ, U. S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, <a href="https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/">https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/</a>, 1997-2018).</p> <p>2) <strong>NWA11115_CT_scan_60FPS_JPEG.avi</strong></p> <p>This is a video file of the CT scan of the same NWA 11115 sample. The TIFF stack was converted to a video file (.avi), compressed to JPEG quality, and at a rate of 60 frames per second. Open this file with software such as VLC (<a href="https://www.videolan.org/vlc/">https://www.videolan.org/vlc/</a>).</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></p> <p>The authors acknowledge T. Boudreaux for donating NWA 11115 to the Field Museum, J. Greer and J. Holstein for help with sample preparation, L. Kööp and B. Strack for SEM support, S. Rastegar for preliminary SEM analysis, L. Dussubieux for LA-ICP-MS support, A. I. Neander and Z.-X. Luo for CT scanning and support, and J. Filiberto and A. Treiman for useful discussions. We thank Thomas Pettke for assistance with LA-ICP-MS analyzes of the pressed powder pellets at the University of Bern. GPS Division analytical facilities at Caltech and Chi Ma are thanked for the support on EMPA analysis. PRH acknowledges support from the Tawani Foundation. MMD’s portion of the work was done partly as a private venture and not in the author’s capacity as an employee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. The authors declare no competing interests.</p> <p>EOF</p>
Data for: Africa's oldest dinosaurs reveal early suppression of dinosaur distribution
<p>The vertebrate lineages that would shape Mesozoic and Cenozoic terrestrial ecosystems originated across Triassic Pangaea. By the Late Triassic (Carnian Stage, ~235 Ma), cosmopolitan 'disaster faunas' had given way to highly endemic assemblages on the supercontinent. Testing the tempo and mode of the establishment of this endemism is challenging—there were few geographic barriers to dispersal across Pangaea during the Late Triassic. Instead, palaeolatitudinal climate belts, and not continental boundaries, are hypothesized to have controlled distribution. During this time of high endemism, dinosaurs began to disperse and thus offer an opportunity to test the timing and drivers of this biogeographic pattern. Increased sampling can test this prediction: if dinosaurs initially dispersed under palaeolatitudinal-driven endemism, then an assemblage similar to those of South America and India—including the earliest dinosaurs—should be present in Carnian deposits in south-central Africa. Here, we report a new Carnian assemblage from Zimbabwe which includes Africa's oldest definitive dinosaurs, including a nearly complete skeleton of the sauropodomorph <em>Mbiresaurus raathi</em>, gen. et sp. nov. This assemblage resembles those of other dinosaur-bearing Carnian assemblages, suggesting that a similar vertebrate fauna ranged high-latitude austral Pangaea. The distribution of the first dinosaurs is correlated with palaeolatitude-linked climatic barriers, and dinosaurian dispersal to the rest of the supercontinent was delayed until these barriers relaxed, suggesting that climatic controls influenced the initial composition of the terrestrial faunas that persist to this day.</p>
Figures 50–57 in Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida Scorpiones) Part XVIII Gint banfasae sp n from Somaliland (Buthidae)
Figures 50–57: Gint banfasae sp. n., paratype males. Figures 50–52. Right chelicera, dorsal (50) and ventral (51) views, and ventral view under UV fluorescence (52). Scale bar: 400 µm. Figures 53–57. Paratype 1531. Left hemispermatophore: capsule region in posterior (53), convex compressed (54), convex (55) and anterior (56) views; whole hemispermatophore, convex view (57). Scale bars: 200 µm, 500 µm.
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