关于董氏狼鳍鱼(Lycoptera tungi)的种上归类

本文重新研究了董氏狼鳍鱼 (Lycoptera tungi Liu et al 1963).将产自宁夏隆德石窑寺的董氏狼鳍鱼 V2323 号标本从狼鳍鱼属 (Lycoptera) 中分出来,归入华夏鱼属 (Huashia), 修定为董氏华夏鱼 (Huashia tungi (Liu et al.)).同时对华夏鱼科 (Huashiidae) 的系统位置作了初步讨论.     

骨舌鱼超目的系统发育关系

通过对中国化石骨舌鱼类及骨舌鱼类现生主要类群的比较研究,用 PAUP 软件对31个分类单元的65个特征进行了分析,得到了16个最简约的分支图(步长为206,一致性指数为 0．4320,保留指数为0．7194)。严格合意树显示,中国早白垩世的骨舌鱼类(酒泉鱼、狼鳍鱼、固阳鱼、吉南鱼、同心鱼、西夏鱼、昆都仑鱼和华夏鱼)主要为骨舌鱼超目中不同等级的干群;与一般的观点不同,始舌齿鱼与蛟河鱼组成了姊妹群关系;骨舌鱼目由 Thaumaturus、弓背鱼亚目和骨舌鱼亚目组成;弓背鱼类与象鼻鱼类关系更近;Ostariostoma 为弓背鱼科的姊妹群;副狼鳍鱼与[骨舌鱼亚科+犁齿鱼亚科]组成了姊妹群,该姊妹群关系的建立,将骨舌鱼科的历史延伸到了早白垩世。     

昆都仑鱼(Kuntulunia)在陕甘宁盆地的发现及其地层意义

本文记述了在宁夏六盘山群的李洼峡组和马东山组发现的长鳍昆都仑鱼 (Kuntulunia longipterus Liu, Ma et Liu 1982) 化石.此项研究,加深了对昆都仑鱼形态与分布的了解,并根据六盘山群鱼类化石的不同分布及其地层层序,提出六盘山群侏罗—白垩系的界线划在和尚铺组与李洼峡组之间;志丹群泾川组与和尚铺组大致相当.     

辽宁西部晚中生代鱼群──辽宁西部晚中生代地层和鱼群研究之三

文中主要依据辽宁西部凌源、建昌、喀左、朝阳、北票、义县和阜新七个市县25个鱼化石点的新材料,对首次发现于辽西晚中生代地层中的古鳕类未定种、师氏中华弓鳍鱼、中华狼鳍鱼、三棵榆树狼鳍鱼、华夏鱼、副狼鳍鱼、聂尔库鱼和真骨鱼类未定种做了简单记述;对辽西已知的戴氏狼鳍鱼和室井氏狼鳍鱼的部分形态特征做了较详细的补充描述和订正。目前能较肯定地归入狼鳍鱼科的有狼鳍鱼、吉南鱼和固阳鱼三个属。亚洲鱼属与狼鳍鱼属仅在尾上骨的有无及尾鳍分叉鳍条的数目上有差异。狼鳍鱼属在辽西包含四个种──戴氏、室井氏、中华和三棵榆树狼鳍鱼。辽西的德永氏狼鳍鱼应为戴氏狼鳍鱼的同物异名。常氏鱼和辽西鱼均为吉南鱼的晚出异名。副狼鳍鱼的形态特征已与骨舌鱼科的现生种类很相近,可将其归入该科。山东的宁家沟谭氏鱼是张氏副狼鳍鱼的同物异名。     

大黄鱼紧密连锁α-和β-珠蛋白基因间序列功能分析

石首鱼类属鲈形目(Perciformes)、鲈亚目(Percoidei)、石首鱼科(Sciaenidae).     

世界猪的种类、分布和现状

猪年伊始,让我们了解一下猪家族。Pavlinov(2003)将世界猪类归入偶蹄目(Artiodactyla)、猪形亚目(Suiformes),包括猪科(Suidae)和西貒科(Tayassuidae)2个现代科及15个化石科。依Wilson和Reeder(2005),猪科包括5属19种,西貒科包括3属3种,共计8属22种,其中不乏一些受到威胁的濒危     

非海相介形类一新科Panxianiidae

前言在“黔西、滇东北晚二叠世及早三叠世介形类化石”(王尚启,1978)一文中,笔者曾报道了Panxiania 新属,并将其归入平足亚目(Platyco-pina)小浪花介科(Cytherellidae)。最近笔者重新对Panxiania 属作了研究,发现其特征既不同于小浪花介科的分子,也不同于达尔文介科(Darwinulidae)的分子,故将它单独分出建立一     

关于停止使用"同翅目Homoptera" 目名的建议

长期以来,在我国昆虫学界,“同翅目Homoptera”和半翅目Hemiptera一直被作为2个并列的昆虫目被广泛使用。传统的“同翅目”被分为3亚目10总科,即鞘喙亚目Coleorrhyncha(包括膜翅蝽总科Peloridioidea)、胸喙亚目Stemorrhyncha(包括木虱总科Psylloidea、粉虱总科Aleyrodoidea、蚧总科Coccoidea和蚜总科Aphidoidea)和头喙亚目Auchenorrhyncha[包括蜡蝉子亚目Fulgoromorpha(包括蜡蝉总科Fulgoroidea)和蝉子亚目Cicadomorpha(包括蝉总科Cicadoidea、沫蝉总科Cercopoidea、叶蝉总科Cicadelloidea和角蝉总科Membracoidea)]。近年来,形态学及分子学特征数据的支序分析研究表明,木虱总科、粉虱总科、蚧总科、蚜总科、蜡蝉总科、蝉总科、沫蝉总科、角蝉总科都是单系群;鞘喙亚目、胸喙亚目、蝉子亚目及蜡蝉子亚目也都是单系群,其相互之间的系统发育关系为：胸喙亚目 (蝉子亚目 (蜡蝉子亚目 (鞘喙亚目 异翅亚目(蝽类)))),它们共同组成了单系的半翅目Hemiptera。系统发育分析表明,在半翅目中,鞘喙亚目与异翅亚目具有最近的亲缘关系,蜡蝉子亚目与鞘喙亚目 异翅亚目是姊妹群,蝉子亚目是蜡蝉子亚目 (鞘喙亚目 异翅亚目)的姐妹群,胸喙亚目是半翅目中最早和最原始的一个分枝。因此传统的“同翅目”并不是一个自然的单系类群,而是一个人为的并系类群。目前,在国际昆虫学界,“同翅目”作为一个人为的并系类群已得到公认和普遍接受,并已不再作为昆虫纲的一个有效目被使用。然而,“同翅目”作为昆虫纲的一个有效目在国内一直被广泛使用,为此,作者建议我国的昆虫学工作者今后应停止使用“同翅目”这一人为的并系目名而使用单系的半翅目目名,即将长期以来一直置于“同翅目”的木虱、粉虱、蚧虫、蚜虫、蝉、沫蝉、叶蝉、角蝉及蜡蝉类昆虫与蝽类昆虫一起作为半翅目的成员对待。     

记湖南衡东盆地的平顶鳄一新种

本文记述了产自湖南衡东的一鳄类头骨化石——衡东平顶鳄Planocrania hengdongensissp.nov.并对这一属的分类位置进行了讨论,依据次生腭的性质将它归入真鳄亚目鳄科。     

基于线粒体基因组序列的鞘翅目肉食亚目水生类群系统发育分析

【目的】明确肉食亚目(Adephaga)水生类群线粒体基因组的基本特征,并基于线粒体基因组序列分析肉食亚目水生类群的系统发育关系。【方法】基于Illumina HiSeq X Ten测序技术测定了圆鞘隐盾豉甲Dineutus mellyi和齿缘龙虱Eretes sticticus的线粒体全基因组序列,对其进行了基因注释,并对其tRNA基因二级结构进行了预测分析。加上已公布的鞘翅目(Coleoptera)肉食亚目水生类群17个种的线粒体基因组序列,对该类群共19个种线粒体的蛋白质编码基因(protein-coding genes, PCGs)开展了比较基因组学分析,包括AT含量、密码子偏好性、选择压力等。基于13个PCGs的氨基酸序列和核苷酸序列,利用最大似然法(ML)和贝叶斯法(BI)分别构建鞘翅目肉食亚目水生类群的系统发育关系,并通过FcLM分析进一步评估伪龙虱科(Noteridae)和瀑甲科(Meruidae)的系统发育位置。【结果】圆鞘隐盾豉甲和齿缘龙虱的线粒体基因组全长分别为16 123 bp(GenBank登录号: MN781126)和16 196 bp(GenBank登录号: MN781132),都包含13个PCGs、22个tRNA基因、2个rRNA基因和1个D-loop区(控制区)。19个肉食亚目水生类群线粒体基因组PCGs的碱基组成都呈现A+T偏好性,在密码子使用上也都偏向于使用富含A+T的密码子;在进化过程中13个PCGs的进化模式相同,都受到纯化选择。基于线粒体基因组13个PCGs的氨基酸序列的肉食亚目水生类群的系统发育关系为(豉甲科Gyrinidae+(沼梭甲科Haliplidae+((壁甲科Aspidytidae+(两栖甲科Amphizoidae+龙虱科Dytiscidae))+(水甲科Hygrobiidae+(瀑甲科Meruidae+伪龙虱科Noteridae)))))。【结论】研究结果表明,豉甲科是肉食亚目水生类群的基部类群,接下来是沼梭甲科和龙虱总科;伪龙虱科和瀑甲科互为姐妹群,并一起作为龙虱总科内部的一个分支;两栖甲科与龙虱科具有更近的亲缘关系。     

华夏鱼科(Huashiidae)的系统关系及分类学意义

本文用 Hennig 86 软件对华夏鱼类的系统关系进行了重新探讨,认为目前将华夏鱼类归入骨舌鱼超目是由于简约性的缘故.同时,本文对简约原则的适用性进行了讨论.     

山东新泰舌齿鱼科一新属、新种

本文记述了产自山东蒙阴盆地分水岭组中原始真骨鱼类—新属、新种——宁家沟谭氏鱼(Tanichthys ningjiagouensis gen. et sp. nov.).据其形态特征,它应归入舌齿鱼超科(Hiodontoidea),并与舌齿鱼科的成员接近.其生存时代很可能为早白垩世.     

Redescription of †Paralycoptera wui Chang & Chou, 1977 (Teleostei: Osteoglossoidei) from the Early Cretaceous of eastern China

?Paralycoptera wui Chang & Chou, 1977 from the Early Cretaceous of China is redescribed herein through a re‐examination of the original materials, as well as observations on some newly collected specimens. The use of the peeling method has revealed much of the new or revised information on its osteology, e.g. aspects of the nasal, infraorbitals, retroarticular, preopercle, extrascapular, basihyal toothplate, epineural, pelvic fin, caudal skeleton and scales. The phylogenetic relationships of ?Paralycoptera and other osteoglossomorphs are re‐evaluated. The cladistic analysis largely agrees with the previous hypothesis that ?Paralycoptera is not a ?lycopterid, but rather a stem osteoglossoid. ?Paralycoptera is excluded from notopteroids and exhibits the following derived characters of the Osteoglossoidei: (1) palatal area behind and below orbit completely covered by infraorbitals; (2) jaw articulation under posterior portion of orbit; (3) opercle depth twice or more its width; (4) first pectoral fin ray much enlarged and long, extending posteriorly beyond origin of pelvic fin. ?Singida and ?Phareodus are regarded as different levels of osteoglossoids above ?Paralycoptera. ?Singida shares the following derived characters with ?Phareodus plus extant osteoglossoids: (1) jaw articulation posterior to orbit; (2) anterior process of hyomandibula in contact with entopterygoid; (3) subopercle small and anterior to opercle. ?Phareodus shares the following derived characters with extant osteoglossoids: (1) supraorbital and otic sensory canals connected; (2) one uroneural; (3) reticulate furrows present over entire scale.     

Micropacteridae, a new family of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands

Recent diving explorations of anchialine caves on the Turks and Caicos Islands yielded a rather small and slender new species of Remipedia. Micropacter yagerae n. gen., n. sp. is distinguished from all other species of nectiopod remipedes by a number of autapomorphic characters, including an oval body terminus with fused segments, unequal pairs of terminal claws on maxilla and maxilliped, an almost complete reduction of sternal bars and pleurotergites, molar processes with relatively few, but strong spines, and frontal filaments with bifurcate processes. Based on the unique combination of derived and primitive characters, we propose to erect a new family, Micropacteridae, for this new species and genus of Remipedia. Taxonomic diagnoses for the class Remipedia, order Nectiopoda (emended due to discovery that the maxilliped is 9-segmented), and for the families Speleonectidae and Godzilliidae are presented and discussed.     

骨舌鱼科化石在我国的发现

本文记述了在四川芦山县发现的骨舌鱼科—新属、种——芦山中华骨舌鱼 (Sinoglossus lushanensis, gen. et sp. nov.).在对其形态特征作较详细描述的基础上,认为它与 Osteoglossum、Scleropages 两属较接近;同时还对骨舌鱼类的起源地、中华骨舌鱼的地质时代及其生存环境等问题作了探讨.     

A new Chanidae (Ostariophysii: Gonorynchiformes) from the Cretaceous of Brazil with affinities to Laurasian gonorynchiforms from Spain

Based on specimens originally referred to as "Dastilbe minor", a nomem-nudum, we describe a new genus of Chanidae ?Nanaichthys longipinnus nov. gen. and sp. which exhibits several diagnostic characters such as the absence of orbitosphenoid and basisphenoid, anteriorly displaced quadrate-mandibular articulation, laterally expanded supraneurals, an acute angle between the preopercular limbs, expansion at the angle between the preopercular limbs, and a curved maxillary articular process. Its occurrence and supposed relationship within the Chanidae reinforce the influence of the Mediterranean Tethys over the Gondwanan main rift system prior to the Aptian/Albian highstands.     

Studies on orthocephalization. 8. Behaviour of the visceral part of the rat head in the period between 7 and 60 days after gestation

The present paper considers the significance of interosseous flexions of the palatal complex in the process of orthocephalization of the rat skull between 7 and 60 d after birth. The study is based on a sample of 25 female rats who have been X-rayed at 7, 14, 30, and 60 d with subsequent analysis of the photographs obtained. During this period the constituents of the bony palate, i.e. the palatine bone, the palatal process of maxilla and the palatal part of premaxilla grow steadily but with decreasing rate of increase with age. The premaxilla grows the most, while the palatal bone grows the least. The angle between the cranial base and the palatal plane decreases, i.e. the rat skull becomes more orthocranial with age. At the same time, the palate becomes more orthopalatal, primarily by an increase in the angle between the palatine bone and maxilla. As the angle between the cranial base and the palatine bone after 14 d increases, i.e. rotates in the opposite direction of the palatal plane, it may be concluded that the process of orthocephalization in this period is caused by the deflexion of the angle between the palatine bone and maxilla, while it before 14 d is caused by a combination of an interosseous deflexion in the palate and an upwards rotation of the palatine bone relative to the cranial base.