四川盆地蛇颈龙一新属

本文记述了四川盆地蛇颈龙—新属种——澄江渝州上龙 (Yuzhoupliosaurus cheagjiangensis gen. et sp. nov.) 并依据形态特征将它归于拉玛劳龙科 (Rhomaleosauridae).     

3个枣品种的核型分析

采用酶解去壁低渗法对大荔龙枣、骏枣和冬枣3个枣品种进行了核型研究.结果表明:3个枣品种的染色体数目均为2n=24,核型公式分别为大荔龙枣(Zizphus jujuba Mill 'Dalilongzao')2n=2x=24=20m(4SAT)+4sm,骏枣(Z.jujuba Mi1l.'Junzao')2n=2x=24...     

新铺龙(爬行纲:海龙目)的分类(英文)

比较了已经描述的新铺龙(Xinpusaurus)的三个种,确定以往确立的种间鉴别特征是无效的。吻部比例以及齿骨形态都不能用来区分它们,戈氏种(X.kohi)的头后骨骼鉴别特征基础不牢,大多因标本保存欠佳不能明确其有效性。因此,建议废除巴毛林种(X.bamaolinensis)以及戈氏种,新铺龙属仅保留属型种——孙氏新铺龙(X.suni)——为有效种。文中还进一步阐明了本属种脑颅的形态。     

准噶尔盆地克拉美丽地区的鸟脚类

本文记述了一个小型鸟脚类——五彩湾工部龙(新种)Gongbusaurus wucaiwanensis sp.nov.,讨论了它们的分类位置和产出地层时代。     

观察细胞白色体的理想材料——金边龙舌兰

观察细胞白色体的材料在实验教材中都有介绍,如洋葱头、鸭跖草、白菜心、玉簪等。但大多数材料的白色体分布不集中或白色体小,不易观察。经多年摸索,我们找到了一种较理想的材料——金边龙舌兰。金边龙舌兰(Agave americana var. variegata)属龙舌兰科,生命力强,耐旱耐寒,极易栽培,在实验室窗台上栽一两盆,可随时取用。     

北京猿人第一个头盖骨发现的见证人——世纪老人王存义

今年是北京猿人第一个头盖骨发现７０周年,７０年前的１２月２日由著名的科学家裴文中亲自带领４名技工,在距北平市中心西南５０公里的周口店龙骨山上发掘出第一个完整的北京猿人头盖骨。这个划时代的发现,揭开了研究人类发展史上重要的一页。难忘的往事９２岁高龄的王...     

四川自贡蜥脚类一新属

记述了产自四川省自贡市的一具蜥脚类幼年个体材料。根据枢椎极短而高,颈神经棘低、上缘平直、前后延长,背神经棘呈横宽的板状,中部颈肋的前突分叉等特征将它命名为一新属新种——张氏大安龙Daanosaurus zhangi gen.etsp.nov.,并将它归入巧龙亚科Bellusaurinae。     

我国准噶尔盆地发现角龙新属种

2015年12月9日出版的美国《公共科学图书馆·综合》(PLOS ONE)期刊上,中国地质大学(武汉)韩凤禄、美国乔治华盛顿大学Catherine Forster,James Clark和中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所徐星研究员联合报道了在新疆准噶尔盆地五彩湾地区晚侏罗世早期石树沟组发现的一新的基干角龙类化石——五彩湾花脸角龙(Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis),这是继发现当氏隐龙之后在该地区发现的第二种原始角龙,对于研究角龙类的早期起源具有重要的意义.     

四川自贡大山铺蜀龙动物群——简报Ⅲ.蜥脚类

本文记述了中侏罗世蜥脚类一新属种——巴山酋龙(Datousaurus bashanensts gen. et sp. nov.)对李氏蜀龙(Shunosaurus lii)的特征进行了补充,讨论了它们在蜥脚类进化过程中的位置。     

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<正>发现于云南罗平三叠系安尼阶关岭组Ⅱ段的海生爬行动物新属种——纤细滇美龙(Dianmeisaurus gracilis gen.et sp.nov.)生态复原图。它属于海生爬行动物始鳍龙类,为一体态纤长的的小型物种(体长小于50 cm)。新种与同产于该地区的始鳍龙类利齿滇东龙(Diandongosaurus acutidentatus Shang et al.,2011)和丁氏滇肿龙(Dianopachysaurus dingi Liu et al.,2011)个体大小接近,头骨均具有吻部两侧不收缩、眼眶显著大于上颞孔的特征,同时拥有可弯曲的长颈和桨状的桡足。但     

四川自贡中侏罗世璧山上龙一新种

2001年春,自贡市永安乡村民王新民在自家花园附近的紫红色沙质泥岩里发现一批脊椎动物化石。自贡恐龙博物馆接到报告后,由舒纯康同志前往调查处理,并将这批化石发掘回馆。该化石为一具不完整蛇颈龙类骨架,因其左后肢带骨较完整,有必要对它进行报道。     

重庆侏罗系杨氏璧山上龙(一淡水蛇颈龙)的再研究(英文)

侏罗纪的蛇颈龙类化石主要发现于欧洲 ,在世界的其他地区则比较少见。亚洲的蛇颈龙化石 ,尤其是侏罗纪的属种大多破碎而难以鉴别 (Sato,1 998)。到目前为止 ,Bishanopliosaurusyoungi(Dong,1 980 )和Yuzhoupliosauruschengjiangensis(Zhang,1 985)是亚洲地区最为完整的侏罗纪蛇颈龙类化石 ,并且化石产自对于蛇颈龙而言比较罕见的淡水沉积 ,因此这些材料对于了解该类群的系统发育、历史动物地理和古生态来说非常重要。本文重新详细描述了采自中国重庆自流井组东岳庙段的杨氏璧山上龙2 ) (董枝明 ,1 980 )。愈合情况不好的椎体和椎弓以及耻骨的边缘形态表明 ,杨氏璧山上龙的正型标本是一个幼年个体的头后骨架。我们的研究表明杨氏璧山上龙主要依分叉的荐肋为特征 ,而这一性状在初次发表时作为颈肋特征被描述。璧山上龙的其他特征包括侧扁的神经棘以及狭窄的乌喙骨和肱骨上有一个突。经过重新修理的标本显示 ,坐骨和耻骨相对的面呈沟槽状 ,这一现象表明它们之间的接触关系要较原来描述的情况复杂 ,是一种依靠软骨的连接 ,而非直接接触。本文对杨氏璧山上龙的腰带部分进行了重新复原。O’Keefe (2 0 0 1 )的支序分析支持将Plesiosauria二分为Plesiosauroidea和Pliosauroidea,后者包含两个科 :Pliosauridae和     

陕甘宁盆地二马营组的假鳄类

在陕甘宁盆地东北缘二马营组发现的两种假鳄类,经鉴定均属Euparkeridae。其中之一与Euparkeria较相近;根据肩胛骨、肱骨和骨质背板等的显著不同,定名为侨家梁哈拉寨鳄(Halazhaisuchus qiaoensis),新属、新种。依据骨髂形态,另一标本归入世鲁番鳄属(Turfanosuchus),取名沙圪堵吐鲁番鳄(Turfanosuchus shageduensis)、新种。     

A new herrerasaurid (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of northwestern Argentina

Herrerasauridae comprises a basal clade of dinosaurs best known from the Upper Triassic of Argentina and Brazil, which have yielded remains of Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis and Staurikosaurus pricei, respectively. Systematic opinion regarding the position of Herrerasauridae at the base of Dinosauria has varied. Here we describe a new herrerasaurid, Sanjuansaurus gordilloi gen. n., sp. n., based on a partial skeleton from Carnian-age strata of the the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation of northwestern Argentina. The new taxon is diagnosed by numerous features, including long, band-shaped and posterolaterally oriented transverse process on the posterior cervical vertebrae; neural spines of the sixth to eighth dorsal vertebrae, at least, bearing acute anterior and posterior processes; scapula and coracoid with everted lateral margins of the glenoid; and short pubis (63% of the femoral length). Phylogenetic analysis placed Sanjuansaurus within a monophyletic Herrerasauridae, at the base of Theropoda and including Herrerasaurus and Staurikosaurus. The presence of Sanjuansaurus at the base of the Ischigualasto Formation, along with other dinosaurs such as Herrerasaurus, Eoraptor, Panphagia, and Chromogisaurus suggests that saurischian dinosaurs in southwestern Pangea were already widely diversified by the late Carnian rather than increasing in diversity across the Carnian-Norian boundary.     

贵州中三叠世长颈龙属(原龙目:长颈龙科)一幼年个体

记述了贵州兴义法郎组竹杆坡段(中三叠世拉丁期)长颈龙属未定种(Tanystropheus sp.)一幼年个体的不完整骨架。这是该属在欧洲和中东以外的首次发现。新材料仅保存部分颈椎、躯干和前肢。根据特殊的颈椎形态将该标本归入长颈龙属,而区别于另一种长颈的海生原龙类———东方恐头龙(Dinocephalosaurus orientalis)。新标本的腕骨形态简单,骨化程度弱,表明长颈龙是终生水生的动物。“长颈、长颈肋”见于多种不同海生爬行动物(如原龙类、初龙类),它们很可能都以“吞吸”的方式捕食。长颈龙化石在我国的发现进一步验证了中国南方三叠纪海生爬行动物群与欧洲西特提斯动物群(western Tethyan fauna)之间的密切关系。     

辽宁北票地区一新的甲龙化石

记述了辽宁省北票地区的甲龙化石一新属新种 :步氏克氏龙 (Crichtonsaurusbohlinigen .etsp.nov.)。其主要特征是 :中等大小的甲龙 ,下颌骨较低 ,外侧无骨甲覆盖 ;牙齿小 ,齿冠上有垂直向的棱嵴和边缘小齿 ,齿环发育不全 ,有愈合的颈甲板 ,膜质骨甲形态多样 ,尾后部的椎体相连结成棒状 ,两侧有排列对称的甲板。步氏克氏龙的发现对探讨北票地区晚中生代地层的划分和时代归属 ,以及对甲龙类的系统演化和地理分布均具有重要的意义。     

陕西府谷古鳄类一新属

本文详细记述了陕西府谷下三叠统上部二马营组底部的一古鳄类化石.据其骨骼形态特征拟订为古鳄亚目(Proterosuchia)、引鳄科(Erythrosuchidae)的一新属种:石拐古城鳄(Guchengosuchus shiguaiensis gen. et sp. nov.),同引鳄科内已知属的对比,表明新属古城鳄与武氏鳄 Vjushkovia 的关系最为接近.     

Sonographic fetometry in the bovine

The fetuses of 19 heifers were examined a total of 485 times during the course of pregnancy by means of transrectal sonography with sector scanners. Changes in size of organs and parts of the body were fetometrically assessed and the relative frequency of different intrauterine positions during pregnancy was registered. Until the end of Month 4 of gestation, anterior and posterior presentations occurred with equal frequency. During Months 5 to 7 the posterior presentation was found in about 25% of the cases, while after that it was rarely encountered at all. The head, thorax, abdomen and pelvis of the fetuses were readily accessible for transrectal sonography during the first 4 mo. During Months 5 to 7, the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic regions could be examined in at least one third of the cases. The head was accessible in about 80% of the cases examined throughout all stages of pregnancy. Ultrasound fetometry served to assess average growth-rate of a number of organs during pregnancy. The regressions and correlation coefficients between the development of bovine fetuses and the age of gestation were obtained for the following structures: eye, braincase, trachea, stomach, vena cava, urinary bladder, scrotum, ribs, cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, coccygeal vertebrae, scapula, humerus, radius and ulna, metacarpus, os ilium, os ischii, femur, tibia, metatarsus, trunk, crown-rump length and umbilical cord. Additionally, the development of the fetal heart rate during pregnancy was observed. It can be concluded that intrauterine development of the bovine fetus and its gestational age may be judged from the size of its organs and parts of the body.     

Regionalization of axial skeleton in the lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri (Dipnoi)

Differentiation of the axial skeleton into distinct regions, once thought to be characteristic of the Tetrapoda, also occurs in the actinopterygian Danio rerio. In these taxa, the boundary between the cervical-thoracic regions correlates with Hoxc6 expression and morphological features such as position of the pectoral fin and associated nerves, and the absence of ribs. In the lungfish Neoceratodus, a member of the extant sister taxon to the Tetrapoda, the first vertebral element to chondrify is situated well posterior to the skull, developing from somites 6 and 7 (6/7) and associated with an enlarged cranial rib and nerves innervating the pectoral fin. Two vertebral elements develop later and more anteriorly, associated with somites 4/5 and 5/6. These three elements become incorporated into the occipital region of the skull during Neoceratodus ontogeny, until the cranial rib itself articulates to the rear of the skull. These features of early development indicate a regionalization of the Neoceratodus vertebral column: the cranial rib marks the boundary between the cervical and thoracic regions, the two more anterior vertebrae lacking ribs represent the cervical region, while somites 1-4 (cranial half), lacking any vertebral development, represent the occipital region. However, the cervical region of the vertebral column is effectively lost during ontogeny of Neoceratodus. A recognizable cervical region in the tetrapod vertebral column, as in zebrafish, suggests that cervical vertebrae are not incorporated into the skull but maintained as distinct elements of the column, representing an important shift in relative developmental timing and the influence of heterochrony in this region during the fish-tetrapod transition.     

新疆一新蜥脚类

本文记述了新疆中侏罗世蜥脚类恐龙的克拉美丽龙新亚科的一新属种——戈壁克拉美丽龙,并对新亚科的建立及其所属地质时代进行了分析讨论。