A pterosaurian vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous of the Saratov Region

A dorsal vertebra referred to as Azhdarchidae indet. from the Rybushka Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Lower Campanian) of the Beloe Ozero locality in the Saratov Region is described. Its vertebral centrum has a hypapophysis and, at the base of the neural arch, there is a large pneumatic foramen. The vertebra possibly belongs to Volgadraco bogolubovi Averianov, Arkhangelskii et Pervushov, 2008, described from the Rybushka Formation of the Shirokii Karamysh 2 locality in the Saratov Region.     

A new late Cretaceous azhdarchid (Pterosauria,Azhdarchidae) from the Volga Region

A new azhdarchid genus and species, Volgadraco bogolubovi gen. et sp. nov., is described based on an anterior fragment of the mandibular symphysis (mandibular beak) and some postcranial elements from the Rybushka Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Lower Campanian) of the Shirokii Karamysh 2 locality, Saratov Region. The new taxon is intermediate in size and vascularization of the mandibular beak between medium-sized Turonian-Santonian azhdarchids (Azhdarcho, Bakonydraco) and the giant Maastrichtian azhdarchid Quetzalcoatlus.     

The first record of calcareous dinoflagellate cysts from the Upper Cretaceous of the Volga River Region

The taxonomic position of the microproblematics previously considered to be Foraminifera or Calcisphaerulidae is established. The first record from Russia of calcareous cysts of Dinoflagellata is presented. The microfossils originate from the Maastrichtian siliceous clay of the Volga River Region.     

Early Valdai carpological assemblages from the Upper Volga Region

Results of modern carpological studies of the Ples section in the Upper Volga Region are discussed. The section includes sediments of the Mikulino (Eemian) Interglacial and Early Valdai (Early Weichselian) Glacial. Particular attention is given to Early Valdai carpological assemblages. The analysis of their composition and comparison with palynological data from the locality and carpological data from western regions of the East European Plain allows one to assign the assemblages under study to two relatively warm episodes of interstade type. For the first time, the carpological characteristics of two warm episodes are given for this territory.     

A pterosaurian notarium from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil

A pterosaur vertebral column consisting of the last cervical vertebra, the first five dorsals fused to a notarium, and the following four dorsal vertebrae, is figured and described from the Aptian Santana Formation of the Chapada do Araripe in northeastern Brazil. The specimen is tentatively referred toSantanadactylus brasilensis de Buisonjé. It is the best preserved and most complete pterosaurian notarium known. Its functional significance is discussed.     

A mosasaur from the Cenomanian of Russia

The premaxilla of a mosasauroid lizard from the Lysaya Gora 3 locality in Saratov (Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian) is described. To date, the oldest known mosasaur remains have been dated Turonian. The premaxilla is most similar in morphology to that of Russellosaurus from the Turonian of the United States; however, the absence of sufficient diagnostic characters only allows its attribution to Mosasauridae indet.     

A new record ofMycena picta from Japan

Mycena picta, a rare species of Agaricales, is reported for the first time from Japan, based on specimens collected in Hokkaido.     

Gastropods of the family Aporrhaidae from the Lower Cretaceous of Ulyanovsk, Volga Region

Three new species of the genus Trilemma (family Aporrhaidae), T. polivnense Blagovetshenskiy, sp. nov., T. kremenkense Blagovetshenskiy, sp. nov., and T. tenuicarinatum Blagovetshenskiy, sp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous of the Volga Region near Ulyanovsk are described. The data on the stratigraphic range of these species are provided.     

广西蛇类一新记录--方花小头蛇

2005年9月6日和10月10日在广西猫儿山国家级自然自然保护区采集到蛇类标本两条,经鉴定为方花小头蛇（Oligodon bellus）,是广西蛇类新记录.标本分别保存于广西大学动物科技学院标本室和广西猫儿山国家级自然保护区标本室。     

广西壁虎科分布新记录--锯尾蜥虎

2005年8月11日,在对广西防城港市北仑河口国家级自然保护区野生动物进行考察时,采得壁虎科（Gekkonidae）标本1号（♀）,经鉴定为锯尾蜥虎（Hemidactylus garnotii）,属广西爬行动物新记录.报道如下.     

膜盘菌属—新种和—中国新记录种(英文)

报道了膜盘菌属Hymenoscyphus 1个新种和1个中国新记录种。新种椭孢膜盘菌H.ellipsoideus来自云南,以其白色、具柄的子囊盘,J+、大小为70–85×8–14.5?m的子囊,椭圆形、具双油滴、大小为14.4–16.7×4–5.5?m的子囊孢子,腐烂的阔叶树叶脉上生为鉴别性特征;中国新记录种变色膜盘菌H.varicosporoides采自河南。提供了每个种宏观和微观特征的详细描述和图示。     

A new species and a new record of Helicomyces from Taiwan

Helicomyces geniculatus sp. nov. from decaying wood submerged in a freshwater stream at Juchi Town of Alishan area, Chiayi County, Taiwan, is described and illustrated. It differs from other Helicomyces species in having geniculate conidiophores arising from repent hyphae and also borne on erect setae. Abundant stalked sclerotia were also found in this species. Helicomyces torquatus is described in this paper as a new record for Taiwan, with new observation. The phylogenetic relationship of H. geniculatus, H. torquatus, and related taxa were sought by comparing the sequences of their ITS barcode of the nuc rDNA. A synopsis of the 13 accepted Helicomyces species is given.     

中国柄锈菌属—新变种和—新记录种（英文）

报道了中国柄锈菌属1新变种和1新记录种。大油芒Spodiopogon sibiricus上的三吉柄锈菌大油芒变种Puccinia miyoshiana var.spodiopogonis为新变种;田葛缕子Carum buriaticum上的密堆柄锈菌Puccinia microsphincta为中国新记录种。提供了详细的形态描述和线条图。研究标本保存在赤峰学院菌物标本室(CFSZ)和中国科学院菌物标本馆(HMAS)。     

A new anatomically preserved ginkgoalean genus from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Czech Republic

A new genus of ginkgoalean woody branch, Pecínovicladus kvaceki gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Upper Cretaceous (mid to late Cenomanian) Peruc-Korycany Formation at Pecínov Quarry, near Prague, Czech Republic. Eighteen branch specimens, anatomically preserved as charcoal, the product of wildfire, occur as allochthonous assemblages in intertidal facies and as parauthochthonous assemblages in supratidal salt marsh facies. Primary branches range from 7–13 mm in diameter, and are composed of a central, parenchymatous pith, a medial pycnoxylic xylem layer, and an outer periderm layer. Closely spaced, helically arranged leaf bases and rare secondary branch scars characterize the exterior. The branches are confidently referred to the Ginkgoales on the basis of a variety of diagnostic xylem features, most notably the presence of inflated axial parenchyma containing moulds of crystals, and by the precise anatomical correspondence of the leaf bases to those of detached, but facies-associated Nehvizdya obtusa leaves of known ginkgoalean affinity. The newly described ginkgoalean, together with cheirolepidiaceous conifers, formed fire-prone vegetation in halophytic salt marsh environments under a seasonal, subtropical climate.     

A new record of the family Coelopidae (Diptera) from Korea

In this paper, Coelopa frigida (Fabricius, 1805) of the family Coelopidae is reported for the first time in Korea. The domestic localities and some illustrations are given.     

Ostracodes from the Early Cenomanian of Jordan.A preliminary report

Ostracode faunas have been identified for the firsttime in Early marine Cenomanian sediments of the Ajlun Group (Jordan) outcropping East of the Jordan Rift Valley. The faunal assemblages contain 14 genera and 17 species. Sediments indicate the internal part of a carbonate platform. The Ostracodes are closely related to those of neighbouring regions; accordingly, in the Tethyan context, Jordan belongs to the North Africa — Middle East bioprovince.     

晶圆盘菌属的一个中国新记录种

Orbilia Fr. and Hyalorbilia Baral ＆ G Marson are the only genera currently accepted in the family Orbiliaceae which was established by Nannfeldt （Baral, 1994; Kirk et al., 2001）. Hyalorbilia was erected by Baral and Marson （2001） based on unstalked asci arising from crosiers, with hemispherical apices without wall thickenings, some bipolar-symmetrical globose inclusion bodies in ascospores （living state）,     

蛇口壳属一中国新纪录种

<正>Ophiostoma Syd.&P.Syd.(蛇口壳属)建于1919年(见Kirk et al.2001),该属真菌是经济上重要的病原真菌。它的许多种都能引起木材变色,如O.piliferum(Fr.)Syd.&P.Syd.和O.ips(Rumbold)Nannf.是较普遍的木材变色真菌(Verral 1939)。另外,O.ulmi(Buisman)Nannf.是荷兰榆树病的病原菌,致病性