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Diversity and evolution of the parotoid macrogland in true toads (Anura: Bufonidae)
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-09)
Skin glands in amphibians are either distributed throughout the skin or aggregated in multiglandular structures such as the parotoids typical of most species of Bufonidae. Although many early divergent and derived bufonids ...
Interspecies variation in orbital bone structure of psittaciform birds (with emphasis on Psittacidae)
(Blackwell Publishing, 2006-05-01)
Objectives: This text presents an anatomical study of the normal bony orbital structure of a sample of different bird species belonging to the order Psittaciformes.Procedures: the bony anatomy of Psittaciformes' skulls was ...
Interspecies variation in orbital bone structure of psittaciform birds (with emphasis on Psittacidae)
(Blackwell Publishing, 2006-05-01)
Objectives: This text presents an anatomical study of the normal bony orbital structure of a sample of different bird species belonging to the order Psittaciformes.Procedures: the bony anatomy of Psittaciformes' skulls was ...
Cranial osteology of the genus Sclerurus (Passeriformes: Furnariidae)
(Revista De Biologia Tropical, 2016-09-01)
The Furnariidae encompasses 293 species and has been recognized as an example of continental adaptive radiation. They inhabit biomes from deserts to humid forests at all strata and show morphological heterogeneity unparalleled ...
Osteología craneal comparativa en el género Sclerurus (Passeriformes: Furnariidae)
(2016-09-01)
The Furnariidae encompasses 293 species and has been recognized as an example of continental adaptive radiation. They inhabit biomes from deserts to humid forests at all strata and show morphological heterogeneity unparalleled ...
A new odontocete (Inioidea, Odontoceti) from the late Neogene of North Carolina, USA
(Copernicus Gesellschaft MBH, Germanyc, 2021)
A new monotypic genus of Neogene odontocete
(Isoninia borealis) is named on the basis of a partial skull
(CMM-V-4061). The holotype was found on the riverbed
of the Meherrin River (North Carolina, USA) and probably
originated ...
First Approach to the Paleobiology of Extinct Prospaniomys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi, Octodontoidea) Through Head Muscle Reconstruction and the Study of Craniomandibular Shape Variation
(Springer, 2015-03)
Prospaniomys is a basal octodontoid recorded in the early Miocene in Patagonia (Argentina; Colhuehuapian SALMA). Nearly complete cranial and mandibular remains known for this genus provide a unique opportunity to explore ...
A skull of the extinct tayassuid Brasiliochoerus stenocephalus (Lund in Reinhardt, 1880) (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) from the Late Pleistocene of southern Brazil: morphology and taxonomy
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020-04)
Among the several fossils of South American tayassuids, it is remarkable the presence of a well-preserved skull from southern Brazil (Chuí Creek, Santa Vitória do Palmar, Santa Vitória Formation). Here, we provide an update ...
Morphotypes in male Amazon River Prawns, Macrobrachium amazonicum
(2004-06-14)
The occurrence of morphotypes in Macrobrachium amazonicum males was investigated. Prawns aged 4 to 24 months were taken from 10 aquaculture earthen ponds. Color and spination of right second cheliped were analyzed under a ...