翼手龍科的舌頭摔跤間奏

我想和您談談最近在英國電視上播出的 ‘雪人DNA’ 發現;我想和您談談白堊紀手盜龍類恐龍的尾羽 (O’Connor 等人。

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我想和您談談最近在英國電視上播出的 ‘雪人DNA’ 發現;我想和您談談白堊紀手盜龍類恐龍的尾羽 (O’Connor et al. 2013),關於奇怪的新中新世擬水獺 Teruelictis (Salesa et al. 2013),關於壯觀的新葉尾壁虎 Saltuarius eximius (Hoskin & Couper 2013),關於珠蜥蜴的新分類安排 (Reiserer et al. 2013),關於鱷魚的食果性 (Platt et al. 2013),關於新的瓦拉西鼠類 Halmaheramys (Fabre et al. 2013),以及關於大型貓科動物物種之間的生態劃分 (Lovari et al. 2013)。我想完成我手頭上積壓如山的過期書評……

但是,我不能。我就是找不到時間。所以,這裡有一張由 Bob Nicholls(來自 paleocreations.com)慷慨提供的精彩素描,展示了兩隻雄性翼手龍科動物沉迷於一種新穎的性戰鬥形式,稱為舌頭摔跤。Bob 在最近於愛丁堡舉行的 SVPCA 會議上創作了這幅圖像,我很高興地說我擁有原作。它將被裝裱並添加到 Tet Zoo Towers 的美術館翼。我很快會(再次)談論翼手龍科,因為 Mark Witton 和我有一篇關於該類群的新論文即將發表。

唉,繁重的工作量使我最近無法經常寫博客:這只是本月發表的第五篇 Tet Zoo 文章。這非常令人沮喪。近乎沉默的狀態將持續一段時間,因為我即將前往洛杉磯參加 SVP 會議。不過,有個好消息:我們 Irregular BooksCryptozoologicon 差不多完成了,並且按計劃進行(我想)。至於其他項目?唉。


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哦,对了 - - 还记得 Henrik Petersson 的 Teenage Mutant Ninja Temnospondyls 吗?Henrik 又一次做到了,这一次带来了一支精干、精悍、战斗力强的少年变种忍者四足动物团队,其中包括那些 Tet Zoo 的忠实拥趸——蚓螈、地犀鸟、豚鹿和玛塔龟。太棒了!谢谢你,Henrik!

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Fabre, P.-H., Pagès, M., Musser, G. G., Fitriana, Y. S., Fjeldsa, J., Jennings, A., Jonsson, K. A., Kennedy, J., Michaux, J., Semiadi, G., Supriatna, N. & Helgen, K. M. 2013. A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169, 408-447.

Hoskin, C. J. & Couper, P. 2013. A spectacular new leaf-tailed gecko (Carphodactylidae: Saltuarius) from the Melville Range, north-east Australia. Zootaxa 3717, 543-558.

Lovari, S., Minder, I., Ferretti, F., Mucci, N., Randi, E. & Pellizzi, B. 2013. Common and snow leopards share prey, but not habitats: competition avoidance by large predators? Journal of Zoology 291, 127-135.

O’Connor, J., Wang, X., Sullivan, C., Zheng, X., Tubaro,P., Zhang, X. & Zhou, Z. 2013. Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds. Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences of the United States of America 10.1073/pnas.1316979110

Platt, S. G., Elsey, R. M., Liu, H., Rainwater, T. R., Nifong, J. C., Rosenblatt, A. E., Heithaus, M. R. & Mazzotti, F. J. 2013. Frugivory and seed dispersal by crocodilians: an overlooked form of saurochory? Journal of Zoology 291, 87-99.

Reiserer, R. S., Schuett, G. W. & Beck, D. D. 2013. Taxonomic reassessment and conservation status of the beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum (Squamata: Helodermatidae). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7, 74-96.

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Darren Naish is a science writer, technical editor and palaeozoologist (affiliated with the University of Southampton, UK). He mostly works on Cretaceous dinosaurs and pterosaurs but has an avid interest in all things tetrapod. His publications can be downloaded at darrennaish.wordpress.com. He has been blogging at Tetrapod Zoology since 2006. Check out the Tet Zoo podcast at tetzoo.com!

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