Contributions to the study of some African mammals—VI. Notes on the interior of the skull in Lion, Leopard, and Cheetah

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2004
Authors:Horne, DJ, Smith, RJ, Whittaker, JE, Murray, JW, A. Hopwood, T
Journal:Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume:142
Pagination:253-288
Date Published:2004
ISBN Number:1096-3642
Keywords:Acinonyx jubatus, Panthera leo, Panthera pardus
Abstract:

Terrestricythere elisabethae sp. nov. is described from a semiterrestrial coastal habitat at two sites in Hampshire, southern England. It is the first record of a living population of the genus outside the Far East (north-west Pacific). Based on extensive collections and from observations of cultures, its morphology is described (including a formal definition of the unique ‘visordont’ hinge), as well as its ontogeny and lifestyle (encompassing habitat, life cycle, mode of life and locomotion). A further new species from Somerset, south-west England is also recorded on the basis of a single specimen but left in open nomenclature. The affinities of the Terrestricytheroidea are discussed in the context of a tentative phylogeny of podocopan Ostracoda. Both carapace and appendage characters are such as to warrant maintaining it as a separate superfamily, which is more closely related to the Cytheroidea and Darwinuloidea than to the Cypridoidea. © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 142, 253–288.

URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1940.tb02080.x
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