Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America

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Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America

01 Jan 1857-

About: The article was published on 1857-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 298 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: History of the United States & Natural history.

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The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus

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Marymegan Daly¹, Mercer R. Brugler², Paulyn Cartwright³, Allen Gilbert Collins⁴, Michael N Dawson⁵, Daphne G. Fautin³, Catherine S. McFadden⁶, Dennis M. Opresko⁷, Estefanía Rodríguez¹, Sandra L. Romano⁸, Joel L. Stake⁸ - Show less +7 more•Institutions (8)

Ohio State University¹, University of Louisiana at Lafayette², University of Kansas³, Smithsonian Institution⁴, University of California, Merced⁵, Harvey Mudd College⁶, Oak Ridge National Laboratory⁷, University of the Virgin Islands⁸

21 Dec 2007-Zootaxa

TL;DR: This work contrasts the Linnaean perspective on cnidarian diversity with the modern, phylogenetic perspective, and details diversity at the family level, providing phylogenetic context where possible.

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Abstract: Systema Naturae includes representatives of every major lineage of the animal phylum Cnidaria. However, Linnaeus did not classify the members of the phylum as is now done, and the diversity of the group is not well represented. We contrast the Linnaean perspective on cnidarian diversity with the modern, phylogenetic perspective. For each order, we detail diversity at the family level, providing phylogenetic context where possible.

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Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles

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Walter G. Joyce¹, James F. Parham², Jacques A. Gauthier¹•Institutions (2)

Yale University¹, University of California, Berkeley²

01 Sep 2004-Journal of Paleontology

TL;DR: This work may provide a useful road map to those intent on converting their traditional rank-based nomenclatures to explicitly phylogenetic nomenClatures under the precepts of the PhyloCode.

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Abstract: We present a rank-free phylogenetic nomenclature for 25 well-established ancient clades of living turtles. This is the first attempt to document fully the nomenclatural history of a clade with the intent of proposing a coherent nomenclatural system to replace the traditional rank-based nomenclature. Because of the imperative to retain connectivity to the literature for information retrieval, due consideration is given to balancing the desire to develop a consistent system against the desire to conserve traditional associations between names, taxa (i.e., clades), and characters. Novel issues and problems that emerged during this review include: the unclear name/clade association of traditional names; the creation of synonymy lists from which to choose a name; difficulties associated with selecting a single criterion for choosing among multiple 'subjectively synonymous' names; identifying authorship for a converted traditional name; and the potential loss of nomenclatural information due to 'functional homonyms.' This work may provide a useful road map to those intent on converting their traditional rank-based nomenclatures to explicitly phylogenetic nomenclatures under the precepts of the PhyloCode.

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...Emydoidae Agassiz, 1857; Emydidae Zittel, 1889; Emydinae Siebenrock, 1909....
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...The first to practically recognize Chelidae as a group was Gray (1870), who united all known chelids—with the conspicuous exception of Chelus fimbriatus—to the family ‘Hydraspididae.’...
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...KINOSTERNIDAE Hay, 1892 (CCN) PANKINOSTERNIDAE (NCN) (crown node- and panstem-based versions of Cinosternoidae Agassiz, 1857) Definitions....
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...Agassiz (1857) originally coined the name ‘Emydoidae’ for the group comprising all pond turtles, a group later renamed with the more familiar ‘Emydidae’ by Zittel (1889)....
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...Subjective synonymies.Caretta Merrem, 1820; Cheloniadae Gray, 1825; Chelonina Bonaparte, 1831a; Chelonini Burmeister, 1835; Cheloniae Fitzinger, 1843; Cheloniidae Bonaparte, 1850; Cheloniina Bonaparte, 1850; Chelonioidae Agassiz, 1857; Pinnata Günther, 1888; Chelonidae Zittel, 1889; Cheloniida Strauch, 1890....
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Synopsis of the Biological Data on the Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta Caretta (Linnaeus 1758).

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C. K. Dodd

23 May 1989-Copeia

TL;DR: This synopsis compiles and reviews the available information on the identity, distribution, life history, populations, exploitation, protection, and management of the loggerhead sea turtle Varetta caretta (Linnaeus 1758) a species threatened by exploitation and the alteration and destruction of its habitat.

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Abstract: : This synopsis compiles and reviews the available information on the identity, distribution, life history, populations, exploitation, protection, and management of the loggerhead sea turtle Varetta caretta (Linnaeus 1758) a species threatened by exploitation and the alteration and destruction of its habitat.

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The Life History of the Slider Turtle, Pseudemys scripta troostii (Holbrook)

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Fred R. Cagle

01 Jan 1950-Ecological Monographs

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Revision of the African Tortoises and Turtles of the Suborder Cryptodira

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Arthur Loveridge, Ernest E. Williams

01 Jan 1957-Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira, which is the most closely related to the present work.

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Abstract: Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira , Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی

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