Paleocene decapod Crustacea from northeastern Mexico: Additions to biostratigraphy and diversity

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 67-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis Martínez-Díaz ◽  
Martha Carolina Aguillón-Martínez ◽  
Javier Luque ◽  
Francisco J. Vega
2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 1432-1441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Vega ◽  
Torrey Nyborg ◽  
René H. B. Fraaye ◽  
Belinda Espinosa

Nine species, including two new species of decapod crustaceans, are described from the Paleocene Rancho Nuevo Formation, collected from two localities of the Parras Basin, southeast Coahuila state, Mexico. The astacidEnoploclytia gardnerae(Rathbun, 1935) is represented by a pair of large chelae and one cephalothorax. An incomplete nephropid carapace is identified asEnoploclytiasp. Partial specimens of a callianassid and a pagurid are described. One partial carapace representingLinuparus wilcoxensisRathbun, 1935 is described. A new raninid,Macroacaena venturainew species extends the genus into Mexico.Paraverrucoides alabamensis(Rathbun, 1935) is the most abundant species, followed byTehuacana tehuacanaStenzel, 1944 andViapinnixa perrilliataenew species. Taxonomic affinities of this assemblage confirm influence of the Mississippi Embayment, particularly from Paleocene stratigraphic units of Texas and Alabama.


1997 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Solveig A. Turpin ◽  
Herbert H. Eling ◽  
Moisés Valadez Moreno

The recent discovery of a pit house village, 40 km northwest of Monterrey, challenges the conventional view of inland northeastern Mexico as the domain of purely nomadic hunters and gatherers throughout prehistory. Las Casitas consists of fifty-three subterranean rooms and forty-eight smaller depressions aligned in three slightly arcuate tiers in a small valley adjacent to Boca de Potrerillos, an extremely large open campsite and petroglyph complex that is now an archeological park. Other features of the site are some 325 hearths that surround the depressions and a very limited artifact assemblage numbering only thirty-seven items. Two hearths produced radiocarbon samples that date site occupancy to approximately a.d. 1450, just prior to the arrival of the Spanish in the New World. Las Casitas provides the first evidence of semi-sedentary, surplus producing populations in central northeastern Mexico.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Cossío-Dülmer ◽  
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Carolina Cossío-Dülmer ◽  
Fernando Velasco Tapia ◽  
Yolanda Pichardo-Barrón ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahim Foroughbakhch ◽  
Artemio Carrillo Parra ◽  
Jorge Luis Hernández Piñero ◽  
Marco Antonio Alvarado Vázquez ◽  
Alejandra Rocha Estrada ◽  
...  

A research strategy was established to analyze the structure of timber trees in terms of forest productivity (volume and wood density) of 10 species. The native speciesAcacia farnesiana, Acacia schaffneri,Bumelia celastrina,Cercidium macrun,Condalia hookeri,Ebenopsis ebano,Helietta parvifolia, andProsopis laevigataand the exotic speciesEucalyptus camaldulensisandLeucaena leucocephalawere chosen due to their ecological and economic importance to the rural villages of northeastern Mexico. Measurements of different growth parameters and volume of trees were evaluated. The introduced speciesE. camaldulensisandL. leucocephalashowed the best performance in wood volume production per tree and per hectare when compared to the native species. Likewise, among the native species,E. ebano,P. laevigata,C. hookeri, andA. farnesianatended to show better characteristics in terms of wood volume production in comparison toH. parvifolia,A. schaffneri,C. macrum, andB. celastrina. Results showed a high diversity on the properties studied. The high biomass produced by most of the species considered in this study revealed their great energetic potential when used as wood and firewood or vegetal charcoal.


1996 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. L. Rubink ◽  
P. Luévano-Martinez ◽  
E. A. Sugden ◽  
W. T. Wilson ◽  
A. M. Collins

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie M. Pasztor

The mechanoreceptors of the respiratory appendage were studied by histological and electrophysiological techniques.A new type of mechanoreceptor is described and named the "oval organ". It consists of a specialized oval patch of cuticle 1–2 mm in length which is traversed by a spine or longitudinal thickening. Closely applied to the cuticle is a pad of connective tissue richly supplied with dendrites from two large nerve fibers. The orientation of the spine and the dendrites ensures that the receptor responds preferentially to certain stresses or foldings of the oval organ. It lies at the base of the scaphognathite on the dorsal surface.No internal proprioceptors were observed. Movements of the appendage are signalled either by the oval organ, epidermal receptors, or hair sensilla.The possible effect of sensory input upon the central respiratory rhythm generator is discussed.


2006 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. I. RESTREPO ◽  
S. P. FISHER-HOCH ◽  
J. G. CRESPO ◽  
E. WHITNEY ◽  
A. PEREZ ◽  
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The epidemic of type 2 diabetes in the United States prompted us to explore the association between diabetes and tuberculosis (TB) on the South Texas–Mexico border, in a large population of mostly non-hospitalized TB patients. We examined 6 years of retrospective data from all TB patients (n=5049) in South Texas and northeastern Mexico and found diabetes self-reported by 27·8% of Texan and 17·8% of Mexican TB patients, significantly exceeding national self-reported diabetes rates for both countries. Diabetes comorbidity substantially exceeded that of HIV/AIDS. Patients with TB and diabetes were older, more likely to have haemoptysis, pulmonary cavitations, be smear positive at diagnosis, and remain positive at the end of the first (Texas) or second (Mexico) month of treatment. The impact of type 2 diabetes on TB is underappreciated, and in the light of its epidemic status in many countries, it should be actively considered by TB control programmes, particularly in older patients.


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