KUNMING -- A dinosaur fossil specimen discovered in 2007 in Southwest China's Yunnan province has been identified as a new genus of early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur — Lishulong wangi. According to Wang Tao, director of the dinosaur fossil conservation and research center of Lufeng's natural resources bureau, rainwater washed away the posterior portion of the specimen during excavation. Lishulong wangi …
The scientific community has named a new genus of wasp after Soliga — who are the indigenous community of Biligiri Rangan Hills in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka — in recognition of their conservation of forests and biodiversity. Ranjith and Dr. Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan decided to name the new genus as Soliga ecarinata in an acknowledgement of the Soliga lifestyle which …
It is beyond doubt that global climate change is severely impacting biodiversity across the globe. Achieving a milestone in the field of taxonomy, BHU scientists have achieved a major breakthrough by identifying and describing a new genus of cyanobacteria from the North Eastern state of Tripura. NEW GENUS This new genus has been named Johanseniella, in honor of well-known phycologist …
Kerala has recorded a case involving a new genus of malaria, state Health Minister KK Shailaja said on Thursday. Identified as 'plasmodium oval', the new genus of malaria was detected in a soldier with travel history to Sudan. In a tweet on Thursday, Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja said, "Plasmodium ovale, a new genus of malaria, has been detected in …
