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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294960
title: A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of <i>Xenorophus</i> and <i>Mirocetus</i> (Mammalia, Cetacea)

description: ABSTRACT—We describe the odontocete, <i>Ashleycetus planicapitis</i>, gen. et sp. nov., based on a partial skull that was collected from the upper Rupelian (lower Oligocene) Ashley Formation near Charleston, South Carolina, and place it in the Ashleycetidae, fam. nov. Overall, the cranial morphology of this new species is plesiomorphic; it has an elongate, tabular intertemporal region, external nares well anterior to the antorbital notches, and anteromedially oriented lateral margins of the supraorbital processes. <i>Xenorophus sloanii</i> and Xenorophidae are rediagnosed, and the latter is also redefined as an apomorphy-based clade. This new definition should lead to greater stability because it excludes <i>Archaeodelphis patrius</i>, whose phylogenetic relationships have proven to be problematic. The holotype skull of the archaic odontocete <i>Mirocetus riabinini</i>, from probable upper Rupelian sediments of the lower Maikop beds of Azerbaijan, is redescribed, newly figured, and placed in the Mirocetidae, fam. nov. Previously regarded as an archaeocete, <i>Mirocetus</i> is here shown to be an odontocete. We added <i>Ashleycetus</i>, <i>Albertocetus</i>, and <i>Mirocetus</i> to a recently published supermatrix of morphological and molecular data. Although <i>Ashleycetus</i>, <i>Archaeodelphis</i>, and <i>Mirocetus</i> consistently occupy basal branch(es) within Odontoceti, their exact positions are sensitive to the value of a constant used in implied weighting for cladistics analysis. Three of the characters we find to be odontocete synapomorphies are closely associated with soft tissue structures implicated in the production and transmission of high-frequency sounds during echolocation. Detailed dissections of extant odontocetes are required to determine if these features can be considered evidence of echolocation in extinct taxa.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:21FEC587-D1C1-4968-814B-D66B00323FF7SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294961.v2
title: Fossil musk turtles (Kinosternidae, <i>Sternotherus</i>) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of Tennessee and Florida

description: ABSTRACTThe oldest fossil musk turtles, genus <i>Sternotherus</i>, are reported from the Hemphillian of eastern Tennessee and central Florida. <i>Sternotherus palaeodorus</i>, n. sp., is known from five partial shells discovered at the late Miocene–early Pliocene (7–4.5 Ma; late Hemphillian) Gray Fossil Site in Washington County, Tennessee. <i>Sternotherus palaeodorus</i> possesses an enlarged intergular scute, wide first vertebral scute that overlaps peripheral set 1, posteriorly extensive hypoplastron to peripheral 7 contact, and a posteriorly situated inguinal musk duct pore (characteristics more typically seen in <i>Kinosternon</i>). A cladistic analysis recovered <i>S. palaeodorus</i> within crown group <i>Sternotherus</i> in the strict consensus and on the stem of <i>Sternotherus</i> in the majority rule consensus. <i>Sternotherus bonevalleyensis</i>, n. sp., from the Palmetto Fauna (5.5–5 Ma; late Hemphillian) of central Florida was perhaps contemporaneous with <i>S. palaeodorus</i> and is known only from isolated shell fragments. It is morphologically most similar to the <i>Sternotherus minor</i> complex and <i>Sternotherus depressus</i>. Subsequent Blancan fossils from the Suwannee River of Florida represent aff. <i>S. minor peltifer</i>. Additionally, a fragmentary left hyoplastron of cf. <i>Sternotherus</i> from Haile 19A, Alachua County, Florida, could be the oldest record for the genus (ca. 9–8.5 Ma; early Hemphillian). These accounts reveal that <i>Sternotherus</i> was diverse and moderately well distributed geographically by its first known fossil occurrences and support previous hypotheses that the <i>Sternotherus minor</i> complex evolved in the Gulf coastal plain and dispersed throughout that region since at least the latest Miocene–earliest Pliocene. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1B8586C-0FCB-4B5E-B0B3-BD2D55B1ADC8SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294961.v1
title: Fossil musk turtles (Kinosternidae, <i>Sternotherus</i>) from the late Miocene–early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of Tennessee and Florida

description: ABSTRACTThe oldest fossil musk turtles, genus <i>Sternotherus</i>, are reported from the Hemphillian of eastern Tennessee and central Florida. <i>Sternotherus palaeodorus</i>, n. sp., is known from five partial shells discovered at the late Miocene–early Pliocene (7–4.5 Ma; late Hemphillian) Gray Fossil Site in Washington County, Tennessee. <i>Sternotherus palaeodorus</i> possesses an enlarged intergular scute, wide first vertebral scute that overlaps peripheral set 1, posteriorly extensive hypoplastron to peripheral 7 contact, and a posteriorly situated inguinal musk duct pore (characteristics more typically seen in <i>Kinosternon</i>). A cladistic analysis recovered <i>S. palaeodorus</i> within crown group <i>Sternotherus</i> in the strict consensus and on the stem of <i>Sternotherus</i> in the majority rule consensus. <i>Sternotherus bonevalleyensis</i>, n. sp., from the Palmetto Fauna (5.5–5 Ma; late Hemphillian) of central Florida was perhaps contemporaneous with <i>S. palaeodorus</i> and is known only from isolated shell fragments. It is morphologically most similar to the <i>Sternotherus minor</i> complex and <i>Sternotherus depressus</i>. Subsequent Blancan fossils from the Suwannee River of Florida represent aff. <i>S. minor peltifer</i>. Additionally, a fragmentary left hyoplastron of cf. <i>Sternotherus</i> from Haile 19A, Alachua County, Florida, could be the oldest record for the genus (ca. 9–8.5 Ma; early Hemphillian). These accounts reveal that <i>Sternotherus</i> was diverse and moderately well distributed geographically by its first known fossil occurrences and support previous hypotheses that the <i>Sternotherus minor</i> complex evolved in the Gulf coastal plain and dispersed throughout that region since at least the latest Miocene–earliest Pliocene. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1B8586C-0FCB-4B5E-B0B3-BD2D55B1ADC8SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294963.v2
title: A reevaluation of <i>Pliophoca etrusca</i> (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Pliocene of Italy: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications

description: ABSTRACTThe holotype of <i>Pliophoca etrusca,</i> a partial skeleton from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of central Italy, is redescribed. Referred material from the Pliocene of Italy, France, and Spain is compared with the holotype and reassigned to <i>Pliophoca</i> cf. <i>P. etrusca</i>. New dental and postcranial material from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene of Italy is referred to Monachini indeterminate. Purported referred material from Pliocene deposits in the eastern North Atlantic (Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina) likely represents several new monachine taxa rather than <i>Pliophoca etrusca</i>. Using the largest novel data set to date, including extant and fossil monachines and comprising morphological and molecular data, we inferred phylogenetic relationships among monachine phocids. Results of morphological and combined analyses revealed that <i>Pliophoca etrusca</i> is most closely related to the Mediterranean monk seal, <i>Monachus monachus,</i> although this result is not strongly supported. Based on our phylogenetic framework, the origin of Monachini occurred during the early–middle Miocene, centered in either the Tethys Sea or the West Atlantic.SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294956
title: Attractive and permissive activities of semaphorin 5A toward dorsal root ganglion axons in higher vertebrate embryos

description: Elongation of the efferent fibers of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons toward their peripheral targets occurs during development. Attractive or permissive systems may be involved in this elongation. However, the molecular mechanisms that control it are largely unknown. Here we show that class 5 semaphorin Sema5A had attractive/permissive effects on DRG axons. In mouse embryos, <i>Sema5A</i> was expressed in and around the path of DRG efferent fibers, and cell aggregates secreting Sema5A attracted DRG axons <i>in vitro</i>. We also found that ectopic Sema5A expression in the spinal cord attracted DRG axons. Together, these findings suggest that Sema5A functions as an attractant to elongate DRG fibers and contributes to the formation of the early sensory network.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294963.v1
title: A Reevaluation of <i>Pliophoca etrusca</i> (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Pliocene of Italy: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications

description: ABSTRACTThe holotype of <i>Pliophoca etrusca,</i> a partial skeleton from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of central Italy, is redescribed. Referred material from the Pliocene of Italy, France, and Spain is compared with the holotype and reassigned to <i>Pliophoca</i> cf. <i>P. etrusca</i>. New dental and postcranial material from the late Pliocene and Pleistocene of Italy is referred to Monachini indeterminate. Purported referred material from Pliocene deposits in the eastern North Atlantic (Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina) likely represents several new monachine taxa rather than <i>Pliophoca etrusca</i>. Using the largest novel data set to date, including extant and fossil monachines and comprising morphological and molecular data, we inferred phylogenetic relationships among monachine phocids. Results of morphological and combined analyses revealed that <i>Pliophoca etrusca</i> is most closely related to the Mediterranean monk seal, <i>Monachus monachus,</i> although this result is not strongly supported. Based on our phylogenetic framework, the origin of Monachini occurred during the early–middle Miocene, centered in either the Tethys Sea or the West Atlantic.SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294960.v2
title: A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of <i>Xenorophus</i> and <i>Mirocetus</i> (Mammalia, Cetacea)

description: ABSTRACT—We describe the odontocete, <i>Ashleycetus planicapitis</i>, gen. et sp. nov., based on a partial skull that was collected from the upper Rupelian (lower Oligocene) Ashley Formation near Charleston, South Carolina, and place it in the Ashleycetidae, fam. nov. Overall, the cranial morphology of this new species is plesiomorphic; it has an elongate, tabular intertemporal region, external nares well anterior to the antorbital notches, and anteromedially oriented lateral margins of the supraorbital processes. <i>Xenorophus sloanii</i> and Xenorophidae are rediagnosed, and the latter is also redefined as an apomorphy-based clade. This new definition should lead to greater stability because it excludes <i>Archaeodelphis patrius</i>, whose phylogenetic relationships have proven to be problematic. The holotype skull of the archaic odontocete <i>Mirocetus riabinini</i>, from probable upper Rupelian sediments of the lower Maikop beds of Azerbaijan, is redescribed, newly figured, and placed in the Mirocetidae, fam. nov. Previously regarded as an archaeocete, <i>Mirocetus</i> is here shown to be an odontocete. We added <i>Ashleycetus</i>, <i>Albertocetus</i>, and <i>Mirocetus</i> to a recently published supermatrix of morphological and molecular data. Although <i>Ashleycetus</i>, <i>Archaeodelphis</i>, and <i>Mirocetus</i> consistently occupy basal branch(es) within Odontoceti, their exact positions are sensitive to the value of a constant used in implied weighting for cladistics analysis. Three of the characters we find to be odontocete synapomorphies are closely associated with soft tissue structures implicated in the production and transmission of high-frequency sounds during echolocation. Detailed dissections of extant odontocetes are required to determine if these features can be considered evidence of echolocation in extinct taxa.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:21FEC587-D1C1-4968-814B-D66B00323FF7SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294956.v2
title: Attractive and permissive activities of semaphorin 5A toward dorsal root ganglion axons in higher vertebrate embryos

description: Elongation of the efferent fibers of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons toward their peripheral targets occurs during development. Attractive or permissive systems may be involved in this elongation. However, the molecular mechanisms that control it are largely unknown. Here we show that class 5 semaphorin Sema5A had attractive/permissive effects on DRG axons. In mouse embryos, <i>Sema5A</i> was expressed in and around the path of DRG efferent fibers, and cell aggregates secreting Sema5A attracted DRG axons <i>in vitro</i>. We also found that ectopic Sema5A expression in the spinal cord attracted DRG axons. Together, these findings suggest that Sema5A functions as an attractant to elongate DRG fibers and contributes to the formation of the early sensory network.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294956.v1
title: Attractive and permissive activities of semaphorin 5A toward dorsal root ganglion axons in higher vertebrate embryos

description: Elongation of the efferent fibers of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons toward their peripheral targets occurs during development. Attractive or permissive systems may be involved in this elongation. However, the molecular mechanisms that control it are largely unknown. Here we show that class 5 semaphorin Sema5A had attractive/permissive effects on DRG axons. In mouse embryos, <i>Sema5A</i> was expressed in and around the path of DRG efferent fibers, and cell aggregates secreting Sema5A attracted DRG axons <i>in vitro</i>. We also found that ectopic Sema5A expression in the spinal cord attracted DRG axons. Together, these findings suggest that Sema5A functions as an attractant to elongate DRG fibers and contributes to the formation of the early sensory network.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294960.v1
title: A new basal odontocete from the upper Rupelian of South Carolina, U.S.A., with contributions to the systematics of <i>Xenorophus</i> and <i>Mirocetus</i> (Mammalia, Cetacea)

description: ABSTRACT—We describe the odontocete, <i>Ashleycetus planicapitis</i>, gen. et sp. nov., based on a partial skull that was collected from the upper Rupelian (lower Oligocene) Ashley Formation near Charleston, South Carolina, and place it in the Ashleycetidae, fam. nov. Overall, the cranial morphology of this new species is plesiomorphic; it has an elongate, tabular intertemporal region, external nares well anterior to the antorbital notches, and anteromedially oriented lateral margins of the supraorbital processes. <i>Xenorophus sloanii</i> and Xenorophidae are rediagnosed, and the latter is also redefined as an apomorphy-based clade. This new definition should lead to greater stability because it excludes <i>Archaeodelphis patrius</i>, whose phylogenetic relationships have proven to be problematic. The holotype skull of the archaic odontocete <i>Mirocetus riabinini</i>, from probable upper Rupelian sediments of the lower Maikop beds of Azerbaijan, is redescribed, newly figured, and placed in the Mirocetidae, fam. nov. Previously regarded as an archaeocete, <i>Mirocetus</i> is here shown to be an odontocete. We added <i>Ashleycetus</i>, <i>Albertocetus</i>, and <i>Mirocetus</i> to a recently published supermatrix of morphological and molecular data. Although <i>Ashleycetus</i>, <i>Archaeodelphis</i>, and <i>Mirocetus</i> consistently occupy basal branch(es) within Odontoceti, their exact positions are sensitive to the value of a constant used in implied weighting for cladistics analysis. Three of the characters we find to be odontocete synapomorphies are closely associated with soft tissue structures implicated in the production and transmission of high-frequency sounds during echolocation. Detailed dissections of extant odontocetes are required to determine if these features can be considered evidence of echolocation in extinct taxa.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:21FEC587-D1C1-4968-814B-D66B00323FF7SUPPLEMENTAL DATA—Supplemental materials are available for this article for free at www.tandfonline.com/UJVP
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294946
title: Geotouristic attractions of Oulu and Rovaniemi regions (Northern Finland)

description: This paper discusses the geotouristic attractions of northern Finland region, where the area is located near the Arctic Circle. This region is characterized by interested natural beauty and numerous of the boreal species and animals. Finland is located at the Baltic Shield, where the discussed area have a very interesting rocks exposures. Perydotites in Oulu and migmatites in Rovaniemi and other old rocks can be seen on the surface of the earth which is possibility studied a various processes associated with magmatism, and metamorphism. It is present the numerous Pleistocene forms, in this part of the country's well readable. Oulu is an industrial and the academic city and Rovaniemi tourism and despite such a character of these cities, the Finns managed to keep close to nature in these centers.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294943
title: Comparing the health state preferences of older persons, informal

description: <strong>Abstract</strong> <em><strong>Background</strong></em> The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey– Minimum Dataset (TOPICS-MDS) collects uniform information from research projects funded under the Dutch National Care for the Elderly Programme. To compare the effectiveness of these projects a preference-weighted outcome measure that combined multidimensional TOPICS-MDS outcomes into a composite endpoint (TOPICS-CEP) was developed based on the health state preferences of older persons and informal caregivers. <em></em> <strong><em>Objectives</em></strong> To derive preference weights for TOPICS-CEP’s components based on health state preferences of healthcare professionals and to investigate whether these weights differ between disciplines and differ from those of older persons and informal caregivers. <strong><em>Materials and methods</em></strong> Vignette studies were conducted. Participants assessed the general wellbeing of older persons described in vignettes on a scale (0-10). Mixed linear analyses were used to obtain and compare the preference weights of the eight TOPICS-CEP components: morbidities, functional limitations, emotional wellbeing, pain experience, cognitive problems, social functioning, self-perceived health, and self-perceived quality of life (QOL). <strong><em></em></strong> <strong><em>Results</em></strong> Overall, 330 healthcare professionals, 124 older persons and 76 informal caregivers participated. The preference weights were not significantly different between disciplines. However, the professionals’ preference weights differed significantly from those of older persons and informal caregivers. Morbidities and functional limitations were given more weight by older persons and informal caregivers than by healthcare professionals [difference between preference weights: 0.12 and 0.07] while the opposite was true for pain experience, social functioning, and self-perceived QOL [difference between preference weights: 0.13, 0.15 and 0.26]. <em><strong></strong></em> <em><strong>Conclusion</strong></em> It is important to recognize the discrepancies between the health state preferences of various stakeholders to (1) correctly interpret results when studying the effectiveness of interventions in elderly care and (2) establish appropriate healthcare policies. Furthermore, we should strive to include older persons in our decision making process through a shared decision making approach.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294944
title: Comparing the health state preferences of older persons, informal caregivers, and healthcare professionals: a vignette study

description: <strong>Abstract</strong> <em><strong>Background</strong></em> The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey- Minimum Dataset (TOPICS-MDS) collects uniform information from research projects funded under the Dutch National Care for the Elderly Programme. To compare the effectiveness of these projects a reference-weighted outcome measure that combined multidimensional TOPICS-MDS outcomes into a composite endpoint (TOPICS-CEP) was developed based on the health state preferences of olde persons and informal caregivers. <strong>Objectives</strong> To derive preference weights for TOPICS-CEP’s components based on health state preferences of healthcare professionals and to investigate whether these weights differ between disciplines and differ from those of older persons and informal caregivers. <em><strong>Materials and methods</strong></em> Vignette studies were conducted. Participants assessed the general wellbeing of older persons described in vignettes on a scale (0-10). Mixed linear analyses were used to obtain and compare the preference weights of the eight TOPICS-CEP components: morbidities, functional limitations, emotional wellbeing, pain experience, cognitive problems, social functioning, self-perceived health, and self-perceived quality of life (QOL). <strong><em>Results</em></strong> Overall, 330 healthcare professionals, 124 older persons and 76 informal caregivers participated. The preference weights were not significantly different between disciplines. However, the professionals’ preference weights differed significantly from those of older persons and informal caregivers. Morbidities and functional limitations were given more weight by older persons and informal caregivers than by healthcare professionals [difference between preference weights: 0.12 and 0.07] while the opposite was true for pain experience, social functioning, and self-perceived QOL [difference between preference weights: 0.13, 0.15 and 0.26]. <em><strong>Conclusion</strong></em> It is important to recognize the discrepancies between the health state preferences of various stakeholders to (1) correctly interpret results when studying the effectiveness of interventions in elderly care and (2) establish appropriate healthcare policies. Furthermore, we should strive to include older persons in our decision making process trough a shared decision making approach.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1294946.v1
title: Geotouristic attractions of Oulu and Rovaniemi regions (Northern Finland)

description: This paper discusses the geotouristic attractions of northern Finland region, where the area is located near the Arctic Circle. This region is characterized by interested natural beauty and numerous of the boreal species and animals. Finland is located at the Baltic Shield, where the discussed area have a very interesting rocks exposures. Perydotites in Oulu and migmatites in Rovaniemi and other old rocks can be seen on the surface of the earth which is possibility studied a various processes associated with magmatism, and metamorphism. It is present the numerous Pleistocene forms, in this part of the country's well readable. Oulu is an industrial and the academic city and Rovaniemi tourism and despite such a character of these cities, the Finns managed to keep close to nature in these centers.