genus

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Genetic analysis confirmed that the organism represents not only a newly identified species but also an entirely new genus.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

The bones once attributed to a single species actually came from at least two different trematosaurids: Erythrobatrachus and a second form belonging to the genus Aphaneramma.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

However, this marks the first new genus of Early Jurassic ichthyosaur described from the region in more than 100 years.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

The public naming campaign began after Ze Frank featured the rare deep-sea chiton from the genus Ferreiraella in an episode of his "True Facts" YouTube series.

From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026

Mangelsdorf said that it descended from the mix of a now-vanished wild ancestor of maize and wild grasses from the genus Tripsacum.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann