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  • adjective Turner (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Turner's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Turner, especially William Turner.

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Examples

  • D turneri, however, has the complete set of limbs it shared with its reptilian ancestors and cousins.

    The Panda's Thumb: John S. Wilkins Archives 2010

  • Science can be done by non-professionals near Dallas Texas, appropriately called Dallasaurus turneri after the location and discoverer Van Turner who found it 16 years ago.

    The Panda's Thumb: John S. Wilkins Archives 2010

  • The endemic cycad (Encephalartos turneri) is found on some of the surrounding inselbergs.

    Eastern Miombo woodlands 2007

  • Science can be done by non-professionals near Dallas Texas, appropriately called Dallasaurus turneri after the location and discoverer Van Turner who found it 16 years ago.

    The Mosasaur and the missing link - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • D turneri, however, has the complete set of limbs it shared with its reptilian ancestors and cousins.

    The Mosasaur and the missing link - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Science can be done by non-professionals near Dallas Texas, appropriately called Dallasaurus turneri after the location and discoverer Van Turner who found it 16 years ago.

    The Panda's Thumb: November 2005 Archives 2005

  • D turneri, however, has the complete set of limbs it shared with its reptilian ancestors and cousins.

    The Panda's Thumb: November 2005 Archives 2005

  • Given that the photo of Odontomachus turneri in the Factsheet shows the same coloration as your photo, I wondered how the author came to describe the species as "black all over."

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Alex Wild none@example.com 2010

  • Darwin Bull Ant (Odontomachus turneri) 7. 0-10.0 mm, black all over (native species).

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Alex Wild none@example.com 2010

  • Near-endemic species include Nahan's francolin (Francolinus nahani, EN), Ituri batis (Batis ituriensis), Turner's eremomela (Eremomela turneri, EN), Congo peacock (Afropavo congensis, VU), Sassi's greenbul (Phyllastrephus lorenzi), Bedford's paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone bedfordi), and on the eastern margins with the Albertine Rift Chapin's mountain-babbler (Kupeornis chapini).

    Northeastern Congolian lowland forests 2007

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