First fossil frog from Antarctica: implications for Eocene high latitude climate conditions and Gondwanan cosmopolitanism of Australobatrachia
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61973-5
Abstract: Cenozoic ectothermic continental tetrapods (amphibians and reptiles) have not been documented previously from Antarctica, in contrast to all other continents. Here we report a fossil ilium and an ornamented skull bone that can be attributed… read more here.
Keywords: fossil frog; cosmopolitanism; gondwanan cosmopolitanism; antarctica implications ... See more keywords
The First Fossil Tody (Aves: Todidae) from Cuba
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DOI: 10.1134/s0031030120040164
Abstract: Abstract Todies (Aves: Todidae)—endemic to the Greater Antilles and one of the most characteristic components of the modern fauna of Cuba—have not yet been represented in the island’s fossil record. This article describes the first… read more here.
Keywords: tody aves; fossil tody; cuba; aves todidae ... See more keywords
The first fossil pycnocheiridiine pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheiridiidae: Procheiridium gen. nov.) from Cretaceous Burmese amber.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.6
Abstract: Procheiridium judsoni n. gen. et n. sp. is described from Burmese cretaceous amber. This species represents the earliest record of the pseudoscorpion subfamily Pycnocheiridiinae and the first fossil taxon of the subfamily to be recorded.… read more here.
Keywords: pseudoscorpion; fossil pycnocheiridiine; gen; procheiridium ... See more keywords
First fossil pseudopsine rove beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pseudopsinae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.1.4
Abstract: Pseudopsinae represented by four genera with just over 50 species in the Recent fauna represent one of the smallest subfamilies of the megadiverse family Staphylinidae. Here we describe the first fossil member of the subfamily… read more here.
Keywords: burmese amber; mid cretaceous; cretaceous burmese; staphylinidae ... See more keywords
The First Fossil Record of the Genus Manica Jurine, 1807 from Late Eocene Baltic Amber and Discussion of the Early Evolution of Myrmicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
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DOI: 10.3390/insects14010021
Abstract: Simple Summary In this study, a new fossil ant species from the Baltic amber, †Manica andrannae Zharkov and Dubovikoff, sp. n., is described based on the worker. The main morphological features are studied and illustrated… read more here.
Keywords: first fossil; baltic amber; genus manica; genus ... See more keywords
First Fossil Record of Hypnodontopsis (Bryopsida: Rhachitheciaceae) from the Americas
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DOI: 10.5710/amgh.22.09.2016.3019
Abstract: Abstract. A new record of fossil moss in Miocene amber from Chiapas, southern Mexico, is hereby presented. The fossil moss is assigned to the genus Hypnodontopsis Iwatsuki et Noguchi (Family Rhachitheciaceae) and characterized primarily by… read more here.
Keywords: species hypnodontopsis; fossil record; record; hypnodontopsis ... See more keywords
The first fossil wedge-shaped beetle (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae) from the middle Jurassic of China
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DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.277
Abstract: A new species of Ripiphoridae Gemminger & Harold, 1870, Archaeoripiphorus nuwa gen. et sp. nov., is described and illustrated from a well-preserved impression fossil from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation collected at Daohugou Village, Shantou… read more here.
Keywords: ripiphoridae; gen nov; fossil wedge; china ... See more keywords