New fossil woods of Fabaceae from El Bosque Formation (Eocene), Chiapas, Mexico
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2019.05.018
Abstract: Abstract The diversity of Fabaceae in Mexico has a long geological history, and it is particularly rich in sediments from the Oligocene and Miocene. In this work, we describe the first record of two woods… read more here.
Keywords: fossil woods; woods fabaceae; eocene chiapas; new fossil ... See more keywords
A new fossil talitrid amphipod from the lower early Miocene Chiapas amber documented with microCT scanning
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102462
Abstract: Abstract The blind fossil amphipod, Caecorchestia bousfieldi, Hegna and Lazo-Wasem, new genus and species, is described from the lower Miocene Campo La Granja amber mines in Chiapas, Mexico, based on more than 130 specimens in… read more here.
Keywords: chiapas amber; talitrid amphipod; fossil talitrid; new fossil ... See more keywords
New fossil sea turtle trackway morphotypes from the Pleistocene of South Africa highlight role of ichnology in turtle paleobiology
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DOI: 10.1017/qua.2019.40
Abstract: Abstract More than 130 late Pleistocene trackway sites from the coastal eolianites and beach deposits of the Cape south coast, South Africa, have previously mostly yielded tracks of large mammals and birds. However, two sites… read more here.
Keywords: ichnology; south africa; new fossil; sea ... See more keywords
New fossil discoveries illustrate the diversity of past terrestrial ecosystems in New Caledonia
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97938-5
Abstract: New Caledonia was, until recently, considered an old continental island harbouring a rich biota with outstanding Gondwanan relicts. However, deep marine sedimentation and tectonic evidence suggest complete submergence of the island during the latest Cretaceous… read more here.
Keywords: diversity past; new fossil; new caledonia; discoveries illustrate ... See more keywords
Phylogenetic position of Corydasialidae (Insecta: Neuropterida) revisited based on a significant new fossil in Cretaceous amber of Myanmar
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DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1200148
Abstract: The family Corydasialidae, currently comprising two monotypic genera from the Eocene, is one of the few groups with undetermined ordinal placement in Neuropterida, although it was previously considered to be an intermediate form between Corydalidae… read more here.
Keywords: new corydasialid; amber myanmar; new fossil; corydasialidae ... See more keywords
A new fossil cricetid (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from northeastern Brazil with remarks on small mammal extinctions in the tropical Quaternary
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DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa066
Abstract: The rare cricetid rodent Bibimys Massoia, 1980 contains three extant species that are distributed in the lowlands of eastern South America between 35°S and 20°S and distinguished mostly by subtle morphological and genetic features. Several… read more here.
Keywords: new fossil; northeastern brazil; fossil cricetid; small mammal ... See more keywords
A new fossil-species of Acer (Sapindaceae) from the Ningming Basin in Guangxi, South China
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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.298.2.5
Abstract: Acer ningmingensis Y.F.Chen & W.O.Wong sp.nov. is described for asymmetric samaras from the Oligocene Ningming Formation in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, South China. It represents the Oligocene Acer occurrence in the lowest latitude and the… read more here.
Keywords: species acer; south china; new fossil; fossil species ... See more keywords
Sueria laxinervis, a new fossil species of Cycadales from the Upper Cretaceous Quiriquina Formation in Cocholgüe, Bíobío Region, Chile
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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.402.2.7
Abstract: A new fossil cycad species, Sueria laxinervis, is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Quiriquina Formation in Cocholgüe, Bíobío Region, Chile. The generic assignment is supported by the taeniopterid-type leaf with haplocheilic stomata and sinuate… read more here.
Keywords: sueria laxinervis; upper cretaceous; quiriquina formation; new fossil ... See more keywords
A new fossil soldier beetle (Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Silinae) from Eocene Baltic amber.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.2.7
Abstract: A new genus and species of fossil soldier beetle Markus karenae gen. et sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Eocene Baltic amber. Its morphological characteristics place it in the taxonomic position of the subfamily… read more here.
Keywords: beetle coleoptera; new fossil; fossil soldier; eocene baltic ... See more keywords
Pinguisoperla, a new fossil genus of Perlidae (Insecta: Plecoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.3.13
Abstract: A new fossil stonefly genus and species of the family Perlidae, Pinguisoperla yangzhouensis gen. et sp. nov., is proposed as the second known genus from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new genus is characterized by its… read more here.
Keywords: burmese amber; mid cretaceous; new fossil; cretaceous burmese ... See more keywords
A new fossil species of Largusoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) and its evolutionary implications.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.4.5
Abstract: A new species of the fossil stonefly genus Largusoperla Chen, Wang Du, Largusoperla difformitatem sp. nov. is reported new to science from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The morphological characters of the new species are described, illustrated,… read more here.
Keywords: new fossil; species largusoperla; perlidae evolutionary; plecoptera perlidae ... See more keywords