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A new Myrmecarchaea (Araneae: Archaeidae) species from Oise amber (earliest Eocene, France)
BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2020 Extant Archaeidae, also known as pelican or assassin spiders, have an Austral distribution (South Africa, Madagascar and Australia), but were present in Eurasia during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, as attested by fossils from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Ross ...
Carbuccia Benjamin +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 This study details the quality of preservation of amber deposits in the Eocene. Through Baltic amber crack-out studies using Synchrotron Micro-Computed Tomography and Scanning Electron Microscopy it was found that the cuticle of a specimen of leaf beetle
Jerit L. Mitchell +4 more
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Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2014 The present paper is a continuation of previous contributions describing fossil Aradus species from Baltic Amber inclusions (Heiss 1998, 2002, 2013). Aradus macrosomus sp. n.
Ernst Heiss
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Rhyacophila quadrata n. sp., a new caddisfly (Insecta, Trichoptera) from Eocene Baltic amber [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2008 Rhyacophila quadrata n. sp., a new fossil caddisfly, is described from Eocene Baltic amber. The new species belongs to the family Rhyacophilidae whose extant larvae prefer cool running-water habitats.
W. Wichard, C. Neumann
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The first described turtle beetles from Eocene Baltic amber, with notes on fossil Chelonariidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2021 Chelonariidae, or turtle beetles, are rarely represented in the fossil record. Two new extinct species of this thermophilous coleopteran family, Chelonarium andabata Alekseev and Bukejs sp. nov. and Ch. dingansich Alekseev and Bukejs sp.
V. I. Alekseev +8 more
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A new Eocene Bacanius species (Histeridae: Dendrophilinae) from Baltic amber [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2021 A study of Baltic amber revealed a new fossil species of the genus Bacanius LeConte, 1853. Bacanius gorskii sp. nov. differs from the congener described previously from Eocene Rovno amber, B.
V. I. Alekseev +2 more
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Bacteria in amber coal and clay in relation to lithopanspermia [PDF]
, 2009 A Study was undertaken to determine if amber, coal and clay samples contain bacteria. ill relation to the possibility that rocks ejected from Earth might contain microorganisms capable of colonizing other planets.
Amar Laswd +12 more
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A new genus of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2010 A new genus, Medeterites gen. n. (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Medeterinae) is described from Baltic amber with one included species, Medeterites molestus (Meunier, 1907) (Thrypticus), comb. n. The genus is similar to the genera of the subfamily Medeterinae,
I.Ya. Grichanov
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Graminids from Eocene Baltic amber
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2016 Abstract We report the first bona fide graminid spikelet inclusions found in Eocene Baltic amber. The most informative anatomically preserved specimen is assigned to the genus Rhynchospora Vahl (Cyperaceae), whereas two others show affinities with sedges (Cyperaceae) or grasses (Poaceae).
Sadowski, Eva-Maria +6 more
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The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK [PDF]
, 2014 The types and undescribed material of the hymenopteran fossils of the Insect Bed of the Bembridge Marls from the Isle of Wight (UK) are critically revised and studied. A total of 1460 fossils are recorded and attributed to 20 families: Gasteruptiidae s.l.
Antropov, AV +8 more
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