A New Gnetalean Macrofossil from the Mid-Jurassic Daohugou Formation [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Macrofossil evidence has demonstrated a first radiation of gnetophytes in the Early Cretaceous. However, the origin of the diversity of gnetophytes remains ambiguous because gnetalean macrofossils have rarely been reported from pre-Cretaceous strata ...
Yong Yang +4 more
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The first Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea) from the Daohugou fossil bed of northeastern China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 A new species of Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea), Parelcana pulchmacula sp. nov., is described based on four new specimens from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of northeastern China. The new species differs from all other known Archelcaninae
He Tian +3 more
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New archidermapteran earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 Two new species of Archidermaptera are described and figured from the Middle Jurassic Jiulonghsan Formation of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. Aneuroderma oiodes gen. & sp. nov.
Shurong Xiong +3 more
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New fossil Procercopidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
European Journal of Entomology, 2015 Anthoscytina Hong, 1983 is the largest genus within the Mesozoic Procercopidae, the stem group of the superfamily Cercopoidea. Herein, we describe two new species from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, northeast China. Anthoscytina brevineura Chen, Wang &
Jun CHEN +4 more
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New Osmylopsychopid Taxa from the Middle Jurassic of Northeastern China (Neuroptera: Osmylopsychopidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 One new genus with four new species sharing the similar character of a forewing length of ca. 10 mm, namely, Minipsychops spasulus gen. et sp. nov., Minipsychops polychotomus sp. nov., Minipsychops densus sp. nov., and Minipsychops unicus sp.
Xiaotian Liu +3 more
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High acoustic diversity and behavioral complexity of katydids in the Mesozoic soundscape. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022 Acoustic communication has played a key role in the evolution of a wide variety of vertebrates and insects. However, the reconstruction of ancient acoustic signals is challenging due to the extreme rarity of fossilized organs.
Xu C +8 more
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New species and material of Hagloidea (Insecta, Ensifera) from the Yanliao biota of China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 A new species of Cyrtophyllitinae, Archaboilus polyneurus sp. nov. Gu, Yue & Ren, is described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation, Daohugou Village, Inner Mongolia, China.
Jun-Jie Gu +5 more
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Two new species of Itaphlebia (Insecta, Mecoptera, Nannochoristidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Two new species of Itaphlebia Sukatsheva, 1985, I. procera sp. nov. and I. elegana sp. nov., are described and illustrated from the latest Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China.
Yizi Cao +3 more
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New Earwigs from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Northeastern China (Dermaptera) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Two new genera and species of Dermaptera are described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China: Applanatiforceps angustus gen. et sp. nov.
Yuqing Yin +3 more
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A new method for examining the co-occurrence network of fossil assemblages [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 Currently, studies of ancient faunal community networks have been based mostly on uniformitarian and functional morphological evidence. As an important source of data, taphonomic evidence offers the opportunity to provide a broader scope for ...
Shilong Guo +15 more
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