The earliest fossil record of Panorpidae (Mecoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China
ZooKeys, 2014 The early history of Panorpidae (Mecoptera) is poorly known due to sparse fossil records. Up to date, only nine fossil species have been described, all from the Paleogene, except the Early Cretaceous Solusipanorpa gibbidorsa Lin, 1980.
He Ding +4 more
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Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors? [PDF]
, 2015 Pterodactyloid pterosaurs are widely interpreted as terrestrially competent, erect-limbed quadrupeds, but the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids are largely thought to have been poor.
Witton, Mark P.
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Excavating the fossil record for evidence of leaf mining
New Phytologist, Volume 242, Issue 6, Page 2391-2393, June 2024.
Stephen McLoughlin, Artai A. Santos
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Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and biostratinomic analysis of the Jurassic Yanliao Lagerstätte in northeastern China [PDF]
, 2018 The Middle-Upper Jurassic Yanliao Lagerstätte contains numerous exceptionally preserved fossils of aquatic and land organisms, including insects, salamanders, dinosaurs, pterosaurs and mammaliaforms.
Benton, Michael J. +8 more
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Records of bizarre Jurassic brachycerans in the Daohugou biota, China (Diptera, Brachycera, Archisargidae and Rhagionemestriidae) [PDF]
Palaeontology, 2010 Abstract: Four new Brachycera fossils were collected from the Daohugou biota, China. Among these, two impressions demonstrating peculiar wing venation can be designated as two new species of a new genus (Mostovskisargus portentosusgen. et sp. nov. andM. signatussp. nov.) referred to a new subfamily Mostovskisarginae (subfam. nov.) within Archisargidae.
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Noninvasive elemental XRF characterization of mudstone lagerstätten for provenance identification: Advantages and limitations [PDF]
The objective of this study is to explore the utility of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) techniques in identifying the geochemical signature of various classical fossil sites within museum collections.
Cruset, David +8 more
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Schmeissneria: A missing link to angiosperms? [PDF]
, 2007 BACKGROUND: The origin of angiosperms has been under debate since the time of Darwin. While there has been much speculation in past decades about pre-Cretaceous angiosperms, including Archaefructus, these reports are controversial.
Cui, Jinzhong +4 more
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Praeornis sharovi Rautian, 1978 a fossil feather from the early Late Jurassic of Kazakhstan [PDF]
, 2017 Since its original description as a feather belonging to a basal bird, the phylogenetic position of Praeornis sharovi was debated. It was considered as belonging to a bird, a cycad leaf, or as a ‘transitional’ integumentary structure between reptile ...
Agnolín, Federico L. +2 more
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Clam shrimp assemblage from Daohugou: A link correlating northern Hebei and western Liaoning
MesozoicThe clam shrimp species, Triglypta pingquanensis Wang, 1984, is reported in the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds from two localities in Inner Mongolia. The species is predominant in the Middle Jurassic Longmen Formation in Yingzi Village, Pingquan City, northern Hebei.
HUAN-YU LIAO +3 more
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A new Cretaceous genus of xyelydid sawfly illuminating nygmata evolution in Hymenoptera [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Nygmata are prominent glandular structures on the wings of insects. They have been documented in some extant insects, including several families of Neuroptera and Mecoptera, the majority of Trichoptera, and a few of the hymenopteran Symphyta.
Alexandr P Rasnitsyn +3 more
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