The first fossil cyphophthalmid harvestman from Baltic amber [PDF]
, 2011 The first fossil cyphophthalmid harvestman (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) from Palaeogene (Eocene) Baltic amber is described. This is only the third fossil example of this basal harvestman lineage; the others being from the probably slightly younger ...
Dunlop, Jason A., Mitov, Plamen G.
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Cranial biomechanics in basal urodeles: the Siberian salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii) and its evolutionary and developmental implications [PDF]
, 2017 Developmental changes in salamander skulls, before and after metamorphosis, afect the feeding capabilities of these animals. How changes in cranial morphology and tissue properties afect the function of the skull are key to decipher the early ...
AB Vassilieva +43 more
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False Blister Beetles and the Expansion of Gymnosperm-Insect Pollination Modes before Angiosperm Dominance. [PDF]
, 2020 During the mid-Cretaceous, angiosperms diversified from several nondiverse lineages to their current global domination [1], replacing earlier gymnosperm lineages [2].Several hypotheses explain this extensive radiation [3], one of which involves ...
Barrón, Eduardo +5 more
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ZooKeys, 2011 Two new species of the genus Sinosmylites Hong are described from the Middle Jurassic locality at Daohugou (Inner Mongolia, China): S. fumosus sp. n. and S. rasnitsyni sp. n. This is the oldest known occurrence of the family Berothidae.
Vladimir Makarkin, Qiang Yang, Dong Ren
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A golden orb-weaver spider (Araneae: Nephilidae: Nephila) from the Middle Jurassic of China [PDF]
, 2014 Nephila are large, conspicuous weavers of orb webs composed of golden silk, in tropical and subtropical regions. Nephilids have a sparse fossil record, the oldest described hitherto being Cretaraneus vilaltae from the Cretaceous of Spain.
Boyle B. +12 more
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A remarkable new family of Jurassic insects (Neuroptera) with primitive wing venation and its phylogenetic position in Neuropterida. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundLacewings (insect order Neuroptera), known in the fossil record since the Early Permian, were most diverse in the Mesozoic. A dramatic variety of forms ranged in that time from large butterfly-like Kalligrammatidae to minute two-winged ...
Qiang Yang +4 more
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A new Jurassic lizard from China [PDF]
, 2019 The Jurassic record of lizards in eastern Asia is poor by comparison with that of the Cretaceous. In China, to date, the only confirmed records from this period are an armoured lizard from Shishugou, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, of probable ...
Dong, L +4 more
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A new species of Fuziidae (Insecta, Blattida) from the Inner Mongolia, China
ZooKeys, 2012 A new species attributed to the genus Parvifuzia Guo & Ren, 2011, Parvifuzia peregrina sp. n., is described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou Village, Inner Mongolia, China. This new species, with apex of wing almost reaching
Wei Dan, Liang Junhui, Ren Dong
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Extreme adaptations for aquatic ectoparasitism in a Jurassic fly larva [PDF]
, 2014 The reconstruction of ancient insect ectoparasitism is challenging, mostly because of the extreme scarcity of fossils with obvious ectoparasitic features such as sucking-piercing mouthparts and specialized attachment organs.
Balashov +30 more
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A Review of Necrotauliids from the Triassic/Jurassic of England (Trichoptera: Necrotauliidae)
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018 Species previously attributed to Necrotauliidae are revised from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic of England based on examination of type specimens and non‐type material. The necrotauliids have been considered as a basal family of caddisflies (Trichoptera) or as a paraphyletic assemblage of stem‐amphiesmenopterans.
Ulysses Thomson +3 more
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