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European Journal of Entomology, 2014 The earliest termite of the extant genus Mastotermes, is herein recorded in the Jurassic/Cretaceous (J/K) transitional beds of Chernovskie Kopi in Transbaikalian Russia along with Santonitermes of an uncertain family. These records represent the earliest
Peter VRŠANSKÝ, Danil ARISTOV
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An insect wing discovered in the Early Permian Taiyuan Formation (Shanxi Province, China) [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2019 The first discovery of an insect wing from the Taiyuan Formation, near Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, China, is described. The combination of its wing venation characters makes it difficult to assign it to any known major Paleozoic group. The comparison
J. Wang, O. Béthoux, D. Ren, Y. Cui
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Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper we report on faunal remains recovered from a legacy archaeological excavation undertaken in the rockshelter entrance of Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), a GunaiKurnai site located on the west bank of the Snowy River, East Gippsland, southeastern Australia.
Matthew C. McDowell +7 more
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Evolution of reproductive strategies in dictyopteran insects—clues from ovipositor morphology of extinct roachoids [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2018 Dictyoptera, which comprises cockroaches, termites and mantids, is a quite successful group of insects in evolutionary terms with a long fossil record—roachoid insects were already abundant 315 million years ago in the Carboniferous forests.
Marie K. Hörnig +3 more
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Harnessing plant‐based platform for low‐cost cellulosic sugar recovery from bioenergy crops
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract The price of pure cellulase enzyme for the recovery of fermentable cellulosic sugars is one of the major challenges that limit the commercialization of second‐generation biofuels and bio‐based products. This work shows a means to greatly reduce the cost of cellulases. The abundant capacity of plants to synthesize and hyperaccumulate transgenic
Shraddha Maitra +4 more
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Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Troodontidae is a clade of small‐to medium‐sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believed to have had a variety of diets. The uniqueness of troodontid teeth suggests that they diverged from the typical flesh‐based diet of non‐avian ...
Yui Chi Fan +2 more
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The European Zoological JournalIn this paper, we complement and extend the list of aphid taxa from Obeshchayushchiy, described from the Late Cretaceous. A new endemic subfamily is established based on new materials: Promissaphidinae subfam. nov.
B. Ogłaza, J. Brożek, P. Węgierek
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A review of the Carboniferous fossil insects from Scotland
, 2010 The known fossil insects of Carboniferous age from Scotland are reviewed. Of the seven recorded, one record is highly dubious and rejected, and another is herein identified as a crustacean.
Ross, Andrew, A. J. Ross, Ross , Andrew
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Loss, persistence and reversal of phenotypic traits
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The irreversibility of complex trait loss has long been a tenet of evolutionary biology. However, this idea is increasingly at odds with the numerous documented exceptions across the Tree of Life. We synthesise this growing body of evidence across a diverse array of taxa and traits, exploring the evolutionary conditions that enable ...
Giobbe Forni +4 more
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Holocene insect remains from south-western Greenland [PDF]
Polar Research, 2012 Remains of plants and invertebrates from Holocene deposits in south-western Greenland include a number of insect fragments from Heteroptera and Coleoptera.
Jens Böcher +2 more
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