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A diverse paleobiota in early eocene Fushun amber from China.
Wang, Bo; Rust, Jes; Engel, Michael S; Szwedo, Jacek; Dutta, Suryendu; Nel, André; Fan, Yong; Meng, Fanwei; Shi, Gongle; Jarzembowski, Edmund A; Wappler, Torsten; Stebner, Frauke; Fang, Yan; Mao, Limi; Zheng, Daran; Zhang, Haichun.
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  • Wang B; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: savantwang@gmail.com.
  • Rust J; Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
  • Engel MS; Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA.
  • Szwedo J; Department of Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdansk, 59 Wita Stwosza Street, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.
  • Dutta S; Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
  • Nel A; CNRS UMR 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France.
  • Fan Y; Fushun Amber Institute, Fushun 113005, China.
  • Meng F; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Shi G; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Jarzembowski EA; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
  • Wappler T; Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
  • Stebner F; Steinmann Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany.
  • Fang Y; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Mao L; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Zheng D; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
  • Zhang H; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China. Electronic address: hczhang@nigpas.ac.cn.
Curr Biol ; 24(14): 1606-1610, 2014 Jul 21.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25017209
Paleogene arthropod biotas have proved important for tracing the faunal turnover and intercontinental faunal interchange driven by climatic warming and geodynamic events [1-5]. Despite the large number of Paleogene fossil arthropods in Europe and North America [5-8], little is known about the typical Asian (Laurasia-originated) arthropod biota. Here, we report a unique amber biota (50-53 million years ago) from the Lower Eocene of Fushun in northeastern China, which fills a large biogeographic gap in Eurasia. Fushun amber is derived from cupressaceous trees, as determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and paleobotanical observations. Twenty-two orders and more than 80 families of arthropods have been reported so far, making it among the most diverse amber biotas. Our results reveal that an apparent radiation of ecological keystone insects, including eusocial, phytophagous, and parasitoid lineages, occurred at least during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. Some insect taxa have close phylogenetic affinities to those from coeval European ambers, showing a biotic interchange between the eastern and western margins of the Eurasian landmass during the Early Paleogene.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Artrópodos / Ámbar / Biota / Fósiles Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Curr Biol Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Artrópodos / Ámbar / Biota / Fósiles Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Asia Idioma: En Revista: Curr Biol Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA Año: 2014 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido