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A miniaturized ommatid beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae)
Li, Yan-Da; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Huang, Di-Ying; Cai, Chen-Yang.
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  • Li, Yan-Da; Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment. tate Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy. Nanjing. CN
  • Yamamoto, Shûhei; Hokkaido University Museum. Sapporo. JP
  • Huang, Di-Ying; Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment. tate Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy. Nanjing. CN
  • Cai, Chen-Yang; Chinese Academy of Sciences. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment. tate Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy. Nanjing. CN
Pap. avulsos zool ; 60: e20206063, Feb. 14, 2020. ilus
Article in En | VETINDEX | ID: biblio-1487279
Responsible library: BR68.1
Localization: BR68.1
ABSTRACT
Recent findings of ommatids from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber have greatly increased our knowledge on the Mesozoic diversity of Ommatidae. Here, we report the first distinctly miniaturized ommatid species, Miniomma chenkuni gen. et sp. nov., entombed in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. This new fossil species is characterized by its small body size (less than 2 mm long) and subglobular metacoxae. Our discovery of miniaturization in extinct Ommatidae suggests a high ecological diversity of this family in the Mesozoic.
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Full text: 1 Database: VETINDEX Main subject: Coleoptera / Amber / Fossils Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Pap. avulsos zool Year: 2020 Document type: Article / Project document
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Full text: 1 Database: VETINDEX Main subject: Coleoptera / Amber / Fossils Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Pap. avulsos zool Year: 2020 Document type: Article / Project document