A new Cenomanian-Turonian (Late Cretaceous) insect assemblage from southeastern Morocco

被引：6
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作者：
Engel, Michael S. [2 ,3 ]
McKellar, Ryan C. [1 ]
Gibb, Stacey [1 ]
Chatterton, Brian D. E. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Alberta, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
[2] Univ Kansas, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Lawrence, KS 66049 USA
[3] Univ Kansas, Nat Hist Museum, Div Entomol Paleoentomol, Lawrence, KS 66049 USA
来源：
CRETACEOUS RESEARCH | 2012年 / 35卷
基金：
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
Insecta; Compression fossil; Ichnology; Isoptera; Coleoptera; ORAPA;
D O I：
10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.022
中图分类号：
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号：
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要：
A limited assemblage of insect compression fossils is described from a lithographic limestone of marine origin, within Cenomanian Turonian strata of southeastern Morocco. Specimens recovered to date include a putative isopteran (termite) and two polyphagan beetles. Found in the same horizon as these insects are leaves that display traces of insect damage, in the form of leaf margin-feeding behavior. The new insect fossils are an uncommon subcomponent of a commercially-mined assemblage of fossil fish, marine arthropods, and plants, but the relatively fine preservation of fossil insects collected to date suggests that the Late Cretaceous strata of Morocco have the potential to yield a significant addition to the fossil record of insects. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：88 / 93
页数：6
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