Ancient Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations.
X-ray computed tomography is used to identify a unique example of fossilized phoresy in 16 million-year-old Miocene Dominican amber involving a springtail being transported by a mayfly. It represents the first evidence (fossil or extant) of phoresy in adult Ephemeroptera and only the second record i...
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| author | David Penney Andrew McNeil David I Green Robert S Bradley James E Jepson Philip J Withers Richard F Preziosi |
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| description | X-ray computed tomography is used to identify a unique example of fossilized phoresy in 16 million-year-old Miocene Dominican amber involving a springtail being transported by a mayfly. It represents the first evidence (fossil or extant) of phoresy in adult Ephemeroptera and only the second record in Collembola (the first is also preserved in amber). This is the first record of Collembola using winged insects for dispersal. This fossil predicts the occurrence of similar behaviour in living springtails and helps explain the global distribution of Collembola today. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7565b9206343448e87d8bf0732708c442022-12-21T20:04:14ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-01710e4765110.1371/journal.pone.0047651Ancient Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations.David PenneyAndrew McNeilDavid I GreenRobert S BradleyJames E JepsonPhilip J WithersRichard F PreziosiX-ray computed tomography is used to identify a unique example of fossilized phoresy in 16 million-year-old Miocene Dominican amber involving a springtail being transported by a mayfly. It represents the first evidence (fossil or extant) of phoresy in adult Ephemeroptera and only the second record in Collembola (the first is also preserved in amber). This is the first record of Collembola using winged insects for dispersal. This fossil predicts the occurrence of similar behaviour in living springtails and helps explain the global distribution of Collembola today.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3474712?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | David Penney Andrew McNeil David I Green Robert S Bradley James E Jepson Philip J Withers Richard F Preziosi Ancient Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations. PLoS ONE |
| title | Ancient Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations. |
| title_full | Ancient Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations. |
| title_fullStr | Ancient Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ancient Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations. |
| title_short | Ancient Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations. |
| title_sort | ancient ephemeroptera collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3474712?pdf=render |
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