First record of insect-plant interaction in Late Cretaceous fossils from Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands Archipelago), Antarctica

First record of insect-plant interaction in Late Cretaceous fossils from Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands Archipelago), Antarctica

Abstract Despite the enormous paleobotanical record on different islands of the Antarctic Peninsula, the evidence of insect activity associated with fossilized plants is scarce. Here we report the first evidence of insect-plant interaction from Cretaceous deposits, more precisely from a new locality...

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Main Authors: EDILSON B. DOS SANTOS FILHO, ARTHUR S. BRUM, GEOVANE A. DE SOUZA, RODRIGO G. FIGUEIREDO, CRISTIAN D. USMA, JOÃO HENRIQUE Z. RICETTI, CRISTINE TREVISAN, MARCELO LEPPE, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, FLAVIANA J. LIMA, GUSTAVO R. OLIVEIRA, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2023-12-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Paleoecology
Nelson Island
insect-plant interaction
Cretaceous
Antarctica
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