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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Autores principales: Penney, David, McNeil, Andrew, Green, David I., Bradley, Robert S., Jepson, James E., Withers, Philip J., Preziosi, Richard F.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047651
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author Penney, David
McNeil, Andrew
Green, David I.
Bradley, Robert S.
Jepson, James E.
Withers, Philip J.
Preziosi, Richard F.
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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 pubmed-34747122012-10-18 Ancient Ephemeroptera–Collembola Symbiosis Fossilized in Amber Predicts Contemporary Phoretic Associations Penney, David McNeil, Andrew Green, David I. Bradley, Robert S. Jepson, James E. Withers, Philip J. Preziosi, Richard F. PLoS One Research Article 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. Public Library of Science 2012-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3474712/ /pubmed/23082186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047651 Text en © 2012 Penney et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Withers, Philip J.
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Ancient Ephemeroptera–Collembola Symbiosis Fossilized in Amber Predicts Contemporary Phoretic Associations
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
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474712/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047651
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