Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F21%3A10135342" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/21:10135342 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11310/21:10435007

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982221006746" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982221006746</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.015" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.015</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Triassic was a crucial period for the early evolution and diversification of insects, including Coleoptera(1-3)-the most diverse order of organisms on Earth. The study of Triassic beetles, however, relies almost exclusively on flattened fossils with limited character preservation. Using synchrotron microtomography, we investigated a fragmentary Upper Triassic coprolite, which contains a rich record of 3D-preserved minute beetle remains of Triamyxa coprolithica gen. et sp. nov. Some specimens are nearly complete, preserving delicate structures of the legs and antennae. Most of them are congruent morphologically, implying that they are conspecific. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that T. coprolithica is a member of Myxophaga, a small suborder of beetles with a sparse fossil record, and that it represents the only member of the extinct family Triamyxidae fam. nov. Our findings highlight that coprolites can contain insect remains, which are almost as well preserved as in amber. They are thus an important source of information for exploring insect evolution before the Cretaceous-Neogene &quot;amber time window.&quot;Treated as food residues, insect remains preserved in coprolites also have important implications for the paleoecology of insectivores, in this case, likely the dinosauriform Silesaurus opolensis.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Triassic was a crucial period for the early evolution and diversification of insects, including Coleoptera(1-3)-the most diverse order of organisms on Earth. The study of Triassic beetles, however, relies almost exclusively on flattened fossils with limited character preservation. Using synchrotron microtomography, we investigated a fragmentary Upper Triassic coprolite, which contains a rich record of 3D-preserved minute beetle remains of Triamyxa coprolithica gen. et sp. nov. Some specimens are nearly complete, preserving delicate structures of the legs and antennae. Most of them are congruent morphologically, implying that they are conspecific. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that T. coprolithica is a member of Myxophaga, a small suborder of beetles with a sparse fossil record, and that it represents the only member of the extinct family Triamyxidae fam. nov. Our findings highlight that coprolites can contain insect remains, which are almost as well preserved as in amber. They are thus an important source of information for exploring insect evolution before the Cretaceous-Neogene &quot;amber time window.&quot;Treated as food residues, insect remains preserved in coprolites also have important implications for the paleoecology of insectivores, in this case, likely the dinosauriform Silesaurus opolensis.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10616 - Entomology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Current Biology

ISSN

0960-9822

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

31

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

15

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

3374-3381

Kód UT WoS článku

000685551600006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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