The first mainland European Mesozoic click-beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) revealed by x-ray micro-computed tomography scanning of an Upper Cretaceous amber from Hungar
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F22%3A73616590" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/22:73616590 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03573-5" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03573-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03573-5" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-021-03573-5</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
The first mainland European Mesozoic click-beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) revealed by x-ray micro-computed tomography scanning of an Upper Cretaceous amber from Hungar
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Fossil bioinclusions in amber are invaluable source of information on the past evolution and diversity of various organisms, as well as on the paleoecosystems in general. The click-beetles, Elateridae, which originated and greatly diversified during the Mesozoic, are mostly known from the adpression-like fossils, and their diversity in the Cretaceous ambers is only poorly documented. In this study, we describe a new click-beetle based on an incomplete inclusion in ajkaite, an Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) amber from the Ajka Coal Formation from Hungary. We used X-ray micro-computed tomography scanning to reconstruct its morphology because it is deposited in an opaque piece of amber. Our results suggest that the newly described Ajkaelater merkli gen. et sp. nov. belongs to subfamily Elaterinae. It represents the first Mesozoic beetle reported from Hungary, and the first Mesozoic Elateridae formally described from mainland Europe. Our discovery supports an Eurasian distribution and diversification of Elaterinae already in the Cretaceous. The paleoenvironment of the Ajka Coal Formation agrees well with the presumed habitat preference of the new fossil taxon. The discovery of a presumably saproxylic click-beetle shed further light on the yet poorly known paleoecosystem of the Santonian present-day western Hungary.
Název v anglickém jazyce
The first mainland European Mesozoic click-beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) revealed by x-ray micro-computed tomography scanning of an Upper Cretaceous amber from Hungar
Popis výsledku anglicky
Fossil bioinclusions in amber are invaluable source of information on the past evolution and diversity of various organisms, as well as on the paleoecosystems in general. The click-beetles, Elateridae, which originated and greatly diversified during the Mesozoic, are mostly known from the adpression-like fossils, and their diversity in the Cretaceous ambers is only poorly documented. In this study, we describe a new click-beetle based on an incomplete inclusion in ajkaite, an Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) amber from the Ajka Coal Formation from Hungary. We used X-ray micro-computed tomography scanning to reconstruct its morphology because it is deposited in an opaque piece of amber. Our results suggest that the newly described Ajkaelater merkli gen. et sp. nov. belongs to subfamily Elaterinae. It represents the first Mesozoic beetle reported from Hungary, and the first Mesozoic Elateridae formally described from mainland Europe. Our discovery supports an Eurasian distribution and diversification of Elaterinae already in the Cretaceous. The paleoenvironment of the Ajka Coal Formation agrees well with the presumed habitat preference of the new fossil taxon. The discovery of a presumably saproxylic click-beetle shed further light on the yet poorly known paleoecosystem of the Santonian present-day western Hungary.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
10620 - Other biological topics
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2022
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Scientific Reports
ISSN
2045-2322
e-ISSN
2045-2322
Svazek periodika
12
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
11
Strana od-do
"24-1"-"24-11"
Kód UT WoS článku
000740510500029
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85122567432