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Record Nr.

UNINA9910426054003321

Autore

Vršanský Peter

Titolo

Cockroaches from Jurassic sediments of the Bakhar Formation in Mongolia / / by Peter Vršanský

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-59407-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 98 p. 23 illus.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences, , 2211-7512

Disciplina

560.1764095184

565.72809517

Soggetti

Zoology

Evolution (Biology)

Paleontology

Biodiversity

Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Material and Methods -- Results -- Systematic part -- Phylogenetically annotated character list -- Character matrix -- Discussion -- Assemblage analysis -- Phylogenetical evaluation -- Within-locality among-bed plylogenetical analysis -- Age separation within locality -- Adjacent Chinese Jurassic -- Middle Jurassic -- Jurassic context -- Paleogeography -- Genus indigenuousity -- Other Jurassic genera -- Triassic link -- Link to Cretaceous insects -- Specific Cretaceous amber -- Climatic inferences -- Coloration -- Taphonomy -- Taphonomical differences within packages -- Deformities -- General insect context -- Environment of Bakhar -- Acknowledgements -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides essential information on 12 cockroach assemblages with more than a thousand specimens analyzed and investigates the Jurassic site in Bakhar, Mongolia, as one of the most diverse fossil insect sites worldwide. The findings presented here include 32 new cockroach species (of a total of 300 Jurassic species described



worldwide). Since several individuals of each species are investigated, the book is the first that contains information on the variability of an Upper Jurassic organism. The wings of the cockroach specimen only rarely show wing deformations, suggesting that the ecological conditions at Bakhar were optimal during that time. The book’s content is clearly structured, moving from collection methods, to phylogenetic analyses, to a comparison of global fossil sites. Given its scope, the book appeals to all (Jurassic) paleontologists, botanists and paleoentomologists, as it offers an unbiased counterpart to the extensively studied Daohugou site in China. It is also useful in the mining industry, as the strata contain strategic coal (and other materials). .