Reply to “Comment on Marden (2013) Regarding the Interpretation of the Earliest Trace Fossil of a Winged Insect”

Marden, James H.

doi:10.1111/evo.12093

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“…A full body impression of a putative Carboniferous (Westphalian B/C) mayfly is subject to controversy (Benner et al, 2013;Knecht et al, 2011;Marden, 2013aMarden, , 2013b. Bojophlebia prokopi Kukalová-Peck, 1985 (Westphalian C) is likely outside of Palaeoptera, according to descriptions and phylogenetic analysis (Prokop et al, 2010;Sroka et al, 2015;Staniczek et al, 2011).…”

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Fossil Calibrations for the Arthropod Tree of Life

Wolfe

Daley

Legg³

et al. 2016

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Fossil age data and molecular sequences are increasingly combined to establish a timescale for the Tree of Life. Arthropods, as the most species-rich and morphologically disparate animal phylum, have received substantial attention, particularly with regard to questions such as the timing of habitat shifts (e.g., terrestrialisation), genome evolution (e.g., gene family duplication and functional evolution), origins of novel characters and behaviours (e.g., wings and flight, venom, silk), biogeography, rate of diversification (e.g., Cambrian explosion, insect coevolution with angiosperms, evolution of crab body plans), and the evolution of arthropod microbiomes. We present herein a series of rigorously vetted calibration fossils for arthropod evolutionary history, taking into account recently published guidelines for best practice in fossil calibration. These are restricted to Palaeozoic and Mesozoic fossils, no deeper than ordinal taxonomic level, nonetheless resulting in 79 fossil calibrations for 101 clades. This work is especially timely owing to the rapid growth of molecular sequence data and the fact that many included fossils have been described within the last five years. This contribution provides a resource for systematists and other biologists interested in deep-time questions in arthropod evolution.

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Fossil Calibrations for the Arthropod Tree of Life

Wolfe

Daley

Legg³

et al. 2016

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“…No other known ichnotaxon of this size and shape can be brought closer to Phasmichnus gen. nov. Only Knecht et al 5 described an unnamed FBI of winged insect (attributed to an Ephemeropterida or a Plecoptera [29][30][31] ) www.nature.com/scientificreports/ from the Late Carboniferous of the Massachusetts (USA), presenting an elongated body of comparable dimensions, but lacking distinct head and impressions of wings. It also preserves a possible cerci impression similar to that of Phasmichnus.…”

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A twig-like insect stuck in the Permian mud indicates early origin of an ecological strategy in Hexapoda evolution

Logghe

Nel

Steyer³

et al. 2021

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Full body impressions and resting traces of Hexapoda can be of extreme importance because they bring crucial information on behavior and locomotion of the trace makers, and help to better define trophic relationships with other organisms (predators or preys). However, these ichnofossils are much rarer than trackways, especially for winged insects. Here we describe a new full-body impression of a winged insect from the Middle Permian of Gonfaron (Var, France) whose preservation is exceptional. The elongate body with short prothorax and legs and long wings overlapping the body might suggests a plant mimicry as for some extant stick insects. These innovations are probably in relation with an increasing predation pressure by terrestrial vertebrates, whose trackways are abundant in the same layers. This discovery would possibly support the recent age estimates for the appearance of phasmatodean-like stick insects, nearly 30 million years older than the previous putative records. The new exquisite specimen is fossilized on a slab with weak ripple-marks, suggesting the action of microbial mats favoring the preservation of its delicate structures. Further prospections in sites with this type of preservation could enrich our understanding of early evolutionary history of insects.

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Insect Trace Fossils in Substrates Other than Paleosols II. Bones, Caddisfly Cases, Trackways, Imprints and Aerial Nests

Genise¹

2016

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Reply to “Comment on Marden (2013) Regarding the Interpretation of the Earliest Trace Fossil of a Winged Insect”

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Fossil Calibrations for the Arthropod Tree of Life

Fossil Calibrations for the Arthropod Tree of Life

A twig-like insect stuck in the Permian mud indicates early origin of an ecological strategy in Hexapoda evolution

Insect Trace Fossils in Substrates Other than Paleosols II. Bones, Caddisfly Cases, Trackways, Imprints and Aerial Nests

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