The extant liverwort Gackstroemia (Lepidolaenaceae, Porellales) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar

Heinrichs, Jochen; Schäfer‐Verwimp, Alfons; Feldberg, Kathrin; Schmidt, Alexander R.

doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.01.004

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“…It is also believed to have had a highly diverse understory including ferns (Polypodiales), mosses, liverworts, and angiosperms (bambusoid-like monocots and various eudicots). This is revealed by botanical inclusions in the amber (e.g., Poinar, 2004;Poinar and Buckley, 2008;Chambers et al, 2010;Poinar et al, 2013;Hedenäs et al, 2014;Heinrichs et al, 2014).…”

Section: Paleoenvironmentmentioning

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Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers

Peris

Ruzzier

Perrichot

et al. 2016

Geoscience Frontiers

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International audienceThe intense study of coleopteran inclusions from Spanish (Albian in age) and French (Albian–Santonian in age) Cretaceous ambers, both of Laurasian origin, has revealed that the majority of samples belong to the Polyphaga suborder and, in contrast to the case of the compression fossils, only one family of Archostemata, one of Adephaga, and no Myxophaga suborders are represented. A total of 30 families from Spain and 16 families from France have been identified (with almost twice bioinclusions identified in Spain than in France); 13 of these families have their most ancient representatives within these ambers. A similar study had previously only been performed on Lebanese ambers (Barremian in age and Gondwanan in origin), recording 36 coleopteran families. Few lists of taxa were available for Myanmar (Burmese) amber (early Cenomanian in age and Laurasian in origin). Coleopteran families found in Cretaceous ambers share with their modern relatives mainly saproxylic and detritivorous habits in the larval or adult stages, rather than wood-boring behavior. Fifteen of the coleopteran families occur in both the Lebanese and Spanish ambers; while only five are present in both Spanish and French. Considering the paleogeographic proximity and similarity of age of the Spanish and French ambers, the small number of taxa found in common at both areas is surprising. The ancient origin for the Lebanese and Spanish ambers, the paleogeography (including some barriers for terrestrial biota) and the local paleohabitats are factors that may explain the dissimilarity with the French specimens. Wildfires are believed to be a more likely cause of resin production during the Cretaceous than infestation by beetles. Current knowledge of the beetle species found in the Cretaceous ambers is introduced

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Section: Paleoenvironmentmentioning

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Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers

Peris

Ruzzier

Perrichot

et al. 2016

Geoscience Frontiers

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“…This period is marked by the rise of angiosperms, social insects, and early mammals (Benton, 2010;Lloyd et al, 2008;Meredith et al, 2011) but also by the fact that terrestrial diversity exceeded marine diversity for the first time (Vermeij and Grosberg, 2010). Discoveries based on Burmese amber fossils have provided important insights to the diversification of bryophytes Hedenäs et al, 2014;Heinrichs et al, 2012Heinrichs et al, , 2014a, the evolution of insect-mediated pollination (Cardinal and Danforth, 2013;Poinar and Danforth 2006;Ren et al 2009), and the early diversification of ants (Barden and Grimaldi, 2014). However, little attention has been given to ferns in Burmese amber despite the occurrence of dispersed polypod sporangia (Grimaldi et al, 2002) and the polypod-like fossil Cretacifilix fungiformis (Poinar and Buckley, 2008).…”

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Burmese amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns

Schneider

Schmidt

Heinrichs

2016

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

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amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees. 2016.01.003 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.Page 1 of 20 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t Abstract Cretaceous fossils of derived leptosporangiate ferns (Polypodiales) are exceedingly rare yet they are needed to confirm the hypothesis of a Cretaceous diversification of polypod ferns as predicted by DNA-based divergence time estimates. Here we show that diverse polypod ferns existed in the mid-Cretaceous woodlands of Myanmar. We describe isolated sporangia with a vertical, broken annulus ring containing a differentiated stomium as well as distinguished pinnae fragments. Krameropteris resinatus gen. et sp. nov. is described based on a pinnae-fragment with free branched veins, exindusiate sori and polypod sporangia with trilete spores, and assigned to the early diverging polypod fern lineage Dennstaedtiaceae. Integration of the new fossil evidence in a phylogenetic framework provides support to the hypothesis of a Cretaceous diversification of polypod ferns.

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“…Bryophytes, however, despite their small size, are only sparsely represented in the amber fossil record. Indeed, bryophyte inclusions have been found only in nine of the hundreds of known amber deposits, specifically, in Miocene Dominican amber (Gradstein 1993;Frahm and Newton 2005;Heinrichs and Schmidt, 2010;Reiner-Drehwald et al 2012), Miocene Mexican amber (Grolle 1984;Heinrichs et al 2014a), Miocene Sicilian amber (Skalski and Veggiani, 1990), Oligocene Bitterfeld and Eocene Baltic amber Frahm 2004Frahm , 2010, Eocene Rovno amber (Ignatov and Perkovsky 2011;Konstantinova et al 2012), hitherto not precisely dated, presumably Miocene Australian Cape York amber (Hand et al 2010), Cenomanian-Turonian Alaskan amber (Heinrichs et al 2011), and Albian-Cenomanian Burmese amber Hedenäs et al 2014;Heinrichs et al 2014b). …”

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The first ptychanthoid Lejeuneaceae in Miocene Mexican amber

Scheben¹,

Schmidt²,

Shäfer-Verwimp³

et al. 2014

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Two inclusions of leafy liverworts in Miocene Mexican amber are tentatively assigned to the extant genus Mastigolejeunea (Lejeuneaceae subfam. Ptychanthoideae). Both specimens share complicate bilobed leaves with a rounded lobe apex, a lobule with an oblique free margin continuing into the ventral margin of the leaf lobe, elongate leaf cells, a broad ventral merophyte, and undivided underleaves with a truncate to slightly emarginate, recurved apex. The lack of generative structures prevents a more thorough taxonomic treatment. Nevertheless, the inclusions represent the first ptychanthoid Lejeuneaceae from Mexican amber.

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The extant liverwort Gackstroemia (Lepidolaenaceae, Porellales) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar

Cited by 31 publications

References 32 publications

Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers

Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers

Burmese amber fossils bridge the gap in the Cretaceous record of polypod ferns

The first ptychanthoid Lejeuneaceae in Miocene Mexican amber

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