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When phylogeny meets geology and chemistry: doubts on the dating of Ethiopian amber
- Source :
- Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Taylor & Francis, 2016, 52 (3), pp.161-166. ⟨10.1080/00379271.2016.1230477⟩, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 2016, 52 (3), pp.161-166. ⟨10.1080/00379271.2016.1230477⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2016.
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Abstract
- SummaryThe first fossil species of a Melissotarsus ant is described (Melissotarsus ethiopiensis n. sp.), suggesting that Ethiopian amber could be cenozoic rather than cretaceous. This hypothesis is supported by a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis of the amber itself, suggesting a weak maturation of the fossil resin, and a revision of the pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (PY-GC-MS) analysis done by Schmidt and his collaborators in 2010, in an article in which the deposit was described for the first time.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Cretaceous
03 medical and health sciences
Paleontology
030104 developmental biology
Phylogenetics
Insect Science
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Cenozoic
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Geology
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00379271 and 21686351
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Taylor & Francis, 2016, 52 (3), pp.161-166. ⟨10.1080/00379271.2016.1230477⟩, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 2016, 52 (3), pp.161-166. ⟨10.1080/00379271.2016.1230477⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a2c9258b748f2426e2f068758a815fe5