| New discovery of rare insect damage in the Pliocene of India reinforces the biogeographic history of Eurasian ecosystems | |
| Hazra, Taposhi; Adroit, Benjamin1; Hazra, Manoshi; Spicer, Robert A.; Spicer, Teresa E., V; Bera, Subir4; Khan, Mahasin Ali | |
| 2022 | |
| Source Publication | REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY
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| ISSN | 0034-6667 |
| Volume | 298Issue:_Pages:- |
| Abstract | Plant-insect interactions in the fossil record are, as yet, sparsely known and understudied. Here, we document evidence of a new type of insect skeletonization on Abroma augustum (L.) L. f. (Malvaceac) leaf remains from the latest Neogene (Pliocene) sediments of Chotanagpur plateau, Jharkhand, eastern India. This unique skeletonization feeding trace attributable to herbivorous insects occurs all over the surfaces of our recovered Pliocene leaf remains. In the skeletonized area, the interveinal tissues are completely removed leaving behind only the tough leaf veins. This type of insect feeding behaviour is documented for the first time on Indian Cenozoic leaf remains. Based on published data, as well as our survey of modem forests adjacent to the fossil locality, we suggest that probable damage inducers of this skeletonization on Abroma Jacq. fossil leaves might be Chrysomelid (Coleopteran) beetles. This finding also reveals that specific insect feeding damage, such as the one presented here, can reveal similarity of environments despite the difference of plant species observed. Such results strengthen the importance of using plant-insect interactions on leaves as a complementary proxy to others revealing paleoenvironmental conditions. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Keyword | Abroma Chotanagpur plateau Fossil leaves Paleoenvironment Pliocene Skeletonization |
| Subject Area | Plant Sciences ; Paleontology |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104589 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000751834300003 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/12972 |
| Collection | 2012年后新成立研究组 |
| Affiliation | 1.Sidho Kanho Birsha Univ, Dept Bot, Palaeobot Palynol Lab, Ranchi Rd, Purulia 723104, India 2.Univ Montpellier, Inst Sci Evolut, UMR 5554, CNRS,IRD,EPHE, Pl Eugene Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier, France 3.Chinese Acad Sci, CASKey Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Peoples R China 4.Spicer, Robert A.] Open Univ, Sch Environm Earth & Ecosyst Sci, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England 5.Univ Calcutta, Ctr Adv Study, Dept Bot, 35 BC Rd, Kolkata 700019, India |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Hazra, Taposhi,Adroit, Benjamin,Hazra, Manoshi,et al. New discovery of rare insect damage in the Pliocene of India reinforces the biogeographic history of Eurasian ecosystems[J]. REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,2022,298(_):-. |
| APA | Hazra, Taposhi.,Adroit, Benjamin.,Hazra, Manoshi.,Spicer, Robert A..,Spicer, Teresa E., V.,...&Khan, Mahasin Ali.(2022).New discovery of rare insect damage in the Pliocene of India reinforces the biogeographic history of Eurasian ecosystems.REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,298(_),-. |
| MLA | Hazra, Taposhi,et al."New discovery of rare insect damage in the Pliocene of India reinforces the biogeographic history of Eurasian ecosystems".REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 298._(2022):-. |
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