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A complete insect from the Late Devonian period

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  • Romain Garrouste

    (UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France)

  • Gaël Clément

    (UMR CNRS 7207, Paléontologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France)

  • Patricia Nel

    (UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France)

  • Michael S. Engel

    (Natural History Museum, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, University of Kansas)

  • Philippe Grandcolas

    (UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France)

  • Cyrille D’Haese

    (UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France)

  • Linda Lagebro

    (Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden)

  • Julien Denayer

    (Service de Paléontologie animale et humaine, Université de Liège, Bât. B.18, Allée du Six-Août, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium)

  • Pierre Gueriau

    (UMR CNRS 7207, Paléontologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
    IPANEMA, USR 3461 CNRS - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, F-91190, Saint-Aubin, France)

  • Patrick Lafaite

    (CNRS – MNHN DICAP, Service Multimédia, CP 27, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France)

  • Sébastien Olive

    (Service de Paléontologie animale et humaine, Université de Liège, Bât. B.18, Allée du Six-Août, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
    29, Rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium)

  • Cyrille Prestianni

    (29, Rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium)

  • André Nel

    (UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France)

Abstract

The fossil of a complete insect from the Late Devonian period (approximately 365 million years ago) is presented; it was terrestrial, but its features suggest that modern winged insects had already started to diversify at that early date.

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  • Romain Garrouste & Gaël Clément & Patricia Nel & Michael S. Engel & Philippe Grandcolas & Cyrille D’Haese & Linda Lagebro & Julien Denayer & Pierre Gueriau & Patrick Lafaite & Sébastien Olive & Cyrill, 2012. "A complete insect from the Late Devonian period," Nature, Nature, vol. 488(7409), pages 82-85, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:488:y:2012:i:7409:d:10.1038_nature11281
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11281
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