Amber from western Amazonia reveals Neotropical diversity during the middle Miocene

Pierre Olivier Antoine, Dario De Franceschi, John J. Flynn, André Nel, Patrice Baby, Mouloud Benammi, Ysabel Calderón, Nicolas Espurt, Anjali Goswami, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi

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Tertiary insects and arachnids have been virtually unknown from the vast western Amazonian basin. We report here the discovery of amber from this region containing a diverse fossil arthropod fauna (13 hexapod families and 3 arachnid species) and abundant microfossil inclusions (pollen, spores, algae, and cyanophyceae). This unique fossil assemblage, recovered from middle Miocene deposits of northeastern Peru, greatly increases the known diversity of Cenozoic tropical-equatorial arthropods and microorganisms and provides insights into the biogeography and evolutionary history of modern Neotropical biota. It also strengthens evidence for the presence of more modern, high-diversity tropical rainforest ecosystems during the middle Miocene in western Amazonia.
Idioma originalInglés estadounidense
Páginas (desde-hasta)13595-13600
Número de páginas6
PublicaciónProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volumen103
N.º37
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 12 set. 2006

Palabras clave

  • Arachnida
  • Hexapoda
  • Microorganisms
  • Pebas formation
  • Peru

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