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Plant Polymer Palaeobiology- Aphidoidea (PL3-A) Project : Geochemical and Morphological Studies on Gall (-like) Fossils

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Title: Plant Polymer Palaeobiology- Aphidoidea (PL3-A) Project : Geochemical and Morphological Studies on Gall (-like) Fossils
Authors: Sawada, Ken Browse this author
Akimoto, Shin-ichi Browse this author
Tsukagoshi, Minoru Browse this author
Nakamura, Hideto Browse this author
Suzuki, Debora K. Browse this author
Keywords: Gall fossil
Plant - insect coevolution
Resistant macromolecule (polymer)
Aphid (Aphidoidea)
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: 21st Century COE for Neo-Science of Natural History, Hokkaido University
Citation: Edited by Hisatake Okada, Shunsuke F. Mawatari, Noriyuki Suzuki, Pitambar Gautam. ISBN: 978-4-9903990-0-9
Journal Title: Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity : Proceedings of the International Symposium, The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity, held from 1-5 October 2007 in Sapporo, Japan
Start Page: 171
End Page: 174
Abstract: Pyrolytic analysis was performed on a leaf fossil, containing a gall-like spherule structure, from the Eocene Ikushunbetsu Formation in the Yubari area, Hokkaido, Japan, in order to examine the potential and applicability of the geochemical methods for identification of the trace fossils of insects such as gall. Several compounds such as n-alkanes and alkyl benzenes and naphthalenes were detected in leaf blade sample, whereas they were absent in the spherule sample. These results indicate that the gall-like spherule in the leaf fossil is neither an organic fossil nor a gall. However, as organic molecules could be detected in a small amount of leaf sample, the method used has potential to identify organic fossil originated from gall. Combination of morphological and geochemical studies on the gall fossils is suggested to provide essential information for understanding coevolutionary relationships between terrestrial higher plants and insects, at geologic time scale, as well as macroevolutionary patterns in plant - insect associations.
Description: International Symposium, "The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity". 1–5 October 2007. Sapporo, Japan.
Conference Name: International Symposium, "The Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity"
Conference Place: Sapporo
Type: proceedings
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/38455
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