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 |
Appears in Collections: | Origin and Evolution of Natural Diversity > Proceedings
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