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Feathered Dinosaurs Had Relationship with Feather-Feeding Beetles, Fossils Show

Feathered Dinosaurs Had Relationship with Feather-Feeding Beetles, Fossils Show
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Fossils reveal a 100-million-year-old relationship between feathered dinosaurs and feather-feeding beetles

New fossils in amber reveal that beetles fed on the feathers of dinosaurs about 105 million years ago. The exquisite specimens show one of the best supported examples of a close interaction between vertebrates and arthropods in the fossil record. The study has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

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How can a pollinating insect be recognized in the fossil record?

How can a pollinating insect be recognized in the fossil record?
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Beetles fed on dinosaur feathers 105 million years ago

beetles fed on the feathers of dinosaurs around 105 million years ago, suggesting a symbiotic relationship between the two species.

Comunidad autonoma de catalunaEric rallsDel soplaoInstitute of barcelonaMining institute of spainSpanish national research councilOxford university museum of natural historyProceedings of the national academy sciencesNational academySan justEarly cretaceousMining instituteDavid perisBotanical instituteOxford university museum

How can a pollinating insect be recognised in the fossil record?

Insect pollination is a decisive process for the survival and evolution of angiosperm (flowering) plants and, to a lesser extent, gymnosperms (without..

Comunidad autonoma de catalunaUnited kingdomXavier delclFaculty of earth sciencesDavid peris botanical institute of barcelonaAmerican museum of natural historyBiosiversity research institute irbioUniversity of barcelonaUb department of earthMining instituteUniversity of northampton united kingdomBarcelona city councilEarth sciencesBiosiversity research instituteProfessor xavier delclDavid peris