Minimal insect herbivory for the Lower Permian Coprolite Bone Bed site of north-central Texas, USA, and comparison to other Late Paleozoic floras

Labandeira, Conrad C.; Allen, Emily G.

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.015

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“…The Bletterbach damage frequency (3.5%) is comparable, within a factor of three, to analyses of bulk floral damage values on coeval palaeofloras from Euramerica (Beck and Labandeira, 1998;Labandeira and Allen, 2007;Vasilenko, 2007), Cathaysia (Glasspool et al, 2003), and other Gondwanan sites (e.g., Adami-Rodrigues et al, 2004a, 2004bPrevec et al, 2009;Gallego et al, 2014). Consequently, the Bletterbach level of overall herbivory is typical for Permian wetland floras.…”

Section: Plant-insect Interactionssupporting

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Late Permian (Lopingian) Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Global Comparison With New Data From the Low Latitude Bletterbach Biota

Petti¹,

Bernardi²,

Kustatscher³

et al. 2017

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Keywords:Tetrapoda flora phytoprovinces plant-insect interactions climate endemism latitudinal diversity gradient A B S T R A C TThe late Palaeozoic is a pivotal period for the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems. Generalised warming and aridification trends resulted in profound floral and faunal turnover as well as increased levels of endemism. The patchiness of well-preserved, late Permian terrestrial ecosystems, however, complicates attempts to reconstruct a coherent, global scenario. In this paper, we provide a new reconstruction of the Bletterbach Biota (Southern Alps, NE Italy), which constitutes a unique, low-latitude record of Lopingian life on land. We also integrate floral, faunal (from skeletal and footprint studies), and plant-insect interaction data, as well as global climatic interpretations, to compare the composition of the 14 best-known late Permian ecosystems. The results of this ecosystem-scale analysis provide evidence for a strong correlation between the distribution of the principal clades of tetrapod herbivores (dicynodonts, pareiasaurs, captorhinids), phytoprovinces and climatic latitudinal zonation. We show that terrestrial ecosystems were structured and provincialised at high taxonomic levels by climate regions, and that latitudinal distribution is a key predictor of ecosystem compositional affinity. A latitudinal diversity gradient characterised by decreasing richness towards higher latitudes is apparent: mid-to lowlatitude ecosystems had the greatest amount of high-level taxonomic diversity, whereas those from high latitudes were dominated by small numbers of higher taxa. The high diversities of tropical ecosystems stem from their inclusion of a mixture of late-occurring holdovers from the early Permian, early members of clades that come to prominence in the Triassic, and contemporary taxa that are also represented in higher latitude assemblages. A variety of evidence suggests that the Permian tropics acted as both a cradle (an area with high origination rates) and museum (an area with low extinction rates) for biodiversity.

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Section: Plant-insect Interactionssupporting

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Late Permian (Lopingian) Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Global Comparison With New Data From the Low Latitude Bletterbach Biota

Petti¹,

Bernardi²,

Kustatscher³

et al. 2017

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“…Until the Mid-Lower Cretaceous these traces were described on gymnosperms (Medullosales, Gingantopteridales, Cordaitales, Cycadales, Peltaspermales, Glossopteridales, Ginkgoales) and Sphenopsids, predominately from the Northern Hemisphere (North America and Europe), by Ash (1972Ash ( , 1997, Castro (1997), Grauvogel-Stamm & Kelber (1996), Beck & Labandeira (1998), Labandeira (2006), Trout et al (2000), Glasspool et al (2003), Labandeira & Allen (2007), Vasilenko (2007a). Moreover, there are a few preCretaceous records in South America that include circular to slot holes on Cordaites, Gangamopteris McCoy, 1875 and Glossopteris leaves from the Lower Permian of Brazil (Adami-Rodrigues et al, 2004;De Souza Pinheiro et al, 2012); circular to elliptical hole feeding traces in Glossopteris wilsonii Seward, 1914 andGinkgoites eximia Feruglio, 1942 from the Early Permian of Argentina (Gallego et al, 2014); hole and marginal feeding, leaf-mines and skeletonizations in different plant species from Middle-Late Triassic of Argentina (Adami-Rodrigues et al, 2012) and hole feeding on leaves of Taeniopteris sp.…”

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Phytophagy on fossil ferns from Argentina (Palo Pintado Formation, Late Miocene): a review of their fossil record and ichnotaxonomy

Robledo¹,

Sarzetti²,

Anzótegui³

2015

Rev. bras. paleontol.

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-Evidence of insect-fern interactions are described for the fi rst time from late Miocene strata of Salta Province, Argentina. Two ichnospecies are defi ned to include fossil traces of surface feeding and hole feeding, located between the secondary veins and adjacent with the primary vein of two species of fossil ferns, Blechnum serrulatiformis Anzótegui & Horn and Thelypteris interrupta (Willd.) Iwatsuki. The fi rst ichnospecies corresponding with surface feeding presents oblong traces and both ends are rounded; occupying the entire intercostal space. This type of phytophagy is found for the fi rst time in the fossil record of ferns. The second ichnospecies is similar in shape and location to the previous ichnotaxon, except that all herbivorized tissues are absent. At last, a review of the fossil record of insect-fern associations is performed.Key words: insect-fern interactions, fossil traces, surface feeding, hole feeding.RESUMO -Descreve-se pela primeira vez evidência de interações inseto-samambaia no Mioceno superior da Província de Salta, Argentina. Duas icnoespecies são propostas para incluir rastros fósseis de alimentação superfi cial e alimentação em orifícios, localizadas entre as veias secundárias e adjacentes à veia primária em duas espécies de samambaias fósseis, Blechnum serrulatiformis Anzótegui & Horn e Thelypteris interrupta (Willd.) Iwatsuki. A primeira espécie corresponde à alimentação superfi cial, apresenta rastros oblongos com ambos os extremos arredondados e ocupa todo o espaço intercostal. Este é o primeiro registro de alimentação superfi cial em samambaias fósseis. A segunda espécie similar na sua forma e localização ao icnotáxon previamente descrito, exceto que todas as camadas de tecido herbivorizado estão ausentes. Finalmente, uma revisão do registro fóssil das associações inseto-samambaia também é realizada.Palavras-chave: interação inseto-samambaia, traços fósseis, alimentação superfi cial, alimentação em orifício.

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“…from the Lower Permian (Asselian) of Chemnitz, in the Erzgebirge Basin of Germany; however, he did not find larger, insect-like coprolites in the cortical parenchyma, as in Pennsylvanian-age specimens from the United States. By contrast, Permian compression-impression record from north-central Texas had fewer instances of detritivorous and herbivorous associations, and consumption of Psaronius-affiliated Pecopteris foliage either was virtually absent in the case of the Lower Permian (late Sakmarian) Coprolite Bone Bed Flora (Labandeira and Allen, 2007), or occurs at (very) low levels in other, similarly aged Texan floras that have been preliminarily studied (Beck and Labandeira, 1998). Notably, it is the seed plants, particularly medullosan and gigantopterid pteridosperms, that overwhelmingly display the highest herbivory levels in these compression floras (Labandeira, 2006a).…”

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“…Stoval and Strain (1936) described Paleogene fecal structures, referred to a mammalian origin. This brief survey of coprolites from the late Palaeozoic to more recent occurrences clearly indicates that plant-animal associations have an ancient history, and were relatively abundant in late Paleozoic deposits, both as generalized detritivory but also as more specialized and highly varied types of herbivory (Kevan et al, 1975;Scott, 1977;Scott and Taylor, 1983;Labandeira, 2002;Labandeira and Allen, 2007).…”

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Spatiotemporal extension of the Euramerican Psaronius component community to the Late Permian of Cathaysia: In situ coprolites in a P. housuoensis stem from Yunnan Province, southwest China

D'Rozario¹,

Labandeira

Guo

et al. 2011

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Minimal insect herbivory for the Lower Permian Coprolite Bone Bed site of north-central Texas, USA, and comparison to other Late Paleozoic floras

Cited by 75 publications

References 83 publications

Late Permian (Lopingian) Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Global Comparison With New Data From the Low Latitude Bletterbach Biota

Late Permian (Lopingian) Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Global Comparison With New Data From the Low Latitude Bletterbach Biota

Phytophagy on fossil ferns from Argentina (Palo Pintado Formation, Late Miocene): a review of their fossil record and ichnotaxonomy

Spatiotemporal extension of the Euramerican Psaronius component community to the Late Permian of Cathaysia: In situ coprolites in a P. housuoensis stem from Yunnan Province, southwest China

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