Phanerozoic evolution of plants on the African plate

Burgoyne, Priscilla M.; Wyk, Ben‐Erik Van; Anderson, John M.; Schrire, Brian

doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.015

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“…The northern margin was characterized by a subduction zone that consumed oceanic crust alongside Laurasia (Skelton et al, 2003). The Tethyan margins were covered by vast gymnosperm-dominated forests (Ziegler et al, 1993;Burgoyne et al, 2005;Coiffard et al, 2012;Peralta-Medina and Falcon-Lang, 2012;Zhou et al, 2012). According to the evidence of the paleoenvironment and taphonomical factors, copious amounts of resin were produced and eventually fossilized to become amber in these forests (Martínez-Delclòs et al, 2004).…”

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Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers

Peris

Ruzzier

Perrichot

et al. 2016

Geoscience Frontiers

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International audienceThe intense study of coleopteran inclusions from Spanish (Albian in age) and French (Albian–Santonian in age) Cretaceous ambers, both of Laurasian origin, has revealed that the majority of samples belong to the Polyphaga suborder and, in contrast to the case of the compression fossils, only one family of Archostemata, one of Adephaga, and no Myxophaga suborders are represented. A total of 30 families from Spain and 16 families from France have been identified (with almost twice bioinclusions identified in Spain than in France); 13 of these families have their most ancient representatives within these ambers. A similar study had previously only been performed on Lebanese ambers (Barremian in age and Gondwanan in origin), recording 36 coleopteran families. Few lists of taxa were available for Myanmar (Burmese) amber (early Cenomanian in age and Laurasian in origin). Coleopteran families found in Cretaceous ambers share with their modern relatives mainly saproxylic and detritivorous habits in the larval or adult stages, rather than wood-boring behavior. Fifteen of the coleopteran families occur in both the Lebanese and Spanish ambers; while only five are present in both Spanish and French. Considering the paleogeographic proximity and similarity of age of the Spanish and French ambers, the small number of taxa found in common at both areas is surprising. The ancient origin for the Lebanese and Spanish ambers, the paleogeography (including some barriers for terrestrial biota) and the local paleohabitats are factors that may explain the dissimilarity with the French specimens. Wildfires are believed to be a more likely cause of resin production during the Cretaceous than infestation by beetles. Current knowledge of the beetle species found in the Cretaceous ambers is introduced

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Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers

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Ruzzier

Perrichot

et al. 2016

Geoscience Frontiers

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“…The mid-Palaeozoic cooling provides a first traceable imprint on the exhumation history. It correlates with the ending of the Ordovician glaciation that shows an almost instantaneous change in climate (Burgoyne et al 2005). This most likely resulted in intensified erosion that could have been triggered by minor rock and surface uplift due to far-field effects from shortening in northern Africa .…”

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“…The changes between hothouse and icehouse conditions since the Ordovician (Burgoyne et al 2005) probably had a strong impact on weathering and subsequent erosion. The circumstance that several glaciations affected the Albertine area supports the assumption that overburden since the Palaeozoic was small.…”

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“…As a former part of the supercontinent Gondwana, the African continent preserves evidence of a long geological record, including plate reconfigurations with accretion of old cratonic masses, as well as different phases of rifting and glaciation (e.g. Burgoyne et al 2005;Burke et al 2003;Catuneanu et al 2005). In East Africa, the Cenozoic East African Rift System (EARS) forms a striking geomorphologic and tectonic feature that is still active today (Fig.…”

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Long-term cooling history of the Albertine Rift: new evidence from the western rift shoulder, D.R. Congo

Bauer

Glasmacher

Ring

et al. 2015

Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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“…North and South China (excluding Hainan and Taiwan), Indochina, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Malaysia and western Indonesia rifted from northeast Gondwana in three significant tectonic events starting in the Early Devonian (about 400 mya) and ending before the origin of Angiosperms (flowering plants) about 145 mya in the Early Cretaceous in the African component of Gondwana (Raven & Axelrod 1974, Burrett et al 1991, Metcalf 1991, Scotese 1991, Crane et al 1995, Morley 1998, Baillie et al 2004, Burgoyne et al 2005. The Rutaceae appeared in Africa-South America in the Mid Cretaceous, about 90 mya (Raven & Axelrod 1974).…”

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Incidence of Huanglongbing-Associated ‘CandidatusLiberibacter Asiaticus’ inDiaphorina citri(Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Collected from Plants for Sale in Florida

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Manjunath²,

Ramadugu

et al. 2012

Florida Entomologist

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We question widely held assumptions about the origins of huanglongbing (HLB) and the genus Citrus [Rutaceae: Aurantioideae: Aurantieae] and propose alternative hypotheses. In doing so, we comment on recent changes in the systematics of the family Rutaceae, particularly the subfamily Aurantioideae.The widely accepted assumptions are that the genus Citrus originated in China and that HLB originated, in Citrus, in the same region. We present evidence that suggests: that Citrus evolved in Australasia (where HLB and its vectors do not occur naturally); and that 'Candidatus Liberibacter' forms known to infect Citrus and other Rutaceae originated in Africa in association with the African citrus psyllid, Trioza erytreae (del Guercio) [Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Triozidae] and one or more species of Vepris [Rutaceae: Rutoideae].Other evidence suggests that the 'Ca. Liberibacter' forms that cause HLB spread from Africa to India in infected citrus budwood or plants, then from India to Guangdong in China (directly or indirectly) about 1930, then from Guangdong to Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia after 1945, and subsequently more widely to other countries.Ours view that HLB did not originate in China is supported by published literature and other documents that have not been cited in major reviews of HLB and its vectors, particularly the Asiatic citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama [Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae].Recent hypothesis about the origins of 'Ca. Liberibacter' in Gondwana 100-300 million years ago, and the possible role of parasitic plants in natural spread of the bacteria, are considered. Our views are continually being revised as new information, including historical records, becomes available.

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Phanerozoic evolution of plants on the African plate

Cited by 40 publications

References 224 publications

Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers

Evolutionary and paleobiological implications of Coleoptera (Insecta) from Tethyan-influenced Cretaceous ambers

Long-term cooling history of the Albertine Rift: new evidence from the western rift shoulder, D.R. Congo

Incidence of Huanglongbing-Associated ‘CandidatusLiberibacter Asiaticus’ inDiaphorina citri(Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Collected from Plants for Sale in Florida

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