The Clicking Elateroidea from Chinese Mesozoic Deposits (Insecta, Coleoptera)
The Clicking Elateroidea from Chinese Mesozoic Deposits (Insecta, Coleoptera)
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DOI：
10.3390/insects11120875
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发表时间：
2020
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Dong Ren
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作者：
Jyrki Muona;Huali Chang;Dong Ren
Mesozoic deposits, especially in Russia and China. In order to understand their relationship to extant species, we need to search for evolutionary important characters that unite these dinosaur-era beetles with extant forms. We show that about one third of the identifiable click-beetles described from Mesozoic Chinese deposits are in fact members of other related families. Our results strengthen the view that these beetle groups are significantly older than often assumed, being present in the Early Jurassic. This is an important result as it indicates that molecular studies based on modern species do not replace paleontology—both are needed, even in the future.
