Vršanský Peter, Sendi Hemen, Kotulová Júlia, Szwedo Jacek, Havelcová Martina, Palková Helena, Vršanská Lucia, Sakala Jakub, Puškelová L'ubica, Golej Marián, Biroň Adrian, Peyrot Daniel, Quicke Donald, Néraudeau Didier, Uher Pavel, Maksoud Sibelle, Azar Dany
Earth Science Institute v.v.i., Slovak Academy of Sciences; Dúbravská cesta 9, 840 05 Bratislava, and Ďumbierska 1, 97401 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
Institute of Zoology v.v.i., Slovak Academy of Sciences; Dúbravska cesta 9, 84506 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Natl Sci Rev. 2024 Jun 11;12(3):nwae200. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwae200. eCollection 2025 Mar.
With the exception of a fly and a mite from the Triassic of Italy, all Mesozoic amber arthropods are from the Cretaceous. Late Jurassic Lebanese amber from Aintourine revealed a completely preserved adult coccid male (wing length 0.8 mm), gen. et sp. n., the earliest record of a plant sucking scale insect. Associated plant material included the cheirolepidiaceans and , plus s pollen, suggesting a forested temporary swamp habitat with ferns, tree ferns, water ferns, tall araucarian and ginkgoacean trees and shrubs. (Sub)tropic lateritic soil with vegetation debris underwent incomplete microbial decomposition in an anoxic water environment of peat swamp development. Strata-associated marine organisms support the Kimmeridgian age revealed by zircons. The discovery opens a new field of research in Jurassic amber fossils.
除了来自意大利三叠纪的一只苍蝇和一只螨虫外，所有中生代琥珀节肢动物都来自白垩纪。来自安图林的晚侏罗世黎巴嫩琥珀中发现了一只保存完好的成年球蚧雄虫（翅长0.8毫米），新属新种，这是吸食植物的介壳虫的最早记录。相关的植物材料包括南洋杉科植物和花粉，表明这是一个有蕨类植物、树蕨、水蕨、高大南洋杉和银杏类树木及灌木的森林化临时沼泽栖息地。含植被残骸的（亚）热带红土在泥炭沼泽发育的缺氧水环境中经历了不完全的微生物分解。与地层相关的海洋生物支持了锆石显示的启莫里阶时代。这一发现开启了侏罗纪琥珀化石研究的新领域。
