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The Eocene Protohierodula crabbi Ross, 2019 cannot be reliably assigned to Manteidae (Insecta: Mantodea): A reply
I accept Schubnel & Nel's (2019) opinion that Protohierodula belongs to the clade Artimantodea, that it cannot be reliably assigned to the family Manteidae and should be regarded as family incertae sedis.Ross, Andrew
Mantoidea, Isle of Wight, Artimantodea, praying mantis Priabonian, and Insect Limestone
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Conference paper (published)
Insects
The Lias (or Lower Jurassic) marine sediments seen in the cliffs and scars of the Yorkshire coast form the thickest exposed sequence of this age in England at 450m. These rocks are richly fossiliferous and have been studied since the early 19th century. The sedimentary sequence is important for providing...Kelly, Richard S ; Ross, Andrew ; Nicholson, David B
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Journal article
An ammonite trapped in Burmese amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin, and inclusions usually comprise terrestrial and, rarely, aquatic organisms. Marine fossils are extremely rare in Cretaceous and Cenozoic ambers. Here, we report a record of an ammonite with marine gastropods, intertidal isopods, and diverse terrestrial arthropods as syninclusions in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. We used X-ray–microcomputed...Yu, TingTing ; Kelly, Richard S ; Mu, Lin ; Ross, Andrew ; Kennedy, Jim …
ammonite, amber, paleoecology, taphonomy, and fossil
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Conference paper (published)
The remarkable palaeodiversity in Burmese (Myanmar) amber (mid.-Cretaceous)
Ross, Andrew
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Journal article
Burmese (Myanmar) amber checklist and bibliography 2018
A list of all known taxa described or recorded from Burmese amber from the published literature up to the end of 2018 is given, along with a comprehensive bibliography. The history of the study of inclusions is summarised, and demonstrates that the number of species has risen exponentially over the...Ross, Andrew
invertebrates, fungi, plants, Myanmar, Cretaceous, vertebrates, protists, arachnids, Arthropoda, insects, and Burmese amber
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Journal article
The Blattodea (cockroaches), Mantodea (praying mantises) and Dermaptera (earwigs) of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, including the first record of Mantodea from the UK
The fossil cockroaches (Blattodea), praying mantises (Mantodea) and earwigs (Demaptera) are described from the Insect Limestone (Priabonian) of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Three new species of cockroach are described in the family Ectobiidae – Phyllodromica protosardea sp. nov., Balta protosimilis sp. nov. and Malaccina? wightensis sp. nov. –...Ross, Andrew
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2011
Book chapter
Spinicaudatans (Conchostracans)
Ross, Andrew
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2011
Book chapter
Cockroaches
Ross, Andrew
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2008
Journal article
New genus of leaf-mimicking katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Late Eocene-Early Oligocene of France and England
A new leaf-mimicking katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae), Archepseudophylla fossilis gen. et sp. nov. is described based on tegmina from the Early Oligocene of France. Lithymnetes laurenti Théobald, 1937 from the Late Eocene of France is transferred to Archepseudophylla comb. nov. The enigmatic ‘Poekilloptera’ melanospila Cockerell, 1921 from the Early Oligocene...Nel, A ; Prokop, J ; Ross, Andrew
UK, Tettigoniidae, Leaf-mimicry, Paleogene, Pseudophyllinae, France, and Insecta
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2010
Journal article
A review of the Carboniferous fossil insects from Scotland
The known fossil insects of Carboniferous age from Scotland are reviewed. Of the seven recorded, one record is highly dubious and rejected, and another is herein identified as a crustacean. The remaining five insects belong to three orders: The extinct order Protodonata (giant dragonflies) is represented by the holotype of...Ross, Andrew
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2010
Book
Fossils
Explore the extraordinary world of fossils; find out how they’re formed, where to find them and how to identify them in this information book. Written by palaeontology expert Dr Andrew Ross, in conjunction with the National Museum of Scotland, this book will help children discover all the fascinating details of...Ross, Andrew
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2012
Book chapter
What is amber?
How Is Amber Produced?; Amber Inclusions; Evidence of Animal Behavior; Animal Products; Preservationl Inorganic Inclusionsl Animal Interactions; Parasitism; Mutualism; Commensalism; Predation; Plant Inclusions; Gymnosperms; Angiosperms; The Ancient Amber Forests; The Search for DNA; Reports of DNA in Amber; Is Jurassic Park Possible?Ross, Andrew
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2012
Journal article
Testing decreasing variabililty of cockroach forewings through time using four recent species: Blattella germanica, Polyphaga aegyptiaca, Shelfordella lateralis and Blaberus craniifer, with implications for the study of fossil cockroach forewings
Vršanský (2000) considered there is decreasing variability in the forewings of cockroaches through time, based on a study of fossil and Recent species. This study tests his theory, based on a study of four Recent species of cockroaches: Blattella germanica (Blattellidae), Polyphaga aegyptiaca (Polyphagidae), Shelfordella lateralis (Blattidae) and Blaberus craniifer...Ross, Andrew
Blattidae, Polyphagidae, Blaberidae, cockroach, variation, and Blattellidae
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2010
Journal article
Ancient fig wasps indicate at least 34 Myr of stasis in their mutualism with fig trees.
Fig wasps and fig trees are mutually dependent, with each of the 800 or so species of fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) typically pollinated by a single species of fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae). Molecular evidence suggests that the relationship existed over 65 Ma, during the Cretaceous. Here, we record the discovery...Compton, S G ; Ball, A D ; Collinson, M E ; Hayes, P ; Rasnitsyn, A P …
amber, coevolution, Ficus, mutualism, pollination, and Agaonidae
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2010
Book chapter
Insects
The coastline of Dorset exposes a long squence of Jurassic age sedimentary rocks which, with its wealth of invertebrate, vertebrate and plant fossils. From the pioneering work of early collectors like Mary Anning onwards, the area has been a cradle of palaeontology. The Lower Lias is particularly fossiliferous and this...Ross, Andrew
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2018
Journal article
Doughty Donald Ross - fighter for cleared Highlanders: Donald Ross [1813-1882], critic of the Highland Clearances and contemporary of Hugh Miller
Much has already been written about the Highland Clearances, then and since, foremost among them Hugh Miller in the Editor’s chair at The Witness, with such still famous leading articles as “Sutherland as it was and is” (1843), and by Donald Macleod and other eyewitnesses, to the savage cruelties of...Ross, Andrew
evictions, Donald Ross (1813-1882), emigration, Highland Clearances, and biography
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2019
Journal article
Juvenile snail with preserved soft tissue in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar suggests a cyclophoroidean (Gastropoda) ancestry
Gastropods are generally rare in amber. In this paper we describe an example of exceptional soft-bodied preservation in a fossil terrestrial mollusk-a snail shell with some tissue, including part of the cephalic region (head) with a tentacle and inferred eye stalk, and potentially part of the foot and operculum. The...Xing, Lida ; Ross, Andrew ; Stilwell, Jeffrey D ; Fang, Jun ; McKellar, Ryan C
Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cretaceous, Burmite, Soft-part preservation, Gastropoda, and Cyclophoroidea
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2018
Journal article
New taxa of Tarachoptera from Burmese amber (Insecta, Amphiesmenoptera)
Retortocelis gen. nov. (Insecta, Tarachoptera) is established to accommodate three species from Cretaceous Burmese amber. The species are described as R. longella sp. nov., R. minimella sp. nov. and R. tyloptera sp. nov. The new genus is characterized by the presence of a costal fold on the forewings of the...Mey, W ; Wichard, Wilfried ; Müller, P ; Ross, Emma ; Ross, Andrew
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2018
Journal article
A new terrestrial millipede fauna of earliest Carboniferous (Tournaisian) age from southeastern Scotland helps fill ‘Romer's Gap'
A diverse millipede (diplopod) fauna has been recovered from the earliest Carboniferous (Tournaisian) Ballagan Formation of the Scottish Borders, discovered by the late Stan Wood. The material is generally fragmentary; however, six different taxa are present based on seven specimens. Only one displays enough characters for formal description and is...Ross, Andrew ; Edgecombe, Gregory D ; Clark, Neil D L ; Bennett, Carys E ; Carrió, Vicen …
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2018
Journal article
New palaeodictyopterans from the Late Carboniferous of the UK (Insecta: Palaeodictyopteroida)
New palaeodictyopterans, Vernooijia sassoonae gen. et sp. nov. (Breyeriidae) and Mazonopterum cooperi sp. nov. (Homoiopteridae) are described from the Middle Pennsylvanian (Westphalian D/Late Asturian) of Writhlington, near Radstock (UK). Based on the re-examination of venation in Breyeria harlemensis, we propose the transfer of this species to the genus Vernooijia as...Prokop, J ; Pecharová, Martina ; Jarzembowski, Edmund A ; Ross, Andrew
Homoiopteridae, Breyeriidae, Spilapteridae wing venation, nymph, and Lycocercidae
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2018
Journal article
Amberground pholadid bivalve borings and inclusions in Burmese amber: implications for proximity of resin-producing forests to brackish-marine waters, and the age of the amber
Clavate (club-shaped) structures rimming mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber from Myanmar, previously misdiagnosed as fungal sporocarps, are shown to be domichnia (crypts) of martesiine bivalves (Pholadidae: Martesiinae). They are similar in form to Teredolites clavatus Leymerie, 1842 and Gastrochaenolites lapidicus Kelly & Bromley, 1984; however, the former identification is preferable, given that...Ross, Andrew ; Smith, Ru D A
Palaeoclavaria Pholadidae Teredolites, Cretaceous, Burmite, Martesiinae, and Gastrochaenolites
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2018
Journal article
On the systematic position of a highly derived amphiesmenopteran insect from Burmese amber (Insecta, Amphiesmenoptera)
A small fossil insect with scales on the wings and body was identified as a representative of Aphiesmenoptera from Burmese amber. The species is introduced here as Tarachocelis microlepidopterella (†). The insect is described in detail, and photos and line drawings are provided for wing venation, head, mouthparts, scales, legs...Mey, W ; Wichard, Wilfried ; Ross, Emma ; Ross, Andrew
microlepidopterella, Lepidoptera, Cretaceous, stem-group Tarachocelidae Tarachocelis taxonomy Trichoptera Pholadidae Teredolites, and phylogeny
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2018
Journal article
The distribution of Schramocaris (Eumalacostraca, Crustacea) along the northwestern coast of the Rheic Ocean during the Lower Carboniferous
Two new species of Schramocaris from the Viséan, Lower Carboniferous of Scotland and eastern Canada extend the range and distribution of this crustacean along the northwestern coast of the Rheic Ocean. New species from Glencartholm, southern Scotland and Upperton, New Brunswick, Canada represents the first recognised occurrence of this genus...Ross, Andrew ; Clark, Neil D L ; Miller, Randall F
marine, Scotland, Viséan, Tealliocaris, Canada, and crustacean
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2018
Journal article
Fossil Insects, Arthropods and Amber: Preface
This volume comprises 28 papers resulting from the 7th International Conference on Fossil Insects, Anthropods and Amber which took place at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, from 26 April to 1 May 2016.Ross, Andrew
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2017
Book chapter
Extraordinary Lagerstätten in Amber, with particular reference to the Cretaceous of Burma
Evolutionary biologists have long been concerned by the incompleteness of the fossil record. Although our knowledge of the diversity of life in ‘deep time’ has improved, many lineages of extant animals and plants still have only sparse fossil documentation. Even groups with ‘hard parts’ that render them suitable for fossilization...Ross, Andrew
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2017
Book chapter
“Zadziwiający bursztyn” (“Amazing Amber”). Wyzwania związane z przygotowaniem wystawy o burstztynie i możliwości rozwiązań
Used for centuries as a decorative artefact, amber was treasured, too, for its perceived magical powers, crafted into charms and amulets to heal and ward off evil spirits. Amber also has the unique capacity to preserve fragile life that is millions of years old, opening a special window into the...Ross, Andrew ; Sheridan, J A
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2017
Journal article
A new genus of Buchonomyiinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber, with the phylogeny of the subfamily revisited
Among the eleven modern subfamilies of non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae), Buchonomyiinae are the most primitive and considered to be the sister group to the rest of the chironomids. The subfamily is monotypic with a single genus Buchonomyia, including three Recent species from Europe, South-East Asia and Central America, and a...Baranov, V ; Goral, T ; Ross, Andrew
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2017
Journal article
Insect evolution: the origin of wings
The debate on the evolution of wings in insects has reached a new level. The study of primitive fossil insect nymphs has revealed that wings developed from a combination of the dorsal part of the thorax and the body wall.Ross, Andrew
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2016
Journal article
Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna
The end-Devonian to mid-Mississippian time interval has long been known for its depauperate palaeontological record, especially for tetrapods. This interval encapsulates the time of increasing terrestriality among tetrapods, but only two Tournaisian localities previously produced tetrapod fossils. Here we describe five new Tournaisian tetrapods (Perittodus apsconditus, Koilops herma, Ossirarus kierani, Diploradus austiumensis and Aytonerpeton microps)...Clack, Jennifer A ; Bennett, Carys E ; Carpenter, David K ; Davies, Sarah J ; Fraser, Nicholas C …
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2016
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2016
Conference paper (published)
Terrestrial isopods: progress in their fossil record
Broly, P ; Sébastien Maillet, S ; Ross, Andrew
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2016
Conference paper (published)
The Palaeozoic terrestrial arthropods of Scotland
Ross, Andrew ; Edgecombe, G D ; Legg, D ; Clark, N
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2016
Conference paper (published)
Earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Mesozoic of England
Kelley, R S ; Ross, Andrew ; Engel, M S
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2016
Journal article
Ancient origin of high taxonomic richness among insects
Insects are a hyper-diverse group, comprising nearly three-quarters of all named animal species on the Earth, but the environmental drivers of their richness and the roles of ecological interactions and evolutionary innovations remain unclear. Previous studies have argued that family-level insect richness increased continuously over the evolutionary history of the...Clapham, M E ; Karr, J A ; Nicholson, David B ; Ross, Andrew ; Mayhew, P J
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2016
Journal article
A new family of scorpionflies (Insecta; Mecoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of England
Seven specimens of fossil scorpionflies (Mecoptera) not assignable to any known family were discovered in the Wealden Supergroup (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England. They were found at Rudgwick Brickworks, West Sussex and Smokejacks Brickworks, Surrey and came from the Upper Weald Clay Formation, dated as Barremian (∼129.4–125 Ma). A new...Novokshonov, V G ; Ross, Andrew ; Cook, E ; Krzeminski, Wieslaw ; Soszyńska-Maj, A
Barremian, New family, New species, New genus, Mecoptera, and Englathaumatidae
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2016
Journal article
New mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) in Cretaceous ambers from Lebanon, Spain, and Myanmar
Diverse new material of mantises found in the Cretaceous amber-bearing deposits from Lebanon (Barremian), Spain (Albian), and Myanmar (Albian–Cenomanian) are described and figured. The Lebanese and Spanish forms are nymphs; while the one from Myanmar is an adult specimen. The Lebanese nymph corresponds to a new specimen of Burmantis lebanensis...Delclòs, Xavier ; Peñalver, Enrique ; Arillo, Antonio ; Engel, Michael S ; Nel, A …
Phylogeny, Cretaceous, New species, Amber, and Mantodea
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2015
Journal article
The Strawberry Bank Lagerstätte reveals insights into Early Jurassic life
The Strawberry Bank Lagerstätte provides a rich insight into Early Jurassic marine vertebrate life, revealing exquisite anatomical detail of marine reptiles and large pachycormid fishes thanks to exceptional preservation, and especially the uncrushed, 3D nature of the fossils. The site documents a fauna of Early Jurassic nektonic marine animals (five...Williams, Matt ; Benton, M J ; Ross, Andrew
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2015
Book chapter
Insects in Burmese amber
Burmese amber contains the highest diversity of insects out of all the Cretaceous ambers. There are 26 orders and 206 families recorded and 252 described species, of which 211 have been named in the past 15 years. The number of families is about half of all known insect families living...Ross, Andrew
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2015
Journal article
The first terrestrial isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar
This paper represents the first formal description of a Cretaceous terrestrial isopod (Oniscidea). This unique specimen, a well preserved female in Burmese amber from Myanmar, is described as Myanmariscus deboiseae gen. nov. sp. nov. It belongs to the clade Synocheta Legrand, 1946 based on the poorly differentiated flagellum of antenna,...Broly, P ; Maillet, S ; Ross, Andrew
Burmese amber, Myanmar, Synocheta, Fossil, New species, Woodlice, and Palaeobiogeography
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2014
Journal article
Fossil evidence for key innovations in the evolution of insect diversity
Explaining the taxonomic richness of the insects, comprising over half of all described species, is a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Previously, several evolutionary novelties (key innovations) have been posited to contribute to that richness, including the insect bauplan, wings, wing folding and complete metamorphosis, but evidence over their relative...Nicholson, David B ; Ross, Andrew ; Mayhew, P. J.
flight, extinction, Hexapoda, macroevolution, adaptive radiation, and complete metamorphosis
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2015
Journal article
Further records of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Myanmar)
A new biting midge Archiculicoides andersoni sp. nov. from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and illustrated. An unknown male of Leptoconops myanmaricus Szadziewski, 2004 is described and an undetermined female of the genus Archiaustroconops and Austroconops in the collection of National Museums Scotland is reported. A key for the...Szadziewski, Ryszard ; Ross, Andrew ; Wojciech, Giłka
Burmese amber, Ceratopogonidae, Diptera, New species, and Upper Cretaceous
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2014
Journal article
Palaeontology: Chinese amber insects bridge the gap
In the study of fossil insects, Chinese amber from Fushun has been largely overlooked. A new study now reveals a highly diverse biota and provides a wealth of new information on the past Asian insect fauna.Ross, Andrew
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2014
Journal article
The fauna and flora of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, UK Volume I: introduction, history and geology
The Insect Limestone has long been known as a source of exquisitely preserved insects and other arthropods. It occurs on the north side of the Isle of Wight and is latest Eocene in age. A summary of the history of the study of the Insect Limestone is given, along with...Ross, Andrew ; Self, Anglea
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2013
Journal article
BOLTONOCOSTIDAE nom. nov. (Insecta: Hypoperlida), a replacement name for ORTHOCOSTIDAE Bolton, 1912
The purpose of this note, under Article 39, is to propose the replacement name BOLTONOCOSTIDAE for the invalid name ORTHOCOSTIDAE Bolton, 1912, a monotypic family of fossil insects (Insecta, Hypoperlida) of Carboniferous age.Ross, Andrew ; Nicholson, D.B ; Jarzembowski, E A
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2013
Journal article
The new Palaeobiology Store at National Museums Scotland
Ross, Andrew
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2012
Journal article
Fossil Arachnids - book review
Review of Fossil Arachnids. Jason A. Dunlop and David Penney. 2012. Siri Scientific Press. Monographic Series, Volume 2. 192pp. £60.00. ISBN 9780956779540.Ross, Andrew
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2013
Conference paper (unpublished)
Amazing Amber: the challenges of creating an exhibition on amber and possible solutions
Ross, Andrew ; Sheridan, J A
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2013
Journal article
OMALIIDAE Handlirsch, 1904 (Insecta, Archaeorthoptera) and XENOPTERIDAE Pinto, 1986 (Insecta, Megasecoptera): proposed emendation to OMALIAIDAE and XENOPTERAIDAE respectively to remove homonymy with OMALIINAE MacLeay, 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and XENOPTERIDAE Riek, 1955 (Insecta, Orthoptera)
The purpose of this application, under Articles 29 and 55.3 of the Code, is to remove the homonymy between the family-group names OMALIDAE Handlirsch, 1904 (Insecta, Archaeorthoptera) and OMALIDAE MacLeay, 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera), which are homonyms due to the similarity of the names of their respective type genera Omalia Beneden... -
2013
Journal article
The Ellismuir fossil arachnid- the only known Scottish Carboniferous trigonotarbid
Elaverimartus pococki Petrunkevitch 1953 from above the Kiltongue Coal Seam (Langsettian) of Ellismuir, Baillieston (Glasgow) is the only example of the extinct arachnid order Trigonotarbida recorded from the Carboniferous Coal Measures of Scotland. The fossil is from the Robert Dunlop collection and, although not so well preserved, historical documentation in...Dunlop, J A ; Ross, Andrew ; Stewart, Sarah E
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2013
Journal article
The first diplatyid earwig in Tertiary amber (Dermaptera: Diplatyidae): A new species from Miocene Mexican amber
The first earwig (Dermaptera) to be described from Mexican (Miocene) amber is named Haplodiplatys crightoni Ross & Engel sp.n., represented by an adult female and constituting the second record of the basal family Diplatyidae in the fossil record. Brief comments are made regarding the biogeographic implications of the fossil and...Ross, Andrew ; Engel, M S
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2013
Book
Amazing amber
Used for centuries as a decorative artefact, amber was treasured, too, for its perceived magical powers, crafted into charms and amulets to heal and ward off evil spirits. Amber also has the unique capacity to preserve fragile life that is millions of years old, opening a special window into the...Ross, Andrew ; Sheridan, J A
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2013
Journal article
New taxa of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Eocene Baltic amber
Macrochile hornei sp. nov. from Baltic amber (Upper Eocene) is described and illustrated. Podemacrochile gen. nov. is described with Podemacrochile baltica (Podenas, 1997) as type species. A key to the genera and species of Tanyderidae known from Baltic amber is presented.Krzeminski, Wieslaw ; Krzeminski, Ewa ; Kania, Iwona ; Ross, Andrew
fossil Diptera, Macrochile hornei sp. nov., and Podemacrochile gen. nov.