A complete insect from the Late Devonian period

Romain Garrouste (), Gaël Clément, Patricia Nel, Michael S. Engel, Philippe Grandcolas, Cyrille D’Haese, Linda Lagebro, Julien Denayer, Pierre Gueriau, Patrick Lafaite, Sébastien Olive, Cyrille Prestianni and André Nel ()
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Romain Garrouste: UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Gaël Clément: UMR CNRS 7207, Paléontologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Patricia Nel: UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Michael S. Engel: Natural History Museum, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, University of Kansas
Philippe Grandcolas: UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Cyrille D’Haese: UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Linda Lagebro: Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Julien Denayer: Service de Paléontologie animale et humaine, Université de Liège, Bât. B.18, Allée du Six-Août, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Pierre Gueriau: UMR CNRS 7207, Paléontologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Patrick Lafaite: CNRS – MNHN DICAP, Service Multimédia, CP 27, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75005 Paris, France
Sébastien Olive: Service de Paléontologie animale et humaine, Université de Liège, Bât. B.18, Allée du Six-Août, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Cyrille Prestianni: 29, Rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
André Nel: UMR CNRS 7205, CP 50, Entomologie, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7409, 82-85

Abstract: The fossil of a complete insect from the Late Devonian period (approximately 365 million years ago) is presented; it was terrestrial, but its features suggest that modern winged insects had already started to diversify at that early date.

Date: 2012
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