TY - JOUR
T1 - First leafhopper from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation (Denmark) representina new genus of Cicadellinae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha)
AU - Dietrich, Christopher H.
AU - Perkovsky, Evgeny E.
N1 - We thank Arden Bashforth and Laura Cotton (NHMD) for providing access to the specimen upon which the new genus description is based, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn and Dmitry V. Vasilenko (Paleontological Institute, Moscow) for useful advice, Josh Jenkins Shaw and Bent Lindow (NHMD) for constant help, Alisa \u0410. Perkovsky (NHMD) for taking all photos and the U.S. National Science Foundation (grant DEB 2244871) for funding to CHD. EEP was supported by Scholars at Risk Ukraine (SARU) program jointly funded by the Villum Foundation, Carlsberg Foundation and Novo Nordisk Foundation.
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - The Fur Formation, located in the western Limfjord region of northern Jutland, Denmark, is famous for its numerous and often exceptionally well-preserved marine and terrestrial fossils (e.g., Bonde et al., 2008). The geological background of the Konservat-Lagerstätte was described by Pedersen & Surlyk (1983). The formation preserves a rich record of earliest Ypresian (Eocene, ca. 55 Ma) fossil insects (e.g., Madsen & Rasmussen, 2021). The fauna includes many hemipterans mostly representing Heteroptera and Sternorrhyncha but the diverse modern family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) is represented by a single specimen among the <20,000 available insect fossils discovered so far.
AB - The Fur Formation, located in the western Limfjord region of northern Jutland, Denmark, is famous for its numerous and often exceptionally well-preserved marine and terrestrial fossils (e.g., Bonde et al., 2008). The geological background of the Konservat-Lagerstätte was described by Pedersen & Surlyk (1983). The formation preserves a rich record of earliest Ypresian (Eocene, ca. 55 Ma) fossil insects (e.g., Madsen & Rasmussen, 2021). The fauna includes many hemipterans mostly representing Heteroptera and Sternorrhyncha but the diverse modern family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) is represented by a single specimen among the <20,000 available insect fossils discovered so far.
KW - Cicadellidae
KW - Homoptera
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U2 - 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.5.2
DO - 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.5.2
M3 - Letter
AN - SCOPUS:85180930181
SN - 2624-2826
VL - 6
SP - 447
EP - 450
JO - Palaeoentomology
JF - Palaeoentomology
IS - 5
ER -