ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2020
Exceptional preservation of reproductive organs and giant sperm in Cretaceous ostracods.
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- The physical consequences of sperm gigantism.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Descending from trees: a Cretaceous winged ice-crawler illuminates the ecological shift and origin of Grylloblattidae.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Unparalleled details of soft tissues in a Cretaceous ant.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
The bivalved crustacean ostracods have the richest fossil record of any arthropod group and display complex reproductive strategies contributing to their evolutionary success. Sexual reproduction involving giant sperm, shared by three superfamilies of living ostracod crustaceans, is among the most fascinating behaviours. However, the origin and evolution of this reproductive mechanism has remained largely unexplored because fossil preservation of such features is extremely rare. Here, we report exceptionally preserved ostracods with soft parts (appendages and reproductive organs) in a single piece of mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (approximately 100 Myr old). The ostracod assemblage is composed of 39 individuals. Thirty-one individuals belong to a new species and genus,
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