The first ant-termite syninclusion in amber with CT-scan analysis of taphonomy.

We describe here a co-occurrence (i.e. a syninclusion) of ants and termites in a piece of Mexican amber (Totolapa deposit, Chiapas), whose importance is two-fold. First, this finding suggests at least a middle Miocene antiquity for the modern, though poorly documented, relationship between Azteca an...

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Main Authors: David Coty, Cédric Aria, Romain Garrouste, Patricia Wils, Frédéric Legendre, André Nel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4139309?pdf=render