THE RECOGNITION AND USE OF DERMESTID (INSECTA, COLEOPTERA) PUPATION CHAMBERS IN PALEOECOLOGY

Authors
MARTIN LD WEST DL
Citation
Ld. Martin et Dl. West, THE RECOGNITION AND USE OF DERMESTID (INSECTA, COLEOPTERA) PUPATION CHAMBERS IN PALEOECOLOGY, Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 113(2-4), 1995, pp. 303-310
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Paleontology
Journal title
Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00310182
Volume
113
Issue
2-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
303 - 310
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-0182(1995)113:2-4<303:TRAUOD>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Insect trace fossils are a relatively new source of climatic and tapho nomic data. Because insects often have narrowly defined ecological req uirements during their life cycle, they can be an exceptional source o f data on season of death, temperature and moisture. We have found thi s to be true for dermestid pupation chambers and give three examples f rom the late Pliocene of Idaho and middle-late Pleistocene of Kansas.