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Cretaceous coleopteran larva fed on a female fructification of extinct gymnosperm

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A fossil coleopteran larva was found in a permineralized female fructification of a new extinct gymnosperm from the Late Cretaceous of Japan. The fossil provides the firstin situ evidence that the insects used some gymnosperm fructification as foods as well as pupation sites before they started using angiosperm fruits.

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  1. Internation Budo University, 841 Shinkan, 299-52, Katsu-ura, Chiba, Japan

    Harufumi Nishida

  2. 5-9-3 Kikuna, Kouhoku-ku, 222, Yokohama, Japan

    Nodoka Hayashi

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Nishida, H., Hayashi, N. Cretaceous coleopteran larva fed on a female fructification of extinct gymnosperm. J. Plant Res. 109, 327–330 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02344479

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