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First evidence of insect herbivory on Albian aquatic angiosperms of the NE Iberian Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2019

Pablo EstÉvez-Gallardo ,
Luis M. Sender ,
Eduardo Mayoral  and
José B. Diez
Pablo EstÉvez-Gallardo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Xeociencias Mariñas e Ordenación do Territorio, Facultade de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain. Email: jbdiez@uvigo.es
Luis M. Sender
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias (Geológicas), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
Eduardo Mayoral
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain.
José B. Diez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Xeociencias Mariñas e Ordenación do Territorio, Facultade de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain. Email: jbdiez@uvigo.es
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Abstract

Evidence of herbivory on Laurasian Nymphaeaceae leaves from Lower Cretaceous (Upper Albian) deposits is presented for the first time. The types of damage on leaves consist of both hole feeding and margin feeding, which were found on foliar remains of the taxa Ploufolia cerciforme and Aquatifolia cf. fluitans. Within the first category of damage, the Damage Type 78 (DT78) type on Ploufolia leaves and type DT02 on Aquatifolia foliar lamina were recorded. The second category of damage has only been identified in Ploufolia leaves, and it corresponds to type DT12. The subsequent palaeoichnologic interpretation made it possible to compare these records with damage caused by the extant water lily pest to make a possible palaeoecological interpretation.

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Aquatifolia cf. fluitans Chrysomelidae hole feeding Lower Cretaceous margin feeding plant–insect interactions Ploufolia cerciforme
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 108 , Issue 4: Agora Paleobotanica , December 2017 , pp. 429 - 435
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