Journal
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Volume 475, Issue -, Pages 154-161Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.03.019
Keywords
Chironomidae; Cambay amber; Early Eocene; India; Palaeoecology
Funding
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [RU665/10-1]
- Department of Science and Technology New Delhi (DST) [EEQ/2016/000112]
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A fossil fauna of Chironomidae in early Eocene Cambay amber from India is reported for the first time. The fossil assemblage consists of 192 specimens from five subfamilies. Chironomidae from Cambay amber represent a fauna whose composition in the fossil record is most similar to Dominican amber, with the exception of the presence of Podonominae in Cambay amber. Chironomidae genera recorded from Cambay amber indicate the presence of freshwater habitats and standing water bodies as well as springs. Incorporation of other dipteran groups from Cambay amber adds evidence of diverse aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats in the Cambay amber forest and implies entrapment of the fossils from a wide range of different locally separated areas. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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