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Cockroaches from Jurassic sediments of the Bakhar Formation in Mongolia

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  • © 2020

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Authors:
  1. Peter Vršanský

    1. Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

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  • The first book available on fossil cockroaches
  • Includes a comparison of all major Jurassic cockroach assemblages
  • Investigates a key Jurassic fossil site, revealing the impressive diversity of terrestrial fauna

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences (BRIEFSANIMAL)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction to Bakhar Cockroaches

    • Peter Vršanský
    Pages 1-24

  3. Methods of Study Fossil Cockroaches

    • Peter Vršanský
    Pages 25-27

  4. Geological Settings and Environments

    • Peter Vršanský
    Pages 29-31

  5. New Assemblages of the Bakhar Locality

    • Peter Vršanský
    Pages 33-62

  6. Context of Bakhar Cockroaches

    • Peter Vršanský
    Pages 63-87

  7. Correction to: Context of Bakhar Cockroaches

    • Peter Vršanský
    Pages C1-C2

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 89-98
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About this book

This book provides essential information on 12 cockroach assemblages with more than a thousand specimens analyzed and investigates the Jurassic site in Bakhar, Mongolia, as one of the most diverse fossil insect sites worldwide. The findings presented here include 32 new cockroach species (of a total of 300 Jurassic species described worldwide). Since several individuals of each species are investigated, the book is the first that contains information on the variability of an Upper Jurassic organism. The wings of the cockroach specimen only rarely show wing deformations, suggesting that the ecological conditions at Bakhar were optimal during that time. The book’s content is clearly structured, moving from collection methods, to phylogenetic analyses, to a comparison of global fossil sites. Given its scope, the book appeals to all (Jurassic) paleontologists, botanists and paleoentomologists, as it offers an unbiased counterpart to the extensively studied Daohugou site in China. It is also useful in the mining industry, as the strata contain strategic coal (and other materials). 

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  • Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Peter Vršanský

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