Reinvestigation of Protelytron permianum (Insecta; Early Permian; USA) as an example for applying reflectance transformation imaging to insect
imprint fossils
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC (Paris 6), MNHN, CNRS, UMR 7207,
Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P),
Paris, France
Artémis Llamosi
Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), CNRS,
UMR 7057, Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), 10 rue
Alice Domon et Leonie Duquet, Paris, 75013, France
INRIA Saclay, 1 rue Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, Palaiseau, 91120,
France
Séverine Toussaint
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC (Paris 6), MNHN, CNRS, UMR 7207,
Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P),
Paris, France
Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), UFR
Sciences du Vivant, 5 rue Thomas Mann, Paris, 75013, France
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Fossil insects preserved as an imprint on laminae have subtle differences in relief which can be difficult to photograph. Recourse to reflectance transformation imaging allowed us to deliver exhaustive and interactive photographic data for Protelytron permianum. Based on these data we were able ascertain that it is an early relative of earwigs. In order to better appreciate its elaborate hind wing folding mechanism, we provide guidelines to build and operate a paper model.
Fossil insects preserved as an imprint on laminae have subtle differences in relief which can be...
