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The first Fulgoridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from the Eocene of the central Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
Xiao-Ting Xu
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303,
China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Wei-Yu-Dong Deng
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303,
China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Zhe-Kun Zhou
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303,
China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Torsten Wappler
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
Tao Su
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303,
China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Untangling the complex tectonic evolution in the Tibetan region can help us understand its impacts on climate, the Asian monsoon system, and the development of major biodiversity hotspots. We show that this “missing link” site between high elevation Tibet and low elevation coastal China had a dynamic environment but no temperature change, meaning its been at its current-day elevation for the past 34 million years.
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Short summary
The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) played a crucial role in shaping the biodiversity in Asia during the Cenozoic, but the evolutionary history of biodiversity in this large region remains unclear. Here, we report a new fossil record of Fulgoridae from the middle Eocene Lunpola Basin, central QTP, which represents the earliest Fulgoridae fossil record in Asia and suggests a warm climate with relatively low elevation during the middle Eocene in central QTP.
The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau (QTP) played a crucial role in shaping the biodiversity in Asia...
