Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by cretaceous amber assemblages

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Enrique Peñalver from the Departamento de Zoología Facultad de Biología have published the research work: Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages, in the Journal: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
• what: Pending a phylogenetic analysis when more material is available (see Supplementary Note 3), the authors propose here that both families are sister to (Ixodida + Argasidae).

SUMMARY

Nuttalliellidae, known from a single, extant species, Nuttalliella namaqua, is considered the closest extant relative to the ancestral tick lineage, bearing a mix of autapomorphies (e_g, ball and . . .

 



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