Our past creates our present: a brief overview of racism and colonialism in Western paleontology

PM Monarrez, JB Zimmt, AM Clement, W Gearty… - Paleobiology, 2022 - cambridge.org
As practitioners of a historical science, paleontologists and geoscientists are well versed in
the idea that the ability to understand and to anticipate the future relies upon our collective …

Ethics, law, and politics in palaeontological research: The case of Myanmar amber

EM Dunne, NB Raja, PP Stewens, K Zaw - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
Fossil material in amber from Myanmar can provide important insights into mid-Cretaceous
forest ecosystems. However, Myanmar amber has been receiving increased international …

Complete checklist of Burmese (Myanmar) amber taxa 2023

AJ Ross - Mesozoic, 2024 - mapress.com
This is a list of all known taxa described or recorded from Burmese (Myanmar) amber from
the published literature up to the end of 2023. Data from previously published checklists …

Linking geological heritage and geoethics with a particular emphasis on palaeontological heritage: the new concept of 'palaeontoethics'

D DeMiguel, J Brilha, L Alegret, I Arenillas, JA Arz… - Geoheritage, 2021 - Springer
Geoconservation and geoethics are two emergent domains in geosciences. During the last
decade, both topics have increasingly gained the attention of geoscientists and the society …

[HTML][HTML] Long-headed predators in Cretaceous amber—Fossil findings of an unusual type of lacewing larva

ANA ZIPPEL, C KIESMÜLLER, GT HAUG… - …, 2021 - mapress.com
Lacewing larvae (Neuroptera) are known to be fierce predators which are morphologically
highly specialised for a raptorial lifestyle. Mandibular-maxillary stylets are characteristic for …

The tragedy of the natural history museum, London

F NAGGS - Megataxa, 2022 - biotaxa.org
The remit of the Natural History Museum, London, encompasses the whole of the natural
world and places it at the forefront of global concerns about human impact on the biosphere …

Mass occurrence of small isopodan crustaceans in 100-million-year-old amber: an extraordinary view on behaviour of extinct organisms

M Schädel, MK Hörnig, M Hyžný, JT Haug - PalZ, 2021 - Springer
Within Isopoda (woodlice and relatives), there are lineages characterised by a parasitic
lifestyle that all belong to Cymothoida and likely form a monophyletic group …

A new lineage of pygidicranid earwigs from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae)

A Peng, MS Engel, Y Liu, A Nel - Cretaceous Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on a well-preserved male specimen from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, we describe
a new genus and its type species of earwig, Prodacnodes dupliforceps gen. et sp. nov …

[HTML][HTML] Selaginella in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar

AR Schmidt, P Korall, M Krings, S Weststrand… - Willdenowia, 2022 - BioOne
Selaginella (Selaginellales, Selaginellaceae) is the most speciose genus of lycophytes and,
with approximately 750 recognized present-day species, also one of the largest genera of …

Character evolution of modern eupolypods supports the assignment of the fossil fern Cretacifilix fungiformis to Dryopteridaceae

L Regalado, H Schneider, P Müller… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The fossil fern species Cretacifilix fungiformis from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from
Myanmar was previously assigned to eupolypod ferns for having sporangia with a vertical …