The tall eucalypt forests (TEFs) of the Australian tropics are often portrayed as threatened by
'invasive'neighboring rainforests, requiring 'protective'burning. This framing overlooks that …

Examination of a fossil from a Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte (c. 11–16 Mya) from Australia
shows it to be an astioid jum** spider that is here described as Simaetha sp. indet …

The aridification of the Australian continent led to the diversification of mygalomorph spiders
in the Miocene, but a depauperate fossil record has made it difficult to investigate evolution …

We report the discovery of the first fossil of an Australian species of Pergidae, Baladi warru
gen. et sp. n., found at McGraths Flat, a newly discovered Miocene Konservat‐Lagerstätte in …

Present-day geographic and phylogenetic patterns often reflect the geological and climatic
history of the planet. Neontological distribution data are often sufficient to unravel a lineage's …

Australia hosts the richest diversity of extant cicadas in the world, but a scarcity of fossils
means that little is known about their evolutionary history on the continent. Here we describe …

Background The biogeographical and ecological history of true flies (Diptera) in New
Zealand is little known due to a scarcity of fossil specimens. Here, we report a fauna of …

We describe a diverse aquatic insect assemblage from McGraths Flat, a Miocene
Lagerstätte in central New South Wales, Australia that includes representatives of Sialidae …

Not all fossil sites preserve microfossils that can be extracted using acid digestion, which
may leave knowledge gaps regarding a site's age or environmental characteristics. Here we …

Abstract The family Baetiscidae Edmunds & Traver, 1954 is recognisable among mayflies
due to its bizarre larvae, equipped with a robust and spiked thoracic notal shield covering …