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Mesozoic Insects

Mesozoic Insects is a paleontological construct referring to the taxonomically and morphologically diverse assemblage of insect lineages that originated, diversified, and in some cases went extinct during the Mesozoic Era, distinguished by their evolutionary radiation in response to major ecological changes, including the rise of flowering plants and modern terrestrial ecosystems.

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Evolution and phylogenetic utility of CAD (rudimentary) among Mesozoic-aged Eremoneuran Diptera (Insecta)

John K. Moulton, Brian M. Wiegmann · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2003 · 225 citations · Full text

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Paleozoic origin of insect large dsDNA viruses

Julien Thézé, Annie Bézier, Georges Périquet et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 174 citations · Full text

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Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification

Hiroshi Ikeda, Masaaki Nishikawa, Teiji Sota · Nature Communications · 2012 · 159 citations · Full text

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Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores

Alfred L. Roca, Gila Kahila Bar‐Gal, Eduardo Eizirik et al. · Nature · 2004 · 147 citations

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The Pollination of Mid Mesozoic Seed Plants and the Early History of Long-proboscid Insects<sup>1,</sup><sup>2,</sup><sup>3</sup>

Conrad C. Labandeira · Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden · 2010 · 124 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DR
    Dong Ren

    Capital Normal University, China

    29 publications · 857 citations

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  2. MS
    Michael S. Engel

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    20 publications · 710 citations

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  3. AN
    André Nel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    20 publications · 527 citations

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  4. DA
    David A. Grimaldi

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    11 publications · 434 citations

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  5. BW
    Bó Wáng

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    11 publications · 289 citations

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Institutions

196

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    77 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

    Nanjing, China

    19 h-index

    75 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. Capital Normal University

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    65 publications

    2.2K citations

  4. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    18 h-index

    32 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    42 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    15 h-index

    22 publications

    815 citations

  7. Russian Academy of Sciences

    Moscow, Russia

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    405 citations

  8. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    663 citations

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  1. Cretaceous Research

    25 publications · 486 citations

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  2. Journal of Paleontology

    11 publications · 328 citations

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  3. Paleontological Journal

    13 publications · 347 citations

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  4. Psyche A Journal of Entomology

    7 publications · 295 citations

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  5. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

    6 publications · 143 citations

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