A 125 million-year-old freshwater isopod shines new light on the origin of subterranean freshwater species

Here, we report fossil isopods preserved in laminated oil-shale mudstone (dysodile) from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon (Lower Barremian, 125 Ma, Grès du Liban Alloformation, Jezzine District). Based on a variety of proxies, their palaeoenvironments are determined to have been a shallow freshwater...

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Main Authors: Mario Schädel, Dany Azar, Layla El Hajj, Sibelle Maksoud, Ninon Robin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2025-04-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241512
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