Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages

Ticks are currently among the most prevalent blood-feeding ectoparasites, but their feeding habits and hosts in deep time have long remained speculative. Here, we report direct and indirect evidence in 99 million-year-old Cretaceous amber showing that hard ticks and ticks of the extinct new family D...

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Authors: Penalver, Enrique, Arillo, Antonio, Delclòs Martínez, Xavier, Peris Cerdán, David, Grimaldi, David A., Anderson, Scott R., Nascimbene, Paul C., Pérez de la Fuente, Ricardo
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Publication Date:2017
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Keyword:Paparres
Dinosaures
Cretaci
Ambre
Ticks
Dinosaurs
Cretaceous Period
Amber
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spelling Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblagesPenalver, EnriqueArillo, AntonioDelclòs Martínez, XavierPeris Cerdán, DavidGrimaldi, David A.Anderson, Scott R.Nascimbene, Paul C.Pérez de la Fuente, RicardoPaparresDinosauresCretaciAmbreTicksDinosaursCretaceous PeriodAmberTicks are currently among the most prevalent blood-feeding ectoparasites, but their feeding habits and hosts in deep time have long remained speculative. Here, we report direct and indirect evidence in 99 million-year-old Cretaceous amber showing that hard ticks and ticks of the extinct new family Deinocrotonidae fed on blood from feathered dinosaurs, non-avialan or avialan excluding crown-group birds. A dagger Cornupalpatum burmanicum hard tick is entangled in a pennaceous feather. Two deinocrotonids described as dagger Deinocroton draculi gen. et sp. nov. have specialised setae from dermestid beetle larvae (hastisetae) attached to their bodies, likely indicating cohabitation in a feathered dinosaur nest. A third conspecific specimen is blood-engorged, its anatomical features suggesting that deinocrotonids fed rapidly to engorgement and had multiple gonotrophic cycles. These findings provide insight into early tick evolution and ecology, and shed light on poorly known arthropod-vertebrate interactions and potential disease transmission during the Mesozoic.Nature Publishing Group2018201820172018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion13 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/119049Articles publicats en revistes (Dinàmica de la Terra i l'Oceà)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01550-zNature Communications, 2017, vol. 8https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01550-zcc-by (c) Penalver, Enrique et al., 2017http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1190492026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages
title Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages
spellingShingle Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages
Penalver, Enrique
Paparres
Dinosaures
Cretaci
Ambre
Ticks
Dinosaurs
Cretaceous Period
Amber
title_short Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages
title_full Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages
title_fullStr Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages
title_full_unstemmed Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages
title_sort Ticks parasitised feathered dinosaurs as revealed by Cretaceous amber assemblages
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Penalver, Enrique
Arillo, Antonio
Delclòs Martínez, Xavier
Peris Cerdán, David
Grimaldi, David A.
Anderson, Scott R.
Nascimbene, Paul C.
Pérez de la Fuente, Ricardo
author Penalver, Enrique
author_facet Penalver, Enrique
Arillo, Antonio
Delclòs Martínez, Xavier
Peris Cerdán, David
Grimaldi, David A.
Anderson, Scott R.
Nascimbene, Paul C.
Pérez de la Fuente, Ricardo
author_role author
author2 Arillo, Antonio
Delclòs Martínez, Xavier
Peris Cerdán, David
Grimaldi, David A.
Anderson, Scott R.
Nascimbene, Paul C.
Pérez de la Fuente, Ricardo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Paparres
Dinosaures
Cretaci
Ambre
Ticks
Dinosaurs
Cretaceous Period
Amber
topic Paparres
Dinosaures
Cretaci
Ambre
Ticks
Dinosaurs
Cretaceous Period
Amber
description Ticks are currently among the most prevalent blood-feeding ectoparasites, but their feeding habits and hosts in deep time have long remained speculative. Here, we report direct and indirect evidence in 99 million-year-old Cretaceous amber showing that hard ticks and ticks of the extinct new family Deinocrotonidae fed on blood from feathered dinosaurs, non-avialan or avialan excluding crown-group birds. A dagger Cornupalpatum burmanicum hard tick is entangled in a pennaceous feather. Two deinocrotonids described as dagger Deinocroton draculi gen. et sp. nov. have specialised setae from dermestid beetle larvae (hastisetae) attached to their bodies, likely indicating cohabitation in a feathered dinosaur nest. A third conspecific specimen is blood-engorged, its anatomical features suggesting that deinocrotonids fed rapidly to engorgement and had multiple gonotrophic cycles. These findings provide insight into early tick evolution and ecology, and shed light on poorly known arthropod-vertebrate interactions and potential disease transmission during the Mesozoic.
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