Mites (Acari, Oribatida, Nanhermannidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia: First Southern Hemisphere Fossil Record in Marine Sediments

• Published in: Ameghiniana
• Main Authors: Fernández, Damián Andrés, Martínez, Pablo A., Palazzesi, Luis, Barreda, Viviana Dora
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Paleontológica Argentina
• Subjects: ARGENTINA; MIDDLE/LATE EOCENE; MITES. ORIBATIDA; PATAGONIA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Austral; Dunlop; Patagonia; Antártida; Mite; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/153178

Cosmopolitan, abundant, and adapted to nearly all terrestrial environments today, mites are uncommon in the fossil record. Extant diversity of mites is second only to that of insects. With some 50,000 species described, of which nearly 25% are oribatids, their past diversity is not well reflected in...