Distinctive fossilised termite nests at Laetoli, Tanzania |
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| Authors: | J P E C Darlington |
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| Institution: | (1) Zoology Department, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, England, UK |
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| Abstract: | A distinctive type of structure found preserved in a volcanic ash layer about 3.7 million years old appears to be a fossilised
termite nest. Comparison is made to modern nests of a fungus-growing termite Macrotermes jeanneli (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae).
Received: 30 May 2005; revised 27 September 2005; accepted 6 October 2005. |
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| Keywords: | Volcanic ash falls mound structure ventilation system Macrotermes jeanneli |
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