Monthly Economic Monitoring of Ukraine No.230, March 2024
2006.Smith Age Of Lice
1. The Diversification of
Lice: Age
Vincent S. Smith
with Tom Ford, Kevin Johnson, Paul
Johnson, Kazunori Yoshizawa, and
Roderic D. M. Page
2. First fossil louse
• Collected Eckfeld maar near
Eifel, Germany
• Middle Eocene (Middle
Lutetian, 44.3±0.4 Ma)
• First fossil louse
• Completes ordinal
representation of fossil
insects
• Excellent preservation
• Phylogenetic affinities with
modern feather lice
Wappler, Smith Dalgleish
Proc. R. Soc., 2004.