Garrouste et al. reply

Romain Garrouste (1) , Gaël Clément (2) , Patricia Nel (1) , Michael Engel (3) , Philippe Grandcolas (1) , Cyrille D’haese (1) , Linda Lagebro (4) , Julien Denayer (5) , Pierre Gueriau (2, 6) , Patrick Lafaite , Sébastien Olive (5, 7) , Cyrille Prestianni (7) , André Nel (1)

1 OSEB - Origine, structure et évolution de la biodiversité
2 CR2P - Centre de recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements
3 University of Kansas [Kansas City]
4 Uppsala University
5 Université de Liège
6 IPANEMA - Institut photonique d'analyse non-destructive européen des matériaux anciens
7 IRSNB - Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Since the nineteenth century, Devonian insects have repeatedly proven to be something else1–5, the sole exception being Rhyniognatha. Recently the Devonian insect Strudiella devonica6 has been denied by Hörnschemeyer et al.7, who could not ‘‘confirm the presence of a mandible or of mandibular teeth’’.

Domaines: Paléontologie

Romain Garrouste, Gaël Clément, Patricia Nel, Michael Engel, Philippe Grandcolas, et al.. Garrouste et al. reply. Nature, 2013, 494 (7437), pp.E4-E5. ⟨10.1038/nature11888⟩. ⟨hal-03533550⟩