TY - T1 - Morphological stasis in the first myxomycete from the Mesozoic, and the likely role of cryptobiosis SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/310207 T3 - A1 - Rikkinen, Jouko; Grimaldi, David A.; Schmidt, Alexander R. A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - Myxomycetes constitute a group within the Amoebozoa well known for their motile plasmodia and morphologically complex fruiting bodies. One obstacle hindering studies of myxomycete evolution is that their fossils are exceedingly rare, so evolutionary analyses of this supposedly ancient lineage of amoebozoans are restricted to extant taxa. Molecular data have significantly advanced myxomycete systematics, but the evolutionary history of individual lineages and their ecological adaptations remain u... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Stemonitis; Stemonitales; Myxomycetes; amber; fossil; evolution; Cretaceous; morphology; 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology N1 - PP - ER -