Symbiotic associations are fundamental to the survival of many organisms on Earth. The ability of the symbiont to perform key biochemical functions often allows the host to occupy environments that it would otherwise find inhospitable. This can have profound impacts upon the diversification and distribution of the host. Cellular organelles (chloroplasts and mitochondria) represent the final sta...

It is generally accepted that conodonts went extinct at the end of Triassic, but younger conodont fossils have been reported, and it becoming clear extinction occurred asynchronously across different regions. Although some reports post-Triassic disproven, Lower Jurassic found in Buda area Hungary Inuyama Japan. Here, we report discovery more Misikella posthernsteini above first occurrence typic...