A Social Wasp’s Nest From the Cretaceous Period, Utah, Usa, and Its Biogeographical Significance

Psyche (New York)

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1990, Pages 21-29

  Wenzel, John W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0003009785     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1990/24696     Document Type: Article

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