New fossil Odonata (Insecta) from the Upper Miocene of France and Spain (Anisoptera and Zygoptera)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-219

  Nel, A ^a   Arillo, A ^b   Martinez Delclos X ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY;

FRANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0011992753     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/199/1996/167     Document Type: Article

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