Fossil velvet worms in Baltic and Dominican amber: Onychophoran evolution and biogeography

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5280, 1996, Pages 1370-1371

  Poinar Jr , George ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

AMBER; LOBOPOD; ONYCHOPHORAN; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; TERTIARY; VELVET WORM;

EID: 0029659885     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5280.1370     Document Type: Article

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18. I thank A. Boucot, N. Tait, and R. Poinar for comments and J. Santiago-Blay for assistance with obtaining literature on velvet worms. The specimens are deposited in the Poinar Amber Collection maintained at Oregon State University.