New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous of SE England and the phylogeny of the superfamily Libelluloidea (Insecta: Odonata)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-85

  Jarzembowski, E A ^a   Nel, A ^b  

^a Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Corduliidae; Early Cretaceous; England; Fossil insects; gen. nov.; Libelluloidea; Odonata; spp. nov.

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DRAGONFLY; LIBELLULOIDEA; NEW SPECIES; ODONATA; PHYLOGENY;

UK, ENGLAND, THE WEALD;

EID: 0029752388     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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