First reliable record of a fossil species of anthomyiidae (Diptera), with comments on the definition of recent and fossil clades in phylogenetic classification

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 441-451

  Michelsen, Verner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dominican amber; lineage; plesion; taxon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029807752     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0046     Document Type: Article

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