Cretaceous fossils from the Orapa diamond mine

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 33, Issue , 1997, Pages 55-65

  Rayner, R J ^a   Bamford, M K ^a   Brothers, D J ^b   Dippenaar Schoeman, A S ^c   McKay, I J ^a   Oberprieler, R G ^c   Waters, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fossil angiosperms; Fossil insects; Fossil spider; Lagerst tten; Orapa

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CONIACIAN; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ANGIOSPERMAE;

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; INSECT; KIMBERLITE; SPIDER;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0031545401     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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