Giant ants from the Paleogene of Denmark with a discussion of the fossil history and early evolution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-348

  Rust, Jes ^a   Andersen, N Møller ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fossil ants Paleogene; Fossil history; Taphonomy; lst Fur formation, Denmark Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PACHYCONDYLA; PONERINAE;

EID: 0033247136     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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