Fossil weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from latitude 85°S Antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-202

  Ashworth, Allan C ^a   Kuschel, Guillermo ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biogeography; Curculionidae; Fossil insects; Neogene; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

INSECT; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TERTIARY;

ANTARCTICA; BEARDMORE GLACIER; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

BRYOPHYTA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; LISTRODERINA; MOLLUSCA; NOTHOFAGUS; RANUNCULUS; RHYTIRHININI;

EID: 0037443151     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00712-5     Document Type: Article

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