Paleoecology of Dominican amber preservation: Spider (Araneae) inclusions demonstrate a bias for active, trunk-dwelling faunas

Paleobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 389-398

  Penney, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; INCLUSION; PALEOECOLOGY; PRESERVATION; RESIN; SPIDER; TREE;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PLOCEINAE;

EID: 0037931981     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2002)028<0389:PODAPS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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