Fossil oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Florisbad Quaternary deposits, South Africa

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 246-254

  Coetzee, Louise ^a   Brink, James S ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Florisbad; Oribatid mites; Parthenogenesis; Quaternary sediments

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SOIL FAUNA;

BLOEMFONTEIN; FREE STATE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 0037954088     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(02)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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