Afrarchaea grimaldii, a new species of Archaeidae (Araneae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-130

  Penney, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil spiders; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

AFRARCHAEA GRIMALDII; ARANEAE;

EID: 0043207713     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0122:AGANSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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