Diversity of Hymenoptera and other insects in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) deposits at Orapa, Botswana: A preliminary review

African Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-226

  Brothers, D J ^a   Rasnitsyn, A P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fossil assemblages; Fossils

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BETHYLIDAE; BLATTARIA; BRACONIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GASTERUPTIIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; MEGALYRIDAE; MYA; ORTHOPTERA; SCELIONIDAE; SPHECIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0344065824     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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