Lower Cretaceous spiders (Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae) from Spain

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-192

  Selden, Paul A ^a   Penney, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; SPIDER;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HUERGINA DIAZROMERALI; MACRYPHANTES COWDENI; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 0344212060     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2003/2003/175     Document Type: Article

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