The oldest records of Polyxenida (Myriapoda, Diplopoda): New discoveries from the Cretaceous ambers of Lebanon and France

Geodiversitas

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 631-641

  Nguyen Duy Jacquemin, Monique ^a   Azar, Dany ^b,c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Amber; Diplopoda; Early and Late Cretaceous; Electroxenus jezzinensis n. gen., n. sp.; Fossil; Libanoxenus hammanaensis n. gen., n. sp.; Myriapoda; New genera; New species; Penicillata; Phryssonotus; Polyxenidae; Synxenidae

Indexed keywords

ALBIA; DIPLOPODA; MYRIAPODA; PENICILLATA; PHRYSSONOTUS; POLYXENIDA; POLYXENIDAE; POLYXENUS; SYNXENIDAE;

EID: 12144268823     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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