New fossil Odonata from the European Cenozoic (Insecta: Odonata: Thaumatoneuridae, Aeshnidae, ?Idionychidae, Libellulidae

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-380

  Nel, André ^a   Petrulevicǐus, Julian F ^a   Jarzembowski, Edmund A ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Maidstone Museum and Benthaf Art Gallery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

France; New genera and species; Odonata; Oligocene; Palaeobiogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

FRANCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AESHNA; AESHNIDAE; INSECTA; LIBELLULA; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA; SYMPETRUM; THAUMATONEURIDAE;

EID: 18644378088     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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