New spiders in Upper Cretaceous amber from New Jersey in the American museum of natural history (Arthropoda: Araneae)

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-375

  Penney, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Fossil; Oonopidae; Orchestina; Segestriidae; Spider

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; NEW GENUS; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARTHROPODA; OONOPIDAE; ORCHESTINA; PALAEOSEGESTRIA; SEGESTRIIDAE;

EID: 1942471951     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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