Comment - Advanced early Jurassic termite (Insecta: Isoptera) nests: Evidence from the clarens formation in the Tuli Basin, Southern Africa (Bordy et al. 2004)

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-312

  Genise, Jorge F ^a   Bellosi, Eduardo S ^b   Melchor, Ricardo N ^c   Cosarinsky, Marcela I ^b   Bordy, Emese M ^d   Bumby, Adam J ^e   Catuneanu, Octavian ^f   Eriksson, Patrick G ^e  

^a MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; INSECT; JURASSIC;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 21344438859     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2004.p05-C01     Document Type: Article

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