New flat-backed archipolypodan millipedes from the upper Devonian of North America

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 738-744

  Wilson, Heather M ^a   Daeschler, Edward B ^b   Desbiens, Sylvain ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Parc de Miguasha   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; INSECT; NEW TAXON;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARCHIDESMIDA; DIPLOPODA; ORSADESMUS RUBECOLLUS; ZANCLODESMIDAE; ZANCLODESMUS WILLETTI;

EID: 21444450185     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[0738:NFAMFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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