Fossil blood droplets in miocene dominican amber yield clues to speed and direction of resin secretion

Palaeontology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 925-927

  Penney, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Autospasy; Dominican republic; Filistatidae; Haemolymph; Spider

Indexed keywords

AMBER; BLOOD; FOSSILIZATION; MIOCENE; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; FILISTATIDAE;

EID: 28244496105     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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