Fossil oonopid spider in Cretaceous ambers from Canada and Myanmar

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 229-235

  Penny, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Burmese amber; Canadian amber; Copal; Haplogynae; Oonopidae; Orchestina

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; SPIDER;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARANEAE; BURSERA FAGAROIDES; HAPLOGYNAE; OONOPIDAE; ORCHESTINA;

EID: 33645059691     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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