Redescription of simulidium priscum westwood and pseudosimulium humidum (Brodie) (Insecta: Diptera: Rhagionidae) from the purbeck limestone group (lower cretaceous) of England

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Mostovski, M B ^a   Ross, A J ^b   Szadziewski, R ^c   Krzeminski, W ^d  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; England; Pseudosimulium; Purbeck; Rhagionidae; Simulidium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745273724     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201903001020     Document Type: Article

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