Description of a new fossil Pseudogarypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudogarypidae) with the use of X-ray micro-CT to penetrate opaque amber

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1305, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Henderickx, Hans ^a,b   Cnudde, Veerle ^c   Masschaele, Bert ^c   Dierick, Manuel ^c   Vlassenbroeck, Jelle ^c   Van Hoorebeke, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Gent University ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Baltic amber; Pseudogarypus pangaea n. sp.; Pseudoscorpion; X ray micro CT

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOGARYPIDAE; PSEUDOGARYPUS; PSEUDOSCORPIONES;

EID: 33748599256     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1305.1.4     Document Type: Article

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