New significant fossil insects from the Upper Carboniferous of Ningxia in northern China (Palaeodictyoptera, Archaeorthoptera)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-275

  Prokop, Jakub ^a   Ren, Dong ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

"Protorthoptera"; Archaeorthoptera; Breyerioidea; China; Eugereonoidea; Fam. n.; Gen. n.; Late Paleozoic; Namurian; Ningxia; Palaeodictyopteroida; Sp. n.; Taxonomy; Upper Carboniferous

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FOSSIL RECORD; INSECT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU;

ARCHAEORTHOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PALAEODICTYOPTERA; PALAEODICTYOPTEROIDA; PALAEOPTERA; PROTORTHOPTERA; PTERYGOTA (WINGED INSECTS);

EID: 34248148743     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.041     Document Type: Article

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