New genus and species of Hexagenitidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Yixian Formation, China

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1629, 2007, Pages 39-50

  Huang, Jiandong ^a   Ren, Dong ^a   Sinitshenkova, Nina D ^b   Shih, Chungkun ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

China; Ephemeropsis; Ephemeroptera; Epicharmeropsis gen. nov.; Fossil; Hexagenitidae; Yixian formation

Indexed keywords

EPHEMEROPSIS; EPHEMEROPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 35949000787     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1629.1.3     Document Type: Article

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