The second cretaceous scorpion specimen from Burmese amber (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Santiago Blay, J A ^a   Fet, V ^b   Soleglad, M E ^c   Craig, P R ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chela; Cretaceous; Fossil; Mesosoma; Metasoma; Palaeoburmesebuthus; Scorpion; Trichobothria

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349126452     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201904001221     Document Type: Article

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