A revision of Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Jurassic of China with descriptions of new taxa and new combinations

Geological Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Wang, Bo ^a   Zhang, Haichun ^a   Fang, Yan ^a   Zhang, Yutao ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

Author keywords

China; Daohugou; Homonym; Insect; Jurassic; Palaeontinidae; Pseudocossus

Indexed keywords

INSECT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; JURASSIC; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PALEONTOLOGY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; DAOHUGOU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

CLYPEORRHYNCHA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 38749139909     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1092     Document Type: Article

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