An oribatid mite (Arachnida: Acari) from the oxford clay (Jurassic: Upper callovian) of south cave station Quarry, Yorkshire, UK

Palaeontology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 623-633

  Selden, Paul A ^a,b   Baker, Anne S ^b   Phipps, Kenneth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cymbaeremaeidae; Marine; Mesozoic

Indexed keywords

CALLOVIAN; CLAY; DEPOSITION; FOSSIL RECORD; MITE; NEW SPECIES; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 43949109938     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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