Fossil insect eggs and ovipositional damage on bennettitalean leaf cuticles from the Carnian (upper triassic) of Austria

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 778-789

  Pott, Christian ^a   Labandeira, Conrad C ^b   Krings, Michael ^c   Kerp, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIAN; CUTICLE; DIET; EGG; FOSSIL; INSECT; LARVA; LEAF; OVIPOSITION; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); COLEOPTERA; CYCADEOIDALES; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; NILSSONIOPTERIS; SYMPHYTA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 47949089925     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06-094.1     Document Type: Article

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