A complete larva of a Mesozoic (Early Cenomanian) cockroach (Insecta: Blattaria: Blattulidae) from the Sisteron amber (Alpes de Haute Provence, SE France)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-272

  Vršanský, Peter ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Blattaria ( = Blattodea); Blattulidae; Cretaceous amber; Early Cenomanian; Evolution; Fossil insects; New genus; New species; SE France

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; COCKROACH; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LAVA; MORPHOLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ALPES DE HAUTE PROVENCE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 48749122762     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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