Jumping cockroaches (Blattaria, Skokidae fam. n.) from the Late Jurassic of Karatau in Kazakhstan

Biologia

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 588-592

  Vršanský, Peter ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Blattaria (=Blattodea); Fossil insects; Kimmeridgian; New family; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 50849141707     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0116-2     Document Type: Article

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