The species of Isoptera (insecta) from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation: A revision

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3626, 2008, Pages 1-30

  Grimaldi, David A ^a   Engel, Michael S ^a,b   Krishna, Kumar ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 53849098076     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/616.1     Document Type: Article

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