The first fossil opilioacariform mite (Acari: Opilioacariformes) and the first Baltic amber camel spider (Solifugae)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-273

  Dunlop, Jason A ^a   Wunderlich, Jörg ^b   Poinar Jr , George O ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Oregon State University ^*  (Germany)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Arthropoda; Biogeography; Eocene

Indexed keywords

AMBER; ARACHNID; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EOCENE; MITE;

EURASIA;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CAMELIDAE; DAESIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OPILIOACARIFORMES; SOLIFUGAE;

EID: 5444227543     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000663     Document Type: Article

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