Does the fossil record of spiders track that of their principal prey, the insects?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-281

  Penney, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arachnids; Araneae; Evolutionary history; Palaeoarachnology; Palaeoentomology; Phylogenetic tree

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; INSECT; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 5444234691     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000675     Document Type: Article

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