A new fossil species of oribatid mite, Ametroproctus valeriae sp. nov. (Acariformes, Oribatida, Ametroproctidae), from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just, Teruel Province, Spain

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 322-324

  Arillo, Antonio ^a   Subías, Luis S ^a   Shtanchaeva, Umukusum ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CASPIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ametroproctidae; Lower cretaceous amber; Mites; Oribatida; San just; Spain

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MITE; NEW SPECIES;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

ACARI; ACARIFORMES; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 62549094433     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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