Eocene tortoise beetles from the Green River formation in Colorado, U.S.A. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-209

  Chaboo, Caroline S ^a   Engel, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLADISTICS; EOCENE; FEEDING; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOCENE;

GREEN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 62849094169     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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