The oldest Calopterygidae in the Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Zygoptera)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1985, 2009, Pages 52-56

  Fleck, Günther ^a,b   Waller, Alain ^a   Serafin, Jacek ^c   Nel, André ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Museu Integrado de Roraima   (Brazil)

^c Ul Balladyny 5A   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baltic amber; Calopterygidae; Eocene; Larva; Odonata; Oldest record

Indexed keywords

CALOPTERYGIDAE; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 63849238017     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1985.1.5     Document Type: Article

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