Phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography and the oldest damselflies in amber (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 913-923

  Lak, Malvina ^a,b   Fleck, Günther ^c,d   Azar, Dany ^e   Engel Fls, Michael S ^f   Kaddumi, Hani F ^g   Neraudeau, Didier ^a   Tafforeau, Paul ^b   Nel, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d Museu Integrado de Roraima   (Brazil)

^e LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g Eternal River Museum of Natural History   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Faunistic changes; France; Gen. nov.; Jordan; Sp. nov

Indexed keywords

COENAGRIONOIDEA; MIRABILIS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 63849290767     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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