Discovery of a new namurian archaeorthopterid from Ningxia, China (Insecta: Archaeorthoptera)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2032, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Yushuang, Liu ^a,b   Dong, Ren ^b   Prokop, Jakub ^c  

^a SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

"Protorthoptera"; Archaeorthoptera; China; Insecta; Namurian; New genus; New species; Ningxia; Panorthoptera; Taxonomy; Upper carboniferous

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEORTHOPTERA; INSECTA; PANORTHOPTERA; PROTORTHOPTERA;

EID: 64549150126     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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