Ants (Insecta: Vespida: Formicidae) in the upper Eocene amber of central and Eastern Europe

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1024-1042

  Dlussky, G M ^a   Rasnitsyn, A P ^b,c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baltic amber; Bitterfeld amber; Eocene; Europe; Formicidae; Rovno amber; Scandinavian amber

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 76649136183     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030109090056     Document Type: Article

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