Revision of Permo-Carboniferous griffenflies (Insecta: Odonatoptera: Meganisoptera) based upon new species and redescription of selected poorly known taxa from Eurasia

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 289, Issue 4-6, 2009, Pages 89-121

  Nel, Andre ^a   Fleck, Günther ^a,b   Garrouste, Romain ^a   Gand, Georges ^c   Lapeyrie, Jean ^d   Bybes, Eeth M ^e   Prokop, Jakub ^f  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Museu Integrado de Roraima   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d Corniche de Fontbonne ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Evolution; France; Gen. nov.; Insecta; Kohlwaldiidae; Meganeuridae; Meganeurinae; Meganisoptera; Morphology; Namurotypidae; Odonatoptera; Paralogidae; Permian; Phylogeny; Russia; Sp. nov.; Spain; Taxonomy; Tupinae; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954769818     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/289/2009/89     Document Type: Article

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