Distinguishing Agromyzidae (Diptera) leaf mines in the fossil record: New Taxa from the Paleogene of North America and Germany and their evolutionary implications

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 935-954

  Winkler, Isaac S ^a,b   Labandeira, Conrad C ^b,c   Wappler, Torsten ^d   Wilf, Peter ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

leaf miners; Messel; paleoecology; trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAFMINER; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL;

GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA;

AGROMYZIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PLATANACEAE; PLATANUS; RUTACEAE; SCHIZOPHORA; TODDALIA;

EID: 77956501800     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09-163.1     Document Type: Article

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