X-ray micro-tomography of Carboniferous stem- Dictyoptera: New insights into early insects

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-702

  Garwood, Russell ^a   Sutton, Mark ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blattoptera; Carboniferous; Computer tomography; Dictyoptera; Roachoid; Siderite

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COCKROACH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY; RESOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; WING MORPHOLOGY; X-RAY;

BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77958490577     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0199     Document Type: Article

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