First fossil orthoptera from the Jurassic of North America

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-105

  Smith, Dena M ^a   Gorman II, Mark A ^b   Pardo, Jason D ^c   Small, Bryan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; INSECT; JURASSIC; NEW RECORD; TAPHONOMY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; SIBERIA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 78651082544     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10-096.1     Document Type: Article

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