A new species of anapid spider (araneae: Araneoidea, anapidae) in Eocene baltic amber, imaged using phase contrast X-ray computed micro-tomography

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2742, 2011, Pages 60-66

  Penney, David ^a   McNeil, Andrew ^a   Green, David I ^a   Bradley, Robert ^a   Marusik, Yuri M ^b   Withers, Philip J ^a   Preziosi, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Fossil; New species; Palaeontology; Spider; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA;

EID: 78751519257     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2742.1.4     Document Type: Article

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