An exquisitely preserved harvestman (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones) from the Middle Jurassic of China

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-56

  Giribet, Gonzalo ^a,b   Tourinho, Ana Lúcia ^c   Shih, Chungkun ^a   Ren, Dong ^a  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fossil; Gagrellinae; Leiobuninae; Mesozoic; Sclerosomatidae

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; JURASSIC; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; DAOHUGOU; NEI MONGGOL;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; MYA; OPILIONES; SCLEROSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84858276061     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0067-x     Document Type: Article

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