A minute fossil phoretic mite recovered by phase-contrast x-ray computed tomography

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-460

  Dunlop, Jason A ^a   Wirth, Stefan ^a   Penney, David ^b   McNeil, Andrew ^b   Bradley, Robert S ^b   Withers, Philip J ^b   Preziosi, Richard F ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acaridae; Acariformes; Amber; Astigmata; Eocene; Histiostomatidae

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ACARIFORMES; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; ASTIGMATA; DYSDERIDAE; HISTIOSTOMATIDAE;

EID: 84861523621     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0923     Document Type: Article

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