Grandoculidae: A new fossil spider family from the Upper Cretaceous of Canada

Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 179-180

  Penney, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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ARANEAE;

EID: 84863809297     PISSN: 05244994     EISSN: 20493045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13156/arac.2010.15.5.179     Document Type: Article

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