Ants and the fossil record

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 609-630

  La Polla, John S ^a   Dlussky, Gennady M ^b   Perrichot, Vincent ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Armaniidae; Cretaceous; Eusocial; Formicidae; Insect; Sphecomyrminae

Indexed keywords

AMBER;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBER; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS;

EID: 84873827712     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120710-100600     Document Type: Article

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