The most ancient roach (Blattodea): A new genus and species from the earliest Late Carboniferous (Namurian) of China, with a discussion of the phylomorphogeny of early blattids

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-40

  Zhang, Zhijun ^a   Schneider, Joerg W ^b   Hong, Youchong ^c  

^a Geological Museum of China   (China)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Earliest blattodea; Insecta; Phylomorphogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CARBONIFEROUS; COCKROACH; MORPHOGENESIS; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; WING;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA (WINGED INSECTS);

EID: 84876237694     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.634443     Document Type: Review

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