Phase-contrast synchrotron microtomography reveals the morphology of a partially visible new pseudogarypus in Baltic amber (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudogarypidae)

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Henderickx, Hans ^a   Tafforeau, Paul ^b   Soriano, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Baltic amber restoration; New species; Propagation phase contrast Xray synchrotron microtomography; Pseudoscorpion fossil

Indexed keywords

AMBER; ARTHROPOD; EOCENE; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

PSEUDOGARYPIDAE; PSEUDOGARYPUS; PSEUDOSCORPIONES;

EID: 84877828016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26879/310     Document Type: Article

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