A termite from the late oligocene of northern Ethiopia

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-334

  Engel, Michael S ^a,b   Pan, Aaron D ^c,d   Jacobs, Bonnie F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c Don Harrington Discovery Center   (United States)

^d BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; TAXONOMY; TERMITE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84879987198     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0198     Document Type: Article

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