A specialized feeding habit of early permian oribatid mites

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 417, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-125

  Feng, Zhuo ^a,b,c   Schneider, Jörg W ^d,e   Labandeira, Conrad C ^f,g,h   Kretzschmar, Ralph ^c   Röler, Ronny ^c  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^e KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g University of Maryland   (United States)

^h CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Borings; Coprolite; Early Permian; Fossil wood; Germany; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DETRITIVORY; DEVONIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROORGANISM; MITE; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN;

GERMANY;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84910000520     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.10.035     Document Type: Article

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