Fossil evidence for key innovations in the evolution of insect diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1793, 2014, Pages

  Nicholson, David B ^a,b,c   Ross, Andrew J ^b   Mayhew, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Complete metamorphosis; Extinction; Flight; Hexapoda; Macroevolution

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; INSECT; MACROECOLOGY; METAMORPHOSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; INSECTS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 85006247326     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1823     Document Type: Article

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