Eocene and not Cretaceous origin of spider wasps: Fossil evidence from amber
Spider wasps had long been proposed to originate in the mid-Cretaceous based on the Burmese amber fossil Bryopompilus interfector Engel and Grimaldi, 2006. We performed a morphological examination of this fossil and determined it does not belong to Pompilidae or any other described hymenopteran fa...
Main Authors: | Juanita Rodriguez, Cecilia Waichert, Carol D. Von Dohlen, George Poinar Jr, James P. Pitts |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Institute of Paleobiology PAS
2016-02-01
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Series: | Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |
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Online Access: | http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app61/app000732014.pdf |
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