A new Early Cretaceous flea from China

Fleas are highly specialized holometabolic insects. So far, only 16 species of fossil fleas in five families have been reported due to the rare fossil records. At present, the earliest flea fossils are reported from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Northeastern China. The descriptions of...

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Main Authors: Yanjie Zhang, Chungkun Shih, Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, Dong Ren, Taiping Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2020-03-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app65/app006802019.pdf