TWO REMARKABLE FOSSIL INSECT LARVAE FROM BURMESE AMBER SUGGEST THE PRESENCE OF A TERMINAL FILUM IN THE DIRECT STEM LINEAGE OF DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES (ODONATA)

The fossil record of dragonfly relatives (Odonatoptera) dates back to the Carboniferous, yet knowledge about these extinct animals is meagre. For most of the species little is known except for the characteristics of the wing venation. As a result, it is difficult to include fossil larvae in a (wing...

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Published in:	Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Main Authors:	MARIO SCHÄDEL, PATRICK MÜLLER, JOACHIM T. HAUG
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Milano University Press 2020-01-01
Subjects:	character evolution; Cretaceous; moult; Myanmar; Odonatoptera; ontogeny.
Online Access:	https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/12720