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Zorotypus dilaticeps sp. nov., a remarkable zorapteran (Zoraptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber.
- Source :
- Cretaceous Research; Nov2018, Vol. 91, p126-130, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Abstract A seventh species of fossil zorapteran (Zoraptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and figured from an apterous female (dealate). Zorotypus (s. str.) dilaticeps sp. nov. is exceptionally large in body size (ca. 3.9 mm), and can be readily distinguished from all other extinct and Recent members of the order by its distinctive head morphology and by unique spination of the metafemur and metatibia. Our new find sheds further light on the diversity and morphological disparity of fossil zorapterans during the Late Mesozoic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01956671
- Volume :
- 91
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Cretaceous Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131773149
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.018