The first Cretaceous Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera) : a new species, genus, and subfamily in Burmese amber

Title Variants

Alternative: Cretaceous termite

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3390

By

Krishna, Kumar

Grimaldi, David A.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2003

Notes

Title from caption.

"February 19, 2003."

"A new subfamily, genus, and species, Archeorhinotermitinae, Archeorhinotermes rossi, from Burmese amber, dated as Turonian-Cenomanian (90-100 mya) of the Cretaceous period, are described and figured. Comparisons are made between the other subfamilies of the Rhinotermitidae and the new subfamily. This is the first fossil record of the family Rhinotermitidae from the Cretaceous"--P. [1].

Subjects

Amber fossils , Archeorhinotermes rossi , Burma , Cretaceous , Insects, Fossil , Paleontology , Rhinotermitidae , Termites, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3390, 2003

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2003)390<0001:TFCRIA>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 51783175