Title
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
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