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New fossil species of ommatids (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Mesozoic of China illuminating the phylogeny of Ommatidae

BACKGROUND: Ommatidae is arguably the “most ancestral” extant beetle family. Recent species of this group are only found in South America and Australia, but the fossil record reveals a much broader geographical distribution in the Mesozoic. Up to now, thirteen fossil genera with more than 100 specie...

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Autores principales: Tan, Jingjing, Wang, Yongjie, Ren, Dong, Yang, Xingke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22776212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-113