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A gigantic marine ostracod (Crustacea: Myodocopa) trapped in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

The mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (~99 Ma, Myanmar), widely known for exquisite preservation of theropods, also yields microfossils, which can provide important contextual information on paleoenvironment and amber formation. We report the first Cretaceous ostracod in amber—the gigantic (12.9 mm) righ...

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Autores principales: Xing, Lida, Sames, Benjamin, McKellar, Ryan C., Xi, Dangpeng, Bai, Ming, Wan, Xiaoqiao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5778021/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29358761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19877-y