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LARVAL AND ADULT INSECTS FROM THE PALEOCENE OF ALBERTA, CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Patricia Mitchell  and
Dennis Wighton
Patricia Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9
Dennis Wighton
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9
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Abstract

Two localities in central Alberta yielding insects of Paleocene age are described. About half of the 176 specimens obtained are coleopteran larvae; many of the adults and larvae are members of aquatic groups.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 7 , July 1979 , pp. 777 - 782
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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