At last, a Pennsylvanian stem-stonefly (Plecoptera) discovered

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Stem-relatives of many winged insect orders have been identified among Pennsylvanian fossils (Carboniferous Period). Owing to their presumed 'basal' position in insect phylogeny, stoneflies were expected to occur at this pe...

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Main Authors: Stark Bill, Kondratieff Boris, Cui Yingying, Béthoux Olivier, Ren Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/248