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Issue: Vol. 1305 No. 1: 31 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1305.1.4
Page range: 41–50
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 4

Description of a new fossil Pseudogarypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudogarypidae) with the use of X-ray micro-CT to penetrate opaque amber

Department of Biology, Universiteit Antwerpen, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium (Address for correspondence: Hemelrijkstraat 4, B-2400 Mol
Department of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, Gent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent, Belgium Department of Geology and Soil Science, Gent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Department of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, Gent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Department of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, Gent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Department of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, Gent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Department of Geology and Soil Science, Gent University, Krijgslaan 281/S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Pseudoscorpiones Pseudoscorpion Pseudogarypus pangaea n. sp. Baltic amber X-ray micro-CT

Abstract

Pseudogarypus pangaea Henderickx n. sp., a new fossil pseudoscorpion from Baltic amber, is described. Epoxy embedding and X-ray micro-CT are used to visualize the morphology of the single available specimen.

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