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Long-headed predators in Cretaceous amber-fossil findings of an unusual type of lacewing larva
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ZIPPEL, ANA, KIESMÜLLER, CHRISTINE, HAUG, GIDEON T., MÜLLER, PATRICK, WEITERSCHAN, THOMAS, HAUG, CAROLIN, HÖRNIG, MARIE K., HAUG, JOACHIM T. (2021): Long-headed predators in Cretaceous amber-fossil findings of an unusual type of lacewing larva. Palaeoentomology 4 (5): 475-498, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.5.14, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.5.14
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