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Eocene and not Cretaceous origin of spider wasps: Fossil evidence from amber

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Rodriguez, Juanita, Waichert, Cecilia, Von Dohlen, Carol D., Jr., George Poinar, Pitts, James P. (2016): Eocene and not Cretaceous origin of spider wasps: Fossil evidence from amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61 (1): 89-96, DOI: 10.4202/app.00073.2014, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00073.2014

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