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A new genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Eocene amber of Western India

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Agnihotri, Priya, Singh, Hukam, Subramanian, Kumarapuram A., Vishwanathan, Jagannadh, Abstract, Ashok Sahni (2024): A new genus and species of fossil pseudoscorpion (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from the Eocene amber of Western India. Palaeontologia Electronica (a26) 27 (2): 1-14, DOI: 10.26879/1276, URL: https://doi.org/10.26879/1276

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