Australian Museum Journal On the occurrence of fossil insects in the Mesozoic rocks of Western Australia
- Shortform:
- Riek, 1968, Rec. Aust. Mus. 27(16): 311–312
- Author(s):
- Riek, E. F.
- Year published:
- 1968
- Title:
- On the occurrence of fossil insects in the Mesozoic rocks of Western Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 16
- Start page:
- 311
- End page:
- 312
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.27.1968.450
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plate 46
- Date published:
- 28 November 1968
- Cover date:
- 28 November 1968
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- INSECTA: COLEOPTERA; FOSSIL; PALAEONTOLOGY; MESOZOIC
- Digitized:
- 09 December 2008
- Available online:
- 03 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 450
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (85kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (546kb PDF)
Abstract
A new insect-bearing horizon is placed on record. A beetle elytron, the pronotum of possibly the same species of beetle, and a cockroach forewing are described. The probable age of the sediments is discussed.