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Article: A leafcutter bee trace fossil from the Middle Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina, and a review of megachilid (Hymenoptera) ichnology

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2008
Page(s): 933 – 941
Author(s): Laura C. Sarzetti, Conrad C. Labandeira and Jorge F. Genise
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SARZETTI, L. C., LABANDEIRA, C. C., GENISE, J. F. 2008. A leafcutter bee trace fossil from the Middle Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina, and a review of megachilid (Hymenoptera) ichnology. Palaeontology, 51, 4, 933–941.

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