Abstract
ON January 18, I gave a detailed account, before the Linnean Society of London, of further specimens of the oldest known fossil insect.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on SpringerLink
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Hirst, S., and Maulik, S., Geol. Mag., 63, 69 (1926).
Tillyard, E. J., Trans. Entomol. Soc., 65 (1928).
NATURE, 139, 334 (1937).
Scourfleld, D. J., Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond., April 25, 1940, p. 113.
Folsom, J. W., Univ. Toronto Studies, Geol. Series, 40 (1937).
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
SCOURFIELD, D. The Oldest Known Fossil Insect. Nature 145, 799–801 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145799a0
Issue date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145799a0
This article is cited by
-
New light shed on the oldest insect
Nature (2004)
-
Dynamics and maintenance of collembolan community structure in a forest soil system
Population Ecology (1987)
-
A new assessment of Rhyniella, the earliest known insect, from the Devonian of Rhynie, Scotland
Nature (1981)
