Fossiliferous amber deposits from the Cretaceous (Albian) of Spain

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D. Penney, The oldest lagonomegopid spider, a new species in Lower Cretaceous amber from Álava, Spain, Geol. Acta 4 (2006, in press).

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Szadziewski, 2003, The oldest fossil record of the extant subgenus Leptoconops (Leptoconops) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Act. Zool. Crac., 46, 271

Waters, 1999, A new genus of Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) from Lower Cretaceous amber of Alava (Spain), Stud. Dipterol., 6, 59

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