Re: paleonet Fossil Leeches

[Carl Mehling <cosm@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Martin!

At 07:13 PM 5/21/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Carl,
>
>These references might be of some use.  They followed a talk by Svein 
>Manum approximately entitled: have leeches crawled into palynology?  There 
>might be more references by Manum on this topic.
>
>Manum, S. B., Bose, M. N., and Sawyer, R. T.,   1991            Clitellate 
>cocoons in freshwater deposits since the Triassic.   Zoologica Scripta, 
>20(4): 347­366.      (Spitsbergen Greenland  Baffin Island   K1 
>cocoons  leeches)
>
>Manum, S.B., Bose, M.N., Sawyer (as Sayer), R.T., and Boström, 
>S.,      1994            A nematode (Captivonema cretacea gen. et sp. n.) 
>preserved in a clitellate cocoon wall from the Early 
>Cretaceous.       Zoologica Scripta, 23(1): 
>27­31.        (K1  nematode  invertebrate  clitellate cocoon)
>
>Martin.
>
> >Hi all,
> >Does anyone know of any records of fossil leeches?
> >Thanks,
>
>
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Carl Mehling
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