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WHILE studying fossil insects from the Middle Permian deposits of the Sylva River basin in the Urals, I have found among them a certain number of new forms that can be considered as predecessors and, in certain cases, as direct ancestors of some groups of modern insects. A few preliminary remarks on the results obtained are given here.
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ZALESSKY, G. Ancestors of Some Groups of the Present-day Insects. Nature 140, 847–848 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140847a0
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