Lamellate book-gills in a late Ordovician eurypterid from the Soom Shale, South Africa: Support for a eurypterid-scorpion clade

Lethaia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-74

  Braddy, Simon J ^a,b,c   Aldridge, Richard J ^a,b,c   Gabbott, Sarah E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 0001946766     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00582.x     Document Type: Article

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