Scorpions from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland, with a revision of the infraorder Mesoscorpionina

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 1993, Pages 283-299

  Jeram, Andrew J ^a  

^a Department of Geology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; cuticle; East Kirkton; ecology; functional morphology; preservation; Scorpion; Scotland; systematics; taphonomy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MESOSCORPIONINA; SCORPION; SYSTEMATICS; VISEAN;

UK, SCOTLAND, WEST LOTHIAN, EAST KIRKTON;

EID: 0028259696     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300006106     Document Type: Article

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