The oldest in situ hermit crab from the Lower Cretaceous of Speeton, UK

Palaeontology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Fraaije, René H B ^a  

^a Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Evolution; Hermit crabs; Paguridea

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; CRAB; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; HABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM;

ENGLAND (NORTH YORKSHIRE); SPEETON; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMMONOIDEA; ANOMURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PAGURIDAE; PAGURIDEA;

EID: 0037274531     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00286     Document Type: Article

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