Morphology and taxonomy of Paleozoic millipedes (Diplopoda: Chilognatha: Archipolypoda) from Scotland

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 169-184

  Wilson, Heather M ^a,c   Anderson, Lyall I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PALEOZOIC; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALBADESMUS ALMONDI; ANTHRACODESMUS MACCONOCHIEI; ARCHIDESMUS MACNICOLI; ARCHIPOLYPODA; COWIEDESMUS EROTICOPODUS; DIPLOPODA; ENTOVALVA; HELMINTHOMORPHA; INVERTEBRATA; KAMPECARIS TUBERCULATA; MYRIAPODA; PALAEODESMUS TUBERCULATA; PNEUMODESMUS NEWMANI; PRAGIA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0346462945     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0169:MATOPM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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