A trigonotarbid Arachnid from the Lower Devonian of Tredomen, Wales

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1469-1476

  Dunlop, Jason A ^a   Selden, Paul A ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brecon; Chelicerata; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POWYS; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANTHRACOSIRONIDAE; ARACHNIDA; CHELICERATA; ENTOVALVA; TRIGONOTARBIDA;

EID: 10244263431     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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