The true identity of the supposed giant fossil spider Megarachne

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-48

  Selden, Paul A ^a   Corronca, José A ^b   Hünicken, Mario A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Argentina; Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Permo Carboniferous

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FOSSIL; PERMIAN; SPIDER;

ARTICLE; CARBONIFEROUS; HIP; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPIDER; STERNUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARGENTINA; SAN LUIS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; CHELICERATA; EURYPTERIDA; MYGALOMORPHAE; SCORPIONES; TARANTULA;

EID: 27444440520     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0272     Document Type: Article

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