A new eurypterid (Chelicerata) from the Upper Ordovician of Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1166-1174

  Stott, Christopher A ^a   Tetlie, O Erik ^b   Braddy, Simon J ^c   Nowlan, Godfrey S ^d   Glasser, Paul M ^a   Devereux, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN;

CANADA; MANITOULIN ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOZOA; CHELICERATA; CONULARIIDA; EURYPTERIDA; METASTOMA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 27644560855     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079[1166:ANECFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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