An aglaspidid arthropod from the Upper Ordovician of Morocco with remarks on the affinities and limitations of Aglaspidida

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-350

  Van Roy, Peter ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chelicerata; Chlupacaris gen. nov.; Hypostome; Trilobita; Upper Tiouririne Formation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; EXOSKELETON; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; TRILOBITE;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

AGLASPIDIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; PYGIDIUM; TREMAGLASPIS UNITE; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33751170195     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593305000131     Document Type: Article

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