Kiaeropterus (Eurypterida: Stylonurina) recognized from the Silurian of the Pentland Hills

Scottish Journal of Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Tetlie, O Erik ^a,b   Anderson, Lyall I ^c   Poschmann, Markus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d Section for Geological Sites   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SILURIAN; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PENTLAND HILLS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARDIOIDEA; EURYPTERIDA;

EID: 34248374800     PISSN: 00369276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/sjg43010001     Document Type: Article

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