Reinterpreting the morphology of the Jurassic scorpion Liassoscorpionides

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-252

  Dunlop, Jason A ^a   Kamenz, Carsten ^a   Scholtz, Gerhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Book lungs; Fossil; Jurassic; Scorpiones; Terrestrialisation; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CUTICLE; FOSSIL; GERMANY; GILL; HAPLOTYPE; LUNG; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SCORPION; TAXON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SCORPIONS;

ARACHNIDA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 34249675004     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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