Distribution and dispersal history of Eurypterida (Chelicerata)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 557-574

  Tetlie, O Erik ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Baltica; Gondwana; Laurentia; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeozoic; Phylogeny; Rheno Hercynian Terrane; Siberia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; AVALONIA; BALTICA; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; LAURENTIA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PANGAEA; PHYLOGENETICS; SILURIAN;

AFRICA; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SIBERIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHELICERATA; EURYPTERIDA;

EID: 34547813207     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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