A new eurypterid (Chelicerata: Eurypterida) from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia, with a review of the Rhenopteridae

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 801-809

  Tetlie, O Erik ^a   Braddy, Simon J ^a   Butler, Piers D ^a   Briggs, Derek E G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Devonian; Eurypterida; Gogo; Rhenopteridae; Rhenopterus; Taphonomy; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHELICERATA; DIMORPHA; ENTOVALVA; EURYPTERIDA; NAUTILIDA; NAUTILOIDEA; RHENOPTERIDAE; RHENOPTERUS LATUS; RHENOPTERUS MACCARTHYI; RHENOPTERUS WATERSTONI;

EID: 3543126597     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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