A reconstruction of an evolutionary scenario for the Brachyura (Decapoda) in the context of the cretaceous-tertiary boundary

Crustaceana

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-287

  Brösing, Andreas ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CRAB; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

BRACHYURA; BRACHYURAN; CANCRIDAE; CYMONOMIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DROMIOIDEA; HETEROTREMATA; HOMOLIDAE; PORTUNIDAE; RANINIDAE; XANTHOIDEA;

EID: 39049140577     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854008783564091     Document Type: Article

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