Phylogeny of the basal swimming eurypterids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Eurypterina)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-356

  Tetlie, O Erik ^a   Cuggy, Michael B ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Eurypterida; RCI; Relative completeness index; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; EXOSKELETON; FOSSIL RECORD; MINERALIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWIMMING; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CHELICERATA; EURYPTERIDA;

EID: 43249114954     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201907002131     Document Type: Article

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