Ekalakia (Decapoda: Brachyura): The preservation of eyes links cretaceous crabs to jurassic ancestors

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1030-1034

  Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   Schweitzer, Carrie E ^a   Wahl, William R ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wyoming Dinosaur Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB; CRYPSIS; EYE; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; REEF;

NORTH AMERICA;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 52949100603     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08-006.1     Document Type: Review

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