The phylogenetic position of the extinct arachnid order Phalangiotarbida Haase, 1890, with reference to the fauna from the Writhlington Geological Nature Reserve (Somerset, UK)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-259

  Pollitt, Jessica R ^a   Braddy, Simon J ^a   Dunlop, Jason A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Chelicerata; Cladistics; Morphology; Upper Carboniferous

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CARBONIFEROUS; CLADISTICS; EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WRITHLINGTON;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; INVERTEBRATA; OPILIONES; PALPIGRADI;

EID: 5444238331     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000651     Document Type: Article

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