A redescription of Chasmataspis laurencii Caster and Brooks, 1956 (Chelicerata: Chasmataspidida) from the Middle Ordovician of Tennessee, USA, with remarks on chasmataspid phylogeny

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-225

  Dunlop, Jason A ^a   Anderson, Lyall I ^b   Braddy, Simon J ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Eurypterid; Segmentation; Sevier County; Tremadoc Caradoc; Xiphosuran

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CARADOCIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; SEGMENTATION; TREMADOCIAN;

NORTH AMERICA; SEVIER COUNTY [TENNESSEE]; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CARYA; CHASMATASPIDA; CHELICERATA; ENTOVALVA; EURYPTERIDA; FRAXINUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 5444240749     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000626     Document Type: Article

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