Bembicosoma re-examined: A xiphosuran from the Silurian of the North Esk Inlier, Pentland Hills, Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-206

  Anderson, Lyall I ^a   Moore, Rachel A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Chelicerate; Eurypterid Bed; Gutterford Burn; Llandovery; Synziphosurine

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; MORPHOLOGY; SILURIAN; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PENTLAND HILLS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARTHROPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYPTERIDA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; XIPHOSURA;

EID: 5444248421     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0263593300000614     Document Type: Article

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