New cretaceous and eocene decapoda (astacidea, thalassinidea, brachyura) from british Columbia, Canada

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-423

  Schweitzer, Carrie E ^a   Feldmann, Rodney M ^a   Ćosović, Vlasta ^b   Ross, Richard L M ^c   Waugh, David A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astacidea; Brachyura; Canada; Cretaceous; Decapoda; Eocene; Sexual dimorphism; Thalassinidea

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTACEAN; CUTICLE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ASTACIDEA; BRACHYURA; CALLIANASSIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HOMOLODROMIIDAE; THALASSINIDEA; TUMIDOCARCINIDAE;

EID: 63149148774     PISSN: 00974463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463-77.4.403     Document Type: Article

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