Arachnida: Spiders, scorpions and allies

The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 103-132

  Dunlop, Jason A ^a   Menon, Federica ^b   Selden, Paul A ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535512.010     Document Type: Chapter

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