High-fidelity X-ray micro-tomography reconstruction of siderite-hosted Carboniferous arachnids

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 841-844

  Garwood, Russell ^a   Dunlop, Jason A ^b   Sutton, Mark D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coal measures; Computed tomography; Siderite; Trigonotarbida; X ray micro tomography

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CARBONIFEROUS; FOSSIL; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SIDERITE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; OPILIONES; PALAEOCHARINIDAE; THOMISIDAE; TRIGONOTARBIDA;

EID: 74549201586     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0464     Document Type: Article

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