Early Devonian stylonurine eurypterids from arctic Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1405-1415

  Lamsdell, James C ^a,b   Braddy, Simon J ^a   Loeffler, Elizabeth J ^a   Dineley, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CANADA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIANS; LARGE SIZES; OSTRACODES;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; OSTRACOD; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; NUNAVUT; PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND [NUNAVUT];

EURYPTERIDA; OSTRACODA; RHENOPTERIDAE;

EID: 78149387746     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-053     Document Type: Article

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