A new Ordovician eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from southeast Turkey: Evidence for a cryptic Ordovician record of Eurypterida

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 354-366

  Lamsdell, James C ^a   Hoşgör, Izzet ^b   Selden, Paul A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd Viking Int Ltd   (Turkey)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eurypterina; Ghost ranges; Katian; Paraeurypterus; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; ORDOVICIAN; PHYLOGENY;

TURKEY;

EID: 84869872739     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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