Captopodus poschmanni gen. et sp. nov. a new stem-group arthropod from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate (Germany)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 609-622

  Kühl, Gabriele ^a   Rust, Jes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Captopodus poschmanni; Grasping appendages; Hunsr ck Slate; Lower Devonian

Indexed keywords

ANUS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CAPTOPODUS POSCHMANNI; FOSSIL; GERMANY; HEAD; LOWER DEVONIAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY PHYLOGENETIC POSITION; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRUNK;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FOSSILS; GERMANY;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84870345755     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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