Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-27

  Lamsdell, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dekatriata; Euchelicerata; Ghost ranges; Paraphyly; Phylogenetics; Prosomapoda; Synziphosurines; Tagmosis; Xiphosura; Xiphosurida

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; CHELICERATA; EURYPTERIDA; MEROSTOMATA; XIPHOSURA;

EID: 84872598920     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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