Exceptionally preserved nauplius larvae from the Devonian Windyfield chert, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Haug, Carolin ^a,b   Haug, Joachim T ^a,b   Fayers, Stephen R ^c   Trewin, Nigel H ^c   Castellani, Christopher ^d   Waloszek, Dieter ^d   Maas, Andreas ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D model; Branchiopoda; Eucrustacea; Fossil; Maxillopoda; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY;

ABERDEENSHIRE; RHYNIE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANOSTRACA; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA; MAXILLOPODA; THECOSTRACA;

EID: 84877344685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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