The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa

BACKGROUND: Eurypterids are a diverse group of chelicerates known from ~250 species with a sparse Ordovician record currently comprising 11 species; the oldest fully documented example is from the Sandbian of Avalonia. The Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) fauna of the Winneshiek Lagerstätte includes...

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Autores principales: Lamsdell, James C., Briggs, Derek E. G., Liu, Huaibao P., Witzke, Brian J., McKay, Robert M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26324341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9

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