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Xiphosurid from the Tournaisian (Carboniferous) of Scotland confirms deep origin of Limuloidea

Horseshoe crabs are archetypal marine chelicerates with a fossil record extending from the Lower Ordovician to today. The major horseshoe crab groups are thought to have arisen in the middle to late Palaeozoic. Here we present the oldest known limuloid from the lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian stage...

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Autores principales: Bicknell, Russell D. C., Pates, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31745138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53442-5