A common arthropod from the Late Ordovician Big Hill Lagerstätte (Michigan) reveals an unexpected ecological diversity within Chasmataspidida

A common arthropod from the Late Ordovician Big Hill Lagerstätte (Michigan) reveals an unexpected ecological diversity within Chasmataspidida

Abstract Background Chasmataspidids are a rare group of chelicerate arthropods known from 12 species assigned to ten genera, with a geologic range extending from the Ordovician to the Devonian. The Late Ordovician (Richmondian) fauna of the Big Hill Lagerstätte includes a new species of chasmataspid...

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Main Authors: James C. Lamsdell, Gerald O. Gunderson, Ronald C. Meyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Hoplitaspis
Chasmataspidida
Big Hill
Diploaspididae
Ordovician
Lagerstätte
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1329-4

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