FIRST EURYPTERID FROM ITALY: A NEW SPECIES OF<em>ADELOPHTHALMUS</em> (CHELICERATA: EURYPTERIDA) FROM THE UPPER CARBONIFEROUS OF THE CARNIC ALPS (FRIULI, NE ITALY)

FIRST EURYPTERID FROM ITALY: A NEW SPECIES OF<em>ADELOPHTHALMUS</em> (CHELICERATA: EURYPTERIDA) FROM THE UPPER CARBONIFEROUS OF THE CARNIC ALPS (FRIULI, NE ITALY)

The first eurypterid known from Italy is described, as Adelophthalmus piussii n. sp. It comes from the Upper Carboniferous of the Carnic Alps (Friuli, NE Italy). Relationships with related species are discussed. Adelophthalmids are the commonest eurypterids of the late Palaeozoic, at which time the...

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Main Authors: JAMES C. LAMSDELL, LUCA SIMONETTO, PAUL A. SELDEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2013-07-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Adelophthalmoidea
Eurypterina
Moskovian-Kasimovian
Pennsylvanian
Italy
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6029

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