Early land animals in north america: evidence from devonian age arthropods from gilboa, new york.

Autor: Shear WA, Bonamo PM, Grierson JD, Rolfe WD, Smith EL, Norton RA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Science (New York, N.Y.) [Science] 1984 May 04; Vol. 224 (4648), pp. 492-4.
DOI: 10.1126/science.224.4648.492
Abstrakt: A new fossil site near Gilboa, New York, is one of only three where fossils of terrestrial arthropods of Devonian age have been found. The new Gilboan fauna is younger than the other two but richer in taxa. Fragmentary remains and nearly whole specimens assigned to Eurypterida, Arachnida (Trigonotarbida, Araneae, Amblypygi, and Acari), Chilopoda [Craterostigmatomorpha(?) and Scuterigeromorpha(?)], and tentatively to Insecta (Archaeognatha) have been found. The centipedes and possible insects may represent the earliest records known for these groups.
Databáze: MEDLINE