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Article: A diverse chasmataspidid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) fauna from the Early Devonian (Lochkovian) of Siberia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2014
Page(s): 631 – 655
Author(s): <p>David J. Marshall, James C. Lamsdell, Evgeniy Shpinev&nbsp;and Simon J. Braddy</p>
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MARSHALL, D.J., LAMSDELL, J.C., SHPINEV, E., BRADDY, S.J., 2014, A diverse chasmataspidid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) fauna from the Early Devonian (Lochkovian) of Siberia. Palaeontology, 57, 3, 631–655. doi: 10.1111/pala.12080

Author Information

  • David J. Marshall - Palaeocast, Manchester, UK (email: dave@palaeocast.com)
  • James C. Lamsdell - Paleontological Institute and Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA (email: lamsdell@ku.edu)
  • Evgeniy Shpinev - Laboratory of Arthropods, Borissyak Palaeontological Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow (email: haladdin-2@yandex.ru)
  • Simon J. Braddy - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK (email: s.j.braddy@bristol.ac.uk)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 7 MAY 2014
  • Article first published online: 18 NOV 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 27 AUG 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 31 DEC 2012

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