Una araña marina siluriana.

Derek J Siveter1, Mark D Sutton, Derek E G Briggs

  • 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. derek.siveter@earth.ox.ac.uk

Nature
|October 22, 2004
PubMed
Resumen

Una nueva araña marina fósil siluriana proporciona evidencia de los orígenes de las picnogonidas (arañas marinas). Este fósil de araña marina adulta más antiguo apoya su colocación dentro de Chelicerata, ofreciendo información sobre la evolución temprana de los artrópodos.

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