A DIVERSE CHASMATASPIDID (ARTHROPODA: CHELICERATA) FAUNA FROM THE EARLY DEVONIAN (LOCHKOVIAN) OF SIBERIA

作者：Marshall David J^*; Lamsdell James C; Shpinev Evgeniy; Braddy Simon J

来源：Palaeontology, 2014, 57(3): 631-655.

DOI：10.1111/pala.12080

• Palaeozoic
• Chasmataspidida
• Heteroaspis
• Dvulikiaspis
• Nahlyostaspis
• Skrytyaspis
• convergence

Examination of material held at the Palaeontological Institute, Moscow, enables the identification of two novel chasmataspidid species: Nahlyostaspis bergstroemi gen. et sp. nov. and Skrytyaspis andersoni gen. et sp. nov. Eurypterus' stoermeri and Tylopterella' menneri are both redescribed as chasmataspidids, having previously been assigned to Eurypterida. T'. menneri is transferred to the new genus Dvulikiaspis gen. nov. An identical prosomal structure is identified in Eurypterus' stoermeri and Heteroaspis novojilovi from the Devonian of Germany and the two species are synonymized, with E' stoermeri having priority. The previous synonymy of H.novojilovi with Diploaspis casteri is rejected. The presence of ophthalmic ridges is confirmed within Diploaspididae, and new structural characteristics of their bucklers are identified.

• 出版日期2014-5