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Euthycarcinoids
Author(s) -
OrtegaHernández Javier,
Legg David A.,
Tremewan Jonathan,
Braddy Simon J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2010.00770.x
Subject(s) - carboniferous , affinities , geology , paleontology , group (periodic table) , archaeology , geography , biology , structural basin , biochemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry
The euthycarcinoids are a mysterious group of extinct, possibly amphibious, arthropods. Like many groups of arthropods their affinities remain enigmatic. They comprise 15 species known mainly from the Late Carboniferous Coal Measures of Europe and North America, although they have been found in older rocks in Argentina and Australia. The oldest known euthycarcinoid is Apankura machu , from the Late Cambrian of Argentina, and the youngest is Euthycarcinus kessleri , from the Middle Triassic of France.