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Geology: Recent submissions
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Probing a Paleoclimate Model-Data Misfit in Arctic Alaska from the Cretaceous Greenhouse World
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)Abstract Joseph Chad Lollar, M.S. Department of Geology, June 2011 University of Kansas There has been a recent emphasis in climate change research on developing computer models that can simulate past and future climatic ... -
Eocene spiders from the Isle of Wight with preserved respiratory structures
(The Palaeontological Association, 2001)A new fossil spider, Vectaraneus yulei gen. et sp. nov., from the Eocene Bembridge Marls Insect Bed of the Isle of Wight, shows internal anatomy, including book lungs and tracheae, preserved by calcium carbonate replacement. ... -
A new carcinosomatid eurypterid from the Siluro-Devonian of northern Vietnam
(The Palaeontological Association, 2002)A new carcinosomatid eurypterid, Rhinocarcinosoma dosonensis sp. nov., and Hughmilleria sp., are described from the Do Son Formation of the Do Son Peninsula, northern Vietnam. R. dosonensis is characterized by podomere ... -
First British Mesozoic spider, from Cretaceous amber of the Isle of Wight, southern England
(The Palaeontological Association, 2002)Cretamygale chasei, a new genus and species of spider, is described from a single specimen preserved in amber of early Barremian age from the Isle of Wight. This is the oldest (and second Cretaceous) amber spider to be ... -
A trigonotarbid arachnid from the early Devonian of Tredomen, Wales
(The Palaeontological Association, 2004)A new trigonotarbid (Arachnida: Trigonotarbida) Arianrhoda bennetti gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of a quarry near Tredomen, Powys, mid Wales, UK. This relatively complete specimen is ... -
Mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Dipluridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Lagerstätte, Araripe Basin, north-east Brazil
(The Palaeontological Association, 2006)The first mygalomorph spiders from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Lagersta¨tte of Ceara` Province, north-east Brazil, are described, from adult males and females, in two new genera and species: Cretadiplura ceara Selden, gen. ... -
A Silurian eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from China
(The Palaeontological Association, 2007)The oldest eurypterid from China is described as Hughmilleria wangi sp. nov., from the Xiaoxiyu Formation (Silurian: latest Llandovery) of Hunan Province. H. wangi is relatively similar to two species from North America, ... -
An oribatid mite (Arachnida: Acari) from the Oxford Clay (Jurassic: Upper Callovian) of South Cave Station Quarry, Yorkshire, UK
(The Palaeontological Association, 2008)A single specimen of a new species of oribatid mite belonging to the genus Jureremus Krivolutsky, in Krivolutsky and Krassilov 1977, previously described from the Upper Jurassic of the Russian Far East, is described as J. ... -
A new Silurian xiphosuran from Podolia, Ukraine, USSR
(The Palaeontological Association, 1987)A single incomplete specimen of a xiphosuran, Pasternakevia podolica gen. et sp. nov., from the Ludlow Series of Podolia, Ukraine, USSR, is described. It has a smooth, spatulate carapace and rounded genal cornua. The ... -
Lower Cretaceous spiders from the Sierra de Montsech, north-east Spain
(The Palaeontological Association, 1990)Four new specimens of spiders (Chelicerata: Araneae), from Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian-Valanginian) lithographic limestones of the Sierra de Montsech, Lérida Province, north-east Spain, are described, as Cretaraneus ... -
A Triassic mygalomorph spider from the northern Vosges, France
(The Palaeontological Association, 1992)The oldest fossil mygalomorph spider, from the Anîsian Grès à Voltzia of the northern Vosges. France, is described as Rosamygale grauvogeli gen. el sp. nov. The spider exhibits mainly ptesiornorphic characters. It is a ... -
The first Mesozoic Solifugae (Arachnida), from the Cretaceous of Brazil, and a redescription of the Palaeozoic solifuge
(1996)The first Mesozoic solifuge, from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation of Ceara province, Brazil, is described and named as Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden, gen. et sp. nov. and placed in the extant family Ceromidae. ... -
Book Review: The Private Life of Spiders by Paul Hillyard (2007)
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A new identity for the Silurian arthropod Necrogammarus
(The Palaeontological Association, 1986)Restudyof the enigmatic arthropod Necrogammarus salweyi Woodward, hitherto considered to be a crustacean or myriapod, reveals that it is the infracapitulum (fused labrum and palpal coxae) and palp of a large but unspecified ... -
The development of early terrestrial ecosystems
(Edinburgh University Press, 1993)In this review of terrestrialization by plants and animals in the early Phanerozoic, the classical idea of a major mid-Palaeozoic event is discarded in favour of gradual colonization over a long time period. Four phases ... -
Millipedes from the Grès à Voltzia, Triassic of France, with comments on Mesozoic millipedes (Diplopoda: Helminthomorpha: Eugnatha)
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2009)Hannibaliulus wilsonae, n. gen., n. sp. is described from a series of ten specimens from the early Triassic Grès à Voltzia Lagerstätte of north-east France. ! e best specimens (holotype and paratype) show a probably equal ... -
A spider and other arachnids from the Devonian of New York, and reinterpretations of Devonian Araneae
(The Palaeontological Association, 1991-06)The oldest known spider, from the Devonian (Givelian) of Gilboa. New York, is Atlercopus fimbriunguis (Shear. Sclden and Rolfc). parts of which were originally described as a trigonotarbid. possibly of the genus Gelasinotarbus. ... -
Tracking a medically important spider: climate change, ecological niche modeling, and the brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
(Public Lbrary of Science, 2011-03)Most spiders use venom to paralyze their prey and are commonly feared for their potential to cause injury to humans. In North America, one species in particular, Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse spider, Sicariidae), causes ... -
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Stratigraphic Heterogeneity of a Holocene Ooid Tidal Sand Shoal: Lily Bank, Bahamas
(University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)A central challenge in sedimentary geology is understanding three-dimensional architectural variability, and how it might be predicted. Ooid sand shoals, present in the stratigraphic record from Archean to recent, represent ...