Morphological diversity of Carboniferous arthropods and insights on disparity patterns through the phanerozoic

From: Paleobiology | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Plotnick, Roy E; Wagner, Peter J; Lofgren, Andrea Stockmeyer | Copyright information

Abstract.-Previous studies of overall arthropod disparity have compared Cambrian and Recent biotas, without considering taxa of intermediate age. This study explored morphological diversity among Carboniferous arthropods, primarily from the well-known Westphalian Mazon Creek Lagerstatte. Over 100 arthropod species, belonging to 48 orders, were examined. The data set is composed of nearly equal numbers of crustacean, arachnid, and insect species, with lower numbers of merostomes. Trilobites ha...

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