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The largest Palaeozoic whip scorpion and the smallest (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonida); a new species and a new ichnospecies from the Carboniferous of New England, USA

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  • 1. Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA & Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
  • 2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
  • 3. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
  • 4. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

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Knecht, Richard J., Benner, Jacob S., Dunlop, Jason A., Renczkowski, Mark D. (2024): The largest Palaeozoic whip scorpion and the smallest (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonida); a new species and a new ichnospecies from the Carboniferous of New England, USA. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (3): 690-704, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad088, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/7ea5a79f-0d02-3723-9e57-ddee455df19e/

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