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58 relations: Agnatha, Algae, Ancient Greece, Appendage, Arthropod, Arthropod leg, Behance, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Brachyopterus, Brackish water, Carapace, Cephalothorax, Conodont, Convergent evolution, Darriwilian, Decorah crater, Decorah, Iowa, Digital object identifier, Echinognathus, Erieopterus, Eurypterid, Exoskeleton, Exuviae, Family (biology), Galley, Genus, International Standard Serial Number, Iowa, Jaekelopterus, Laurentia, List of eurypterid genera, Megalograptidae, Megalograptus, Monotypic taxon, Mycterops, National Geographic, Operculum (animal), Opisthosoma, Ordovician, Palaeogeography, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Paleoecology, Paratype, PDF, Penteconter, Phylogenetics, Pterygotidae, PubMed, Shale, Specific name (zoology), ..., Spine (zoology), Telson, Tergum, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Type species, University of Iowa, Upper Iowa River, Xiphos. Expand index (8 more) »
Agnatha
Agnatha (Greek, "no jaws") is a superclass of jawless fish in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both present (cyclostomes) and extinct (conodonts and ostracoderms) species.
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Algae
Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.
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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).
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Appendage
In invertebrate biology, an appendage (or outgrowth) is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism's body (in vertebrate biology, an example would be a vertebrate's limbs).
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Arthropod
An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.
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Arthropod leg
The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking.
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Behance
Behance (stylized as Bēhance) is a network of sites and services specializing in self-promotion, including consulting and online portfolio sites.
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BMC Evolutionary Biology
BMC Evolutionary Biology is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all fields of evolutionary biology, including phylogenetics and palaeontology.
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Brachyopterus
Brachyopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Rhenopteridae.
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Brackish water
Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater.
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Carapace
A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises.
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Cephalothorax
The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind.
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Conodont
Conodonts (Greek kōnos, "cone", + odont, "tooth") are extinct agnathan chordates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta.
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Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.
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Darriwilian
The Darriwilian is the upper stage of the Middle Ordovician.
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Decorah crater
The Decorah impact crater, also called the Decorah impact structure, is a proposed impact crater located on the east side of the city of Decorah in Iowa, United States.
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Decorah, Iowa
Decorah is a city in and the county seat of Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States.
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Digital object identifier
In computing, a Digital Object Identifier or DOI is a persistent identifier or handle used to uniquely identify objects, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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Echinognathus
Echinognathus is a genus of eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods.
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Erieopterus
Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine strata of Europe and North America.
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Eurypterid
Eurypterids, often informally called sea scorpions, are an extinct group of arthropods related to arachnids that include the largest known arthropods to have ever lived.
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Exoskeleton
An exoskeleton (from Greek έξω, éxō "outer" and σκελετός, skeletós "skeleton") is the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body, in contrast to the internal skeleton (endoskeleton) of, for example, a human.
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Exuviae
In biology, exuviae are the remains of an exoskeleton and related structures that are left after ecdysozoans (including insects, crustaceans and arachnids) have moulted.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Galley
A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by rowing.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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International Standard Serial Number
An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication.
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Iowa
Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.
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Jaekelopterus
Jaekelopterus is a genus of giant predatory eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods.
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Laurentia
Laurentia or the North American Craton is a large continental craton that forms the ancient geological core of the North American continent.
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List of eurypterid genera
This list of eurypterid genera is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Eurypterida, excluding purely vernacular terms.
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Megalograptidae
Megalograptidae are a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of merostomatan arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions".
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Megalograptus
Megalograptus is a genus of eurypterid recovered from deposits of Ordovician age.
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Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
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Mycterops
Mycterops is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Mycteroptidae.
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National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly the National Geographic Magazine and branded also as NAT GEO or) is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society.
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Operculum (animal)
An operculum is an anatomical feature, a stiff structure resembling a lid or a small door that opens and closes, and thus controls contact between the outside world and an internal part of an animal.
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Opisthosoma
The opisthosoma is the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma (cephalothorax).
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Ordovician
The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era.
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Palaeogeography
Palaeogeography (or paleogeography) is the study of historical geography, generally physical landscapes.
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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology ("Palaeo3") is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing multidisciplinary studies and comprehensive reviews in the field of palaeoenvironmental geology.
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Paleoecology
Paleoecology (also spelled palaeoecology) is the study of interactions between organisms and/or interactions between organisms and their environments across geologic timescales.
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Paratype
In zoology and botany, a paratype is a specimen of an organism that helps define what the scientific name of a species and other taxon actually represents, but it is not the holotype (and in botany is also neither an isotype nor a syntype).
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The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
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Penteconter
The penteconter, alt.
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Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.
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Pterygotidae
Pterygotidae (or pterygotids, the name deriving from the type genus Pterygotus, meaning "winged fish") is a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods.
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PubMed
PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics.
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Shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.
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Specific name (zoology)
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).
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Spine (zoology)
In a zoological context, spines are hard, needle-like anatomical structures found in both vertebrate and invertebrate species.The spines of most spiny mammals are modified hairs, with a spongy center covered in a thick, hard layer of keratin and a sharp, sometimes barbed tip.
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Telson
The telson is the posterior-most division of the body of an arthropod.
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Tergum
A tergum (Latin for "the back"; plural terga, associated adjective tergal) is the dorsal ('upper') portion of an arthropod segment other than the head.
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Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology
The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (or TIP) published by the Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas Press, is a definitive multi-authored work of some 50 volumes, written by more than 300 paleontologists, and covering every phylum, class, order, family, and genus of fossil and extant (still living) invertebrate animals.
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Type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).
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University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa.
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Upper Iowa River
The Upper Iowa River is a U.S. Geological Survey.
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Xiphos
The xiphos (ξίφος) is a double-edged, one-handed Iron Age straight shortsword used by the ancient Greeks.
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P. decorahensis, Pentecopterus decorahensis.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecopterus
