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New species of the genus Adelophthalmus (Eurypterida, Chelicerata) found in the Middle Devonian of Khakassia

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Two new eurypterid species, Adelophthalmus kamyshtensis sp. nov. and Adelophthalmus dubius sp. nov., are described from the Middle Devonian of Khakassia. The new species are among the earliest known members of the genus Adelophthalmus and the earliest members of this genus known outside Europe and North America.

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  1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    E. S. Shpinev

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Original Russian Text © E.S. Shpinev, 2012, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 5, pp. 27–31.

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Shpinev, E.S. New species of the genus Adelophthalmus (Eurypterida, Chelicerata) found in the Middle Devonian of Khakassia. Paleontol. J. 46, 470–475 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030112050103

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