Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Author "Dunlop, Jason A."

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    • Anatomically modern Carboniferous harvestmen demonstrate early cladogenesis and stasis in Opiliones 

      Garwood, Russell J.; Dunlop, Jason A.; Giribet, Gonzalo; Sutton, Mark D. (Springer Nature, 2011)
      Harvestmen, the third most-diverse arachnid order, are an ancient group found on all continental landmasses, except Antarctica. However, a terrestrial mode of life and leathery, poorly mineralized exoskeleton makes ...

    • The first fossil cyphophthalmid (Arachnida: Opiliones), from Bitterfeld amber, Germany 

      Dunlop, Jason A.; Giribet, Gonzalo (American Arachnological Society, 2003)
      The first fossil cyphophthalmid harvestman, Siro platypedibus new species (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi), is described from Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The age of this amber is in dispute. Geological ...

    • Fossil harvestmen: The oldest surviving arachnids 

      Garwood, Russell J.; Dunlop, Jason A.; Giribet, Gonzalo; Sutton, Mark D. (Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel–Dinópolis, 2013)
      You may never have heard of a harvestman before. And you might think they are entirely unimportant. To the arachnophobes amongst you, they may be a cause of much fear. The odds are, though, that you have seen one these ...