Arthropod Resources

Arthropod fossils, many of now-extinct species

Please note: this list of resources is (as of 2003) not being actively maintained. If/when this curriculum becomes actively used again at the NHMLAC, we will revise it. Until then, feel free to use this, but be aware that there may be broken links or outdated references.

Book Review [Print]: Foote, M. 1998. Contigency and convergence. Book Review: The Crucible of Creation. The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway Morris. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998. 242 pp. $30 ISBN 0-19-850256-7. Science 280: 2073-2074.
Fossil Onychophora [Print]: Poinar, G., Jr. 1996. Fossil velvet worms in Baltic and Dominican amber: Onychophoran evolution and biogeography. Science 273: 1370-1371.
Oldest 'Onychophoran' [Print]: Dzik, J. and G. Krumbiegel. 1989. The oldest 'onychophoran' Xenusion: A link connecting phyla? Lethaia 22: 169-182.
Onychophorans are Modified Arthropods [Print]: Ballard, J. W. O., G. J. Olsen, D. P. Faith, W. A. Odgers, D. M. Rowell, and P. W. Atkinson. 1992. Evidence from 12S ribosomal RNA sequences that onychophorans are modified arthropods. Science 258: 1345-1348.
Meganeura - Palaeoentomological Newsletter [HTML]: http://www.ub.es/dpep/meganeura/meganeura.htm
News and information about fossil insects. The previously published hard copy of Meganeura is now available electronically. Databases and bibliography are also available.
Trilobite Systematic Relationships [HTML]: http://www.aloha.net/~smgon/triloclass.htm
Given that trilobites are Arthropods, what is their place among the known arthropod groups? Extensive information on trilobite systematics and morphology.

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