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2017 in arthropod paleontology

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This list of fossil arthropods described in 2017 is a list of new taxa of trilobites, fossil insects, crustaceans, arachnids and other fossil arthropods of every kind that are scheduled to be described during the year 2017, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to arthropod paleontology that are scheduled to occur in the year 2017. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species.

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Research

  • A study on the identification of sexual morphs and the reproductive system of the Early Cretaceous clam shrimp Eosestheria middendorfii is published by Hethke et al. (2017).
  • Three specimens of zoea-type malacostracan larvae, showing similarities to the larvae of the lobster Nephrops norvegicus, are described from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen limestone (Germany) by Haug & Haug (2017).

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  • A study on the wing pad joints in several specimens of Carboniferous palaeodictyopteran insect nymphs, and their implications for the origin of insect wings, is published by Prokop et al. (2017).
  • A planidium, tentatively attributed to the order Strepsiptera, is described from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) amber recovered from the Kheta Formation (Taymyr Peninsula, Russia) by Kathirithamby et al. (2017).

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  • Three specimens of Megistaspis (Ekeraspis) hammondi preserving appendages and digestive tract are described from the Ordovician Fezouata Konservat-Lagerstätte (Morocco) by Gutiérrez-Marco et al. (2017).
  • A moulted specimen of Telephina intermedia with one of the compound eyes showing traces of serious damage which has healed is described from the Ordovician (Darriwilian) Elnes Formation (Norway) by Schoenemann, Clarkson & Høyberget (2017).
  • Eggs preserved with two specimens of Triarthrus eatoni are described from the Ordovician Lorraine Group (upstate New York, United States) by Hegna, Martin & Darroch (2017).

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  • A redescription of Utahcaris orion based on a restudy of the original material is published by Legg & Pates (2017).
  • A study on the phylogenetic relationships of Enalikter aphson will be published by Parry, Legg & Sutton (2017), who support the original interpretation of the species as an arthropod.

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    2017 in arthropod paleontology Wikipedia
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