A new Early Devonian (Emsian) arthrodire from the Northwest Territories, Canada, and its significance for paleogeographic reconstruction

• Main Authors: Schultze, Hans-Peter, Cumbaa, Stephen L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Svalbard; Northwest Territories; Svalbard Archipelago; Canada; Norway; New Siberian Islands; Wood Bay; Bear Rock; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/76893; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjes-2017-0013

An heterostiid arthrodire, Herasmius dayi sp. nov., is described from upper Lower Devonian marine deposits of the Bear Rock Formation along the Anderson River, Northwest Territories, Canada. New elements described for the genus for the first time include the suborbital, submarginal (also new for the...