W8. Chelicerate Phylogeny
Organiser: Simon Braddy
Organiser: Simon Braddy
This workshop is for anyone interested in chelicerate evolution, with a focus on how fossils help inform the phylogeny. In the morning we'll have a series of short informal talks on the various groups (i.e. the chelicerate-stem, pycnogonids, xiphosurans, chasmataspidids, eurypterids, scorpions, spiders, and the various other arachnids). In the afternoon, we'll have round-table discussions on the competing phylogenetic hypotheses for the various groups, try to reach a consensus, before closing with a session on systematic revisions required for the Treatise, led by Paul Selden and Jason Dunlop.