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Table 7.1
Cuticles analysed in this study
Lithology
(total organic content)
Sample and taxon
Locality and stratigraphy
Composition
Pandinus imperator
a
,
Limulus
polyphemus
b
Recent
Chitin, protein, lipids (including C
16
and C
18
fatty acids)
Adelopthalmus
sp.
a,c
Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada
Greenish-grey shale
Aliphatic (C
6
-C
30
), benzene, phenol
and naphthalene derivatives
Bashkirian
Scorpion
a,c
Joggins, Nova Scotia, Canada
Greenish-grey shale
Aliphatic (C
6
-C
30
), benzene, phenol
derivatives
Bashkirian
Scorpion
a,c
Lone Star Lake, Kansas, USA,
Kazimovian/Gzelian
Grey shale
Aliphatic (C
6
-C
30
), benzene, phenol
derivatives, polyaromatic hydrocarbons
Eurypterus dekayi
b,c
YPM
209619 (paddle)
Ridgemount Quarry, Ontario, Canada,
Williamsville Fm.,
Dolomite (0.81)
Aliphatic (<C
9
-C
20
)
Pridolian
E. lacustris
b,c
YPM 209615
(coxa)
Ridgemount Quarry, Ontario, Canada,
Williamsville Fm.
Dolomite (0.81)
Aliphatic (<C
9
-C
22
)
E. lacustris
b,c
YPM 209616
(pretelson)
Ridgemount Quarry, Ontario, Canada,
Williamsville Fm.
Dolomite (0.81)
Aliphatic (<C
9
-C
21
)
E. lacustris
b,c
YPM 209618
(carapace)
Ridgemount Quarry, Ontario, Canada,
Williamsville Fm.
Dolomite (0.81)
Aliphatic (<C
9
-C
22
)
E. lacustris
b,c
YPM 209620
(paddle)
Fort Erie Rail cut, Ontario, Canada,
Williamsville Fm.
Dolomite (1.14)
Aliphatic (<C
9
-C
22
): fatty acyl moieties
(C
7
-C
18
)
Pterygotus sarlei
b,c
YPM
174611 (telson)
Spring house, Pittsford, New York,
USA, Vernon Fm., Ludlovian
Shales and calcareous
mudstones
Aliphatic (<C
9
-C
20
): fatty acyl moieties
(C
7
-C
18
)
P. ventricosus
b,c
YPM 209622
(telson)
Kokomo, Indiana, USA, Wabash Fm.,
Ludlovian
Laminated, argillaceous
limestone (0.22)
Aliphatic (<C
9
-C
22
)
a
Subjected to py-GC-MS
b
Subjected to thermochemolysis and py-GC-MS
c
Subjected to Raman spectroscopy
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