Kaiping, Tangshan (Carboniferous of China)

Where: Hebei, China (39.7° N, 118.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 18.4° N, 126.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian D (309.8 - 307.5 Ma)

• Probably from roof of sixth seam, upper Westphalian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Associated with an abundant continental fauna including insects, conchostracans, and plants

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by F.F. Mathieu

• Repository: Institut des Sciences Naturelles de Bruxelles

Primary reference: F. Laurentiaux-Vieira and D. Laurentiaux. 1963. Sur quelques restes noveaux d'Arachnides du terrain houiller. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 83:23-29 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147001: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Thelyphonida - Thelyphonidae
"Prothelyphonus cf. britannicus" = Geralinura britannica
"Prothelyphonus cf. britannicus" = Geralinura britannica Pocock 1911 whip scorpion
Poliochera pustulatus
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Poliochera pustulatus n. sp.
Poliochera pustulatus n. sp. Laurentiaux-Vieira and Laurentiaux 1963
Poliochera vel Curculioides pustulatus