Ferdinandgrube near Glatz (Carboniferous of Poland)

Where: Poland (50.4° N, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.4° N, 20.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Westphalian A (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)

• Possibly age-equivalent to the nearby Nowa Ruda site; Westphalian A or Langsettian (Dunlop, 2010).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Sabarth

• Repository: originally in the Geological Institute, Breslau (=Wrocław), now missing, presumed lost.

Primary reference: F. Römer. 1878. Auffindung eines neuen Gliederthieres in dem Steinkohlengebirge der Ferdinandgrube bei Glatz. Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur 1878:55-56 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153496: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Trigonotarbida - Anthracosironidae
"Architarbus silesiacus n. sp." = Vratislavia silesiaca
"Architarbus silesiacus n. sp." = Vratislavia silesiaca Römer 1878
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