Decazeville (Carboniferous of France)

Where: France (44.6° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 15.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian B (301.5 - 301.0 Ma)

• Top of the middle Stephanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan (MPUM)

Primary reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1955. Trigonotarbus arnoldi, a new species of fossil arachnid from southern France. Journal of Paleontology 29:475-477 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 153610: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.12.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Trigonotarbida - Trigonotarbidae
Trigonotarbus arnoldi n. sp. Petrunkevitch 1955
MPUM 31602