Palaeocharinus Hirst 1923 (arthropod)

Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Palaeocharinidae

Synonym: Palaeocharinoides Hirst 1923

Full reference: S. Hirst. 1923. On some arachnid remains from the Old Red Sandstone (Rhynie Chert Bed, Aberdeenshire). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 12:455-474

Parent taxon: Palaeocharinidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Fayers et al. 2005, Hirst 1923, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Shear 2000

Sister taxa: Aculeatarbus, Gelasinotarbus, Gigantocharinus, Gilboarachne, Spinocharinus

Subtaxa: Palaeocharinus calmani Palaeocharinus hornei Palaeocharinus kidstoni Palaeocharinus rhyniensis Palaeocharinus scourfieldi Palaeocharinus tuberculatus

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Type: Palaeocharinus rhyniensis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences

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