†Megarachne servinei Hünicken 1980 (eurypterid)
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Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Mycteropidae
Full reference: M. A. Hünicken. 1980. A giant fossil spider (Megarachne servinei) from Bajo de Veliz, Upper Carboniferous, Argentina. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 53(3-4):317-325
Belongs to Megarachne according to P. A. Selden et al. 2005
See also Hünicken 1980
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CORD-PZ 2110, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bajo de Veliz (CORD collection), which is in a Kasimovian/Gzhelian floodplain siltstone in the Bajo de Veliz Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bajo de Veliz (CORD collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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