Hadrachne horribilis Melander 1903 (phalangiotarbid)

Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae

Alternative combination: Architarbus horribilis

Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1903. Some additions to the Carboniferous terrestrial arthropod fauna of Illinois. Journal of Geology 11(2):178-198

Belongs to Hadrachne according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Melander 1903, Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1949 and Petrunkevitch 1953

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNH 9232, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Braidwood, Mazon Creek (FMNH coll), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Braidwood, Mazon Creek (FMNH coll)

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