Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae
Alternative combination: Architarbus rotundatum
Synonym: Geraphrynus carbonarius Scudder 1884
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1868. Supplement to descriptions of articulates. Descriptions of fossil insects found on Mazon Creek, and near Morris, Grundy Co. Ill. Geological Survey of Illinois 3:566-572
Belongs to Architarbus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Fritsch 1904, Melander 1903, Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1945, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953, Scudder 1868, Scudder 1884 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxa: Architarbus hoffmanni, Architarbus minor
Type specimens:
- Architarbus rotundatus: Its type locality is Mazon Creek (University of Illinois collection), which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois
- Geraphrynus carbonarius: Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (6: Illinois collections)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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