Arachnida - Ricinulei - Poliocheridae
Alternative combination: Polyochera punctulata
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1884. A contribution to our knowledge of Paleozoic Arachnida. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20:15-22
Belongs to Poliochera according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Fritsch 1904, Petrunkevitch 1913, Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953, Scudder 1884, Scudder 1890 and Selden 1992
Sister taxa: Poliochera cretacea, Poliochera gibbsi, Poliochera glabra
Type specimen: 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 (2: Illinois collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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