Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Anthracomartidae
Alternative combinations: Brachypyge celtica, Maiocercus carbonis
Synonyms: Brachypyge orbicularis Gill 1911, Maiocercus orbicularis Gill 1911
Full reference: R. I. Pocock. 1902. Eophrynus and allied Carboniferous Arachnida, part II. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 9:487-493
Belongs to Maiocercus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Fritsch 1904, Gill 1911, Petrunkevitch 1949, Pocock 1902, Pocock 1911, Pruvost 1919, Pruvost 1922 and Pruvost 1930
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Maiocercus celticus: NMW 32.518.G1, an abdomen (opisthosoma)
- Maiocercus orbicularis: Its type locality is Westhoughton open cast colliery (Bolton Museum coll.), which is in a Westphalian A interdistributary bay shale in the Wigan Four-Foot Coal Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), France (2), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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