Goniotarbus tuberculatus Pocock 1911 (phalangiotarbid)

Arachnida - Phalangiotarbida - Architarbidae

Alternative combination: Geraphrynus tuberculatus

Synonym: Goniotarbus tuberculatus Petrunkevitch 1949

Full reference: R. I. Pocock. 1911. A Monograph of the Terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain 1-84

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

See also Petrunkevitch 1949, Petrunkevitch 1953 and Pocock 1911

Sister taxon: Goniotarbus angulatus

Type specimens:

  • Goniotarbus tuberculatus: BMNH In. 31263. Its type locality is Coseley, near Dudley (Egginton coll), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay shale in the United Kingdom.
  • Goniotarbus tuberculatus: BMNH In. 31249, an exoskeleton.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.