Arachnida - Trigonotarbida - Eophrynidae
Synonym: Acrokreischeria Petrunkevitch 1953
Full reference: A. I. Petrunkevitch. 1945. Palaeozoic Arachnida of Illinois. An enquiry into their evolutionary trends. Illinois State Museum, Scientific Papers 3(2):1-72
Parent taxon: Eophrynidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Petrunkevitch 1945, Petrunkevitch 1949 and Petrunkevitch 1953
Sister taxa: Eophrynus, Nyranytarbus, Petrovicia, Planomartus, Pocononia, Somaspidion, Stenotrogulus, Pleophryninae
Subtaxa: Pleophrynus ensifer Pleophrynus hawesi Pleophrynus verrucosus
Type: Pleophrynus ensifer
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3 collections), United States (2: Illinois, New Mexico)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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