Pleophrynus Petrunkevitch 1945 (arthropod)

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

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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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